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Jagielski says Apache is the perfect place to repair the broken OpenOffice.org community

If you can stand another OpenOffice.org/Apache story, this is a good one. Apache Software Foundation (ASF) president Jim Jagielski gives details into the organization's plans for the office suit if Apache votes to accept it, including how IBM will be roped into providing engineering resources (since Oracle won't) and licensing.

Does anyone need Windows 8?

It sounds nice, it looks beautiful, and on the surface it appears to be a way for Microsoft to keep Windows relevant... But analysts say there is a major hole in Microsoft's Windows-on-any-device approach: Microsoft is misguided in its continued belief that consumers want every device they're using to function like a PC.

Ready for Gnome 3.2? Meet Gnome Contacts

Gnome developers continue its work to have a consistent behaviour across the entire desktop. With its next incarnation, the team also escalates this behaviour towards individual applications. Meet Gnome contacts, the contacts application that you will see in the 3.2 version of your awesome desktop.

12 Paid Games for Linux Totally Worth the Price

  • Tech Drive-in; By Manuel Jose (Posted by kiterunner on Jun 3, 2011 10:48 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Linux
The response we got for our feature on rarely known commercial applications for Linux was simply overwhelming and some of those who enjoyed the article wanted us to do a similar feature on commercial games available for Linux. So here is it, a very neat collection of paid games for Linux worth exploring.

Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 1 Has GNOME 3, Firefox 5, Linux Kernel 2.6.39

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Jun 3, 2011 9:51 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
We are proud to announce today, June 2nd, that the first Alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) operating system is now available for download. As usual, we've grabbed a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 11.10 development.

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 1 Has Been Released Video

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot alpha 1 has been released today and it comes with GNOME 3 (the GNOME application stack such as Gedit 3, Nautilus 3, etc. - but it doesn't come with GNOME Shell by default; however, GNOME Shell is available in the official Ubuntu 11.10 repositories) and of course, Unity by default.

OpenOffice proposed as Apache project

Oracle is to propose that OpenOffice.org becomes an Apache Software Foundation (ASF) project and enters the Apache incubation process. The proposal comes six weeks after Oracle abandoned commercial development of OpenOffice and said it was looking for a way to have the office suite managed by the community.

Virtualization and the Third Party Kiss-off

  • ZDNet Virtualization Blog; By Ken Hess (Posted by khess on Jun 3, 2011 7:00 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Believe it or not, third parties always determine a candidate’s success or failure in the race to the data center.

Aupeo review: great music, disappointing app

Aupeo, a Pandora-like music streaming service, has just rolled a redesigned website along with its first smartphone app for Android and iOS devices. Although its wide range of music, genres, subgenres, and preference-tuning features are impressive, Aupeo’s eye-candy-rich Android/iOS app is frustrating to use. The service is also usable via web access on Linux, Windows, and iOS desktops.

June 2011 issue of The PCLinuxOS Magazine released

The PCLinuxOS Magazine staff is pleased to announce the release of the June 2011 issue of the PCLinuxOS Magazine.

Screenshots and Video - First Alpha of Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Brings Some Gnome 3 Magic

Ubuntu 11.04 'Oneiric Ocelot' Alpha 1 has been released today. The major focus for this release has been bringing in full Gnome 3 stack and porting required applications to GTK3/PyGI. Unity and Unity 2D has been updated with bug fix releases. Almost all of the Gnome 3 stack has landed except few packages. Ubuntu 11.10 features Linux kernel 2.6.39 and gcc 4.6 compiler.

Mageia: Is It A Kind Of Magic?

  • Linux notes from DarkDuck (Posted by darkduck on Jun 3, 2011 3:11 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: KDE, Linux
Few months ago I promised to dump Mandriva Linux. I was not happy with it and did not want to return to it. But later I came back to it, because I had an opportunity to try another flavour, new release. This time I almost broke my promise again. Today's specie is Mageia...

Ubuntu/Xubuntu/Kubuntu/Lubuntu Power Tests

With the extensive Linux power consumption tests that I've been carrying out to solve some nasty Linux kernel power regressions and find other areas for optimization, one of the requests that has come in frequently is to compare the power consumption of the KDE, GNOME, Unity, Xfce, and LXDE desktops. After the article earlier this week to look at how the desktop environments / compositing window managers affect OpenGL performance, I carried out a quick desktop power test. In this article are battery power consumption results for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Lubuntu.

Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 1 arrives

The first alpha of what will become Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" has been released by the Canonical and Ubuntu developers. This development milestone is the first on the roadmap which sees another two alpha and two beta versions before the final release on 13 October.

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server reaches end of life

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Server, the first "Long Term Support" release of Ubuntu has reached its end of life and is now completely unsupported; there will be no more security updates or critical bug fixes.

Ekiga and SIP to replace Skype

  • http://www.linuxaria.com; By Linuxaria (Posted by linuxaria on Jun 2, 2011 11:26 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
In a former article I’ve talked about the XMPP:Jingle protocol to find a good replacement for Skype. Some people asked me about Ekiga, is this a good software or not ? and how you can use it ?

Ekiga (formely known as GnomeMeeting) is an open source SoftPhone, Video Conferencing and Instant Messenger application over the Internet. It supports HD sound quality and video up to DVD size and quality. It is interoperable with many other standard compliant softwares, hardwares and service providers as it uses both the major telephony standards (SIP and H.323).

Asus will preload Ubuntu Linux on three Eee PCs

  • the INQUIRER; By Lawrence Latif (Posted by tmx on Jun 2, 2011 10:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Canonical announced Asus' decision to load the Eee PC 1001PXD, 1011PX and 1015PX with Ubuntu 10.10 from 1 June as one that will "make it one of the most user-friendly PCs on the market".

Foresight Linux, Xfce, and me

  • Linux is my Life; By Edward Janusz (Posted by eggdog on Jun 2, 2011 9:01 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: Xfce
A lesser-known Linux distribution, and the Little Desktop That Could.

Android tablet makers curbing production, says analyst

  • Linux for Devices (Posted by bob on Jun 2, 2011 7:45 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
After relatively slow early sales, Asus, Motorola, and Samsung have reduced their Android tablet manufacturing plans by about 10 percent, according to a JP Morgan analyst. Meanwhile, the rumored Amazon.com Android tablet could sell 2.4 million units in 2012 without significantly cannibalizing the company's Kindle e-reader sales, according to a Piper Jaffray analyst....

Review: Linux Mint 11 "Katya" GNOME

  • Das U-Blog by Prashanth (Posted by PV on Jun 2, 2011 6:48 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews; Groups: GNOME, Ubuntu
It's pretty good, but aesthetic & Compiz issues keep it from being truly "excellent" as before.

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