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About two weeks ago, several KDE developers gathered at FrOSCon, the Free and Open Source conference in St. Augustin near Bonn, Germany. Hosted by the Computer Science department of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, the conference also provided rooms for free software projects. One was seized by the KDE project for discussion and hacking. Additionally, representatives of the KDE project gave two talks at the official conference programs, as well as two other talks that directly related to KDE. Read on for the full report.

The use of Open Source Software (OSS) solutions by health care providers and organizations is an increasingly important trend today. The number of OSS solutions currently available has grown to be quite substantial. The number of new OSS health care solutions under development is equally impressive.

[ - While not really 'recent news', this 'review' gives a very good summary of OSS in healthcare. - hkwint ]

Statistical research based on analysis of more than 15000 freelance projects posted to getafreelancer.com (one of the biggest freelance sites along with scriptlance.com and others) shows that Linux was used in 23.8% of all projects, Windows – in 19.9% of all projects. Details

Novell Is First Linux Provider to Supply Free Full-Service Teacher Training Courses, and Is Also Cooperating With Thomson Learning to Create New SUSE Linux Enterprise Courseware

Virtualization is sweeping the nation. Well, maybe not the nation, but it's a big hit with data centers and organizations that need to consolidate systems and streamline management. With so many virtualization applications on the market, which one to choose? SWsoft's Virtuozzo is a strong contender. I reviewed Virtuozzo 3.0 for Linux, and it's definitely one of the best options you can choose to centralize server management and consolidate workloads onto fewer systems.

Tonight on The Linux Link Tech Show, episode 147:
We talk to Chris DiBona, Open source program manager at Google
Pat attends the Novell SLED 10.0 roadshow
Clueless politicians are deciding internet policy
Dan reviews the Nintendo DS Lite
And much, much more

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The Linux kernel continues to evolve, incorporating new technologies and gaining in reliability, scalability, and performance. One of the most important features of the 2.6 kernel is a scheduler implemented by Ingo Molnar. This scheduler is dynamic, supports load-balancing, and operates in constant time -- O(1). This article explores these attributes of the Linux 2.6 scheduler, and more.

Univention, a provider of a complete Linux suite optimized for corporate use, is loosening up its licensed policy: from now on, the Germany firm will be licensing all in-house developments created as part of the Univention Corporate Server (UCS) under the GNU GPL.

Security threats to PCs with Microsoft Windows have increased so much that computer users should consider using a Mac, says a leading security firm.

The organizer behind the Open Source Business Conference has called on European enterprise open source companies to retain their roots and avoid the urge to relocate to the US.

Google has strong words for legislators who are currently mulling over net neutrality issues: the company will take any perceived abuse to the US Department of Justice.

Welcome to our issue number 53 of Fedora Weekly News.

http://fedoranews.org/wiki/Fedora_Weekly_News_Issue_53

In this issue, we have following articles:

• 1 Fedora Core 4 Status Update
• 2 Red Hat CEO Says Linux Could Become U.S. Standard
• 3 Request for testing: DejaVu 2.7 font family
• 4 Mailing List for K-12 Open Source Questions
• 5 DesktopLinux: Fedora Core 6 Test 1 beckons
• 6 OpenOffice.org 2.0.3 Is Here
• 7 QEMU a Virtualization System for Open Source World
• 8 Red Hat Fedora 5 Unleashed Book Giveaway Winner
• 9 Fedora Weekly Reports 2006-06-26
• 10 Fedora Core 4 and 5 Updates
• 11 Contributing to Fedora Weekly News
• 12 Editor's Blog

In this fourth in-depth interview focusing on ODF-compliant office productivity suites, I interview Dr. Martin Sommer, of Germany's SoftMaker Software.

It has been months now and I'm still receiving letters about my first rant. The basic thrust of the rant is that Linux developers should be focusing more on innovation than on mimicking what is already on Windows. I stated what I thought were good arguments, and I had many more that wouldn't fit into the space available for my column.

[Preach, brother, Preach! That was why I quit playing with Red Hat (7.2-ish); it was getting to look too much like Windows (at least the installation) - dcparris]

After keeping programmers guessing for years, Sun is finally ready to open the code to its popular Web language Java. Will it be worth the wait?

[Much more than the typical 'real soon now' report we've been seeing. -- grouch]

Even if you use Emacs every day, sometimes you'll misplace a word or phrase. When that happens, you'll be glad that Emacs has flexible, built-in search and replace commands to help you find exactly what you are looking for.

Here at TUX, we know that we are leading this change. We have seen where the information technology industry is headed and we choose a new alternative. We see independence from proprietary software as good for society. We realize this change may cause hardship, and will most definitely cause some to loose their comfortable use of proprietary software, but we believe that it is a price worth paying.

Some experts in the technology industry are recommending that people switch to a non-Microsoft browser after the recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) were used by the "bad guys" to target highly visited and trusted Web sites to steal confidential financial and other information.
[...]
[T]here comes a time when enough is enough.

Chinese authorities intend to police and control instant messaging, cell phones, Web logs and search engines. The New York Times

Increasingly, developers, architects, and project managers face the challenge of porting their C, C++, and Java applications from UNIX to Linux environments. Now, there's a definitive, start-to-finish guide to porting applications from today's most widely used UNIX platforms: Solaris™, HP-UX, and AIX®: UNIX® to Linux® Porting: A Comprehensive Reference.

[Ok, it's a book advertisement. This is not an endorsement. It just looked at least as interesting as some press releases that come through here. -- grouch]