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2 hrs ago | CNET News.com

Nokia to bridge Maemo, Symbian with Qt

The next version but one of Nokia's Maemo mobile Linux operating system will use Qt rather than GTK+ for its application development framework.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Linux, KDE, GNOME

6 hrs ago | UbuntuGeek

Howto Install LAMP server in Jaunty

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! LAMP is an open source Web development platform that uses Linux as operating system, Apache as the Web server,MySQL as the relational database management system and PHP as the object-oriented scripting language.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, PHP, Programming Languages, Linux

Sun Jul 05, 2009

Ubuntu Fridge

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #149

In this issue we cover: * Canonical Delves Deeper into the Cloud - Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services * Kubuntu Tutorials Day Spreads the Knowledge * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Forums Tutorial of the Week * Ubuntu Forums working on Login with Open ID * Canonical party welcomes Gran Canaria Desktop Summit * Ohio Linuxfest Call for Presentations * ...

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Related Topix: Ubuntu, Science / Technology, Linux

Kdedevelopers.org blogs

A QtWebKit KPart is no answer for a KDE browser

Disclaimer: I have no desire to re-ignite KHTML vs WebKit arguments. Rather, the purpose of this blog post is to hopefully enlighten a technical question.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, KDE

Hackinthebox.org

NZ police to beef up computer security

Police are reassuring the public measures will be in place to minimise the risk of hackers breaching a new computer system.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Linux, Hewlett Packard

Sat Jul 04, 2009

OSNews.com

RE: Mac Mini?

Phoronix compared the performance figures of Mac OS X 10.5.5 with those of Ubuntu 8.10 . They conclude: "Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard had strong performance leads over Canonical's Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex in the OpenGL performance with the integrated Intel graphics, disk benchmarking, and SQLite database in particular.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Ubuntu, Linux

Design And Reuse

Product How-to: The care and feeding of embedded Linux running on Mips CPUs

Embedded.com Today, Linux is broadly used for development of embedded appliances such as DTVs, set-top boxes, DVR players, xDSL/cable/PON modems, home routers and gateways.

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OSNews.com

RE[3]: Krita vs. Gimp

Boudewijn Rempt writes about the KDE image manipulation program Krita. He writes about Flake support and various features regarding image rendering quality like a new fast scaler.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, KDE

Linux Today

Ohio Linux Fest [September 25-26] - Back to the Future of Linux

This year, in honor of the 40th anniversary of Unix, the OLF organizers have lined up as the featured keynote speaker Doug McIlroy, a major contributor to the great grandfather of Linux and a direct contributor to code that powers many of the Unix products of today.

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Fri Jul 03, 2009

EETimes.eu

Telecom supplier takes ENEA multicore technology

ENEA has signed a deal worth approximately 10 million Swedish Kroner to provide multicore technology for use in mobile infrastructure equipment to an unnamed tier 1 telecom supplier.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Linux, Bluetooth, Wireless, Emerging Technology

OSNews

Linux Kernel Patch Works Around Microsoft's FAT Patents

The FAT file system is the file system used by MS-DOS and earlier versions of Windows.

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Related Topix: Microsoft, Science / Technology, Linux

InformationWeek

AT&T Memo To The Troops: iPhone 3GS Best Seller Ever

Internet advocates have been saying for years that America needs policies to ensure "universal access," but that's a more complicated goal than just saying "everybody should have access to the Internet." A former Obama advisor says government needs to determine what levels of access should be universal-how fast is fast enough? And another part of ...

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Related Topix: iPhone, CPU, Ubuntu, Cloud Computing, Science, Computer Science

Linux-Watch.com

Debian plans draw sharp warning from GNU guru

Jul. 01, 2009 As the Debian project releases a second update of its Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 distribution, a controversy has broken out over the next version, "Squeeze." GNU guru Richard Stallman has warned that by including a Mono-based note-taking application called Tomboy, Debian runs the risk of Microsoft litigation over C# patents.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Linux, CPU, Ubuntu, GNOME, Blog News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

InformationWeek - All Stories

Canonical, Eucalyptus Offer Private Cloud Consulting

Canonical, supplier of the popular Ubuntu distribution of Linux, is partnering with Eucalyptus Systems to offer "private" cloud consulting services.

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Related Topix: Ubuntu, Science / Technology, Linux, Science, Computer Science, UC Santa Barbara

AmaroK Blog

Berlin, we?ll meet again

As others on PlanetKDE already wrote we had a really great time in Berlin last week.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, KDE

NetworkWorld

Red Hat program certifies partners to put Linux on cloud

Red Hat has launched a new partner program to make sure its enterprise Linux and JBoss software are core components of a cloud-computing infrastructure, and to guarantee that Red Hat-based applications will run reliably and safely in the cloud.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Linux, Cloud Computing, Programming Languages, Java

Lockergnome Nexus

Possible way Out of The Microsoft = TomTom FAT Problem

Linux developers have discovered a way to implement the FAT file system's method of operation while possibly invalidating any claims to royalties from Microsoft.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft, Linux

Linux Journal

Reserve Your Space on the Australian Stage

The Triple Crown of Linux conferences - if there is one - is surely the Linux Symposium, the Linux Kongress, and linux.conf.au. It was just a month ago that we passed on the message to LinuxJournal.com readers that the time to get their name on the Kongress program was nigh , and now it is time to do the same for the southernmost jewel in the crown ...

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Wed Jul 01, 2009

InformIT

Official Ubuntu Book, The, 4th Edition

Ubuntu is a complete, free operating system that emphasizes community, support, and ease of use without compromising speed, power, or flexibility.

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Related Topix: Ubuntu, Science / Technology, Linux, Computers, Rap

ZDNet

Ubuntu private clouds need more than tools; they need support, too

Canonical, the London company that founded the Ubuntu Project, today announced professional services to support companies who are building "private cloud" infrastructures behind their corporate firewalls.

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Related Topix: Ubuntu, Science / Technology

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