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Infrastructure Linux News for Dec 30, 2010
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Editor's Note: Where the HECK Did 2010 Go! (2010-12-30 23:03:59)
A new year, new beginnings, new opportunities!
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The Kno Textbook Tablet Preview (2010-12-30 21:32:59)
MakeTechEasier: "Almost every new tablet that
has emerged in the iPad-dominated market has essentially been a
direct competitor to the iPad, offering little, if any, basic
usability advantages."
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Looking back, looking ahead (2010-12-30 20:47:59)
Larry the Free Software Guy: "Now that I have
finally disengaged myself from the what is commercially and
socially — and for some, spiritually (and God bless you,
every one) — known as "the holiday season," I have been
giving a lot of thought to how good a year 2010 was, the Sun
purchase by Oracle and the Novell deal notwithstanding, and what
2011 has to offer."
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Oracle wins the 2010 Open Source Enemies Prize (2010-12-30 19:04:59)
TechRepublic: "The year 2010 has seen a number
of enemies of open source software making waves. After thinking
about it long and hard — about five minutes or so — I
have determined the proper winner of the 2010 Open Source Enemies
Prize, though some other contenders deserve a Dishonorable
Mention"
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Net Neutrality 2011: What Storms May Come (2010-12-30 18:34:59)
InternetNews: "When the Federal Communications
Commission passed its first binding network neutrality rules
earlier this month, it brought a sort of closure to a long-running,
raucous debate that had left nearly all participants exasperated,
if not exhausted."
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Skype Expresses $1 Worth of Sorrow (2010-12-30 18:04:59)
ZDNet: "Skype is sorry that their house of
cards collapsed. Sorry, to the tune of $1."
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Hedgewars - Awesome Open-Source Worms-Like Game for Linux (2010-12-30 17:04:59)
Tuxarena: "A few days ago I reviewd WarMUX, a
free and open-source Worms-like game for Linux. Today I'll take a
look to Hedgewars, another free Worms clone with funny characters,
good playability and support for online multiplayer."
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Finally a Download Accelerator for Linux that Works with Chrome/Chromium (2010-12-30 16:34:59)
Ubuntu Vibes: "There are not many download
accelerators for Linux that integrate well with web browsers and
have support for downloading links right from the browser."
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Pidgin 2.7.9 updates for security and smileys ?! (2010-12-30 15:04:59)
Netstat -vat: "The open source pidgin instant
messenger client, is out with a new update fixing at least one
security issue as well as an interesting emoticon/smiley
issue."
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Android Market said to surpass 200K (2010-12-30 14:04:59)
LinuxDevices: "Android Market is now offering
200,000 applications, only a few months after surpassing 100,000,
according to estimates published by AndroLib."
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6 Linux Burning Applications - Overview & Screenshots (2010-12-30 11:04:59)
TuxArena: "K3b is a powerful, feature-complete
burning application for KDE 4 which comes with support for burning
CDs, DVDs, ISO images, Blu-ray discs, audio CDs, creating ISO
images."
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Genealogy Program: Gramps 3.2.5 released (2010-12-30 09:04:59)
Gramps: "The Gramps Developers are happy to
announce a new bug fix release: Version 3.2.5 — the "I intend
to live forever" bug fix release."
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Putin orders Russian gov't to move to open source (2010-12-30 05:04:59)
IT World: "Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin [cq] has ordered government agencies there to open-source
software by 2015, according to translated documents."
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Linux for the rest of us? (2010-12-30 01:04:59)
Fan: "Back in the late 1990s, people were
touting Linux as the "next big thing." Think back to 1998 when an
internal memo released by Microsoft about the "Linux threat" was
leaked to the public."
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