A medium-large bit of news this week is a potentially serious exploit in the shiny new freshly-released Firefox 3.5, which was released, discovered, and fixed nearly all at the same time. Another open source security success story! Except for one thing-- no one bothered to report if this dastardly flaw affects Linux.
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Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel
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In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.
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Free "Really Cool" Stickers About Linux/FOSS
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Do you want to remove that Windows or Apple logo from your Linux-powered netbook or laptop? If you do then you may as well replace it with some cool graphics that would stand out. To spare you from the hassles of creating you own or searching the web, I recommend that you download the Free Software Sticker Book first.
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10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT
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Anyone who’s been in the tech field for a while knows that IT harbors a few surprises - and not all of them are good ones. TechRepublic editor in chief Jason Hiner put together this list of some hidden aspects of the IT profession.
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VIA Will Not Provide An Open-Source Chrome 9 3D Driver
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VIA previously expressed interest in a Gallium3D-based Chrome 9 driver, but now today we find out they have no intentions on creating an open-source Chrome 9 3D driver.
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Google Chroms OS: I don't think so
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Note: this is a post from one of our readers. I obviously have different views om the topic, but I think it's important to share maruadventurer's views. - Tony Mobily
1: The Operating system is no longer important. In 2009, people develop for the Web, full stop
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Do We Need a New Distro for Everything?
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I'm not saying we shouldn't have hundreds of distros competing for our hard drive;, in fact I think that sort of competition is quite healthy, but do we really need a new distro for everything?
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Mono: Why is Debian resorting to spin?
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The question of using applications that are dependent on Mono has been a vexatious one for a long time. Nobody in the FOSS community has ever raised an objection to the provision of the packages by any GNU/Linux distribution; it's only the question of making these applications a part of the default set that has resulted in endless arguments.
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Shuttleworth about GNOME 3.0 - What's good, what's missing, what needs work
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In the last few years Ubuntu has emerged as the dominant force in the Linux Deskop field. During the recent Gran Canaria Desktop Summit Andreas Proschofsky had the chance to conduct the following interview with Shuttleworth. Sees good possibility of having a common meta-release cycle with Debian - Not sure if GNOME3 will make the next LTS
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Open Source Incentives
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My recent visit to Brazil was a wonderful validation of the belief that I've held for more than 20 years: if you give people a better way to do things, they'll do better things. The Brazilian government continues to expand its adoption of open source, both across more and more ministries and deeper within each ministry.
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When Zeal Becomes Zealotry: A Tawdry Tale
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I love zeal. Zeal is enthusiasm, it's zest, it's drive, it's initiative. Zeal builds communities. Unfortunately, in some individuals, zeal turns to zealotry, and zealotry does just the opposite. This a long posting, but it provides an excellent example of what I'm talking about, and I hope you'll take the time to read it.
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Frank Kardel: Being “On-time” with Open Source Security, Part 1
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Frank Kardel is a veteran contributor to the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
Over the last 21 years, he has made significant contributions to maintain, update and secure the NTP code. Kardel is also the NTP Scan Project Leader.
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Linux Code Security, Today’s #1 Code Quality Issue and What’s Next for Software Development
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Don Marti is chair of Open Source World (previously LinuxWorld). A Linux user since 1994, Don has been a writer, editor, professional services consultant, and conference organizer. Marti walks us through Linux security from the developer perspective and shares his thoughts on today’s biggest code quality issues, open source advantages and best practices for proprietary and OSS teams.
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IBM Researcher and Postfix Maintainer, on “Open” vs. “Closed” Source Code Security
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Wietse Venema created the open source Postfix mail system in 1997 and still maintains most the system himself. Venema talks to us about the unique structure of Postfix that gives it a leg up on security, “open” vs. “closed” code and thoughts for an advanced Scan project.
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An interview with RVM, developer of Smplayer
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Last week I made a review of the excellent media player for Linux and Windows Smplayer. This week the developer behind this great Mplayer front-end granted me an email interview
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