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Linux and Open Source News for 6th June 2008

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Source: zenwalk

Jean-Philippe Guillemin has announced the release of Zenwalk Linux 5.2: "The long awaited Zenwalk Linux 5.2 is now available. What's new? The new release includes nearly 500 changes to software packages including a number of updates, bug fixes and enhanced replacements for some software. Notable updates include the .



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The Linux Channel: "We don't begrudge developers their fun, but Exherbo made us pause. It shares a lot of concepts from Gentoo, but Exherbo's developers claim that it is not a true Gentoo fork "


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Source: Linux Today

Editor's Note: Linux has so much potential, you can now just pick an idea and run with it.


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451 CAOS Theory: "Savio Rodrigues has published an interesting post about the adoption of commercial open source software that brings together his thoughts about open source business models and suggests that commercial open source vendors may be heading for a glass ceiling "


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The Open Road: "Last week there was a minor ruckus over Jason Matusow's suggestion that governments should not legislate IT policy, whether for or against open-source software "


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Linux.com: "Pia Waugh is a leading advocate for FLOSS in her home country, Australia, and all over the world "


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Join the Revolution!: "For me this is a very exciting event and a great opportunity to show you which changes and improvements will effect us, specially in relation to SSL secured web sites "


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Silicon Republic: "Four IBM workers in Dublin are to be awarded for their contribution to the development of a community project that uses open source software to ensure older people and vulnerable members of the public in 20 counties across Ireland receive a good neighbour service "


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IT Pro: "Fifty years ago scientists were restricted to the use of ink and graph paper to assess and compile their data "


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The VAR Guy: "Sure, Red Hat has publicly stated that the company isn't launching a consumer desktop initiative. But that doesn't mean Red Hat is ignoring the corporate desktop and laptop markets "


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Computerworld Australia: "In the recently reported attack, H D Moore's Metasploit Project had all Internet traffic redirected to a defaced page, announcing that a group called sunwear had hacked the site for fun "


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Techworld: "Win4Lin Desktop 5 is based on code that has been re-engineered since 2005, when the assets of the former company NeTraverse were acquired to form Win4Lin, now renamed Virtual Bridges "


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PC World: "Asus has offered the first look at what its upcoming all-in-one desktop may look like, and shown an Eee family roadmap featuring previously unannounced products alongside the Eee Box B202 mini PC and 42-inch LCD Eee TV "


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Business Week: "The big idea of giving PCs to poor children has been challenged by educators and business. Here, follow the misadventures of One Laptop per Child "


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ZDNet UK: "In a setback for the City of Vienna's three-year-old open-source migration programme, city authorities decided on Wednesday to scrap most of the systems that have so far adopted the city's custom-built Linux distribution "


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TechieMoe: "Ultimate Edition (formerly known as Ubuntu Ultimate Edition) was apparently started as a re-packaging of Ubuntu for Christmas, odd as that may sound "


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LinuxPlanet: "A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when you're teaching someone how to do something on a computer, and recordMyDesktop is a great little Linux application for creating screencasts "


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Linux.com: "Note-taking applications are far from scarce on GNU/Linux desktops. If your needs are simple, you can use KNotes in KDE or Sticky Notes in GNOME "


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OpenOffice.org Ninja: "Now available for testing is the PDF import extension, which also includes hybrid PDF-ODF export "



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pbd points out a story discussing the challenges faced by NASA engineers in designing the code sent to operate the Phoenix Mars Lander. Quoting Computerworld: "On Wednesday, engineers sent up the code to run an actual analysis, but a satellite orbiting Mars, which transfers the data down to the Lander, was offline. Robinson explained that the satellite had been hit with radiation, knocking it into safe mode. 'Space is a harsh environment, and sometimes they just go into safe mode,' he noted. 'It's a minor problem. [The satellite] aborts whatever it was doing and waits for future commanding.' Engineers successfully resent the code on Thursday."Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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In preparation for my OSCON talk, I've been unearthing some of the fx enhancements that were added to Dojo's gfx module back when version 1.1 landed. Some of these enhancements are pretty neat, and I thought they might make for a good



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