January 2013
5 Ubuntu alternatives worth checking out
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 11:37:36 PM Filed under
extremetech.com: So while Ubuntu is generally a good choice, it might not be exactly what you need. There are many other options out there that are worth knowing about.
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Have some fun with Deepin 12.12 alpha
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 11:30:41 PM Filed under
linuxbsdos.com: Linux Deepin is one of my favorite desktop distributions. A Chinese distro that is based on Ubuntu Desktop, it is not just a rebranded Ubuntu desktop, but offers a desktop computing experience different from that of its parent distribution.
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Protection against Samsung UEFI bug merged into Linux kernel
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 11:09:36 PM Filed under
h-online.com: On Thursday morning, Linus Torvalds merged two changes into the main Linux development tree which mean that the samsung-laptop kernel driver will no longer be activated when Linux is booted via UEFI (1, 2). This should resolve the problem of some Samsung laptops being irreparably damaged when Linux is booted using UEFI.
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Defence bets big on Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 09:18:48 PM Filed under
itnews.com.au: Defence will shift about 400 more IT systems to Linux-based servers in the coming months as it nears completion of a decade-long upgrade of its radar surveillance systems.
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10 open source projects to watch this year
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 09:17:18 PM Filed under
pcworld.com: Following up on last year's list, Black Duck released its “2012 Open Source Rookies of the Year” on Wednesday, highlighting 10 key up-and-comers worth watching over the coming year. Here are 10 projects to keep an eye on:
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VLC Multimedia Player Shows Changing Open Source License Is Hard, But Possible
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 09:15:00 PM Filed under

techdirt.com: Licenses lie at the heart of open source -- and many other kinds of "open" too. That's because they are used to define the rights of users, and to ensure those rights are passed on -- that the intellectual commons is not enclosed. Their central importance explains in part the flamewars that erupt periodically over which license is "best."
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some leftovers:
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 07:36:45 PM Filed under
- Picking up Aaron Swartz's dropped flags
- New Secure Boot Patches Break Hibernate, Kexec Support
- the real wikipedia of maps
- Fedora 18 Gnome 3.6 Desktop Review
- Kororaa 18 beta progressing well, final touches
- Interview Google Open Source Program Manager Chris DiBona
- Which open source software license should I use?
- Linux Foundation Announces New Members
- Time to drop flash
- Tutorial 1: Hello Elementary
- Bootstrappable Debian - New Milestone
- No, that “Most Trusted Company for Privacy Award” does not compute
- XBMC 12 open source media centre adds Live TV and Android support
- Python for Kids helps adults teach programming to youth
- Improve KDE4 Performance: Disable Nepomuk and Akonadi
- Fedora To Look At Reviving Apache OpenOffice
- Manokwari Desktop on openSUSE 12.2
- How to connect to remote server via SSH using Dolphin
- Microsoft Cradles Linus Torvalds’ (Other) Baby
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Plasma Active 4
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 04:33:07 AM Filed under
- Plasma Active 4
- Plasma.next()?
- desktop containment moving to plasma quick
- ktouch fun
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LibreOffice 3.6.5 Finishes off 3.6
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 04:28:42 AM Filed under
ostatic.com: Today The Document Foundation announced the release of their final 3.6 update, LibreOffice 3.6.5. "This new release is another step forward in the process of improving the overall quality and stability of LibreOffice, and facilitating the migration process to free software."
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Why I contribute my changes to Libreoffice and won’t re-license
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of January 2013 01:14:57 AM Filed under

mmohrhard.wordpress: So after reading several times on another mailing list that Libreoffice developers should relicense their patches to make them available to other descendents in the OpenOffice.org ecosystem I’m explaining why I contribute to the Libreoffice project and license my changes only as LGPLv3+/MPL.
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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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