October 2012
Luninux - The Quest For Freedom
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 07:47:15 PM Filed under
darkduck.com: I downloaded Luninux a couple of weeks ago at the same time that I downloaded Fuduntu. I wrote a review about Fuduntu last week and I was really impressed.
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XStreamOS: An Illumos Kernel Based Operating System
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 07:43:56 PM Filed under

unixmen.com: The project is led by Garbriele Bulfon through his company, Sonicle, a company which he co-founded with business partner Raffaele Fullone. Sonicle specializes in Infrastructure, Cloud and Web Development technologies. Gabriele gave me a brief run-down of what Sonicle is all about:
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Torvalds on laptops: Make higher-def resolution standard
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 07:41:49 PM Filed under

computerworld.com.au: The outspoken creator of Linux, Linus Torvalds, called for laptop makers to follow the tablet world's lead in using the highest-resolution displays possible on mobile devices, in a post on Google Plus.
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Windows 8, the post-PC world, and Linux: Microsoft will prevail
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 06:52:39 PM Filed under

arstechnica.com: Since the very first reveal of Windows 8, some critics have called the operating system a fatal move for Microsoft. They call it a blunder so large in its abandonment of Windows' heritage that it has created an opportunity for other operating systems to rise up.
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Interface tricks could be a Linux treat
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 06:50:50 PM Filed under

itworld.com: I miss the days when I would get excited about the latest desktop interface to come from the GNOME or KDE projects, or downloading and installing the umpteenth Linux distribution on the continuing quest to find Linux nirvana.
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Red Hat Linux Born on Halloween and Still Scaring the Pants off Proprietary Operating Systems
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 05:52:07 PM Filed under
internetnews.com: In October of 1994, on All Hallow's Eve, Marc Ewing released the first publicly available distribution of Red Hat Linux. It's a release that has become known as the Halloween release.
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today's leftovers:
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 09:30:53 AM Filed under



- Mark Shuttleworth and the secrecy of Ubuntu
- Video Editor ‘Lightworks’ Linux Release Limited to Select Few
- Osmos Arcade Game Added to Steam for Linux Database
- Ext4 bug - No need to panic
- Geeky Halloween Pics
- Precise Puppy - Linux Perfected
- How to become an rsync power user with Grsync
- Ubuntu Plans To Stick To "Stable GNOME"
- Booting into Linux on Windows 8 Secure Boot-equipped hardware
- Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction
- An overview of our Secure Boot implementation
- Getting started with UEFI development
- The Ripple Effect of Windows 8
- Howto GNOME 3 in Ubuntu
- Widgets Are Coming To The Unity Desktop
- BackBox Linux 3 Review
- linux kernel monkey: Help Wanted
- Make a game on Raspberry Pi
- GCC 4.8 Compiler On AMD's Eight-Core Piledriver
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Is Valve Planning A Linux-based gaming console?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 03:27:29 AM Filed under

davestechsupport.com: Recently, Valve made an announcement that it will be porting Steam to Linux (with official support for Ubuntu Linux in particular) and is entering the Beta Testing phase as I write this. I believe Valve’s long term goal is to use Ubuntu as the basis for a new console system, similar to the Xbox.
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Linux Mint Makes Money with Minty Merchandise
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 03:24:36 AM Filed under
ostatic.com: Linux Mint founder, Clement Lefebvre, has done an amazing job monitizing his Ubuntu offshoot. Now Lefebvre has announced yet another partnership and the ribbon-cutting of his Minty fresh store.
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Will XP Users Shun Windows 8 in Favor of Ubuntu?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2012 02:08:07 AM Filed under

datamation.com: Historically, Windows hasn't been tremendously effective in the area of backwards compatibility. On the flipside, the idea that Windows 8 will drive Windows users to Ubuntu in droves is unlikely.
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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