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NetworkWorld: Large Hadron Collider techie details enormous complexity of Java messaging at CamelOne conference

eSecurityPlanet: The big problem Bromium is working on is called Byzantine Fault Tolerance. In computer science, this concept describes a system that is able to survive multiple and arbitrary forms of attack or failure of its component parts.

Toolbox.com: When it comes to computing, especially operating systems, the trend seems to reducing the amount of control the end users have over their operating system environments [stares hard at garden gnomes].

LinuxBSDos.com: One tool that has seen very little or no change over the past several releases in Ubuntu Desktop is the installation program. So it is somewhat surprising that some users are having problems dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 using a tutorial written for Ubuntu 11.04.

HowtoForge: In this guide I will use Subversion to manage all the Tasks. You can use any other SCM system as well, as long it supports something similar to Subversion's external directive. I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 but you can use other distributions as well.

InfoWorld: A number of software entrepreneurs chose to base their business models on this fear. They selected the GPL for their software projects, not to promote some vision of digital liberty, but rather to exploit the fears of corporate legal advisers about the GPL.

IT World: Just days after the Mandriva community started its own plans for the next release of the French Linux distribution, its commercial sponsor has formally announced that the community will take the lead on all Mandriva Linux development moving forward.

Really Linux: The desktop is not going to disappear suddenly because there is a movement to include mobile devices.

OpenSource.com: One of the most overlooked reasons to get involved with an open source project is career advancement

 ITWorld: Now that Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has been released, IBM has begun to take formal steps to re-integrate its Lotus Symphony fork of OpenOffice.org back into the OpenOffice mainline.

 Linux User: Linux Mint 13 has jumped straight to a release candidate, hot on the heels of Ubuntu 12.04s release, and with a controversial switch to Yahoo search???

 Wazi: If you already know how to manage MySQL, you can learn how to handle PostgreSQL fairly quickly.

 ZDnet: According to a report, Google is going to radically shift how it works with its partners in developing and selling Android.

EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: The OpenFlow open source protocol for software defined networking (SDN) took a big step forward today with the approval of the OpenFlow 1.3.0 specification.

 Begin Linux: An object in Nagios is a unit of information, such as a host, service, contact, group, timeperiod, etc

The VAR Guy: Will Google  Android encounter multiple forks in the road?

InternetNews: From the 'I told you so' files

HowtoForge: This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Debian Squeeze. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here.

CIO Journal: Facebook’s recipe for building servers and data centers is not only providing a blueprint for CIOs to follow, but is changing the way hardware and software vendors bring products to market.

Softpedia: The new release of GNOME Tweak Tool also fixes some nasty bugs like the support for the user-theme shell extension, which now requires pygobject >= 3.2.1, and a missing schemas issue.

The VAR Guy: The fact that Inktank has chosen to cast an eye on the Ubuntu world first thus stands out as a mark of Ubuntu’s momentum in the server world.

IT World: Geek TV star uses Ubuntu 12.04 download as example of legal BitTorrent use.

Linux.com: Amazon's Simple Storage Service (S3) has a lot to like

Groklaw: Oracle, as expected, is going to drag in Larry Page and Eric Schmidt,

 Unixmen: VLC media player is one of the most well known and successful open source projects.

OStatic: While waiting for the Mandriva management to decide the future direction of the distribution, the community is taking matters into their own hands and beginning the planning stages for the next release,

MakeUseOff: Popular Linux distributions make it pretty easy to encrypt your home folder or even entire partitions if you’d like, without many issues.

UbuntuVibes: a big part of Toy Story 2 was almost deleted because of an accidental Linux command 'rm' and poor backup system

V3: Jim Zemlin, as the executive director of The Linux Foundation, campaigns to accelerate the adoption of Linux software

 Really Linux: The battle to position Linux on the desktop has always been tenuous.

 ZDnet: Got design chops? Love Linux? Want to go to LinuxCon in San Diego or Barcelona, Spain later this year on the Linux Foundation's dime?

Linux Magazine: Storing sensitive data like passwords and confidential information on your Android device unprotected is risky to say the least. Fortunately, the Secret Space Encryptor (SSE) app can take good care of your precious data.

InfoWorld: The rise of mobile computing in the enterprise, coupled with the Android's rapid adoption worldwide, contributes to the trend as developers race to be the first to market with mobile innovations.

eWeek: FuseSource, the open source integration company, announced the availability of new products that enable enterprises to use open-source technology for all of their integration and messaging needs.

Unixmen: I want to ask all people that write on public view to stop using Ubuntu Defaults and show to their readers that there are more choices.

Softpedia: The Ubuntu Bliss Lens is a simple replacement of the default Application Lens found in Ubuntu, allowing users only to search their installed apps.

Linux User & Developer: Newly released Ubuntu based distribution Hybryde allows you to switch between desktop environments without even logging out, and comes with Unity, KDE, and LXDE by default.

The VAR Guy: Red Hat and IBM Corp. are countering VMware in the government market, promoting a secure virtualization platform on IBM x86 servers. But here's the twist: VMware has offered a similar level of security since at least 2010. Here's what you need to know.

InternetNews: From the 'Most Successful Open Source Foundation' files

Softpedia: Nautilus 3.4.2 is part of the GNOME 3.4.2 upgrade, which will be available sometime tomorrow, May 16th, 2012. It is a maintenance release, bringing several fixes and a couple of improvements.