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Linux News for Mar 31, 2011
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W3C Investigates Convergence of Web and TV (Mar 31, 2011, 23:01)
internetnews.com: "In an effort to try and help
guide best practices and standards for a converged world, the World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has setup a Web and TV Interest Group.
The charter for the group is for it to help identify requirements
and potential solutions to ensure that the Web will work well with
TV."
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White House releases IT Dashboard as open source code (Mar 31, 2011, 20:07)
O'Reilly Radar: "A live demonstration of the
opensourced code for IT Dashboard is now online. The IT Dashboard
code is available at SourceForge.net and is released under a GNU
Public License (GPL). A bug tracker and other resources are also
online."
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First Look: Ubuntu 11.04 Beta (Mar 31, 2011, 18:02)
Softpedia: "Canonical will unleash to the world
the first Beta version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)
operating system, due for release on April 28th, 2011. Of course,
before the final version, there will be a second Beta, due for
release on April 14th."
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Paravirtualization With Xen 4.0 On Debian Squeeze (AMD64) (Mar 31, 2011, 16:12)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial provides
step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen 4.0 on a Debian
Squeeze (6.0) system (AMD64) and create paravirtualized guests
(don't mix this up with fully virtualized guests, i.e. hardware
virtualization (HVM))."
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Permabit extends data dedupe to Linux-based NAS (Mar 31, 2011, 14:03)
ComputerWorld: "Permabit is targeting
Linux-based NAS systems with its new VDO product because, after
top-tier vendors, it's the fastest-growing market. According to
Gartner, the Linux-based NAS appliance market has grown from a 6.5%
market share in 2006 to 17.9% in 2009."
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New KDE Polishes Linux but Leaves a Few Little Streaks (Mar 31, 2011, 12:07)
Tech News World: "There's plenty to like about
the K Desktop Environment version 4.6.1, and it's not all about eye
candy. Power users will find the new desktop full of improvements
that are actually practical, not just aesthetic."
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Open source vendors turned down by Swiss Federal Supreme Court (Mar 31, 2011, 10:02)
The H Open: "The Swiss Federal Supreme
CourtSwitzerland has rejected a complaint by several open source
vendors against the awarding of contracts to Microsoft without
prior invitation to tender."
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8 Ways Companies Can Contribute to Open Source Communities (Mar 31, 2011, 08:11)
Mashable: "With each community potentially
delivering enterprise-grade technology, large companies have many
reasons to keep open source alive and well. How can enterprises
evaluate which communities to work with and how to get involved?
Here are some suggestions."
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Debian 6 Squeeze review � nearly, but not quite... (Mar 31, 2011, 05:03)
Linux User & Developer: "You don't choose
Debian if you fancy the newest software, but if you long for
stability and you don't want to upgrade each 6 months, Debian is
definitely for you."
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UK Government Backs Open Source In Budget Cuts (Mar 31, 2011, 02:18)
eWeek Europe: "Minister for the Cabinet Office
Francis Maude outlined the plans today, promising to create a level
playing field for open source software and impose compulsory open
standards, starting with interoperability and security."
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