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Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 24, 2007
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Five Desktop Linux Highlights of 2007 (Dec 24, 2007, 23:30)
DesktopLinux: "Sometimes putting together a
best-of-the-year list is like pulling teeth. There simply isn't
enough big news to fill the list out. That was not a problem for
desktop Linux in 2007.."
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The Benefits of a Regular Release Schedule (Dec 24, 2007, 22:45)
The Open Source Advocate: "I have recently read
the announcement that Kubuntu 8.04 is NOT going to be an LTS
release, thereby deviating from the release schedule of all the
other Ubuntu variants..."
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2007 Top Ten Free and Open Source Legal Issues (Dec 24, 2007, 22:00)
Law & Life: Silicon Valley: "The year 2007
has been the most active year for legal developments in the history
of free and open source ('FOSS'). In fact, you would have been hard
pressed in past years to enumerate even five important legal
developments..."
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Everything You Know About Networking Just Changed (Dec 24, 2007, 21:15)
Linux-Watch: "I was sure that Microsoft would
find some way to wiggle out of the European Union deal to reveal
its trade secrets..."
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IPR, Trade Barriers and Open Document Formats: China Learns its Lessons Well (Dec 24, 2007, 19:45)
ConsortiumInfo: "One of the topics I'm behind
writing on is the state of IPR concerns and standard setting in
China in general, and the current status of UOF--China's 'Uniform
Office Document Format' entry in the document format
sweepstakes--in particular..."
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Open Source is an Operations Business: Red Hat's CEO Switch (Dec 24, 2007, 19:00)
The Open Road: "I was talking with a friend
this morning who used to work at JBoss. He made an interesting
point: Rob Bearden, the COO at JBoss, was perhaps the biggest
reason for JBoss' success..."
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How a Linux Download Topped YouTube's Hit List (Dec 24, 2007, 18:15)
Wired: "The hottest thing on YouTube this month
isn't The Dark Knight trailer or that clip of a baby giving an evil
eye..."
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OneLaptop-OneVillage (Dec 24, 2007, 16:00)
AP/Chicago Tribune: "Doubts about whether poor,
rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers
evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean
village..."
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A Holiday Present for Everybody: MEPIS 7.0 is Released (Dec 24, 2007, 13:45)
Mepis: "MEPIS 7.0 offers up to date user
applications delivered on top of a Debian stable core..."
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OLPC Heralds Era of Low-Cost Computing (Dec 24, 2007, 13:00)
LinuxWorld: "OLPC's XO laptop and the dream of
the $100 notebook PC have driven down the cost of computing and
highlighted the issue of the lack of computing resources in
developing nations..."
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Linux Networking Cookbook: Tasty Linux Recipes (Dec 24, 2007, 09:00)
Linux-Watch: "Even before I picked up Unix, I
worked on networks. While networking has gotten simpler, it's
almost all TCP/IP now instead of Arcnet, Token-Ring and a half
dozen dusty wiring and protocol schemes..."
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