Microsoft Sues TomTom For Linux Patent Infringement.
Microsoft (MSFT) has gone and done it, they've filed suit in U.S. District Court claiming Linux violates their patents. The case centers on portable GPS device maker Tomtom, which uses Linux in its device. Despite Microsoft claiming for years that parts of Linux infringe on its intellectual property, the case is believed to be the first time Microsoft has tried to prove a case against Linux in court. more... and Analyzing Microsoft's TomTom Lawsuit and Beating the TomTom: Drums of War?

Open source vs. Microsoft: Automotive battlefield.
The competition between Microsoft and open-source software reaches into the automotive space with the announcement of a new alliance among automakers and technology providers called Genivi. The goal of the alliance is to build a Linux stack that will provide a common architecture for automotive infotainment systems. more...

1 in 3 Dell netbooks runs Ubuntu Linux.
There’s been a lot of talk over the last few months about how Windows has been crushing Linux on netbooks. When Asus launched the Eee PC 701 back in 2007, it ran Xandros Linux and open source enthusiasts started proclaiming that netbooks would help Linux finally make it as a mainstream consumer-oriented operating system. more... and Dell admits to small Ubuntu success.

Mozilla demos impressive Firefox 3.1 features at SCALE.
Mozilla evangelist Chris Blizzard demonstrated the latest innovations in standards-based Web development technology during a presentation at the Southern California Linux Expo. more... and Mozilla interview: Opening up mobile browsing.

Marvell's Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server.
Marvell announced today a new type of computer. It's about the size of an AC to DC converting wall outlet plug, but is really a full SoC with a 1200 MHz CPU, built-in 512 MB Flash, 512 MB DRAM, Gigabit Ethernet and USB 2.0 support. more... and Linux-driven BitTorrent appliance ships.

Asus developing Android netbook.
By the end of the year Asus will reportedly release an Eee PC with the Google Android operating system. Asus pioneered the market for low cost, scaled-down laptops that offer internet and email functionality, now known as netbooks. more...

Xfce 4.6 Final Released.
After more than two years of development, Xfce 4.6.0 has just been released. Xfce 4.6 features a new configuration backend, a new settings manager, a brand new session manager and sound mixer as well as several huge improvements of its core components. more...

Bash-4.0 available for FTP.
This is the fourth major release of bash. This release fixes the remaining serious bugs in the bash version 3 branch and introduces significant new features. more...

OpenSSH 5.2 released.
OpenSSH 5.2 has been released with a focus on bug fixes. In particular, it addresses the plaintext recovery attack described in CPNI-957037. "This release also adds countermeasures to mitigate CPNI-957037-style attacks against the SSH protocol's use of CBC-mode ciphers. more...

X Server 1.6.0 Has Been Released.
It's arriving about two months later than originally scheduled (and didn't arrive in 2008 like Intel wanted), but X Server 1.6 has been officially released this afternoon more...

Parted Magic 3.7 Is Here.
Just ten days after the Valentine's Day release, Patrick Verner announced today the immediate availability of his Parted Magic 3.7 Linux distribution. This new version fixes several bugs, adds some new features and updates a few software packages. more...

Celtx jumps a version, releases 2.0.
After years of perpetual beta (it’s vogue these days), Celtx, the open source media pre-production and screenwriting application, finally earned its 1.0 more...

MySQL forks: Monty splits from Sun.
Sometimes open source projects "fork." Disagreements over direction cause a splinter group to hive off and maintain their own separate code base. This is going to happen with well-known heavyweight FOSS staple, MySQL, after the original author quit Sun Microsystems earlier this month. more...

Applications.
XBMC is an award winning media center application for Linux, Mac OS X, Windows and XBox. The ultimate hub for all your media.
BRL-CAD is a powerful cross-platform open source solid modeling system that includes interactive geometry editing, high-performance ray-tracing for rendering and geometric analysis, image and signal-processing tools, a system performance analysis benchmark suite, libraries for robust geometric representation.

Misc.
Cisco Goes Deep for Linux and Open Source.
Ballmer: Linux Bigger Competitor than Apple.
Linux forensics - Part 1: Helix.
Things You Need To Know To Become An Apt Guru.
Video: Ted Ts'o on Ext4, BtrFS and first steps with Linux.

How To Tips.

How To Flip - Convert text file line endings between Unix and DOS formats.
How To Ubuntu's Upstart event-based init daemon.
How To Replacing init with Upstart.

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