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More Milestones in Linux Kernel Development History

Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 22:39.
Tagged with The Linux Kernel

The fact that the Linux kernel now has an estimated development value of $1.4 billion is an intriguing development—it certainly represents a significant milestone for the Linux kernel community. After we published the "Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution" whitepaper, out of curiosity I wondered where in the overall development history of the Linux kernel the $1 billion number was actually reached.

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Alchemy Starts Opening Flash to C/C++ Code

Submitted by Community Manager on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:53.
Tagged with Porting utilities | Run time issues

Flash is opening up to C and C++ code..."Welcome the preview release of codename 'Alchemy.' Alchemy is a research project that allows users to compile C and C++ code that is targeted to run on the open source ActionScript Virtual Machine (AVM2). The purpose of this preview is to assess the level of community interest in reusing existing C and C++ libraries in Web applications that run on Adobe Flash Player and Adobe AIR.
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Linux Printing: A Curious Mix of Yuck and Excellence, Pts 1 & 2

Submitted by LinuxToday on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:53.
Tagged with Linux Today | printing | Device Drivers

Carla Schroder gives her usual honest take on the state of Linux printing today...
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Paddling Upstream

Submitted by Community Manager on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 16:46.
Tagged with kde | upstream | Desktop

How the KDE developers approach upstream and downstream bugs...
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LSB conf call notes for 2008-11-19

Submitted by LSB List on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 17:30.
Kraft, Brian Proffitt, Kay Tate, Russ Herrold, Jiri Dluhos, Alexey Khoroshilov, Ron Hale-Evans, Ted Tso. LSB 4.0 beta 2. Jeff: Decided on doing a beta 2, had autobuilder issues Monday and Tuesday which are now cleared up. Will be doing the push of SDK, tests, appbat today. Spec pushed to betaspecs. The SI will be available for more architectures this weekend; should have all but ia64 by Monday. Issues. Mats: azov test suites were segfaulting. May have been related to Xvfb, but sometimes works, too. Jeff: bugs? Mats: yes. P1 bugs. Jeff: #!, vtable, stack checker bugs still open.
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LSB conference call agenda (2008-11-19, 11am ET)

Submitted by LSB List on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:45.
*** NEW NUMBER STARTING JUNE 25 *** Conference Dial-in Number: (218) 936-7999 Participant Access Code: 546639 Note: If dialing long distance is a problem, please contact Lyn Moreno (info@linux-foundation.org), and the LF will arrange to reimburse you for the use of a calling card. Agenda: - LSB 4.0 beta 2.
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Will Flash Ever Be a Standard?

Submitted by Brian Proffitt on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:35.
Tagged with adobe | flash | Desktop | Porting issues

Yesterday, I caught wind of some good news. It was the kind of good news that is immediately good for me and ultimately good for Linux. It was announced by MLB Advanced Media, major league baseball's online division, that video on MLB.com would no longer be delivered via Microsoft's Silverlight format but instead with Adobe Flash technology.

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On Feedback

Submitted by Community Manager on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:31.
Tagged with bug reports | development | Ubuntu | upstream | Distributions | Security

A very interesting piece on the value of feedback in an open source project...
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Cray CX1 Taps Clustercorp's Rocks+ for Linux

Submitted by Community Manager on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:26.
Tagged with cluster | supercomputer | Operations-SystemAdministration

A deskside supercomputer running Linux clustering software. The holidays come early!"Cray Inc. and Clustercorp today announced the immediate availability of the Cray CX1 deskside supercomputer preloaded with Rocks+ 5, the commercial version of the Rocks Cluster Distribution for Linux users. The joint solution is fully certified as Intel Cluster Ready and ships with Intel Cluster Checker preloaded and pre-tuned. ... [more]
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The Linux ‘Weakbook’ Bites Back

Submitted by 451group on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:26.
Tagged with netbook laptop | The 451 Group | General

Smartphones vs. netbooks. Let's get ready to rumble? Erm...no...
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