GNU/Linux

• Embedded developers keep watch on kernel bloat
  
  

  Embedded Linux is getting a lot of attention these days. A new kernel.org mailing list, linux-embedded—archived here—has been set up, with discussions and patches already being posted. In addition, Paul Gortmaker and David Woodhouse have volunteered to be the "embedded maintainers" for the kernel to help coordinate the embedded Linux community. They graciously agreed to a joint email interview to shed some light on their new roles.

  
  
  
• Linux Mint 5.0 Builds Upon Ubuntu Hardy
  
  

  Linux Mint, one of the popular desktop distributions that's based off Ubuntu, has come out with version 5.0 "Elyssa" that builds upon the 8.04 Hardy Heron release. Linux Mint 5.0 brings updates to the unique Mint Tools, GNOME 2.22, performance improvements, and other features that come because of rebasing against this latest Ubuntu release. In this article we are taking a brief look at some of the Linux Mint features, for those that have never explored this fast-growing distribution.

  
  
  

OSS

• [ANNOUNCE] xorg-server 1.4.1
  
  

  Suspend your disbelief, it's 1.4.1. Better imperfect than never at all, I guess. Contains a few security and input fixes, some memory leak fixes, and a few misc bits.

  
  
  
• Let's stop playing the numbers game: free software has changed the game.
  
  

  The problem with my argument above is that the other lot keep comparing in the terms of their numbers game and those are terms the end-users is familiar with. So how do we combat that? For a start we can argue on our terms, within the new game. We can also demonstrate the effectiveness, not the popularity of our products. Finally we can do all we can to highlight the fact that the game has changed and that the numbers game is going to be one that smart people no longer play.

  
  
  
• Unlocking Android
• Brasero 0.7.90 and Xfburn 0.3.0: two pleasant surprises!
• SFLC Files Another Round of GPL Violation Lawsuits on Behalf of BusyBox Developers

Censorship/Intellectual Monopoly

• French Government decides to censor the Internet
• Trade agreement could hit privacy
• Icahn: Yahoo Has 'Sunk To A New Low'
  
  

  Carl Icahn said Tuesday that Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) " can't compete" over the next five years if it doesn't acquire Yahoo Inc. (YHOO).

  
  
  

Security

• Microsoft patches 10 bugs in Windows, IE and Bluetooth
• Safari 'carpet Bomb' Attack Code Released
  
  

  A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers.

  
  
  
• Cyber-fraudsters strike gold at South African government
• Hacker cops to $70k botnet rampage
• Hacker Pleads Guilty to Attacking Anti-phishing Group
• Another police website hacked