Here is LWN's twelfth annual timeline of significant events in the Linux and free software world for the year. 2009 offered few surprises to those that have been following Linux and free software for as long as we have. As expected, there were new releases of many of the tools and underlying infrastructure that we use on a daily basis.
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From Open Source to Open Hardware
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How do you apply the principles behind open source to open hardware? It's not easy, but early examples are beginning to emerge, including not one but *two* open source car projects. As ever, a big problem is finding the right kind of licence.
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The Quest for an Ubuntu Netbook
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I recently came into the market for a new Ubuntu netbook, and have been scouring the Internet looking for the best deal. It's been a fun experience, but also one replete with frustration at certain large computer vendors with byzantine websites that treat Linux as a dirty word. Read on for details.
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Ubuntu Tip : How to Fix crackling noise on HDA audio cards in Ubuntu 9.10
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If you are getting crackling noise on HDA audio cards in Ubuntu 9.10.If yes,it is very easy to fix this issue all you have to do is remove the new power-save option in the new audio drivers.
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Linux for "DoublePlusHuman"
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I have a purpose in life. It is the evolution of what I call "DoublePlusHuman" which represents a human individual that is free of all self-contradiction, superstition and coercion. That is the ideal and every progress towards it in my view comes with a tremendous world changing potential.
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Wally: A Cross Platform Wallpaper Changer
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Wallpapers breathe life into a desktop. But the same wallpaper can be boring after some days. if you want to automatically rotate wallpapers in your desktop, Wally is just the tool you need.
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Time to look at the Linux GUI?
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Graphical interfaces have come a long way since the fertile minds at Palo Alto came up with a way to make the nowadays plague proportions of plastic rodents useful. While GUI's look very pretty and are so full of eye candy I am surprised that our eyeballs don't have cavities, the current GUI's seem to be lacking in user efficiency.
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Getting Started With Themes on Fedora
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This multi-page Fedora desktop tutorial will outline the basics of using themes on the Fedora desktop. In addition to basic steps to finding, selecting, and customizing the pre-installed Fedora themes, students will also learn a few good places to find themes online and the steps to downloading and installing them.
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ES: Cenatic campaign: ten reasons for using open source in education
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Using open source software offers schools a unique opportunity to advance the information society that is fair and free, says Cenatic, Spain's resource centre on open source and open standards.
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64-bit Chromium OS surfaces
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A project that could bring an unofficial version of Google's Chrome OS to 64 bit computers has launched. Using the Chromium OS code that has been open sourced by Google, the ChromiumOS64 project allows people who like a little more RAM to consider the new operating system/browser hybrid concept from Google.
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Wind River Brings Own Android to Market
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Embedded specialist Wind River strives to win mobile network users with hardware compliance and its own Android branding.
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Why Open-Source Software Vendors Should Charge More
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Why? Because a higher price sometimes convinces the buyer that he or she is buying a true work of art and not a naff and worthless piece of junk.
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Here's What Ocean Park Advisors Has Been Doing
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We find out now what Ocean Park Advisors has been doing on SCO's behalf since they were hired by the Chapter 11 Trustee Edward Cahn. Submitting a bill for $196,002.50. Gulp. For six weeks' work.
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Novell: One Company, One Strategy?
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I've openly wondered -- again and again -- whether Novell will ever connect the dots between SUSE Linux and the company's other product groups. A potential answer to that question has emerged. It involves Novell’s Intelligent Workload Management (IWM) strategy, which melds cloud and virtualization opportunities with Novell’s solutions. Here’s the scoop.
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Samsung's mobile OS SDK ships, runs on Linux
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Samsung Electronics announced the availability of an SDK for its "Bada" mobile operating system. The kernel-configurable Bada platform can be based on a Linux kernel or another real-time OS (RTOS), and it incorporates an Eclipse-based IDE, a GNU tool-chain, and a service-centric UI framework based on Samsung's TouchWiz UI.
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