While we don't normally talk much about ReactOS, the free software operating system that was started some twelve years ago to provide binary compatible with Windows NT, there is a new proposal to abandon much of its Win32 subsystem that has built up over the past decade and to create a new Windows subsystem that in large part is derived from Wine code.
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Stable kernel tree status, January 18
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Here's the state of the -stable kernel trees, as of January 18, 2010.
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Puppy Arcade 5 & Q&A with Scott Jarvis
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How things have changed today and the demand for retro gaming is reflected in the amount of emulation projects there are in progress. Puppy Arcade aims to provide all your retro computing desires. It’s based on tiny TurboPup Xtreme, which itself it a highly optimized version of Puppy Linux.
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Ubuntu Desktop Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 Work Item Update
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As you are probably aware, in Lucid the platform team is working and re-planning in three separate milestones. Last week we passed the first such milestone, Alpha 2. The desktop team then re-planned for the next milestone, Alpha 3.
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Groovy-Eclipse 2.0 released - A smoother development cycle
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The Groovy-Eclipse developers have delivered version 2.0 of the plugin for developers who want to work with Groovy and Java in the Eclipse IDE. The new version is the culmination of work which began in May 2009 to create a more integrated, incremental compilation process. This has resulted in what the developers call an "almost completely rewritten" plugin.
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Lubuntu 10.04 Alpha 1 - Visual Overview
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April 29th will see the release of new addition to the Ubuntu family. Joining Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu will be a new lightweight version - Lubuntu.
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Samsung Galaxy i7500 Android phone reviewed
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The first Android-powered phone from tech giant Samsung comes with a bare-bones installation of the Android OS. Does it offer enough to challenge its more auspicious rivals?
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Should Ubuntu include proprietary software?
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Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, arguably the most popular of all Linux distributions, is asking its users what new, proprietary programs they'd like to see as optional software in Ubuntu.
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ext4: prime time in three years, says Ts'o
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It will take about two or three years for the ext4 filesystem, that has been adopted as the default by some community GNU/Linux distributions, to be routinely deployed on production systems, according to senior Linux kernel hacker Theodore Ts'o.
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Steps to adopt open source standards draw flak
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India’s open source software lobbyists allege that the country’s proposed draft recommendations for adopting open technology standards and software for automating different government departments and functions, favours popular software solutions from large companies such as Microsoft.
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Demystifying Open Source
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In 2008, the open source community saw the year end with a headline-catching lawsuit, the Free Software Foundation files suit against Cisco for General Public License (GPL) violations. Not to be outdone, 2009 also ended with a bang.
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The newest, fast interface, USB 3.0, is finally out, but only one operating system has native support for it: Linux.
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[FSF] An appeal from Benjamin Mako Hill, technologist and author.
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"...A strong free software movement focused on the principled issues of software freedom -- and a strong FSF in particular -- will determine what freedoms the next generation of computer users enjoy. At stake is no less than the next generation's autonomy. If you are not an FSF associate member, now is the time to become one..."
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The Disney Ptex library has been released as open source under the BSD license
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The Disney Ptex library is now available to the public community of texture artists, lighters and modelers.
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Free software in the Haiti aid effort, and how you can help
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"OpenStreetMap and Sahana are two free software projects that are facilitating aid to Haiti..."
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