Flash Player 10: Dazzling Effects, Better Performance, Runs on Linux.
The next generation of the Flash Player is here. Adobe has released a beta version of Flash Player 10, which promises better performance, improved text handling, custom photo effects filters and native 3D animations. It's available as a free download at the Adobe Labs website. more... and Adobe rolls out beta of Flash Player 10 and Adobe refreshes Flash Player.

Verizon chooses Linux "platform of choice".
Verizon Wireless has chosen Linux as its mobile phone "platform of choice," it said. Starting with feature phones in 2009, followed by iPhone competitors, Verizon will offer Linux phones compliant with specifications from the Linux Mobile Foundation (LiMO), an international industry group it and seven other companies joined today. more... and Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org amd Verizon, Mozilla join mobile Linux group.

Linux’s biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards.
In what I think is the biggest victory for Linux so far, DeviceVM’s Splashtop Linux desktop will ship across the entire P5Q range of motherboards, with more to follow by the end of the year. more... and Splashtop Linux desktop to appear on every Asus motherboard and Splashtop to Ship on Millions of ASUS Motherboards.

Fedora 9 and the road to KDE4.
Fedora 9 will include KDE 4.0.3 by default, so this is a look at the progress of one of the major free desktop environments. KDE 4.0 was released January 11, 2008 after a couple of years of discussions and hype. more...

The 2008 Google Summer of Code: 21 Projects I'm Excited About.
The annual Google Summer of Code is upon us again. For the uninformed, that’s when Google pays hundreds of students and hundreds of mentors to work on free software projects, ranging from AbiSource to Zumastor. more...

Connect OpenOffice.org to Zoho Writer and Google Docs with OoGdocsIntegrator.
Do you fancy Web-based word processors but aren't ready to leave OpenOffice.org? You can work with your Zoho Writer and Google Docs files from the convenience of OpenOffice.org Writer, courtesy of the OoGdocsIntegrator extension. more...

Applications.
"Lumiera" is the name for a project (re)writing a professional video NLE, starting with a feature set and taking an aproach similar to the existing Cinelerra-2.

Misc.
The Linux Society.
How random is random.
Geocaching tools in Linux.
The Linux Foundation Video Gallery.

How To Tips.

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