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- 19 October 2012
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News: Key parts of Ubuntu 13.04 to be developed under wraps
Ubuntu 13.04, scheduled for release in April next year, will have some of its key parts developed under wraps with the help of community members who can be trusted not to talk in their sleep, Canonical's founder Mark Shuttleworth wrote in a blog post on Thursday.
- 18 October 2012
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News: Mac users pay more than Windows users for the same things, given a choice
When online travel agent Orbitz admitted in June that it was steering Mac users on its site toward higher-priced hotel rooms, many were angry. But another company is finding that Mac users will pay more than Windows users for an identical product -- even when allowed to choose how much they pay.
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News: Ubuntu Linux search fix leaves prime critic unsatisfied
Canonical upgrades Ubuntu Linux, and the client-side version features the controversial search capability
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News: Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop
Canonical has released both the server and desktop editions of 12.10 Ubuntu, which offers a glimpse of how this Linux distribution will evolve in the next few years.
- 17 October 2012
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News: Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop
Those in the homogeneous Windows world may be bracing themselves anxiously for the impending arrival of Windows 8 with its controversial Metro interface, but for Linux users, the array of desktop choices just keeps on expanding.
- 12 October 2012
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News: Amazon Web Services upgrades cloud-based Linux implementation
The latest version of Amazon Web Services' Linux AMI is now available, and includes the R language as well as new versions of Apache and PHP.
- 11 October 2012
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News: Linux Foundation floats Secure Boot workaround
Attempting to arrive at a solution to a complicated issue, the Linux Foundation has introduced a possible way that smaller Linux distributions can be run on machines using UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) technology.
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News: Juniper fortifies network edge with new routers
Juniper Networks this week has rolled out edge routers designed to enable service providers to rapidly deploy new service applications.
- 09 October 2012
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News: Penultimate version of Linux kernel 3.5.x released
In the release notes to Version 3.5.6 of the Linux kernel, maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman warned users that there would likely be only one more version of that branch of the kernel, and that users should get ready to move to the 3.6 branch as soon as possible.
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News: Good news for job hunters in Android, Linux, and open source
Job candidates with tech skills in general and Linux skills in particular tend to face better-than-average prospects in today's otherwise gloomy hiring marketplace, but in the past few days the outlook appears to have gotten even brighter.
- 04 October 2012
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News: Linux certificate program launches in North America
There's no doubt that demand for IT professionals with Linux skills is growing rapidly, and earlier this year I wrote about a brand-new certification program targeting newcomers to the open source operating system.
- 27 September 2012
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News: Canonical adds a 'kill switch' for Ubuntu's Amazon search
The new integration of Amazon search results in Ubuntu Linux 12.10 has stirred up quite a hornet's nest of controversy over the past week or so among observers unimpressed by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth's calm assurances that users' privacy would be maintained.
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News: 'Cotton Candy' Linux PC-on-a-stick ships at last
There's been a seemingly endless parade of tiny, Linux-powered PCs entering the market in recent months, including most recently the $49 Cubieboard and the $89 UG802.
- 24 September 2012
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News: Uproar over Amazon integration into Ubuntu search results 'FUD,' says Shuttleworth
News that Ubuntu 12.10, currently in beta, will integrate Amazon search results into some queries by default app quickly created a tidal wave of recrimination in the open-source community, with commenters on Slashdot, Reddit and elsewhere decrying the new system as intrusive and potentially harmful to user privacy.
- 19 September 2012
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News: SUSE Manager applies SCAP to Linux compliance
Organizations using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) to manage their SUSE and Red Hat Linux servers can streamline their reporting operations, thanks to an update of the SUSE Manager that now generates metrics and reports in the SCAP format.
- 14 September 2012
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News: Intel: Clover Trail Atom chip won't work with Linux
The forthcoming "Clover Trail" version of Intel's Atom chip will not work with Linux, the company reportedly confirmed on Thursday.
- 13 September 2012
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News: Canonical Ubuntu management tool gets hefty upgrade
Anticipating greater usage of Ubuntu within the enterprise, Canonical has released a significant update to its Landscape Ubuntu system management tool.
- 12 September 2012
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News: Five new features in Ubuntu 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' Beta 1
It's been just about two months since the launch of the first alpha version of Ubuntu Linux 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal,” and that release was followed by two more alpha iterations over the course of the summer.
- 07 September 2012
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News: Two more tiny, sub-$100 Linux PCs join the fray
There seems to be no end in sight to the march of the tiny, sub-$100 Linux PCs arriving on the market this year, and recently two more contenders were added to the mix.
- 03 September 2012
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News: HP Launches Open WebOS into Beta, Pushes Ahead with Hiring
Hard on the heels of the news that HP's webOS Global Business Unit is being spun off as an independent but wholly owned company called Gram, the company on Friday officially launched Open webOS into beta.
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