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● Links 28/6/2011: Android Activations Surpass Microsoft Windows, Millions of OLPC XOs Noted

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Server

=> ↺ 365 reasons to consider Google Apps

• Office 365 is for individuals. Apps is for teams.

• [...]

• Office 365 is about the desktop. Apps is about the web.

=> ↺ Security of GNU/Linux Systems

Kernel Space

=> ↺ Kernel Log: BIOS bugs behind greater power use

• Since version 2.6.38, kernels have used more power because, in certain situations, they disable the power-saving ASPM feature. New stable and long-term kernels offer corrections; however, one of them is conspicuously lagging behind.

• In April, the Phoronix web site reported that some systems require more power with Linux 2.6.35 and 2.6.38 than they did with the previous versions. Phoronix says it has now found the reason for the increased power consumption in 2.6.38.

=> ↺ Linux Kernel Power Issue Workaround

=> ↺ The kernel column #102 with Jon Masters – celebrating 20 years of kernel history (and a look ahead to Linux 3.0)

• Jon Masters marks the 20th anniversary of the Linux kernel with a reflection on 20 years of Linux kernel history and a look ahead to Linux 3.0…

• Twenty years ago, in April of 1991, a young Finnish computer science student at the University of Helsinki began work on a piece of software that would fundamentally change the computer industry. Linus Torvalds had just recently acquired an Intel 80836 microprocessor-powered PC system and wanted to exploit its support for ‘Protected Mode’ paged virtual memory (the ability for the processor to isolate individual programs from one another and give each an entire memory address space of its own to work with), and in the process learn about how such features worked. At the time, contemporary consumer operating systems such as Microsoft’s Windows 3.0 had only very limited support for the advanced features of the new Intel processor, and commercial UNIX-based alternatives were extremely expensive propositions, while open source operating systems such as Minix used alternative (older) techniques like memory segmentation, which had been in older Intel CPUs.

Applications

=> ↺ Gdiskdump – GUI for diskdump (dd)

=> ↺ Imagination, now in HD

• In one of the first articles of Linuxaria i’ve posted a complete how to in how to make a DVD slideshow with Linux and the main program to do this was Imagination, a software that i really like for his simplicity of use.

=> ↺ cpan2pkg: prettier gui, ready for mageia!

=> ↺ Life with GIMP 2.7

• …the GIMP developers are going to great lengths to remove useful functionality left and right, like they are aiming for inclusion into GNOME… newsflash for them: ain’t gonna happen, these GNOME is not aimed at such advanced users like those able to edit pictures.

Instructionals/Technical

=> ↺ PCLinuxOS KDE 2011.6 post installation tips.

=> ↺ Command Line Magic: Scripting, Part One

=> ↺ How to install GUI package manager in ArchLinux

=> ↺ Deciphering one of dpkg’s weirdest errors: short read on buffer copy

=> ↺ How to Automatically Clean Your Linux PC with Cruftbuster

=> ↺ Unity: Running a same program on many workspaces

=> ↺ Gnome 3 two months later

=> ↺ Use rsync to copy a directory structure to VFAT 27 June 2011 @ 13:08 BST

=> ↺ The new and definite CloneZilla tutorial

=> ↺ KDE configuration for Linux newbies

=> ↺ Install Mageia 1 on an encrypted LVM file system

=> ↺ Running Android Apps on Linux – Booting the Emulator Quickly

=> ↺ #! Crunchbang Statler – Enable Suspend Button on Exit

=> ↺ Setting Up An Android App Build Environment With Eclipse, Android SDK, PhoneGap (Ubuntu 11.04)

=> ↺ Build Spice-Gtk-0.6 (GTK2&GTK3) on Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric)

Games

=> ↺ Interview with Keith Poole from Desura Part 1

• Okay so here is the first part of the interview I have done with Keith Poole one of the Linux engineers over at DesuraNET about porting over Desura to Linux.

=> ↺ Gaming on Linux, Better Than You Would Think

• Gaming on GNU/Linux is still getting a bad rap. Obviously there aren’t as many titles to choose from and you’ll be hard pressed to go into your local Game and find Linux support advertised on the jewel case. However, no big deal. There are plenty of games out there that will keep you busy, and how much can one person play, honestly, unless you’re unemployed and up 24/7 living on coffee and coke, and still have mum to do your laundry? I never understood how come when you join a server there are guys that have memorized every key combination and every trick in the book to give them the edge, and this is probably not the only one they’re playing either.

• So here are a few options, including commercial ones. Staples of the free software world such as Wesnoth and Freeciv are not going to be mentioned because frankly, the graphics just suck. I’m also more of a FPS guy, but the same is true for Urban Terror and Assaultcube. Being multi-player shooters only the game play is also rather limited. Even Soldier of Fortune back in the day was more fun and still looks decent, and you’re not gong to convince people Linux is a viable gaming platform offering them pre-1998 graphics or kiddie games like Blobwars or Frozenbubble (although that one was fun for a while). And who doesn’t mind spending money on games for other platforms should not have a problem shelling some out for a Linux version. Most of the time you won’t have to, though.

=> ↺ Desktop Linux Gamer’s Guide

• MyGaming takes a look at some of the great games out there for Linux and Ubuntu gamers

• So you’ve installed one of the popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, and you’ve activated your graphics drivers; now what? While mainstream gaming has not quite found it’s way onto Ubuntu there are a number of worthy titles to keep you from booting up that old Windows partition. This article was written with Ubuntu users in mind, but it may be possible to get these games running under other Linux distros. All prices displayed below are approximate conversions from other currencies. All the games (and crossover) can be bought online and downloaded.

Desktop Environments

K Desktop Environment/KDE SC)

=> ↺ KDE configuration for Linux newbies

=> ↺ Awoken Icon Set Ported to KDE, Looks Absolutely Beautiful

• Awoken icon set has been ported to KDE thanks to great work done by alecive who created the original icon set as well. The icon pack is called kAwoKen and will have all the same features including a customization script.

GNOME Desktop

=> ↺ Nord: A Beautiful Glassy GNOME Shell Theme

• Nord is a new glassy GNOME Shell theme based on Zukitwo, created by WebUpd8 reader rAX.

• The theme is currently in beta and there are some known bugs but it already looks great, featuring some unique elements like the switches which look amazing (see the screenshots). If you use GNOME Shell, you must really give it a try!

=> ↺ making the jump to gnome 3

• Well the pros, well really the wants, finally won out over the cons and I upgraded my primary laptop that I use for work and just about everything else to Fedora 15 and gnome 3. What finally pushed me over the edge? Evolution 3 and Firefox 5.

=> ↺ Gnome 3, its got some issues…

• Since I switched to Gnome3 I’ve been finding some weird inconsistencies. The problem is, I can’t be sure its actually Gnome3 or something else?

Distributions

=> ↺ TLWIR 6: What City Is Your Distro?

• Which GNU/Linux distribution a person prefers is a very individual choice. Some people like distributions that give them total access: the freedom to do whatever they want. Others want a desktop OS that will hold their hand if they run into problems. There is no single distribution that provides all of the right answers; each GNU/Linux user has to find the operating system distribution that best meets their own needs. In this week’s TLWIR, I will look at some of the best GNU/Linux distributions with a unique twist: I will compare the distribution to the city that I think most embodies its fundamental spirit. This week’s stories are as follows:

=> ↺ DoudouLinux 1.0 Released, Now Available In 15 Languages [Linux For Children]

• DoudouLinux is a Linux distribution for children, designed to be both educational and fun. It can be used from a CD/DVD or an USB stick so you don’t have to install it. We’ve reviewed it a while back so check out that post for more info.

PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandrake/Mandriva Family

=> ↺ Open Framework Systems (OFS), a new strategic partner for Mandriva.

• Mandriva, Europe’s leading publisher of Linux solutions, announces the collaboration with the Norwegian company Open Framework Systems (OFS).

• Mandriva and OFS are working together to provide a secure collaborative solution to its customers. OFS Collab Collaboration Suite is designed to be a real time secure collaboration suite that can be accessed from different types of clients and editors. With simple mouse clicks, user will be able to secure parts of a document with read and edit access rights. The Collab Collaboration Suite is client server based. The server handles the security and stores the documents in a centralized document management storage.

=> ↺ PCLinuxOS KDE 2011.6 Released

• I will be installing this release on my other systems over the next day or two, and I will add the results of those installations to this post.

Gentoo Family

=> ↺ Sabayon Linux 6.0 released — without GNOME 3.0

• The Sabayon community released version 6.0 of its Gentoo-based Linux distribution, moving up to Linux 2.6.39.1, but opting for GNOME 2.32.2 and KDE 4.6.4 desktop environments instead of the controversial GNOME 3.0. Sabayon 6.0 adds support for the Btrfs filesystem, switches to LibreOffice 3.3.3, and updates to version 1.0 of its Entropy package manager.

Red Hat Family

=> ↺ Gluster Becomes Member of Open Virtualization Alliance

Fedora

=> ↺ Fedora 15 – Network Manager Update & Broken Wireless

Debian Family

=> ↺ Live stream of Debian uploads as well as Ubuntu bugs and uploads. Note: This was a one night hack. It’s only a toy.

=> ↺ Want to get involved in Debian? Raphael Hertzog needs your help

Derivatives

Canonical/Ubuntu

=> ↺ Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 222

• In this issue we cover:

• • Call for Testing Maverick Language Pack Updates * Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) Development Update * Ubuntu Oneiric Open for Translation * Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Graphics Ninjas invited to help * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * LoCo Council Meeting Digest * Launchpad News * Ubuntu Certification: What components do we test? * Accessible Qt now in Oneiric! * Has Unity Knocked Ubuntu Off Its Pedestal? * Full Circle Magazine – Issue #50 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04 * And much more!

=> ↺ YAAAUU (Yet Another Article About Ubuntu Unity)

• I tried. I really did. I tried to like Ubuntu’s new Unity interface and tried hard to make it work. Unity felt ok on the Acer Netbook — the small screen is a good match for the new vertical application launcher.

Flavours and Variants

=> ↺ Peppermint OS Two review

• A self-styled ‘hybrid OS,’ Peppermint Two has a lot to offer those looking for a lightweight web-friendly distribution, but is it a realistic alternative to Lubuntu? Gareth Halfacree finds outs…

Devices/Embedded

Phones

Android

=> ↺ 500,000 Android device activations per day

• This number is, of course, great news for Google and the Android platform. With such a large number of activations per day, it really shows how popular the mobile operating system is around the globe, and how much demand there is for Android devices overall. Not only is this number high, but it’s also a more true representation of consumer activity as it directly relates to users purchasing (and activating) their devices, as opposed to numbers referring to shipments (to retailers), as companies often provide.

=> ↺ Android/Linux Activations Exceed “7″

• We were told that, once upon a time, “7″ was shipped on an average of 7 PCs per second. Growth of “7″ is about 1% per month. On 1400 million PCs, that’s about 14 million PCs shipping with “7″ per month, ~5.4/s per second. Android/Linux is activating 500K per day (500K/86400 = 5.8/s). Further, the growth rate of the growth is 4.4% per week…

Sub-notebooks/Tablets

=> ↺ 1 Million XOs Missing in Action, Lack of Measurements to Blame

• Wait, what did he say, 3 million XOs? Did I miss something? The map on OLPC’s Web site says “over 2,100,000 children and teachers have xo laptops” and the corresponding wiki page also mentions “2.1 million XOs in the field as of January, 2011″.

Free Software/Open Source

=> ↺ The decline of ‘open source’ as an identifying differentiator

• One of the things that I have observed in relation to open source-related business strategies in recent months is the decreased use of the term ‘open source’ as an identifying differentiator in some companies’ marketing material, either to describe the company or its software.

• The way in which a company identifies itself in the opening lines of a press release may not necessarily describe accurately what the company does, but it is a clear indicator of how the company wants to be perceived.

• It seemed to me that a significant number of high profile open source-related vendors had stopped using the term open source as an identifying differentiator.

=> ↺ A window to open source OS

• Ubuntu is an ancient African word meaning ‘humanity to others,’ informs www.ubuntu.com. The word also means ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’, adds the site.

• “The vision for Ubuntu is part social and part economic: free software, available free of charge to everybody on the same terms, and funded through a portfolio of services provided by Canonical.”

• It was, therefore, a pleasant meeting that I recently had with Prakash Advani, Regional Manager – Asia Pacific, Canonical, Mumbai (http://bit.ly/F4TAdvaniP). “I have been using the latest Ubuntu 11.04 on a laptop that’s almost three years now and I don’t see any degradation of performance,” says Prakash. “It performs the same that it used to three years back when I installed Ubuntu 9.10. After that we released three more versions and they have all worked beautifully on the same hardware.” Our conversation continues over email.

Events

=> ↺ ApacheCon 2011 Announces “Open Source Enterprise Solutions, Cloud Computing, and Community Leadership”

Web Browsers

Mozilla

=> ↺ Firefox in the Enterprise

• Mozilla is committed to providing the best Web experience for people everywhere, for whom the Web has become such an important part of their daily lives. Providing updates to Firefox more frequently allows us to secure users against emerging threats and provide the platform for innovation that today’s rich and compelling Web experiences demand.

• The Mozilla Community has focused our efforts on the needs of the individual user, and prioritized the product roadmap and features accordingly. However, as is the case with many technologies, loyal Firefox users and their IT departments have sought to bring Firefox into their places of work.

SaaS

=> ↺ Future of cloud survey shows significance of open source

• The 451 Group was pleased to work with North Bridge Venture Partners, GigaOM and additional companies and players in the industry for the Future of Cloud Computing Survey 2011, which confirmed the early nature of the market, but also indicated customers and users have learned from previous trends, particularly open source software and virtualization. The Future of Cloud Computing Survey 2011 garnered 417 responses from both vendors and end users, focusing on current use, drivers, barriers and future plans regard‪ing cloud computing.

FSF/FSFE/GNU/SFLC

=> ↺ GCC 4.6.1 Compiler Released

• As expected when mentioning the GCC 4.6.1 release candidate one week ago, GCC 4.6.1 has been officially released this Monday morning.

Public Services/Government

=> ↺ UK shakes dust off open source policy

• If it looked like UK open source policy, just recently exhumed, had already been swept back under the same carpet it has been kept under since it was first launched two and a half years ago, the announcement yesterday that Liam Maxwell had acquired responsibility for it with a Cabinet Office portfolio did surprisingly little to improve its mien.

• It is then just as well Cabinet Office is about to announce long-overdue progress in its cause of creating a level-playing field for open source software. Because the new appointment will need all the help he can get.

Openness/Sharing

Open Access/Content

=> ↺ Afghans Build Open-Source Internet From Trash

• In light of events that occured in the Middle East earlier this year, many worry that in the future, rogue governments could cut off access to the internet as a way to control political “threats.”

• Douglas Rushkoff has championed the idea that the current corporate-controlled internet is far from the open commons we pretend it is.

Standards/Consortia

=> ↺ BIRT 3.7 Released

• Open Document Text (ODT), Open Document Presentation (ODP), and Open Document Spreadsheet (ODS) outputs are also available with the addition of three new emitters.

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