Fear, uncertainty and doubt can have very real effects on security, especially when uninformed 'experts' are too quick to jump to conclusions. Mydoom was an example.
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Ubuntu Jaunty Notification System for Skype
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This script notifies you when a contact comes online, goes offline, sends you a message, when they have a birthday soon or when a file transfer is completed.
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Dynamically creating gui objects on demand in Perl
Filmaster: free and open social network for movie buffs with reviews and recommendations
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Filmaster is a new social network for film buffs that features personalized content and recommendations. What makes it special is that it is an open service: both code and content is free as in freedom.
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Simulator runs Android apps on Ubuntu
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Canonical demonstrated a prototype version of an execution environment for Ubuntu that lets it run Android apps, says an industry report. The environment acts like a simulator, and is based on the Xorg X Window environment, says the story.
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Karmic Koala to run Android applications?
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The Ubuntu Developer Summit, currently running in Barcelona, is reported to have three sessions dealing with Google's Android operating system, fuelling speculation over what Karmic Koala, Ubuntu 9.10, will offer in the way of Android compatibility.
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Mandriva get into the cloud backup business
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Mandriva, the Linux vendor, has announced "Click'n'Backup", its own web based backup system. The service, reminiscent of the recently launched Canonical's Ubuntu One, includes online secure storage space and a backup and restore tool. Unlike Ubuntu One, the backup and restore tools are available for non-Mandriva Linux systems, Windows and Mac OS X.
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IBM Launches Smart Cube i and Linux Appliances in the U.S.
http://www.itjungle.com –
After close to two years of development and preliminary marketing in India, IBM's Smart Cube application appliances went on sale last Tuesday in its home market in the United States, moving one step closer to a worldwide launch.
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Announcing first Africa Open Source Fellowship in memory of Guido Sohne
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Launched on the eve of his birthday, the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) and the Advanced Information Technology Institute of the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT (AITI-KACE), have decided to join forces with the Sohne family to establish a Fellowship in memory and honour of the great work that Guido accomplished.
Read more »Linux MMORPG Game Engine Sees Major Update
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Regnum Online, a Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Game that has a native Linux client offered by its developers (NGD Studios), has received a major overhaul. Regnum Online is one of the very few MMORPGs that has a native Linux client, but now its own game engine got a whole lot more powerful.
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New version of UK TeX FAQ, v3.19
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"i have today put version v3.19 of the uk tex faq on ctan. this
release is terribly late (i had hoped to push it out in january); the reason is to be found in various personal issues of mine..." — via Ctan-ann mailing list —
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Firefox 3.0.11 security and stability release now available
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"As part of the Mozilla Corporation’s ongoing security and stability process, Firefox 3.0.11 is now available for GNU/Linux users ..."
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Ubuntu AppStore in the workings ?
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We live in cool times. Everybody’s up creating an AppStore of some kind. After Apple brought out the concept, Nokia, Microsoft and even Sun (really !) are hurrying up putting together their ones.
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How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 9.04
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This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system.
Read more »Ubuntu Desktop Training (elearning) course
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I was looking to see if Canonical had any online courses for Ubuntu beginners/desktop users (or average end users) and if so were they stand alone or did they build the skill set up to getting certified as let's say an Ubuntu Professional or something like that.
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