Issue #140 / Jul 2012
Cover Theme: Chips & Gadgets
DVD: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin"
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SERVICE: July 2012: DVD Inlay
Issue #140This issue’s DVD comes with Kubuntu 12.04 LTS....
SERVICE: Welcome
EditorialA little over a year ago, I wrote a column about a Nokia memo that appeared a little over a year ago. The famous “Burning Platform” memo made the case for Nokia bailing out of the open source MeeGo project as a last-ditch effort to save the company.
SERVICE: Table of Contents: 140
Chips & GadgetsThis month’s emphasis is on hardware. We look at video acceleration, smartphone security, and new life for old devices.
SERVICE: On the DVD: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS
This month's DVDThis month's DVD comes with Kubutu 12.04 LTS.
NEWS: Linux News
Cloud News
• CloudStack moves toApache
• Red Hat Data Grid 6 beta released
• News Bites
Kubuntu Sponsored
• Blue Systems sponsors Kubuntu
• IBM PowerLinux Solutions
• Spyrus Pocket Drive
Ubuntu News
• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS for desktop launched
• Ubuntu 12.10 flies with Quantal Quetzal
• Coverity 6.0 released
NEWS: Tech Tools
Red Hat Announces OpenShift Origin
OpenMAMA 2.1 Now Available
Tizen Association Releases Larkspur
Yocto Project 1.2 Released
COVER STORY: Video Acceleration with VA-API
Implementing video acceleration on intel chips with the video Acceleration APIImprove video performance with hardware video-accelerated decoding using the video Acceleration APi.
COVER STORY: SEAndroid
SEAndroid brings better security to Android devicesThe still experimental but promising SEAndroid framework offers SELinux-like mandatory access control for the Android universe.
COVER STORY: Palm Recycled
Give your Palm device a new lease on life with Linux and open source softwareDon’t despair over your out-dated Palm hardware. Open source software can bring new life to these devices, give you modern functionality, and save you a boatload of money.
COVER STORY: Gnublin
Getting to know the Gnublin boardEmbedded Linux doesn’t have to be rocket science, which the Gnublin board clearly shows. If you want to learn how to read sensors, flip switches, and switch LEDs on ARM Linux, this tiny machine is perfect for your research.
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News
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.
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Gnome 3.8 Released
The new Gnome release includes privacy and sharing settings, allowing more user control over access to personal information.
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Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on New Browser Engine
Mozilla is collaborating with Samsung on a new web browser engine called Servo.