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Developer Linux News for Dec 15, 2004
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Open Source For Windows? (Dec 15, 2004, 23:30)
Aaron Seigo has sharp concerns about porting open source
projects to Windows, as noted in a recent blog entry. At ONLamp,
Todd Ogasawara has his own brief take on the issue.
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NewsForge: Linux Bangalore/2004: Hackers Galore (Dec 15, 2004, 22:45)
"Linux Bangalore/2004, India's biggest tech-fest for free and
open source software was held in Bangalore, the country's IT hub,
last week..."
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ITBusiness.ca: Seneca College Takes Open Source Into the Classroom (Dec 15, 2004, 18:15)
"Seneca College in Toronto will work with a local software
developer to move a network management tool for Linux to the open
source model..."
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CNET News: Firefox Ad Readied as Market Share Increases (Dec 15, 2004, 15:15)
"The Mozilla group expects to run a thank-you ad in the New York
Times by Christmas as new market share numbers showed continued
progress against Microsoft..."
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UK Firms Support on EU Patent Proposal, Meets with Irked Developers (Dec 15, 2004, 14:30)
The UK is supportive of the proposed EU patent directive, but
also denies it wpuld create a US-like patent system. Articles from
vnunet and ZDNet UK detail a meeting yesterday at the Department of
Trade and Industry between government supporters and angry
developers.
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KernelTrap: Time Sliced CFQ With IO Priorities (Dec 15, 2004, 05:30)
"Jens Axboe offered a patch that introduces basic IO priority
support for his time sliced CFQ IO scheduler..."
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Release Digest: KDE, December 14, 2004 (Dec 15, 2004, 04:45)
Today's KDE apps: qGO 1.0.0, Yammi 1.2-rc, Krusader 1.51, Kuote
(Fortune Frontend / Fish Applet) 0.9.2, KD Executor 2.0.3,
KrawlSite 0.3, and Apollon 1.0.1.
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Release Digest: GNOME, December 14, 2004 (Dec 15, 2004, 04:45)
Today's GNOME apps: Gnome-Themer 2.0, gospy-applet 0.5.2, Gnome
Screen Ruler 0.5, gscore 0.0.8, LiVES 0.9.1, Aegis Virus Scanner
0.1.1, and gExec 0.2.
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Release Digest: Distributions, December 14, 2004 (Dec 15, 2004, 04:45)
Today's distribution: SAM Xmas Fun 2004.
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