May 2010
Open source marks a new era for African independence
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 09:40:02 PM Filed under
news.bbc.co.uk: Now, a wave of homegrown programmers, developers and software makers claim to be heralding a new era of African independence.
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Chronicling the open source movement - one person at a time
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 09:38:33 PM Filed under
networkworld.com: Ideas are nothing without people to give them life. That's why a Boston woman has set out to write about the people, not the software.
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Teach your kids Linux from an early age with Qimo linux for kids
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 09:36:39 PM Filed under
unixmen.com: Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up. So If you want to teach your children to use Linux from an early age, Qimo is the perfect for your kids.
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Will Opensolaris 2010.06 be the next release?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 07:20:07 PM Filed under
techonia.com: Opensolaris 2010.05 would be the next release after being postponed to release on March this year. Again, Opensolaris lovers around the world might be disappointed because after waiting for it until the end of May there is no official release of Opensolaris. A bad news.
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Icons and the FOSS desktop
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 07:18:10 PM Filed under
linux-magazine.com: Icons have always intimidated me. Except for the mouseover help, two-thirds of the time I would have no idea what function they represent. Shrink them so that they fit on a toolbar, and the obscurity is compounded by illegibility.
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Semantics is Restricting Linux Desktop Adaptation
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 07:16:43 PM Filed under
linuxlock.blogspot: Shortly after the Desktop was established, the obligatory popup appeared, stating that "Restricted Drivers" were available for installation. Margie asked me then: "What does that mean?"
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MeeGo 1.0 For Netbooks
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 07:14:58 PM- MeeGo 1.0 For Netbooks
- LAS: How Can MeeGo Survive in an Android’s World?
- Despite Intel backing, MeeGo Linux to support ARM chips
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Fedora 13 “goddard” mini review
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 04:47:12 PM Filed under
techenclave.com: I have always preferred Fedora Linux or Open Suse over Ubuntu Linux. I ran into all sorts of issues with Ubuntu 9.10 and 10.04. Open Suse 11.2 ran really well and was extremely stable, however was looking forward to Fedora 13.
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An Auto Company Zips Along the Fast Lane with FOSS
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 04:44:49 PM Filed under

linuxforu.com: Started in March 2009, Carnation Auto offers car owners a wide array of services. Carnation has grown to 15 hubs across 10 cities, with more than 700 employees —all in a matter of nine months. This accelerated growth wouldn’t have been possible without open source technology.
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Debian Project News - May 31st, 2010
Submitted by srlinuxx on Monday 31st of May 2010 04:42:32 PM Filed under
Welcome to this year's fourth issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include:
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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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