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Developer Linux News for Feb 25, 2010
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Built to last (Feb 25, 2010, 22:32)
The Linux Foundation: "As it turned out, git
was almost immediately useful, and has only become more so since.
Making the development process work is git’s main claim to
fame, but, as a side benefit, git also makes it possible to learn a
lot about how our kernel is developed."
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EFL brings Ubuntu Netbook Remix to ARM (Feb 25, 2010, 21:32)
Enlightenment.org: "Canonical developer Jamie
Bennett announced in his blog post The New UI for ARM Based Ubuntu
Devices how Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) enabled rich
graphical user interfaces even on non-3D-accelerated ARM
devices."
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Linux 2.6.33 Boosts Graphics, Dumps Android (Feb 25, 2010, 21:02)
Linux Planet: "A new kernel release makes its
debut, with Nvidia and without Android, and top Red Hat and Novell
kernel developers share their inside views."
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Open Source Re-writes the Rules for Mobile (Feb 25, 2010, 20:02)
Open...: "One consequence of open source's
rapid spread in the world of mobiles is that you can now do the
same in that market:"
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Meet Git, the Version Control System for Developers Who Like Ease (Feb 25, 2010, 18:32)
WDVL: "Meet Git, an open-source version control
system that reduces rather than adds to the overhead of managing a
software project."
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Linux kernel R&D worth over 1bn euros (Feb 25, 2010, 15:02)
The Register: "How much would it cost the
European Union to cobble together the Linux kernel from scratch?
The development costs would reach over a billion euros..."
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Kindle blessed by Microsoft over Linux-related patents (Feb 25, 2010, 13:32)
LinuxDevices: "The Microsoft/Amazon
cross-license agreement provides each company with access to the
other's patent portfolio, says Microsoft. In addition, Amazon will
pay Microsoft an undisclosed amount of money under the
agreement."
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Heros (Feb 25, 2010, 12:32)
Linux Pro Magazine: "I have a few personal
heroes whose lives have inspired me: Abraham Lincoln, Samuel
Clemens, Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, Albert Einstein and Alan
Turing. Recently I learned of another, and I would like to share
their story with you, since in a lot of ways they had a major
effect on Computers and Free Software."
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Arduino – the hardware revolution (Feb 25, 2010, 01:32)
Linux User and Developer: "As we watched for
signs of hope in netbook sales, Drupal sites and partly-FOSS
Android phones, a revolution was taking place all around, in the
physical world but not entirely away from the internet."
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Kernel Log: Linux and hard disks with 4-KByte sectors (Feb 25, 2010, 00:02)
The H Open: "In future, fdisk will arrange
partitions in such a way that the new hard disks with 4-KByte
sectors can achieve optimum performance – although, for now,
users will still need to select fdisk's appropriate mode of
operation manually."
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