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According to the VLC for Android page, "Packages on the Play Store should be available in the next few days."

Cyril Oblikov, a KDE developer, is working on a new copy dialog for KDE as his Google Summer of Code (GSoD 2011) project. The idea of the project is "intelligent errors handling during the file transfer process."

Linux continues to dominate the world of super-computers, according to a list published by top500.org. For the first time since November 2009, a United States supercomputer sits atop the TOP500 list of the world’s top supercomputers. Named Sequoia, the IBM BlueGene/Q system installed at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieved an impressive 16.32 petaflop/s on the Linpack benchmark using 1,572,864 cores.

NVIDIA addressed the situation by saying "supporting Linux is important," and that it understands people's frustrations. So, it doesn't look like anything is going to change at Nvidia. Nvidia's support for Linux is interesting as the company joined the Linux Foundation in March this year.

The significant difference between the Ubuntu approach and the Microsoft approach is that there's no indication that Canonical will be offering any kind of signing service. A system carrying only the Ubuntu signing key will conform to these requirements and may be certified by Canonical, but will not boot any OS other than Ubuntu unless the user disables secure boot or imports their own key database. That is, a certified Ubuntu system may be more locked down than a certified Windows 8 system.

openSUSE team has announced that RC of openSUSE 12.2 which was scheduled to be released today is not going to happen as Factory, their development project, is still far too unstable. This has affected the release of openSUSE 12.2 which was scheduled to be released in July. openSUSE 12.2 is now expected to be released in mid-september.

GNU/Linux may not have any pro-grade film editing software for the consumer market, but the film studios use Linux in every aspect of film production. Now Red Hat has added another feater in its hat as DreamWorks Animation SKG is using Red Hat Enterprise MRG as the grid infrastructure of DreamWorks Animation's 30,000+ core render farm. The mega studio is also using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization as the platform to run mission-critical services on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The sponsor of Ubuntu, one of the popular operating systems, is organising a contest titled 'the Ubuntu App Showdown' to create an app from scratch for Ubuntu in three weeks, and delivered in the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Renowned free software journalist Carla Schroder did not like the use of term selfishness and wrote an interesting piece. She took it as an insult of the thousands of free software developers. She wrote, "Let's stop insulting the many thousands of contributors to Linux and FOSS by calling them selfish, because that it is untrue and unfair. How about a bit of well-deserved praise and appreciation instead?"

I think it's totally fine to be selfish, what is important is the motive behind that selfishness. In fact all of us are selfish and no matter how 'selfless' our deeds are they are driven by selfishness.

Father of Linux, Linus Torvalds, has today received the 2012 Millenium Technology Prize. The announcement of this year's winner was made back in April. Linus received the award today at the Technology Academy Finland.

I wouldn't recommend Sabayon for a total newbie, but for more experienced Linux users it’s definitely one of the top, if not the best Linux distribution out there overall.

Chris Mason, creator of Btrfs has quit Oracle. Chris is joining Fusion-io, next generation storage memory specialist. Chris says, "Oracle has been a fantastic place to work, and I really appreciate their support for my projects. But, I've decided to take a new position at Fusion-io. I will start the new job on Monday, June 11."

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu has become a Microsoft partner to bring Ubuntu to Microsoft's Azur platform. Canonical joins SUSE, the long time Microsoft partner which also helped Microsoft in validating that Linux infringes upon its bogus patents.

Ubuntu 12.10 has started churning releases. Kate Stewart of Ubuntu has announced the release of 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Alpha 1.

It's Christmas time for a GNU/Linux user. After the impressive release of Fedora 17, openSUSE is gearing up for version 12.2. The team has announced the first beta of openSUSE 12.2.

In order for other OSes to run on this hardware, the community and the company needed to find a solution, a practical solution. Red Hat/Fedora found a workable solution, which will make it easy for users to run the Linux of their choice.

Effective. Efficient. Secure. These are the hallmarks of Ubuntu and GNU/Linux. GNU/Linux is the go-to operating system for advanced software developers world wide, and yet may not be seen as a good fit for creative writers. Why is this? After all, what is one of the basic tasks performed by software developers?

When Linus Torvalds sneezes, the Linux world catches the cold. We often find Linus complaining about Gnome, no surprises you will complain about the flaws in the technology you use and not about the one you never touch. But when he says something it carries a lot of weight as he shares his experience as a user and not the father of Linux. His rants are also important as it gives voice to thousands of users who share the same plight but no one listens to their problem. So, what irked Linus this time?

The KDE team has announced the release of KDE 4.9 Beta1. This release brings renewed Workspaces, Applications, and Development Platform. With API, dependency and feature freezes in place, the KDE team's focus is now on fixing bugs and further polishing new and old functionality.

There is good news for Debian Sid users. "The final bits of GNOME 3.4 have landed and if all looks as good as it does now, they should migrate to wheezy in about a week," posts Jordi Mallach on his blog.