August 2010
Ksplice Now Free for Fedora Users
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 10:51:48 PMcrunchgear.com: Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution
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NVIDIA 256.53 Stable Linux Driver Release
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 10:49:51 PM Filed under

phoronix.com: Over the weekend there was a new Linux binary driver release from NVIDIA that was the 256.52 driver in a pre-release state. Today this driver has been released as stable after being branded the NVIDIA 256.53 driver.
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Time for IBM to become an open source hero
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 10:47:49 PM Filed under
zdnet.com/blog: Over at his other job, our David Gewirtz suggests that, with the absorption of Sun into Oracle, open source badly needs an open source patron and that IBM should apply.
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A day of failure with Debian
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 10:46:22 PM Filed under
andym3.wordpress: Today, I tried installing Debian on my HP ProBook 4510S. Three times.
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Gigolo – it mounts what it’s told to
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 10:44:59 PM Filed under
openattitude.com: Okay, before we go any further I need to make it clear that we’re not talking about the latest adult video release, but rather a networking utility for Linux. Sorry. That cheeky tagline comes straight from the author. And it’s true!
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Increased Clientele for Red Hat
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 07:45:31 PM Filed under
- Increased Clientele for Red Hat
- As Novell’s Woes Continue, Red Hat Is the Beneficiary
- You can help the defenders
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Two magic words: “merged upstream”
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 07:43:13 PM Filed under
blog.flameeyes.eu: The lives of distributions packagers are full of words that make them cringe – backport, regression, hotfix, custom patch, … – but there are two that can make your day truly shine:
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Flip: A Simple Camera Done Right
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 07:41:38 PM Filed under
freesoftwaremagazine.com: Sometime back I gave a pretty strong pan review of a couple of “toys” that were not compatible with GNU/Linux. Recently, I fully expected to repeat this depressing experience when my brother-in-law gave my son a “Flip” digital video camera, but I was pleasantly surprised:
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My Linux Experience
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 07:39:58 PM Filed under

montanalinux.org: In the vein of recent posts, I thought I might take a second to explain how I came to use Ubuntu. My first Linux experience was with Red Hat 5 or 6 I believe. I got CD out of the back of one of those Teach your Linux books. I was probably 16.
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Corporate America's Cruel Linux Hoax
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 31st of August 2010 05:07:23 PM Filed under
linuxinsider.com: I propose companies take a closer look at the Linux desktop and consider its potential return juxtaposed with the return they see from Linux servers in the back room.
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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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