News Linux News for Aug 09, 2009:

OSCON 2009: Governments and open source
(2009-08-09 03:03:01)
LWN.net: "Some government entities put up fierce resistance to free software because they do not want to run afoul of ethics laws that prohibit them from accepting gifts — if free software has value, then government officials are not allowed to receive the code without paying for it."

Antix M8.2, A review, install guide and comparison to Linux Mint
(2009-08-09 07:03:01)
Relst.nl x2: "I have an old pc, it's from 2005. (2.4 Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, 80GByte HDD and an 64MB nvidia graphics card. I mostly use Linux mint, on all my PC's. At school via a USB stick, and at work via mint4win. But on my home PC it was getting rather slow and hoggy."

SCO vs. Linux: an end in sight?
(2009-08-09 11:03:01)
The H Open: "Following the bankruptcy court's decision to entrust the continuation of SCO Group's business to a trustee, there's been a lot of head-scratching over the future of the company."

How are Open Source Software Projects Surviving the Recession?
(2009-08-09 15:03:01)
Linux.com: "The challenging U.S. economic recession has hit just about every segment of our economy--so how's it been affecting open source software development projects and their contributors?"

Install KDE 4.3 In Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04
(2009-08-09 19:03:01)
Webupd8: "Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala simply have do an apt-get upgrade to update to the latest KDE 4.3 (which was released yesterday) but (K)Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope users have to add the Kubuntu PPA backports so they can install the latest KDE 4.3"

Fall In Love With Ardour's Digital Audio Workstation
(2009-08-09 23:03:01)
OStatic: "Ardour is a digital audio workstation that's designed for musicians, podcasters, voice actors, editors, and anyone who needs full-blown professional software with all the bells and whistles."

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