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CodeWeavers Releases CrossOver 9.1 And CrossOver Games 9.1 For MAC And Linux

Tom Wickline — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:42:02 +0000

On the heels of the highly-anticipated release of Wine 1.2, CodeWeavers, Inc. today announced the simultaneous release of CrossOver 9.1 and CrossOver Games 9.1 for both Mac and Linux.

Demonstrating multi-processing in Bash 4

gus3 — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:44:51 +0000

Bash has had multi-processing for a long time, via job control, the $! environment variable, and the “wait” command. Judicious use of parentheses for sub-processes, and pipes where necessary, can put comparatively long-term procedures into the background. Bash 4 now provides a new multi-processing paradigm for shell scripting, via the “coproc” statement.

Spotlight on Linux: SimplyMEPIS 8.5.x

Susan Linton — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:00 +0000

SimplyMEPIS is a simply wonderful distribution. It was the first to offer a complete out of the box experience all tied up in a pretty package. It would be fair to say that it was probably the inspiration for many of the easy-to-use distributions available today. more>>

Android 3.0: what you need to know

Paul Douglas — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:47:40 +0000

Even though most Android users are still waiting for Android 2.2, details about the next version Android 3.0, or Gingerbread are starting to emerge. Android 3.0 release date is looking like Q4 of this year, possibly around October. And Gingerbread may already be in some testers’ hands – Phandroid has shown an unverified photo of a test build of Android 3.0 running in the wild.

Compact POS devices run SUSE Linux

Jonathan Angel — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:50:29 +0000

NCR announced two compact POS (point of sale) devices that run SUSE Linux for Point of Service, as well as a number of Windows operating systems. The RealPOS 40 and RealPOS 60 use Intel Atom and Celeron processors, respectively, offer enhanced energy efficiency, and provide both four powered serial ports and up to eight powered USB ports, the company says.

Linux Mint 9 KDE released

bob@lxer.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:53:18 +0000

The Linux Mint development team have issued the KDE Edition of version 9 of their Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, code named “Isadora”. Linux Mint aims to be user friendly and to provide a more complete out-of-the-box experience by including support for DVD playback, Java, and various plug-ins and media codecs.

Basket – A Multi-Purpose Note Pad For KDE

Tavis J. Hampton — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:56:07 +0000

Basket Note Pads is a multipurpose note-taking application for KDE. Business people can use it to keep track of important tasks and notes. Writers can use it to organize their thoughts. Students can use it for note taking. And generally anyone can use it as a virtual paste bin or clip drawer. Basket was one of the last KDE 3 programs to be ported to KDE 4. While the development appeared to have stalled for some time, it has picked up again, and the developers have released a beta version for KDE 4.

What’s the Latest in the Psystar Appeal?

bob@lxer.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:58:44 +0000

Let’s catch up quickly in the Psystar/Apple situation, so we don’t miss any of the action. When I read the new DMCA exemptions EFF won, I immediately started to think about Psystar, so I wanted to see what’s new. Maybe you did too. So here’s the latest I could find. The appeal is going forward. Presumably the next step in the appeal will be oral argument, although I can’t swear to it, since Psystar filed its brief under seal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals back in May, so we can’t read it, and that’s when they would have made the request or not. I can’t believe the entire document needed to be sealed, but that is what happened. Perhaps they’d prefer we not get a chance to analyze it?

GNOME 3 not ready yet, release pushed back to 2011

Ryan Paul — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:38:15 +0000

The developers behind the GNOME project have gathered in the Netherlands this week for the annual GUADEC conference. During a meeting that took place at the event, the GNOME release team made the difficult decision to delay the launch of GNOME 3, the next major version of the popular open source desktop environment. The new version has been deemed unready for mass consumption and will need another round of refinements before it can achieve the level of maturity and robustness that is expected by the software’s users.

Fedora 13: what you need to know

Shashank Sharma — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:48:01 +0000

Corporate backing and a large supportive community – almost all Linux distributions can boast of at least one half of that. Fedora, since its inception in late 2003 as Red Hat’s community distribution, has nurtured around itself a devoted community. It has achieved this after providing, release after release, an innovative and complete distribution that demands attention and respect.

Military Adoption of Open-Source Software May Increase Flexibility and Lower Cost

bob@lxer.com — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:50:50 +0000

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are helping the U.S. military analyze and develop the advantages of open-source software — programs that make their source code open to others so it can be changed and improved. Bringing many minds to bear on a given program can lead to software that is both high quality and low cost, or even free. For example, the Linux operating system, which licenses its basic source code for free, is now used to run many servers in companies, government and academia. The U.S. military is interested in open source, too, because it offers the potential for increased speed and flexibility, among other advantages. Scientists and engineers from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are working with military agencies to maximize the open-source potential.

Python Development Masterclass

Kunal Deo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:53:39 +0000

It may seem like Python is just another scripting language, but know that when you are using Linux, the chances are there is some Python code working backstage helping you. Among other things, this article looks into the versatile nature of Python and its many uses…

Going fast with DWM

Mike Diehl — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:56:28 +0000

If there was any justice in this world, there would be two cars parked in my driveway. One would be a 1977 Ferrari 308 GTS. The other would be a midnight blue BMW M3 convertible with all the amenities. I’d want the leather seats and power everything. When I’m in the BMW, I don’t want to have to roll the windows down; I want to push a button and have a leprechaun come out and roll them down for me. I want to point the car in the general direction of where I want to go and have it drive me there. That’s right, sometimes a guy just wants to be pampered.

OpenBSD — I’m back (and I’d like to think you care … but I know you don’t)

Steven Rosenberg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:59:17 +0000

You’ve got to love OpenBSD’s install process. OK, you don’t have to love it, but it has its advantages. Whether it’s painless or painful (and that depends on your perspective and familiarity with it), it is over quickly. Very quickly. You can probably go from boot to Fvwm2 desktop in less than 10 minutes. Take that (fill in the blank)!

Using ALSA to Control Linux Audio

Carla Schroder — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:01:55 +0000

ALSA has been the default Linux sound system for many years, and it is a perfectly capable audio subsystem even in this modern era of fancy new things. Carla Schroder shows us how to to control Linux audio with ALSA.

U.S. military adopts more open source: is that secure enough for you?

Julie Bort — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:10:48 +0000

The U.S. military and researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology are putting their heads together to help the military adopt more open source software. The military wants in on the cost savings, speed and flexibility which OSS offers to users, as opposed to being stuck waiting on proprietary software vendors to modified their tools when changes are needed. If the open source model can be secured enough for the military, surely it can be secured enough for the enterprise.

GNOME 3.0 Delayed To March 2011

Michael Larabel — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:40:34 +0000

Two years ago at GUADEC, the annual developer’s conference for GNOME, it was announced that GNOME 2.30 would be released as GNOME 3.0. With GNOME’s long-standing tradition of putting out major updates every six months, this put the GNOME 3.0 release to be in March of 2010. Last November it was then decided to delay GNOME 3.0 to September of 2010 to give developers more time to prepare on this first major overhaul to the GNOME desktop in years. It’s just been announced though from this year’s GUADEC conference happening this week that GNOME 3.0 will now not be released until March of 2011.

MeeGo Selected to Power In-Vehicle Infotainment Devices

Trevan McGee — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:43:23 +0000

GENIVI, a nonprofit organization setup by car manufacturers and chip makers, has announced that MeeGo will be the platform for future In-Vehicle Infotainment devices. Before you wince at the word “infotainment,” know that this announcement essentially means that MeeGo will be the de facto operating system for in-dash GPS devices, media players, and whatever else the member manufacturers of GENIVI can think of. This is a big move for the proliferation of MeeGo, especially considering the project hinted at further iterations of the Linux-based OS on TVs and mediaphones.

Killed by (non-open) code : Group Wants Implantable Device Software to be Open Source

Dan Goodin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:47:08 +0000

More than one-fourth of defective implantable medical devices discovered this year were probably the result of bugs in the software used to control them, a group advocating open source software claimed in a report that argues against the use of proprietary code in the life-saving products.

Are You Expecting? Your Boss Should Know

Ken Hess — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:02:53 +0000

If you need to automate, you can now automate your automation efforts, while your belly grows big.