Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10.
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Firefox Ditches the Dialog Box
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Get ready to say goodbye to Firefox’s multitude of dialog boxes. Recent design mock-ups show Firefox moving toward an “in-content” look where settings, the add-on manager, themes and other “things which formerly appeared in dialog boxes” will now become just another tab in your browser.
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What's the Worst That the FSF Could Have Done to Apple? Nothing.
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In discussions on the implications of the recent FSF enforcement action against Apple's iTunes App Store, there's been a sort of recurring theme that's come up: what the GPL "requires" or "obligates" anyone to do. There's a strong strain of fantasy in these comments, and it's important to make clear what's actually the case here.
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Could Red Hat be Novell's spouse?
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Red Hat's CEO Jim Whitehurst declined to dismiss the possibility of buying out his company's Linux rival Novell in a meeting with reporters in London today.
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The Elementary GTK Theme Gets More Gorgeous Than Ever!
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Here are just a few of the changes in the latest Elementary Theme from BZR: started using Equinox GTK engine too, new sexy midori tabbar and statusbar workaround, special toolbar/menubar rules for nautilus, minimal range for Nautilus, Terminal style, awasome sexy panel now with prelight, scrollbars with no steppers (which you can preview in the screenshot below) and a lot more!
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The Death of the Desktop (a video panel discussion)
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In the last couple of years, I find myself returning time and again to discussions about cloud computing, what it means, where it's going, and what the implications are for both business and end users. Meanwhile, many of you reading this have happily upgraded your Ubuntu Linux systems to release 10.04 (aka the Lucid Lynx) complete with what some argue is the best Linux desktop ever.
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BBC Radio uses open source to push out live text service
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The BBC is using open source technology to provide visitors to its 10 national radio websites with a live text service.
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Linux Distros and the Codec Conundrum
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Is it ever acceptable for Linux distros to license codecs? Opinions range from "sure," to "never," to "no, but it's a good thing they do." It's a difficult question, said Montreal consultant Gerhard Mack. No true-blooded supporter of FOSS wants to encourage proprietary codecs, but OS distributors need to make sure things work out of the box.
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Overview and Explanation of Linux Desktop Environments
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Something most new Linux users often struggle to understand when first using Linux is the concept of desktop environments. What a desktop environment actually is I feel gets further clouded when users start exploring different "spins" of a distro. For example it is very common for a new user to think Kubuntu or Xubuntu is something entirely different from the well known Ubuntu.
Read more »Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 Screenshots
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition brings all the advantages of Ubuntu to your netbook – it's optimised for smaller screens and, of course, it's free. Ubuntu Netbook is a secure, reliable way to use your netbook. It gives you instant access to all the free applications you’ll need, wherever you are. Ubuntu Netbook 10.04 Screenshots
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Ubuntu LTS 10.04, a Linux OS at Its Best
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As you've probably seen, Canonical just released the latest LTS (long-term support) version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) exists in both desktop and server form. I looked at the server edition for ServerWatch.
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Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 1: Getting started
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This article—the first in a series on Hadoop—explores the Hadoop framework, including its fundamental elements, such as the Hadoop file system (HDFS), and node types that are commonly used. Learn how to install and configure a single-node Hadoop cluster, and delve into the MapReduce application. Finally, discover ways to monitor and manage Hadoop using its core Web interfaces.
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Distributed data processing with Hadoop, Part 2: Going further
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The first article in this series showed how to use Hadoop in a single-node cluster. This article continues with a more advanced setup that uses multiple nodes for parallel processing. It demonstrates the various node types required for multinode clusters and explores MapReduce functionality in a parallel environment.
Read more »Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1
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Canonical has released the first alpha of Ubuntu 10.10, code named "Maverick Meerkat". This first development milestone features the 2.6.34 Linux kernel, GNOME 2.31 and a number of package updates
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Google adds VP8 / WebM support to Chrome Dev channel
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The Google Chrome developers have issued a developer channel (a.k.a. the Dev channel) release of Chrome that includes support for the latest open WebM / VP8 video format introduced as part of the WebM Project
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