[News] New GNU/Linux Releases: PC/OS 2009v2, Greenie Linux (Slovakia)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PC/OS 2009v2a Released ,----[ Quote ] | PC/OS 2009v2a has been released for the general public. This release fixes | many of the application stability issues that users had with PC/OS 2009v2. | With this release we went ahead and and installed all updates so all security | updates since PC/OS 2009v2 has been released have been applied. The changes | to PC/OS 2009v2a application wise are common across all releases except one | application inclusion and one removal. `---- http://www.pc-os.org/2009/03/pcos-2009v2a-released.html Greenie 4...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: Salix OS, KahelOS, Berry Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Salix OS 13.0.2 Gets 64-bit Edition ,----[ Quote ] | George Vlahavas from the Salix OS development | team proudly announced two days before | Christmas that Salix 13.0.2 was available for | download on mirrors worldwide. The good news | for all the fans of this Slackware-based | Linux distribution is that it now has a 64- | bit edition, which is backwards compatible | with the Slackware64 operating system. | Salix64 offers an easier way to install the | XFCE desktop environment, and a software | repository with lots of packages. The Salix | developers also prepared a software | repository with dependency information for | both 32-bit and 64-bit Slackware packages. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Salix-OS-13-0-2-Gets-64-bit-Edition-130609.shtml KahelOS Linux (Desktop Edition) Installer version: 12-25-2009 ,----[ Quote ] | We are glad to impart the new KahelOS Linux | Installer developed to make it much more | simple, easier and refreshing to use. `---- http://www.kahelos.org/newsdetails.php?newsid=39 Berry Linux 1.00 http://berry.sourceforge.jp/ Recent: Fragmentation good for the user, says Nokia ,----[ Quote ] | Fragmentation within mobile platforms helps handset manufacturers | and software developers to properly address customers' needs, a | senior Nokia executive has said. `---- http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013788o-2000331761b,00.htm Distribution Variation ,----[ Quote...

[News] 6 New GNU/Linux Distros Released: Greenie, GParted, SME Server, Clonezilla, PC/OS, AUSTRUMI
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greenie 4I http://www.greenie.sk/ GParted 0.3.9-12 http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php SME Server 7.4 http://www.smeserver.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=1&Itemid=2 Clonezilla 1.2.1-18 http://www.clonezilla.org/ PC/OS http://www.pc-os.org/ AUSTRUMI 1.8.0 http://cyti.latgola.lv/ruuni/ Related: INQUIRER guide to free operating systems ,----[ Quote ] | XP IS GETTING a bit long in the tooth, Vista is a pig and you don't want to | buy a Mac and join the Jobs Cult. So, you're thinking of having a look at | Linux, but are bamboozled by the hundreds of flavours and don't want to spend | a weekend discussing it with disturbingly intense bearded men in socks and | sandals. So here is the Inquirer's guide to Linux: quick, clear, opinionated | and unfair.     `---- http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/24/inq-guide-free-operating -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkkrTdQACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7S/gCfS7jjmgqCkn/8TNMhuvSOVgoL c8oAn1+wh1G5WOQUoF1VyF27XVycrJOl =QjX1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: Bio-Linux and Portable Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bio-Linux goes global ,----[ Quote ] | The NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre (NEBC), based at the UK Centre | for Ecology & Hydrology, has released the latest version of NEBC Bio-Linux, a | specialised computing system designed for the environmental genomics research | community. `---- http://www.innovations-report.de/html/berichte/informationstechnologie/bio_linux_global_125318.html Portable Linux is now available ,----[ Quote ] | I've written a small application to create bootable, multi-purpose USB drives | out of Ubun...

[News] A Look at New GNU/Linux Distro (Qubes) and Review of YlmF GNU/Linux OS
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 New Open-Source OS Will Feature 'Disposable' Virtual Machines ,----[ Quote ] | Invisible Things Lab is creating these | lightweight, throwaway VMs that work with | traditional virtual machines in Qubes, the | open-source, Xen-based OS it plans to | release in beta later this summer. Qubes | was architected to minimize the attack | surface in the VM environment. `---- http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225300299 YlmF OS - Ni Hao! ,----[ Quote ] | YlmF is ...

[News] New GNU/Linux Distros: blackPanther OS 10.1 and Zorin OS 2.0 Released
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 blackPanther OS 10.1 http://www.blackpanther.hu/ Zorin OS 2.0 video released ,----[ Quote ] | If you're interested in Zorin OS 2.0 then | you'll be interested to see the first video | of it. Head over to the Videos page on this | site view it. | | Also as a quick reminder, Zorin OS 2.0 will | be availible on the 1st of January, that's | less than a week! `---- http://zorin-os.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/2434137-zorin-os-2-0-video-released Recent: Torvalds rejects one-size-fits-all Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Linus Torvalds has rejected the argument that Linux developers should pool | their resources behind a single distribution. `---- http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246534/torvalds-rejects-onesizefitsall-linux.html Fragmentation good for the user, says Nokia ,----[ Quote ] | Fragmentation within mobile platforms helps handset manufacturers | and software developers to properly address customers' needs, a | senior Nokia executive has said. `---- http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013788o-2000331761b,00.htm -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAks/9eAACgkQU4xAY3RXLo6dIgCgl+fAFmr/M9S8qIOxFSk7vowV Mb0An1J70hjkZdYkhXltDLxoN+kiRLOq =fL86 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ...

[News] New GNU/Linux Release: Tiny Core Linux 2.6
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tiny Core Linux 2.6 arrives ,----[ Quote ] | Tiny Core lead developer Robert Shingledecker | has announced the availability of version 2.6 | of Tiny Core Linux. Tiny Core is a minimal | Linux distribution that's only about 10 MB in | size and is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel. The | latest release includes several bug fixes, | changes and updates. `---- http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Tiny-Core-Linux-2-6-arrives-870909.html Recent: Tiny Core Linux 2.4 released ,----[ Quote ] | Tiny Core lead developer Robert | Shingledecker has announced the | availability of version 2.4 of Tiny Core | Linux. Tiny Core is a minimal Linux | distribution that's only about 10 MB in | size and is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel. | The maintenance release includes several | changes, updates and bug fixes. `---- http://www.h-online.com/open/Tiny-Core-Linux-2-4-released--/news/114439 Tiny Core Linux 2.3 : Linux 2u ,----[ Quote ] | Tiny Core Linux is a very small (10 MB) minimal Linux | GUI Desktop. It is based on Linux 2.6 kernel, Busybox, | Tiny X, and Fltk. The core runs entirely in ram and | boots very quickly. Also offered is Micro Core a 6 MB | image that is the console based engine of Tiny Core. CLI | versions of Tiny Core's program allows the same | functionality of Tiny Core's extensions only starting | with a console based system. `---- http://distrolove.blogspot.com/2009/10/tiny-core-linux-23-linux-2u.html ...

[News] New Elive GNU/Linux Released; PC/OS 2009 Runs Windows Binaries
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Available Now: Elive 1.9.18 ,----[ Quote ] | Elive team proudly announced last evening yet another development release of | their GNU/Linux Live CD, Elive 1.9.18, which brings a new and improved | kernel, better network configurator and many other updates. "This version | includes a greatly improved new kernel and a lot of upgraded packages." - | said the Elive developers in the official release announcement. | | As mentioned, the kernel package has been updated (to version 2.6.26.8), and | includes the following improvements:...

[News] Many New Releases of GNU/Linux: GParted, Elive, SystemRescueCD, PC/OS, Openwall
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 GParted LiveCD 0.5.1-1 http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php Elive 1.9.57 development released ,----[ Quote ] | The Elive Team is proud to announce the | release of the development version 1.9.57 `---- http://www.elivecd.org/Main/News/elive-development-1.9.57-released SystemRescueCD 1.3.5 http://www.sysresccd.org/ SystemRescueCd 1.3.5 Incorporates GParted 0.5.1 ,----[ Quote ] | On January 25th, François Dupoux released | version 1.3.5 of the SystemRescueCd Linux- | based operating system. The new | SystemRescueCd 1.3.5 is now powered by | Linux kernel 2.6.31.12, with an updated | Btrfs filesystem from Linux kernel 2.6.32. | The popular GParted application for | partitioning tasks was updated, as well as | the FSArchiver and NTFS-3G. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-3-5-Incorporates-GParted-0-5-1-133227.shtml PC/OS 10 released ,----[ Quote ] | We are proud to announce that we have just | released the newest release of PC/OS. PC/OS | OpenWorkstation and PC/OS WebStation are | the two editions released. These replace | PC/OS 2009 OpenWorkstation and WebStation. | This release is based on the Ubuntu 9.04 | series. Some of the higlights that target | the new release are as follows. `---- http://www.pc-os.org/2010/01/pcos-10-released.html PC/OS 10 Is Based on Ubuntu 9.04 ,----[ Quote ] | Yesterday evening, January 26th, Roberto | Dohnert proudly announced the immediate | ava...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: PC/OS 2009.3, Finnix 93.0 and Many More
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 PC/OS 2009.3 released ,----[ Quote ] | PC/OS 2009.3 has been released for the general public. This release fixes | many of the hardware issues that users had with PC/OS 2009v2 series. With | this release we went ahead and and installed all updates so all security | updates since PC/OS Maintenance Pack 3 have been applied. The changes to | PC/OS 2009.3 application wise are common across all releases except XFCE 4.6 | was not included in WebStation due to some issues that are being explored | right now on some models of netbooks. `---- http://www.pc-os.org/2009/08/pcos-20093-released.html Finnix 93.0 released ,----[ Quote ] | Finnix is a small, self-contained, bootable Linux CD distribution for system | administrators, based on Debian testing. Today marks the release of version | 93.0 for the x86/AMD64, PowerPC, and UML/Xen platforms. `---- http://blog.finnix.org/2009/08/11/finnix-93-0-released/ The G:Standard 3.0.rc01 (2.9.90) is Released ,----[ Quote ] | The GoblinX Project is proud to announce the second released of the next | G:Standard. The G:Standard 3.0.rc01 (2.9.90) is Released. The G:Standard is | the original edition first released in the end of October 2004. In the past | it was called as GoblinX and later as GoblinX Standard. In order to dismiss | doubt about the releases and follow the same criteria used for all | distributions (editions) of the GoblinX Project it became simply G:Standard. ...

[News] New Linux Release Candidate and 4 New GNU/Linux Distributions
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux 2.6.29-rc2 ,----[ Quote ] | It's out there now, or at least in the process of mirroring out. | | About half of the bulk is a late MIPS merge (tssk, tssk, but I really | couldn't make myself care too much), and there are a few odd new drivers | there too. In fact, of the non-MIPS code, drivers is about half of the | remaining one, and then firmware (which is really drivers too but shows up | separately) is half of _that_ remaining half. `---- http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/16/416 (2009-01-10) Topologilinux 7.0.1 released ,----[ Q...

[News] New Audiocasts About GNU/Linux: Linux Basement and Linux Outlaws
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 LB - Episode 44 - Jay and Friends by Linux Basement http://www.linuxbasement.com/content/lb-episode-44-jay-and-friends-linux-basement Linux Outlaws 117 - May the Schwartz Be With You ,----[ Quote ] | In this episode, we interview Randal L. Schwartz about | Perl, Merlyn and Stonehenge, BSD, being a professional | comedian, how Karaoke saved his life, the Schwartzian | transform, FLOSS Weekly and much more. `---- http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/117 Recent: Linux Outlaws 104 - The Linux In-Laws ,----[ Quote ] | On this week’s show: Launchpad goes open source, the real reason why | Microsoft contributed code to the kernel, Intel thinks it has human rights, | why the Swedish Pirate Party might endanger the GPL and much more. `---- http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/104 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkrd2qMACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5FbwCfcK7KAJFvWlUB81EttdqrT8SR W6IAn1GNEoHKAlinsiUB0QuwBzGhU3Qq =u/rH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:43:30 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > LB - Episode 44 - Jay and Friends by Linux Basement > > http://www.linuxbasement.com/content/lb-episode-44-jay-and-friends-linux-basement > > Linux Outlaws 117 - May the Schwartz Be With You More low budget crap. Can't you guys get some decent equipment? It sounds like everyone is talking through a cup and a string. Oh an...

[News] New GNU/Linux Releases: CRUX 2.6, Hymera 20090910, Absolute Linux 13.0, Tiny Core 2.3.1
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Release Notes for CRUX 2.6 ,----[ Quote ] | This page discusses the relevant changes introduced in CRUX 2.6. Everybody upgrading | from the previous release is advised to carefully read the following notes. `---- http://crux.nu/Main/ReleaseNotes2-6 Hymera 20090910 http://www.hymera.it/ Absolute 13.0.1 released ,----[ Quote ] | Bug fix release corrects two issues: | | Add user utility corrected (had failed to start due to importing module that is no longer used.) `---- http://www.absolutelinux.org/ Absolute Linux 13.0 Switches to LZMA-Compressed Packages ,----[ Quote ] | Paul Sherman announced the release of Absolute Linux 13.0, bringing this lightweight | Slackware derivative up-to-date. Because of the important system-level changes that | happened in Slackware 13, the Absolute Linux developers had a hard time making all their | customizations work with this new base. However, they managed to get their IceWM and | PCManFM modifications in sync, and all the script utilities working, for this 13.0 | release of Absolute Linux 13.0. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Absolute-Linux-13-0-Switches-to-LZMA-Compressed-Packages-121441.shtml Tiny Core 2.3.1 http://www.tinycorelinux.com/ Related: Why Having 500+ Distros is a Good Thing ,----[ Quote ] | Perhaps next time the author might think about what they're | saying...because limiting the number of distros out there is | absolutely NOT the way to go to accom...

[News] [Linux] More Speculations About a Google OS Based on GNU/Linux
Google admits that it is going after Microsoft Office... Is Windows next? ,----[ Quote ] | So that brings us to the obvious question: What about the operating | system? There have been rumors for years about a Google PC and/or | Google OS that was based on Linux and aimed at providing a simple, | intuitive desktop for the masses. Naturally, that Google PC would | primarily be an Internet terminal that features Google's online | applications. `---- http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=465 Still getting slapped for spyware (Dell) and news aggregators... Google stands firm behind N...

[News] Making Linux More Like OS X and OS X More Like Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mac OS X - Highly Customized Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Few players in the Linux arena creates their Linux distro to look like Mac OS | X or Windows.... | | Here I'm going to list some distro which looks like Mac OS. `---- http://linuxtreat.blogspot.com/2008/07/mac-os-x-highly-customized-linux.html A Linux User's Guide to Mac ,----[ Quote ] | Take a deep breath and repeat after me: A computer is just a tool. It is only | so good as it serves to make life better for users. A "better" life is | obviously not the same thing for everyone. For me, it means making my Mac | more like Linux, as I began to discuss in my last article. `---- http://www.ofb.biz/safari/article/474.html Yesterday: Ubuntu: Challenge the Mac ,----[ Quote ] | Normally I would just provide a Diigo link to this if it weren’t something | I’ve been saying a lot in talks. Over at InformationWeek, Serdar Yegulaip was | a piece called “Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu Ambitions: Challenge the Mac”. He | quotes Mark Shuttleworth saying in a Datamation article: | |     … our goal, very simply, is to make sure the Free software ecosystem can |     deliver a Mac OS-like experience, or an experience that will compete with |     the Mac OS. | | I think this is exactly right. It’s time to look past Windows, even with its | huge installed base, as any sort of “gold standard” (as Mark calls it), | especially for user interface. ...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: Fermi, Scientific, SystemRescueCd, Zenwalk...
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.5 is released ,----[ Quote ] | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.5 has been | released for both i386 and x86_64 | architecture. `---- https://fermilinux.fnal.gov/news-events/scientific-linux-fermi-5-5-is-released Fermi 5.5 https://fermilinux.fnal.gov/ Scientific Linux 5.5 Live CD and DVD (32bit and 64bit) https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/livecd-55 Scientific Linux release 5.5 has been released for i386 and x86_64. https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/sl55 GParted 0.6.0-1 http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 includes new version of GParted ,----[ Quote ] | The SystemRescueCd developers have issued | the sixth update to the 1.5.x branch of | their Linux distribution. Based on the | Gentoo LiveCD, the SystemRescueCd is | configured as a tool kit for administering | or repairing an operating system and | recovering data after a system crash. | Supported file systems include Ext2, Ext3 | and Ext4, ReiserFS, XFS, JFS, VFAT, NTFS, | ISO9660 and Btrfs. `---- http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/SystemRescueCd-1-5-6-includes-new-version-of-GParted-1026232.html Softpedia Linux Weekly, Issue 102 ,----[ Quote ] | · Announced Distro: Parted Magic 4.11 | · Announced Distro: openSUSE 11.3 RC1 | · Announced Distro: Sabayon SpinBase and | CoreCDX 5.3 | · Announced Distro: SystemRescueCd 1.5.6 `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Softpedia-Linux-Weekly-...

[News] 6 New GNU/Linux Distributions Released, One BSD
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [CentOS-announce] CentOS 4.7 Server CD - x86_64 Released ,----[ Quote ] | The single CD server install for CentOS 4.7 / x86_64 has now been | released and is available from all active mirrors. `---- http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-October/015329.html Elive 1.9.10 development released ,----[ Quote ] | This version doesn't include Exalt anymore (network configurator). You have a | new application available in Elpanel (not in the desktop gadget yet). It is | in a early development stage but you are more than welcome...

[News] New Audiocasts With GNU/Linux: Linux Outlaws, Linux Link Tech Show
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux Outlaws 153 - Tinfoil Wallpaper Millionaire ,----[ Quote ] | This week on Linux Outlaws: Google and OSI | fighting over WebM, FSF enforces GPL in the | iTunes Store, Poettering now aiming at the | init system, Microsoft sponsoring LinuxTag, | Pac-Man madness and much more… `---- http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/153 The Linux Link Tech Show #356 6/2/10 http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_356-06-02-10.ogg EU targets toxic chemicals in electronics ,----[ Quote ] | A group of chip makers including IBM, Samsung ...

[News] New Releases: Red Star Linux, Truva, Scientific Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Estrella Roja 2.0 http://www.estrellaroja.info/ 03/05 Truva 2.0 http://www.truvalinux.org.tr/ Scientific 5.3 https://www.scientificlinux.org/ Recent: Torvalds rejects one-size-fits-all Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Linus Torvalds has rejected the argument that Linux developers should pool | their resources behind a single distribution. `---- http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/246534/torvalds-rejects-onesizefitsall-linux.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkmwjZUACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5QwwCeNNs6fsMQWu0UJaOHZlM66eF...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: Salix Live 13.0, ArchBang 2010.09, Chakra GNU/Linux Phoix, More
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Salix Live 13.0 ,----[ Quote ] | Salix is a Linux distribution based on | Slackware that is simple, fast and easy to | use. Salix is also fully backwards | compatible with Slackware, so Slackware | users can benefit from Salix repositories, | which they can use as an “extra” quality | source of software for their favorite | distribution. Like a bonsai, Salix is | small, light & the product of infinite | care. `---- http://www.software-latest.com/2010/05/31/salix-live-13-0.html [Development] ArchBang 2010.09 – “a...

[News] New Releases of GNU/Linux: SystemRescueCd, Super OS 9.10
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 SystemRescueCd 1.3.4 Released, Now with Linux Kernel 2.6.31.9 ,----[ Quote ] | François Dupoux announced on December 28th the | immediate availability of the SystemRescueCd | 1.3.4 operating system. The new release is | powered by Linux kernel 2.6.31.9, with an updated | Btrfs filesystem from Linux kernel 2.6.32 and | Xorg Server 1.6.5. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-3-4-Released-Now-with-Linux-Kernel-2-6-31-9-130762.shtml Super OS 9.10 - Karmic Koala with Muscles ,----[ Quote ] | Hacktolive.org announced today, December 29th, | yet another version of their Ubuntu-based Linux | distribution... with "super powers." Super OS | 9.10 (formerly known as Super Ubuntu) includes | patches, tools and technologies that are missing | from a standard Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) | default installation. `---- http://news.softpedia.com/news/Super-OS-9-10-Karmic-Koala-with-Muscles-130795.shtml Recent: Super OS 9.04 Is More Than Ubuntu 9.04 ,----[ Quote ] | Super OS authors have granted to the users the possibility to perform an | upgrade from the currently installed Ubuntu or Super Ubuntu Linux | distribution, but a clean installation of Super OS would be a better choice. | Super OS is available for free download as Live DVD and Install DVD only for | x86 machines (download links are published on the Super OS official website). `---- http://www.downloadtube.com/blog/2009/04/27/super-os-...

[News] Linux Foundation Teaches the Public About GNU/Linux, Linux 2.6.34 Shaping up
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Linux Foundation Launches Free Webinar Series With Big Names ,----[ Quote ] | Starting this month, The Linux Foundation is | offering free Linux Training webinars taught | by well-known Linux developers and | personalities. `---- http://ostatic.com/blog/the-linux-foundation-launches-free-webinar-series-with-big-names Major Linux 2.6.34 Kernel GPU DRM Updates ,----[ Quote ] | There's already quite a bit of code that has | been merged into the Linus 2.6 Git tree for | the Linux 2.6.34 kernel tree, but the first | pull request for the DRM (Direct Rendering | Manager) code has went in this morning. `---- http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODAyMg Recent: Linux Foundation Announces 2010 “We’re Linux” Video Contest: The Linux Super Bowl Ad ,----[ Quote ] | “We’re Linux” returns for the second year in a | row, aims to surface creative user-generated | ads for the popular operating system `---- http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2010/02/linux-foundation-announces-2010-%E2%80%9Cwe%E2%80%99re-linux%E2%80%9D-video-contest-linux-s Linux Foundation announces "We're Linux" video contest ,----[ Quote ] | Submissions are open until the 4th of April, | 2010. `---- http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Linux-Foundation-announces-We-re-Linux-video-contest-922974.html -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuOlJ0ACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7...

[News] New Video/Audiocasts About GNU/Linux and FOSS: Linux Outlaws, TLLTS, Linux Crazy
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux Outlaws 140 - So Say We All http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/140 The Linux Link Tech Show 344 3/10/10 http://www.tllts.org/audio/tllts_344-03-10-10.ogg Podcast 73 Understanding Portage and Ebuilds http://linuxcrazy.com/?q=node/87 How open source can make us a stronger society http://opensource.com/government/10/3/how-open-source-can-make-us-stronger-society Recent: The Linux Link Tech Show #343 3/3/10 http://www.tllts.org/audio/tllts_343-03-03-10.ogg Podcast Season 2 Episode 3 ,----[ Quote ] | In this episode: Version 2.6.33 of the Linux | kernel is here and it includes a new 3D | accelerated Nvidia graphics driver. | Canonical's online music store will only | provide MP3 files, and Apple sues Android | partner, HTC. We report back on our | experiences with SUSE Studio and answer our | critics in the Closed Ballot. `---- http://tuxradar.com/content/podcast-season-2-episode-3 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkuaX7AACgkQU4xAY3RXLo6aNACghLYTIArSuWvpvzhBamXVkMuo 9i8An1+1TD8EwBK0TbIXa/H2E4F0rDQa =3RUd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ...

[News] Hadrons Running on GNU/Linux, "Linux is our OS of choice"
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Large Hadron Collider team flicks switch on Xeon grid ,----[ Quote ] | "We found an old Irwindale from 2005 sitting in | a corner and we checked against that too," adds | the OpenLab CTO. "Moving up from then to now, | running Linux - Linux is our OS of choice - we | saw 4x performance increase from the cores, and | as much as 6x with the use of symmetric multi- | threading." `---- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/04/lhc_xeon_endorsement/ Those LHC folks... working in 'mom's basement' on particle physics. See? No real work is done on Linux. *rolls eyes* They use KDE. Recent: World's biggest computing grid launched ,----[ Quote ] | The world’s largest computing grid is ready to tackle mankind’s biggest data | challenge from the earth’s most powerful accelerator. Today, three weeks | after the first particle beams were injected into the Large Hadron Collider | (LHC), the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid combines the power of more than 140 | computer centers from 33 countries to analyze and manage more than 15 million | gigabytes of LHC data every year. `---- http://www.physorg.com/news142258066.html The LHC is using KDE ,----[ Quote ] | I found some more interesting images: | | http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-35141-3.html | http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-35141-5.html | http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ohptoftimemeasured13sepjy2.png (from | sl...