The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.
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Adobe's Flash bypassing Android 1.x?
Adobe's upcoming Flash Player 10.1 may bypass devices running Android versions prior to 2.0. The software will also require that phones have ARM Cortex-A8 processors, according to recent posts by Antonio Flores, identified as a Flash product manager on Adobe online forums.
Read more »Howto install unsupported Applications and Games with Bordeaux
A couple weeks back we released Bordeaux 2.0.0 for Solaris and OpenSolaris and I posted the news about the release in the OpenSolaris forums. Ian ask if I could check and see if VLC ran in Bordeaux, the Windows client. And sure enough it runs extremely well with just a couple dll overrides. I Also tested WMP 9, QT 7.1.6, foobar2000, eMule and Mozilla SeaMonkey...
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US government rescinds 'leave internet alone' policy
The US government’s policy of leaving the Internet alone is over, according to his top official at the Department of Commerce.
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Sabayon 5.2? Pulseaudio %$#* Flash amd64?
The questions are flowing in and people are getting excited about seeing blue. Yes, the 5.2 artwork is getting around and people are noticing. Of course, if you have been using limbo repository you would of been blue for quite some time now.
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SCO Proposes Selling its Mobility "Business"... to Darl McBride
SCO's Chapter 11 Trustee Edward Cahn not only proposes to let Ralph Yarro "loan" some money to the company at what Novell calls egregiously inequitable terms -- inequitable to everyone but Ralph Yarro and the gang, that is -- but now he proposes to sell SCO's "mobility business", which not long ago SCO said was worth millions, if I recall correctly...
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New Graphical Interface for Ubuntu on ARM
Linux is the operating system of choice for devices with ARM processors. Unfortunately problems with graphics appear in most cases. Ubuntu wants to fix this with a new GUI.
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Novell's SUSE Linux Milestone: Proper Perspective
Initially, The VAR Guy wasn’t all that impressed with Novell’s latest financial results, announced Feb. 25. But our resident blogger overlooked one important fact: Novell’s SUSE Linux business is now break-even. That’s an important milestone — but what does it say about the broader open source industry’s march to profitability? Here are some clues.
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Novell’s Patches for Linux (Kernel) Drop Sharply
The company formerly focused on GNU/Linux is decreasingly contributing to its development and instead focusing on .NET, Silverlight, etc.
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20 Breathtaking Ubuntu Studio Wallpaper Collection
For starters, Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia enhanced version of your favorite linux distribution, Ubuntu. And I must say, the basic artwork in Ubuntu Studio that include themes, wallpapers and iconsets, are way better than that in the original Ubuntu itself. Here is a nice collection of 20 Ubuntu Studio Wallpapers you might want to check out.
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Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers.
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Ubuntu One Music Store
The developers behind the Ubuntu One Music Store have put a FAQ online, which I’ve reproduced below. I’ve been beta testing the store out for a few days and have bought some singles and albums directly in Rhythmbox. In fact I think I was the first person to buy an album in the store :D It works really well, but clearly it’s not quite finished.
Read more »Linux kernel valued at over a Billion Euros: No Surprise
Yet another study has come out trying to put a financial measure on the worth of the LInux kernel. The latest study from University of Oviedo in Spain has estimated the total value of the LInux 2.6.30 kernel to be 1,025,553,430 Euros...
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UDP Tunneling to avoid hotspot or firewall restrictions
UDP tunneling is an attack that is often overlooked when manufacturers design wireless hotspot and other firewall/proxy based devices.
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Red Hat Helps IBM Pursue Sun Customers
You already know IBM is pursuing Sun Microsystems' customer base. But here's a twist: Red Hat and its channel partners seem to be helping IBM pursue Sun's customers.
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