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29-OCT-09 EC_LUG Meeting
Oct 27, 2009 at 01:39 PM

Ubuntu 9.10 launch - 29 October.
Ubuntu LogoToday Canonical announces the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on Thursday 29 October. more... and 5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human and Mark Shuttleworth: 10 Thoughts On Ubuntu 9.10.

Ars takes a first look under the hood of Fedora 12.
This week the Fedora community announced the availability of the Fedora 12 beta. We took a look under the hood and explored some of the important technical features, including significant improvements to virtualization and netbook support. more...

OpenSUSE 11.2 the Perfect KDE Distribution.
While openSUSE community are preparing to release openSUSE 11.2 in the next month, I decided to discover what's new in openSUSE 11.2. In short, it is fast, stable and beautiful. But the most exciting decision is putting KDE as default desktop environment. OpenSUSE 11.2 is the best KDE distribution (IMHO). more...

Red Hat investing in EnterpriseDB.
Linux leader Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) is investing in open source database vendor EnterpriseDB, the official announcement is set for release on Tuesday October 27th. The official press release does not disclose the exact amount that Red Hat is investing, but it is part of a $19M series C round of funding. EnterpriseDB is one of the leading commercial backers behind the PostgreSQL(also known as Postgres) database. more...

Firefox for iPhone and Android Phones.
John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, told technology blogger Om Malik that they will release an application for the iPhone a few weeks from now and that it will be "really exciting". No further details have been said yet so we are left guessing. more...

Barnes & Noble Unveils Kindle-Killing, Dual-Screen ‘Nook’ E-Reader.
If you just ordered a Kindle, stop reading now or you’re in for a giant dose of buyer’s remorse. Barnes and Noble unveiled a new e-book reader called ‘Nook’, and it is hot, both inside and out. Nook looks a lot like Amazon’s white plastic e-book reader, only instead of the chiclet-keyboard there is a color multitouch screen, to be used as a keyboard or to browse books, cover-flow style. The machine runs Google’s Android OS and it will have wireless capability from AT&T. more... and Android e-reader boasts dual netbook-like displays.

Atom-powered PC targets in-vehicle signage.
Rave Computer announced an Atom-powered vehicle computer with GPS, hard disk and CompactFlash storage, and a PCI-104 expansion slot. The RCV 6100 supports DVI-D, VGA, and LVDS displays, has two Mini PCIe sockets, and features optional GSM or WCDMA cellular modules, more...

Summary of expected upcoming releases.
2009-10-29: Ubuntu 9.10.
2009-11-03: Mandriva Linux 2010.
2009-11-12: openSUSE 11.2.
2009-11-17: Fedora 12.
2009-11-XX: FreeBSD 8.0.
2009-12-26: Sabayon Linux 5.

Misc.
OSI and White House agree on open source benefits, platforms.
Linux hits user nerve.
Qualcomm launches open source subsidiary.
Japan Linux Symposium.
FlightGear- Opensource flight simulator.
Scid ("Shane's Chess Information Database"), a chess database application for Windows, Linux and Mac OS.
What is Musix GNU+Linux?

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22-OCT-09 EC_LUG Meeting
Oct 20, 2009 at 07:41 PM

Dell's Android phone confirmed.
Linux BizDell has confirmed that its Android phone will launch in the U.S. next year, says eWEEK. In other Android news, Samsung is prepping a "Galaxy Lite i5700" for Europe, a music-oriented phone is coming from INQ, Spotify, and Telia, and Verizon is spinning a MiFi-enabled phone, say various reports. more...

Barnes and Noble Reader uses GNOME.
Above a picture of the new IREX DR800 which the e-reader that Barnes and Noble will bring to the market soon. The device is based on the more professional IREX DR1000 which runs Linux + a host of GNOME technologies more...

SpringSource Delivers Spring 3.0, Focused on Web Apps.
SpringSource (which, it's easy to forget, is now a division of VMware), introduced Spring 3.0 today, a major new version of the company’s Java development framework. more...

Open-Xchange, SugarCRM Collaborate to Challenge Microsoft.
Two prominent open source applications providers — Open-Xchange and SugarCRM — are partnering to integrate their collaboration and customer relationship management software. more...

Five Web Operating Systems You Can Take for a Spin.
Web operating systems (OSs) are basically websites that replicate the desktop environment of modern OSs, all inside a Web browser. They are installed onto Web servers and live on the Internet, thus we can access our virtual desktop from anywhere that's connected to the net. You might hear these Web OSs referred to as "webtops" or "cloud" computers as well. more...

Banshee 1.5.1.
After another 4.5 months development, including contributions from 51 people, we have released Banshee 1.5.1! more... and Banshee.

Misc.
Install DD-WRT On a Linux PC.
5 Ways to be a Great Linux Server Admin.
Bombono DVD Open Source Authoring Software.
Kdenlive Meets Studio Dave.
Palm Pre GSM source code now available.

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15-OCT-09 EC_LUG Meeting
Oct 14, 2009 at 10:43 AM

TuxGentoo: Ten Years Emerge.
Gentoo, the most popular source based distribution, has turned ten years old. What benefits does a such a system provide over its binary distros? As Linux becomes more and more popular, is there still a place for source based distros? more...

Sun releases Solaris 10 10/09.
Sun Microsystems has announced the availability of the 10/09 update for its Solaris 10 operating system (OS). The latest release includes a number of bug fixes, feature updates and expanded support for new processors. more...

Linux-based home NAS boasts 5-18 Watt power consumption.
Iomega announced a Linux-based, dual-drive networked attached storage (NAS) appliance for the home-business and consumer market. The Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 is available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities, and offers RAID 1 support, 5-18 Watt power consumption, and a DLNA/UPnP media server. more...

Hulu Desktop Brings Remote-Controlled Streaming to Linux.
Linux: Hulu has taken their designed-for-widescreen, remote-friendly Desktop viewer and released it for Linux-powered systems, giving anyone with an open-source media center or Linux laptop an easier way to watch streaming video clips and movies on their much bigger screen. more... and Hulu Desktop Comes to Linux.

Arora Is an Open-Source Browser with Out-of-the-Box Ad Blocking.
Windows/Mac/Linux: Arora is a free, cross-platform web browser built on WebKit (the engine that powers Safari and Chrome) that we've mentioned once before, but its latest release includes some interesting new features by default, including built-in support for ad blocking. more...

T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger data loss is bad for the cloud.
T-Mobile and Microsoft/Danger have told Sidekick users who have been suffering for a data outage this week that their data is gone for good. So far, tech punditry's read on this massive, high-profile data loss is that it's a black eye for "the cloud." For once, the consensus is spot-on. more...

q4wine 0.113 has been released.
Finally, after many months of development, testing and bugfixing a new version of q4wine has been released. q4wine is a wine configuration and management utility written in QT. more...

eyeOS.
eyeOS is an open source web desktop following the cloud computing concept that leverages collaboration and communication among users. It is mainly written in PHP, XML, and JavaScript. It acts as a platform for web applications written using the eyeOS Toolkit. It includes a Desktop environment with 67 applications and system utilities. It is accessible by portable devices via its mobile front end. more... and web site.

Misc.
Oracle to 'out-Sun' Sun on hardware and software.
Kernel Log - Improved USB 3. 0 support, X.org drivers to move back into X Server.
Nokia N900 operating system gets official Qt port.
Nanny Linux: Parental Controls on Little Tuxes.
Moblin v2.0 ships, appears on Dell netbook.
ASUS publishes Eee PC Linux source code.
Microsoft reveals time-based licensing model.

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