September 2010
Primal Carnage Says Goodbye To Unigine
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 09:52:15 PM Filed under
phoronix.com: One more Linux game bites the dust...
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5 Things Linux Does Better Than Mac OS X
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 09:50:38 PM Filed under

pcworld.com: I think the success of the Mac is mostly a matter of marketing. Whatever your own personal beliefs, though, there's no denying that there are certain things Linux clearly does better than Mac OS X. If you're trying to decide on a platform for your business, these factors are worth keeping in mind.
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Actor Tony Curtis Dies At 85
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 09:48:33 PM Filed under
ny1.com: New York native and Oscar-nominated actor Tony Curtis has died of COPD and heart failure. He was 85 years old.
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Sintel Blender open movie released
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 07:41:02 PM Filed under
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Salix OS Live 13.1.1 LXDE
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 07:39:36 PM Filed under
desktoplinuxreviews.com: Salix OS is a distro based on Slackware. Slackware, as you probably already know, has not had a reputation as being the easiest distro to use. Salix OS makes Slackware accessible to more users by making it easier to install, configure and manage.
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Stormy Peters talks GNOME 3
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 07:37:29 PM Filed under

linuxuser.co.uk: Stormy Peters, executive director of the GNOME Foundation and champion of the GNOME platform for more than ten years, talks exclusively to Linux User & Developer magazine…
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Some Android apps caught covertly sending GPS data to advertisers
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 07:35:57 PM Filed under
arstechnica.com: The results of a study conducted by researchers from Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs have revealed that a significant number of popular Android applications transmit private user data to advertising networks without explicitly asking or informing the user.
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Sun Employees Leaving Oracle In Lockstep
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 07:17:17 PM- Sun Employees Leaving Oracle In Lockstep
- Lustre file system finds life post-Oracle
- Oracle's New Kernel: Custom Tuning or Proprietary Lock-In?
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Simple Scan: Linux Finally has a Scanner Anyone could Use
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 05:17:20 PM Filed under
flossed.org: Sometimes we don't change our habits even when we have the opportunty to make our lives easier. At least it's true of me in terms of scanning.
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In praise of floppies
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 30th of September 2010 05:15:08 PM Filed under
kmandla.wordpress: Behold the floppy, a miracle of post-modern technology! Does your computer still have a floppy drive? Count yourself among the lucky! Why? Thousands of reasons!
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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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