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Mayor Ude reported that the city of Munich has saved over 4 million EURO by switching from Windows NT and Office to Linux and OpenOffice.
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  • Open-source messaging at (nearly) the speed of light
    On a vast scale, that's broadly what CERN's Large Hadron Collider does -- smashing particles together at a whisker short of the speed of light in order to minutely document the results. Running the supercooled magnets and four gigantic detection arrays -- each of which weighs in at tens of thousands of tons -- in place around the nearly 17-mile-long underground tunnel is, unsurprisingly, a fiendishly complex task.According to Ehm, CERN began using open source message broker ActiveMQ as a way to transport data between the 85,000 machines and more than 2 million total endpoints at the facility in 2005.
  • Dream Studio 12.04 released; includes GIMP 2.8 by default.
    I'm proud to announce the release of Dream Studio 12.04. This new version features many updates including GIMP 2.8, an Ubuntu 12.04 base, a new default wallpaper, and a handy introduction slideshow for new users. Dream Studio uses a lowlatency-pae linux kernel, supporting both x86 and amd64 systems with up to 64GB of RAM.[url=http://http://dream.dickmacinnis.com/forum/node/2201]Read the official release announcement here[/url]Have a great weekend!Dick MacInnis
  • EDE 2.0 released
    EDE (Equinox Desktop Environment) is a desktop for UNIX-like operating systems. Main features of EDE are speed and responsiveness, low resource usage and familiar look and feel. Simply said, desktop that doesn't get on your way.
  • Disk encryption in ROSA Marathon 2012
    One of those applications, is the installer. While I will not necessarily describe it as an “excellent application”, it is one of the very few graphical installation programs with support for disk encryption, which is a very important feature to have and configure if you want to boost the physical security profile of your computer.
  • Microsoft wins US import ban on Motorola’s Android devices
    The US International Trade Commission today ordered an import ban on Motorola Mobility Android products, agreeing with Microsoft that the devices infringe a Microsoft patent on “generating meeting requests” from a mobile device.The import ban stems from a December ruling that the Motorola Atrix, Droid, and Xoom (among 18 total devices) infringed the patent, which Microsoft says is related to Exchange ActiveSync technology. Today, the ITC said in a “final determination of violation” that “the appropriate form of relief in this investigation is a limited exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry for consumption of mobile devices, associated software and components thereof covered by claims 1, 2, 5, or 6 of the United States Patent No. 6,370,566 and that are manufactured abroad by or on behalf of, or imported by or on behalf of, Motorola.”
  • Mandriva has become a joke
    Mandriva SA, the French company that used to control development of the Mandriva GNU/Linux distribution, has become something of a joke.
  • 10 Best Free Linux Issue Tracking Systems
    Issue tracking systems cover a few different types of computer software applications which help to manage and maintain lists of issues in a number of ways. One of the most common types of an issue tracker is the bug tracking system.
  • It’s back to square one for Mandriva Linux
    When the going gets though, as the saying goes, the tough gets going. That is usually a test of character. When it comes to software companies in a financial mess, that old adage can be paraphrased as: When the going gets tough, we dump our software on the (open source) community.
  • New $74 Android mini computer is slightly larger than a thumb drive
    Chinese retailers have started selling a miniature Linux computer that is housed in a 3.5-inch plastic case slightly larger than a USB thumb drive. Individual units are available online for $74.
  • IQnection Redefining Online Commenting – Testing on Linux.org
    IQnection Internet Services of Doylestown is redefining what online users can do with comments to articles on websites. For years, webmasters’ only choice was to enable flat or threaded comments. Regardless, the users’ comments would appear at the bottom of the last page of the article.But suppose the user was commenting on the second paragraph on the first page – or wanted to suggest a replacement for a deprecated line of code on the second page? Now there is a better way.
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  • *Smartphones Reignite the OS Wars*
    Smartphones have become the preferred computer of the masses. Sales surpassed those of personal computers in 2010, having grown over 50% per year for several years. Nearly 500 million smartphones shipped in 2011. This radically shifts the terrain in the consumer operating system competition that was, for years, firmly decided in favor of Windows. This article analyzes the New OS Wars. Read more on this exclusive OSNews article...
  • Mandriva SA cedes control to Mandriva community
    "Just days after the Mandriva community started its own plans for the next release of the French Linux distribution, its commercial sponsor has formally announced that the community will take the lead on all Mandriva Linux development moving forward. In a blog post on the Mandriva SA site, CEO Jean-Manuel Croset ceded control of the Mandriva Linux distribution back to the community at large." Take 'r 'round the shed and put a bullet 'tween 'r eyes already.
  • System description: the Apple-II by Stephen Wozniak
    "To me, a personal computer should be small, reliable, convenient to use and inexpensive." You'll want to read this: Steve Wozniak's original description of the Apple ][, published in May 1977 in Byte Magazine.
  • Creating the Windows 8 user experience
    A long - very long - blog post justifying all the ideas and choices behind Windows 8. We've all been here before, but it's nice to have it all summed up once again for easy reference in case we hit another yes/no debate on Windows 8 and keyboard and mouse. Anywho, the most interesting bit is that Microsoft has updated the theme of the traditional desktop, flattening it to achieve a very nice look.
  • Windows Phone market share higher than iPhone's in China
    "All eyes were on Microsoft's rather important launch of Windows Phone in China earlier this year. Nokia followed up with the Lumia 800c, released on China Telecom. According to Michel van der Bel, COO of Greater China Region at Microsoft, the company has achieved 7% marketshare in the country, overtaking the iPhone (sitting at just 6%)." I'm raising an eyebrow over these figures due to their source, but assuming they're true, we get a good glimpse of how well Windows Phone 7 would handle itself in a market where the competition had less of a head start.
  • Open WebOS progress April
    "As April draws to a close we are pleased to share more code for Open webOS. This month's scheduled release includes support for Node.js as well as updates to Enyo and Ares. In addition, we are pleased to announce early delivery of the System Manager Bus (which was originally scheduled for July) and a release of three policy components based on our Platform Portability Layer. We're happy to be ahead of schedule in getting this component of the Open webOS platform into your hands." Can't wait for the day I can run an up-to-date WebOS version on my SII.
  • HTC ships custom Android builds to the US to avoid Apple patents
    So, the new HTC phones are facing delays in the US, and they now ship with a slightly modified US-specific Android build which removes data tapping and sports an altered app associations screen to avoid Apple's patents. This is step one. Step two is companies avoiding the litigious and anti-consumer messes that are the US and German markets altogether. Clearly, IP laws are working to the benefit of the consumer and the market as a whole. Great work guys.
  • OpenSignalMaps logs 3997 unique Android devices
    An interesting study has been making the rounds across the web these past 24 hours. The creators of OpenSignalMaps have been logging which new devices download their product, and they've collected data on 681900 devices. The results are... Diverse.
  • OpenMobile to let Android applications run on Tizen
    A company called OpenMobile is demonstrating an application compatibility layer so Tizen can run Android applications, The Handheld Blog reports. "The solution is targeted towards OEMs and not end users. So it's upto the manufacturers of Tizen devices to modify the kernel etc. to bake support in for ACL."
  • Windows 8 Release Preview to include multi-monitor improvements
    "Microsoft has greatly improved its Windows 8 multiple monitor support in the Consumer Preview version of the operating system, but the company has fine tuned this even more with the upcoming Release Preview. Mark Yalovsky, a member of Microsoft's User Experience team, has taken to the company's Building Windows 8 blog to detail a number of important improvements in the Release Preview, including improved mouse targeting on shared edges and the ability to launch Metro apps on any monitor. Although the post in question has been mysteriously removed by Microsoft, we managed to secure the details thanks to a Google cached version." Very welcome.
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  • X.Org: "A Wasteland of Unreviewedness" (Phoronix)
    Michael Larabel at Phoronix explores how the X.org developer community is grappling with its patch-review process. ""David Airlie commented on the developers' mailing list about the lack of patch review for the new API patches, he wonders how he's 'going to get the next 50 patches in at this rate some time this year.' Alan Coopersmith then responded with how there seems to be a harder time overall in getting patch reviews done. Coopersmith says, 'I've got no ideas how to fix this quickly, but we need to get it fixed.'"
  • A scientific basis for Open Source Software
    Martin Davis of the JTS Topology Suite project points readers to an article in Nature arguing that open source software should be a standard requirement for peer-reviewed science. "The paper raises the argument for open source software to a higher plane, that of being a necessary component of scientific proof. It points out that the increasing use of computational science as a basis for scientific discovery implies that open source must become a standard requirement for documentation. Apparently some journals such as Science already require source code to be supplied along with submissions of articles."
  • Security advisories for Friday

    Debian has updated openssl (integer underflow).

    Fedora has updated F16: pidgin-otr (format string vulnerability), F16: drupal6-og (upstream security update).

    Ubuntu has updated 10.04: kernel (multiple vulnerabilities), backuppc (cross-site scripting), and update-manager (multiple vulnerabilities).

  • Fedora 17 release pushed back to May 29

    Fedora Project Leader Robyn Bergeron announced that the release of Fedora 17 has been delayed by one week, to May 29. "GA [General Availability] for F17 is now scheduled for 2012-05-29. Adjustments to the schedule and wiki will be completed later today. We will be meeting again next Thursday, 2012-05-24, for another Go/No-Go meeting." The decision was reached in order to close four outstanding blockers. A second F17 release candidate (RC2) will be spun in the interim.

  • Mandriva Linux to "return to the community"
    The Mandriva Blog contains a short posting stating Mandriva SA's intent to hand control of the distribution over to the community. "This means that the future of the distribution will not be arbitrary decided by the Mandriva company anymore, but we intend to let the distribution evolve in and under the caring responsibility of the community. Mandriva SA will of course be a part of this entity and will support it with direct contributions." How the governance of this community will work is to be worked out.
  • The problem with nerd politics (The Guardian)
    Over at the Guardian, Cory Doctorow writes about two problems that govern the relationship between politics and technically oriented folks ("nerds" in Doctorow-speak): "nerd determinism" and "nerd fatalism". "But, while it's true that geeks can get around this sort of thing – and other bad network policies, such as network-level censorship, or vendor locks on our tablets, phones, consoles, and computers – this isn't enough to protect us, let alone the world. It doesn't matter how good your email provider is, or how secure your messages are, if 95% of the people you correspond with use a free webmail service with a lawful interception backdoor, and if none of those people can figure out how to use crypto, then nearly all your email will be within reach of spooks and control-freaks and cops on fishing expeditions."
  • Security advisories for Thursday

    Debian has updated openoffice.org (code execution) and ikiwiki (cross-site scripting).

    Mandriva has updated imagemagick (2010.1, ES 5.0; 2011.: multiple vulnerabilities).

    SUSE has updated openssl (SLE 11: two vulnerabilities).

    Ubuntu has updated sudo (privilege escalation).

  • Security vulnerability in sudo's netmask function patched (The H)
    The H reports on a vulnerability in sudo when it is configured for IP-based restrictions on users (typically only for centrally managed sudoers files). "When the developers added IPv6 support, they inadvertently made the matching routine used for IPv4 networks call the IPv6 matching routines when no IPv4 match was found. Because the IPv6 fields would be uninitialised, it was possible for the system to think it had found a match where there wasn't one. Finding a match would, in turn, mean permission would be granted for whatever command the rule was controlling, even when the system was on a different network."
  • [$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 17, 2012
    The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 17, 2012 is available.
  • Lotus Symphony code for OpenOffice coming soon
    IBM has announced that the paperwork has been signed and that the contribution of the Lotus Symphony code to OpenOffice will happen shortly. "The successful delivery of Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has enabled us to finalize our grant with the the Apache Software Foundation and initiate this new phase of effort within the community. This is about envisioning a future for Apache OpenOffice that builds on the best code we can offer together with the best developers who have mastered it." For those wondering about what this code offers, there is a Symphony Contribution wiki page describing the most interesting features.
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  • Make TV Awesome with Bluecop
    TV

    A few weeks back, I was whining that although Doctor Who was available on Amazon Prime streaming, I didn't have any way to watch it on my television. Thankfully, my friend Richard Servello pointed me to the bluecop repo for XBMC. Not only does bluecop support Amazon Prime streaming, but it also has add-ons for Hulu and countless other network-video-streaming collections. more>>


  • Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part I: the Setup

    Bitcoin mining is so last year. Put your expensive GPU to use cracking passwords.

    When the Bitcoin mining craze hit its peak, I felt the tug to join this new community and make some easy money. I wasn't drawn only by the money; the concepts behind Bitcoin mining intrigued me, in particular the new use of graphics processors (GPUs). With a moderately expensive video card, you could bring in enough money to pay off your initial investment and your electricity bill in a relatively short time. more>>


  • An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl
    catalyst logo

    Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalyst is elegant, powerful and refined. It's a great choice for creating any Web-based application from the simple to the very complex. more>>


  • Cryptocurrency: Your Total Cost Is 01001010010

    Most people have heard of gold. Most people are familiar with dollars. For a handful of geeky folks, however, the currency they hope will become a global standard is digital. Whether it's a problem or not, the currency you use on a day-to-day basis is tied to the government. more>>


  • HTML5 for Audio Applications

    HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more>>


  • May 2012 Issue of Linux Journal: Programming

    Rubies, Pythons and Perls!

    It may sound like a new Indiana Jones movie or possibly a cheesy platform-style video game from the 1990s, but the title of this column actually refers to our focus this month—programming! Not that there's anything wrong with daring adventures in remote locations, it's just that all the red tape can be overwhelming. more>>


  • Three Ways to Web Server Concurrency

    Multiprocessing, multithreading and evented I/O: the trade-offs in Web servers.

    A Web server needs to support concurrency. The server should service clients in a timely, fair manner to ensure that no client starves because some other client causes the server to hang. Multiprocessing and multithreading, and hybrids of these, are traditional ways to achieve concurrency. Node.js represents another way, one based on system libraries for asynchronous I/O, such as epoll (Linux) and kqueue (FreeBSD). To highlight the trade-offs among the approaches, I have three echo servers written in close-to-the-metal C: a forking_server, a threading_server and a polling_server. more>>


  • Tales From the Server Room: Zoning Out

    Sometimes events and equipment conspire against you and your team to cause a problem. Occasionally, however, it's lack of understanding or foresight that can turn around and bite you. Unfortunately, this is a tale of where we failed to spot all the possible things that might go wrong. more>>


  • Mercurial - Revision Control Approximated

    A short while ago, an article appeared in Linux Journal implying Git was the be-all and end-all of source code revision control systems ("Git—Revision Control Perfected" by Henry Van Styn, August 2011). more>>


  • New Products

     New products for April.


The Register
  • Dish Networks locks horns with broadcasters over ad skipping

    Auto Hop has content industry hopping mad

    In the latest episode of the US ad-skipping saga, Dish Networks is facing the wrath of broadcasters such as NBC and Fox, but winning praise from customers and no doubt causing a little churn among competitors. That at least is the intention of the Dish PVR ad skipping feature called Auto Hop, with the company gambling that the gain in subscription revenue will make the pain of having to defend a possibly protracted case against it from broadcasters worthwhile.…

  • SpaceX Dragon chokes at the last second

    Computer said no: New attempt expected on Tuesday

    The Falcon 9 rocket from private space company SpaceX, intended to launch this morning and send a Dragon capsule loaded with supplies to the International Space Station, has failed to take off. The rocket's computer aborted the launch automatically at almost the final possible moment, when its engines had already ignited but the vehicle had not yet been released from the pad.…

  • Ten... Qwerty mobiles

    Pushy types

    Product round-up As the speedy texter generation grows longer in the Bluetooth and touchscreen technologies improve, the range of Qwerty phones on offer gets smaller by the day. But for many, they wouldn't use anything else. Indeed, for RIM, Qwerty keys have been the hallmark of it BlackBerry handsets.…

  • Microsoft to devs: Don't ruin Win 8 launch with crap code

    Unofficial APIs are the new fruit of temptation

    Microsoft has urged developers to only use approved Windows 8 software interfaces to avoid spoiling the launch of its new operating system with dodgy code.…

  • Apache OpenOffice security fixes emerge

    Under new management: First revamp passes one million downloads

    Details have emerged about the security fixes that came bundled with Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, the latest version of the open-source productivity suite.…

  • Facebook jumps then slumps in first few minutes day's trade

    Round and round she goes, where she stops....

    Facebook's shares debuted on the Nasdaq today at $42 and immediately skidded downwards to the original IPO price of $38.…

  • What's on the cards at EMC's casino royale next week?

    EMC World is not enough - time to live and let Flash die

    What news will be revealed to the 13,000 people attending EMC World in Las Vegas next Monday?…

  • Call of Duty hacker jailed after meatspace burglary

    18 months' porridge for banking malware-spreader

    A Brit who distributed a Trojan horse that posed as a patch for popular shoot-em-up game Call of Duty has been jailed for 18 months.…

  • Next UK gov CloudStore lumbers online

    Digital Dunkirk spirit

    The second incarnation of CloudStore has floated, but don’t get too excited.…

  • Does Britain really need a space port?

    Plus: Sky TV accounts for most of UK's 'space sector'

    Analysis Everyone knows about Britain's soaraway space sector. It turns over £8bn a year – the same sort of money as the remaining automotive industry – it employs tens of thousands of people, and it's growing faster than the Chinese economy. And, famously, it has done all this without any significant government help.…

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  • Apple Execs Get Bonuses, Jobs Still at $1
    Several senior executives at Apple Inc took home 2007 cash bonuses that doubled their salaries but Chief Executive Steve Jobs maintained his annual pay of $1 and took no additional compensation.
  • Motorola Forecasts Loss on Struggling Phone Biz
    Motorola said it will post an operating loss in the current quarter as recovery in its cell phone business is taking longer than expected, dashing Wall Street expectations.
  • Yahoo Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs: Source
    Yahoo is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the nearly 14,000 employee company, a source familiar with the plan said.
  • Fed Slashes Interest Rates
    The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years, in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear is on the verge of recession.
  • Bill Would Help States Ditch Electronic Voting
    New Jersey Democrat Rep. Rush Holt recently introduced a measure that would provide financial relief for states that jumped into electronic voting only to find those systems increasingly unreliable.
  • Sprint to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Close 8 Percent of Stores
    Sprint Nextel, the #3 U.S. mobile service, will cut about 4,000 jobs and close 8 percent of its stores, predicting further pressure on its ability to attract subscribers and turn a profit in 2008.
  • IBM Growth in Americas Slower than Overseas
    IBM said that revenue from the Americas rose 5 percent, slower than other regions as overseas units showed the strongest gains, and said computer hardware sales declined.
  • Time Warner to Test Internet Billing Based on Usage
    Time Warner Cable Inc said it is planning a trial to bill high-speed Internet subscribers based on their amount of usage rather than a flat fee, the standard industry practice.
  • Bernanke Backs Quick Fiscal Stimulus
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke threw his support behind efforts to craft a fiscal stimulus package and repeated that the U.S. central bank was ready to act aggressively to counter recession risks.
  • Brocade Ex-CEO Sentenced to 21 Months in Options Case
    Brocade Communications former CEO was sentenced to 21 months in prison for backdating stock-option grants in a scandal that has ensnared scores of U.S. companies and led to billions of dollars of restatements.
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  • Block crackers with 3 locks to your SSH door (18 Oct 2010)
    Security always requires a multi-layered scheme. SSH is a good example of this. Methods range from simple sshd configuration through the use of PAM to specify who can use SSH, to application of port-knocking techniques, or to hide the fact that SSH access even exists. Applying these techniques can make life much harder for possible intruders, who will have to go past three unusual barriers."Learn 3 ways of hardening SSH access to your system to block would-be crackers"
  • Bazaar: source control system (15 Oct 2010)
    Bazaar is used to produce the Ubuntu Linux distribution, which is an enormous software project with thousands of components. If you're using a UNIX or Linux system, chances are that your distribution offers a pre-built Bazaar package. Bazaar is flexible enough to accommodate Subversion - a centralized system and Git - a decentralized system. This article introduces you to Bazaar's many appealing features."Intro to Bazaar, a great place to keep your code"
  • User space memory access from the Linux kernel (13 Oct 2010)
    As the kernel and user space exist in different virtual address spaces, there are special considerations for moving data between them. Explore the ideas behind virtual address spaces and the kernel APIs for data movement to and from user space, and learn some of the other mapping techniques used to map memory."An introduction to Linux memory and user space APIs"
  • Techniques for migrating Perl to Python (11 Oct 2010)
    Python programmers shouldn't get too smug. While many people agree that Python is designed in a way that makes it a highly readable language, there can still be problems with legacy, untested Python code too. Porting legacy Perl to Python can be a daunting task. In this article, learn some of the theory behind dealing with legacy code, including what not to do."Techniques for migrating legacy, untested Perl to Python"
  • New AIX 7 capabilities for virtualization (8 Oct 2010)
    The IBM AIX operating system provides a highly scalable IT infrastructure for client workloads. Learn about the latest version, AIX 7.1, an open standards-based UNIX operating system, that includes significant new capabilities for virtualization, security features, availability features, and manageability."Learn about the latest version of AIX 7.1 - an open standards-based UNIX operating system"
  • Introduction to PowerHA (1 Sep 2010)
    PowerHA for AIX is the new name for HACMP (High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing). HACMP is an application that makes system fault resilient and reduces downtime of applications. This article introduces PowerHA and provides a detailed explanation of how to configure a two node cluster. This document is very useful for understanding PowerHA and setting up a two node cluster."Get Power high availability by Configuring a PowerHA cluster" Introduction to PowerHA
  • Yeah - Learn Linux: Maintain the integrity of file (30 Aug 2010)
    Learn how to check the integrity of your Linux filesystems, monitor free space, and fix simple problems. Use the material in this article to study for the Linux Professional Institute (LPI) 11 exam for Linux system administrator certification or just to check your filesystems and keep them in good working order, especially after a system crash or power loss. Today's world relies heavily on technology, and at times technology can fail us. That is why, unlike traditional methods of storage s
  • Live Kernel Patches with Ksplice (11 Aug 2010)
    Ksplice applies kernel patches on-the-fly - no reboot required in a fraction of a second. Here's a hands-on guide to performing painless system updates. Learn how to patch a live kernel and give reboots the boot."Avoid reboots of your system with live Kernel updates using Ksplice" Live Kernel Patches with Ksplice
  • vi tips and tricks: Ten cool commands (2 Aug 2010)
    Amaze your friends with cool vi tips and tricks that will improve the efficiency of your file editing. This article takes you through ten of the less well-known vi commands that should form part of any serious vi user's toolkit."Become a vi editing wizard with these 1 tips" vi tips and tricks: Ten cool commands
  • Understanding ZFS & ZFS ARC/L2ARC (26 Jul 2010)
    Great article describing level one and two memory caching in zfs."L2ARC is a new layer between Disk and the cache (ARC) in main memory for ZFS. It uses dedicated storage devices to hold cached data. The main role of this cache is to boost the performance of random read workloads. The intended L2ARC devices include 1K/15K RPM disks like short-stroked disks, solid state disks (SSD), and other media with substantially faster read latency than disk." Understanding ZFS & ZFS ARC/L2ARC
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  • KDE Commit-Digest for 6th May 2012
    Developer

    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest, Frederik Gladhorn writes about the current state of development in KDE-Accessibility.

    As usual, there is also a change list that includes:

    • Marble gets the first version of FlightGear position provider
    • KPhotoAlbum saves the video length in a database; search for the length is also possible

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  • KDE Commit-Digest for 29th April 2012
    Developer

    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

    • Dolphin view can be synchronized with terminal location
    • Konsole has two new profile options for copy & paste mouse behavior
    • More search options in Dolphin with Nepomuk
    • Google Sync Bookmarks implemented in rekonq

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  • LaKademy 2012 ‒ Artwork, Localization, Promotion, Development
    Community and Events

    LaKademy is over. April 27th to May 1st were days of hard work, meeting old and new friends, having much fun while realizing how far crazy guy imaginations can go. It was a great summit and sprint. Compared to the first (and only one so far) Akademy-BR in 2010, there is clear evidence that we are making progress building a strong and mature KDE community in Latin America. We met in a lovely hostel in Porto Alegre, Brazil and were well taken care of during the event.

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  • Akademy Community Keynote: Agustn Benito Bethencourt (toscalix)

    Agustn Benito Bethencourt (aka "toscalix") recently joined the KDE e.V. Board of Directors. He will be presenting the KDE Community Keynote at Akademy 2012 in Tallinn.

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  • KDE Ships May Updates to Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform
    KDE Official News

    Today KDE released updates for its Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. These updates are the third in a series of monthly stabilization updates to the 4.8 series. 4.8.3 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.8 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.8.2 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone. KDE’s software is already translated into more than 55 languages, with more to come.

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  • KDE Commit-Digest for 22nd April 2012
    Developer

    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

    • Konsole gains a Web Shortcuts menu that allows searching selected text using any of the search providers; search scrollback is now possible in Konsole KPart
    • New placement policy in KDEWorkspace: allow "under mouse"; work to include screenlocker into ksmserver
    • Amarok ships the Free Music Charts by default; Amarok's iPod collection completely rewritten

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  • Presentation List for Akademy 2012 Tallinn
    Community and Events

    The Akademy 2012 Program Committee is proud to present the Akademy 2012 Sessions. Given the broad nature of KDE, the proposals submitted contained a wealth of interesting and valuable topics. From those, 28 proposals were selected that we felt would address the most relevant topics and be deep enough in the areas of most interest to the KDE Community.

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  • Google Summer of Code & Season of KDE 2012 - there is place for everyone!
    Community and Events

    Google has published the list of 60 student proposals that have been accepted for Google Summer of Code 2012 for KDE. It means that 60 students will be able to work full-time on changing the world this summer! A big thank you to Google for making this possible.

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  • LaKademy — First KDE Event for All of Latin America
    Community and Events

    Latin America is a big place with many opportunities for KDE; major deployments of KDE software are proof. Over the years, groups of KDE developers have emerged in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and probably other places. These groups work together to make a better KDE. As we know, meeting and talking in person is important to strengthen the bonds in a community. So we decided to organize a Latin American meeting of KDE contributors following the lead of the first Akademy-br in 2009. Like Akademy-br, the first LaKademy will be similar to a sprint for developers and one for people interested in promoting KDE in this part of the world.

    The first LaKademy is taking place in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil from April 27th to May 1st, 2012. People were invited from Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Colombia. 12 known KDE contributors have confirmed their presence, along with 6 newcomers. Current KDE contributors recommended newcomers based on their abilities and their potential to become long-time KDE contributors.

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  • KDE Commit-Digest for 15th April 2012
    Developer

    In this week's KDE Commit-Digest:

    • Dolphin now uses KMessageWidget for error and information messages, and has faster file sorting
    • Initial Fuse backend implementation for Solid
    • It is now possible to save images from HTML mails in KMail
    • OSRM (Open Source Routing Machine) is supported as routing backend in Marble

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Apache Week 349
  • Apache httpd 2.0.52 Released
    Apache httpd 2.0.52 was released on 28th September 2004. This release addresses a recent security issue in Apache httpd 2.0.51
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    ApacheCon hits Las Vegas again in November 2004
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