Apple's use of the USITC loophole leads to embargo-based pressure against a distributor of phones with Linux in them

As many of you know we’re hard at work on NOFX and the release is looking really good – lots of cool improvements, including video playback. Some of you have noticed that the Linux version has fallen behind, leading to some heated, but healthy debate internally about how to prioritize the development hopper.

MultiVNC is a cross-platform, Multicast-enabled VNC viewer. Features include support for most encodings, ZeroConf service discovery, a seamless edge control mode á la x2vnc, and most prominently, experimental support for VNC via multicast.

I've used Puppy, DSL, and a few other lightweights to bring some old junkers back from the dead but never had the pleasure of using TinyMe, until now. The Unity-based TinyMe 2010 is of course a minimalist distro and it uses the Openbox session and window manager.

While it may not look like a computer, this armored baby is actually a high performing embedded Linux System: just take a look at it's environmental specs (high tech Liquid cooling yum!): Environmental Temperature Operating*: -30°C to +50°C Storage: -40°C to +85°C *Operating temperature range stated is for the liquid-cooled chassis. Humidity: 15-90% RH non-condensing

Once again we're back for another week, which means it's another Wednesday where we feature someone in the Ubuntu community and ask them a few questions. This week we've got the pleasure of talking to Chris Johnston; Ubuntu Beginners Team and Classroom all star.

Despite a heroic effort by developers and testers, we have not been able to reach Beta release criteria by the time of the Go / No Go meeting. There are still unresolved bugs and unknown test results.