YOUR LINUX TODAY NEWSLETTER FOR January 4, 2011

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TUXERA RELEASES GPL-COMPLIANT FAT32 REPLACEMENT PACKAGE FOR ANDROID
"Unlike other file system vendors Tuxera works closely together with operating system manufacturers to make sure IP issues and legal compliance is taken care of."

MOST ANDROID TABLETS FAIL AT GPL COMPLIANCE
"Matthew Garrett has been doing a bit of Saint Nick's job for him ? checking to see who's naughty and nice for GPL compliance on Android tablets."

THE INQUIRER'S TOP 10 CEO FIASCOS OF 2010
"The INQUIRER presents its top ten CEO fiascos with bizarre arguments about the ways of the world or simply decision making that saw multiples of their salaries flushed away along with thousands of jobs."

OSU LAB TO BENEFIT FROM $1.2M GRANT
"CrisisCommons was founded after the Haiti earthquake in January 2010 to enable collaboration between volunteers worldwide using the Internet, open source technology, data collection tools and other means."

6 FREE LINUX-FRIENDLY OFFICE SUITES FOR GETTING THE JOB DONE
"Distributions like Ubuntu and Mint target the curious inexperienced user and provide a complete suite of free software to tackle most PC-related tasks."

5 REASONS TO TRY ZORIN OS LINUX
"Today, however, I'd like to make a pitch for Zorin OS, an Ubuntu-based distribution that offers a number of advantages with particular appeal for Windows users."

ANALYTICS AND IN-MEMORY DATABASES ARE CHANGING DATA CENTERS
"As data analytics demand more and more memory because of the increase in CPU core counts, new memory technologies will need to be developed and brought to market to address the requirements."

UBUNTU AND THE PRICE OF UNITY
"Canonical's decision to go with the Unity shell on GNOME may be a game changer for Ubuntu, but it doesn't come without risk."

DESPITE ANTI-ORACLE HYSTERIA, FIRM IS AN OPEN SOURCE POWERHOUSE
"This scribbler thinks that despite anti-Oracle hysteria, there�s reasons to think that the database giant has become an Open Source powerhouse, as most -if not all- of Sun�s open source projects are alive and kicking under Oracle�s handling."

SYSTEM76: BRINGING LINUX TO THE DESKTOP, 1 STUPID-FAST COMPUTER AT A TIME
"Most people just go to Dell, HP, or Apple, though, buy a computer, and use whatever OS came with it until it dies. What can System76 offer to make consumers order a $1500 laptop and use Ubuntu on it until it dies?"

OPEN-SOURCE ANIMATION MOVIE COMES TO INDIA
"India's first open source movie concept is getting ready under Chamba Swathanthra Movie Project, started in Kerala."

UBUNTU REMIXES: 4 OF THE BEST ALTERNATIVES TO UBUNTU
"The basic idea of the Ubuntu SDR is that the stock Ubuntu is great, but some of the decisions regarding included software may not be ideal."

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10 INSTANT MESSAGING CLIENTS FOR LINUX
"10 Instant Messaging Clients for Linux: aMSN, Pidgin, Empathy, Finch, Emesene and five more."

FINALLY A SOLID PANDORA APP FOR LINUX
"Pithos is a native Pandora client for the GNOME desktop. It is easy to install, has a user-friendly GUI, and won?t drag your machine into the murky waters."

MANUAL DISK PARTITIONING GUIDE FOR LINUX MINT DEBIAN EDITION
"Linux Mint Debian Edition, or LMDE, is the edition of Linux Mint based on Debian Testing. The latest release was made available for download on December 24, 2010."

WEBOPEDIA TERM OF THE DAY: ANDROID FRAGMENTATION
"The concern that a proliferation of diverging variants of the Android platform will result in the inability of some devices to properly run apps written with the Android SDK."

SCRIPTING USER COMMANDS IN BASH
"The purpose of this script is to log the commands and output of a user so you have an accurate record of all activity."

CROWDFUNDING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
"Fundry claims to be a smarter alternative to the 'donate' button you see on so many os project sites. In a nutshell, users can propose and collaboratively fund features for software projects."

ANDROID BUG SENDING TEXTS TO THE WRONG PERSON
"A bug in Android?s text messaging app has been found which sometime sends texts to the wrong person. It seems like the bug has been present since June 2010 and has not been fixed yet. This is a pretty embarrassing bug for Android."

SEMI SECRET'S IOS TITLE CANABALT NOW OPEN SOURCE
"Semi Secret Software said last week it would commemorate a $25,000 iPhone indie game charity sale by making its popular iOS 'auto-runner' game Canabalt open source."

GROKLAW: DON'T GO HOME, GO BIG
"Over my holiday break, I read with some interest the self-examination conducted by Pamela Jones in her Christmas Day article on Groklaw. I think the time has come for Jones to seriously reevaluate the roles she and her team of Groklaw volunteers have within the free and open source community."

NEW JBOSS PUTS JAVA EE 6 TO WORK
"The newest version of the open source JBoss Application Server has been released, and is now one of the first production-ready app servers to support Java EE 6."

SUGARCRM ANNOUNCES SUGARCON 2011
"Staged around a tagline proposing that "The Future of Business is Open," the conference will feature keynotes, tracks, and sessions with practical advice on how attendees can leverage open source CRM technologies to take advantage of today's most prominent technology trends."

MEEGO?S COMMUNITY WOES: IMPROVEMENT IN 2011?
"Though MeeGo shows a lot of promise, the project is not making the most of the open source developer community. Here?s what?s wrong, and what MeeGo needs to do better in 2011."

ANDROID'S BIGGEST WORRY: FRAGMENTATION
"It can get messy. On top of this, there?s multiple current versions of Android out and supported at any given moment on the same hardware."

HOW YOUR SECURE YOUR LINUX SYSTEM
"Sure, security is a built-in (and not a bolt-on) feature and extends right from the Linux kernel to the desktop, but it still leaves enough room to let someone muck about with your /home folder."





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HOW YOUR SECURE YOUR LINUX SYSTEM
"Sure, security is a built-in (and not a bolt-on) feature and extends right from the Linux kernel to the desktop, but it still leaves enough room to let someone muck about with your /home folder."

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