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Links 1/10/2010: Sabayon GNU/Linux 5.4, MeeGo Linux Can Run on Google-branded Phones
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GNU/Linux
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Unix’s Revenge
Technically Linux, which underlies Android, among others, is walled off from Unix from an IP point of view, but the philosophical and architectural lineage goes back to 1969′s Unix. It was an amazingly well thought-out operating system which has stood the test of time mostly due to its modular architecture. It was not always clear that Unix would make it this far, and in many ways it was written off.
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Desktop
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Group educates about Linux at Installfest
When the word “Linux” is thrown around campus, students may not recognize it as a computer operating system. But the UCLA Linux Users Group wants to educate students about it at its quarterly LUG Installfest on Saturday.
The event, which will be held in Boelter 4760 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., hopes to teach students about Linux, an open-source operating system that is freely available online. The event will also offer free installations for attendees.
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Server
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New web-based system for Arunachal treasuries
A new web-based system to cater to online transactions of bills, challans and accounts is being developed on a Linux based platform in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Kernel Space
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Insprit Joins Linux Foundation
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Graphics Stack
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GE Intelligent Platforms Taps Concurrent for Real-Time Linux
Concurrent, a leading provider of real-time Linux operating systems, integrated software and computer solutions for mission-critical applications, today announced that Concurrent’s RedHawk Linux software and NightStar application development tools are now available on GE Intelligent Platforms’ GRA111 graphics processing unit (GPU). Concurrent’s software delivers enhanced performance for the rugged military and aerospace markets served by GE Intelligent Platforms GPUs.
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Applications
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Proprietary
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PKWARE introduces PKZIP, SecureZIP for Linux on System z platform
PKWARE, a provider of data-centric security and compression software, has introduced PKZIP and SecureZIP products for Linux on the System z operating platform.
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PKWARE(R) Introduces PKZIP(R) and SecureZIP(R) for Linux(R) on System z(R); Benefits of PKWARE Products for Linux Extended to Mainframe Environment
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CAD Schroer introduces STHENO/LX – Intelligent, dynamic 2D drafting for Linux®, Windows®
STHENO/LX is supported on 5 different Linux distributions: CentOS, Fedora, RedHat, SuSE and Ubuntu.
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Instructionals/Technical
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How to fix bugs on the Fedora Project website
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Fedora 14 Beta Shaping Up Very Nicely
I also found that the Network Manager recognized and configured my Huawei 3G (HSPA) Mobile Broadband USB Dongle with no trouble at all. With a grand total of four clicks, and no text input, I was connected to the Swisscom Mobile Network. It doesn’t get any easier than that!
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Desktop Environments
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K Desktop Environment/KDE SC)
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Qt GUI Test Automation: froglogic Squish Supports Qt 4.7
froglogic GmbH today announced support for automated testing of Qt GUI applications based on the new Qt 4.7 release.
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GNOME Desktop
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What’s new in Empathy 2.32.0?
GNOME 2.32 was released a few days ago. As most of the developers focused on the upcoming 3.0 it’s not exactly the most exciting release ever but I’m glad to say that Empathy is one of the modules with the most user-visible changes.
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Distributions
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New Releases
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Sabayon Linux 5.4 Is Available for Download
Fabio Erculiani proudly announced a few minutes ago the immediate availability of the Sabayon Linux 5.4 operating system. The latest release is designed for Linux enthusiasts who want the latest packages and the best performance, but don’t want to spend days getting things working properly.
Sabayon Linux 5.4 comes, as usual, with KDE and GNOME editions, for both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. It includes cutting-edge software, the latest Linux kernel, the newest GNOME and KDE desktop environments, and lots of surprises!
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Red Hat Family
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Red Hat near Resistance
Shares of Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE:RHT) are trading very close to calculated resistance at $41.75 with the current price action closing at just $41.00 placing the stock near levels that make it difficult to buy.
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Devices/Embedded
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New DSP + ARM(R) software tools from Texas Instruments dramatically reduce DSP development starting time from hours to minutes
Using C6EZRun, ARM and Linux developers can easily port their current ARM applications to run on the DSP without changing their ARM code or learning DSP architectures.
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TI targets ARM designs with free DSP tools
Using C6EZRun, ARM and Linux developers can easily port their current ARM applications to run on the DSP without changing their ARM code or learning DSP architectures.
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Netgear Takes Aim at Network Management
Newton said that the XSM is a Linux operating system based switching system. The use of Linux for switching equipment is common across a number of networking vendors, including Cisco where Linux is used extensively in the small business portfolio.
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HD media player speeds up
Qnap did not listed the embedded operating system of either system, but considering that the software is said to be based on Qnap’s Linux-based Turbo NAS server stack, a tuxy foundation appears more than likely for the NMP-1000P.
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Low-Power Embedded Linux Computer with POE Breaks Price Barrier
ARM-9 processor running Techsol’s proven Medallion Linux OS for performance and reliability
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Rugged, Atom-based computer ships with remote management software
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EPFL Develops Flying Robot Swarm [Linux Based Flying Vehicles Can Create Communications Network In Disaster Areas]
Few things in life freak me out quite so earnestly as the phrase “swarm of flying robots”. But that’s exactly what the folks out at EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne) have pulled off now.
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Phones
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Nokia/MeeGo
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MeeGo Linux hacked to run on Google Nexus One, other Android phones
MeeGo is a light weight Linux environment designed to run on netbooks, smartphones, in-car computers, and other devices. The source code for the smartphone version of the OS was released a few months ago, but you still can’t actually walk into a store and buy a phone running MeeGo yet. A small group of hackers, on the other hand, are working on getting the OS to run on existing handsets including the Google Nexus One.
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Project Porting MeeGo OS To Android Phones Starting To Yield Results
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Sub-notebooks
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Malata T9000 smartbook checked out
An 8GB SSD will hold a Chinese version of Linux, where the T9000 has been specially positioned to cater for the educational market.
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Tablets
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Linux On Your iPad? Yes, You Can
If you love your Apple iPad but wish you could run your favorite ‘nix applications on it, StarNet Communications has an app for that. If you’ve been dying to see Flash apps on the iPad, the company’s got a fix for that, too — and none of it involves a hack that would anger ole’ Steve. StarNet on Thursday released iLIVEx. It turns the iPad into an X terminal that runs Linux and Unix apps hosted on remote servers.
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Kno launches First Single-Screen Tablet Textbook
After launching a double-screened Linux-based e-reader at D8 this year, California-based Kno has now come out with a single-screen tablet textbook.
Kno, Inc. has launched a single-screen version of its Linux based e-reader which extends similar functionality of the dual-screen version announced at the D8 2010 Conference in June 2010.
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Leftovers
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Arm Plans to Add Multithreading to Chip Design
Arm plans to add multithreading capabilities to future architectures as it tries to boost the performance of its processors, a company representative said on Tuesday.
The company is looking to include multithreading capabilities depending on application requirements in different segments, said Kumaran Siva, segment marketing manager at Arm, at the Linley Tech Processor conference in San Jose, California.
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Intellectual Monopolies
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Copyrights
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ACTA
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Mexican Government Answers KEI’s Concerns About ACTA
KEI has received a letter dated September 28, 2010, from Lic. Alfredo Rendón Algara – Director General Adjunto de Propiedad Industrial of Mexico (IMPI). The letter from the Mexican government is in response to KEI’s earlier letter to C. Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Presidente Constitucional de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, regarding the position of the Mexican government in the ACTA negotiations. (See also the reply from the President, here). In general, the letter is defensive, and fails to engage in most of the substantive concerns of our earlier letter.
The following are notes from the letter of Lic. Alfredo Rendón Algara:
The letters claims that “the deteriorated international trade”, “the intimate connection” between piracy and terrorism, specially on music, the losses produced by “Chinese and pirate” goods, and “the obsolescence of previous international instrument on intellectual property” are the main reasons that move the Mexican government to become part of the negotiations of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement.
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Clip of the Day
Bruno Haible – “Contributing Reusable Code to Gnulib”
Credit: TinyOgg