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Take the Ubuntu User Survey 2012 Now

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Mar 10, 2012 7:03 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Earlier today, March 9th, Canonical posted a tweet asking users around the world to participate in this year's Ubuntu User Survey.

BackTrack 5 Revolution 2 screen shots

  • LinuxBSDos; By finid (Posted by finid on Mar 10, 2012 6:05 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Reviews
One of those, is BackTrack, a hackers delight, one that is loaded with all the best Free Software and Open Source penetration testing applications available. The latest edition is BackTrack 5, code-named Revolution. We are actually at BackTrack 5 R2. Keep in mind that BackTrack is not a distribution for newbies. This is serious stuff.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ISO Will Still Fit on a CD

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Mar 10, 2012 5:08 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Ubuntu
Last year in November we've reported that Canonical decided, during the Ubuntu Developer Summit, to increase the size of the ISO image of Ubuntu from 700 MB to 750 MB, targeting USB flash drives and DVDs instead of CDs.

Short Linux news overview for week 10 of 2012

  • raymii.org; By relst (Posted by relst on Mar 10, 2012 4:11 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups
This is the short linux and open-source news overview for week 10 of 2012. It features small articles bundeling the big open source related news in one small page. This week includes the new Crossover release, the PClinuxOS magazine and passwords covered by the 5th amendment.

Welcome to the pre-Post-PC era

  • Larry the Free Software Guy; By Larry Cafiero (Posted by lcafiero on Mar 10, 2012 3:14 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: Humor
Joe Brockmeier wrote an interesting piece on ReadWrite entitled "What We Lose in a post-PC World," and Larry the Free Software Guy hopes, at least, that Hallmark is ramping up the greeting card presses for the dawning of the new age, and the others that accompany it.

The Complete Jolt Product Excellence & Productivity Awards

A compendium of Jolt Award winners through the years with links to Dr. Dobb's editorial coverage where applicable

The Longterm Linux Kernel Cabal

  • InternetNews.com; By Sean Michael Kerner (Posted by red5 on Mar 10, 2012 1:19 AM EDT)
  • Groups: Kernel, Linux
Kernel devs are a tight community and work together at conferences, IRC and mailing lists - something that we already knew. What I personally did not know was how those interactions combined to set broader policies.

Kroah-Hartman and his 'cabal' of developers devised such a 'conspiracy' for the 2.6.32 kernel, which at the time became the base for every major enterprise distro.

Xonotic 0.6 Offers Impressive Game Improvements

The open-source Xonotic gaming community has released version 0.6.0 of their DarkPlaces-powered Nexuiz-forked game. Xonotic 0.6.0 offers up some mighty improvements as Xonotic nears version 1.0...

"Official" Fedora Linux Remix for Raspberry Pi arrives

It took several weeks longer than planned, but the “recommended” Linux distribution for the Raspberry Pi, the credit-card sized computer that retails for $35, Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix is finally ready to run. The distribution designer’s Chris Tyler announced the release on March 7th, but the official release came on March 8th. This Linux distribution is based on Fedora 14. This distribution, along with versions of Debian and Arch Linux for the Raspberry Pi, are now available for download.

Indie Game An interview about "Ensign-1"

  • GamingOnLinux.com; By Alex (Posted by liamdawe on Mar 9, 2012 10:28 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Interview
This week we talk about the upcoming space game "Ensign-1" by Only Human Studios. Our guests are Brandon Smith (aka."Onion") the lead programmer, and Kevin Pears (aka."Rusty") the artist and level designer. They have taken the time to answer some general questions about where the game is heading and how it will get there

Linux Deepin: Ubuntu-Based Linux Distribution With A Beautiful GNOME Shell Setup

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Mar 9, 2012 9:24 PM EDT)
Linux Deepin is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that uses a highly customized GNOME Shell as the default desktop environment. It was initially created for Chinese users only, but there are now different ISO images for both Chinese and English languages.

Build A Free, Full-Featured Mail Server On Gentoo Linux With iRedMail

  • HowtoForge; By Zhang Huangbin (Posted by falko on Mar 9, 2012 8:27 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Gentoo
We're going to set up a free, full-featured mail server on Gentoo Linux, all mail service related components are free and open source, and you own all data. The installation process is extremly easy and smooth.

5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 3-9-12

  • Ness Software Engineering Services Blog; By Ron Miller (Posted by rsmiller on Mar 9, 2012 6:41 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial, Roundups
This week look at identity management trends, what programmers should know about SEO and test-driven development.

Screw this, I'm going back to Windows!

No, I'm not. Because I never left, hihihihi. The title is a clickbait, sure to grab the attention of fanboys. But I do have a serious would-be emotional dilemma slowly building up. Looking back at the percentage of time I spent using Windows in the recent months, I would say it has its parliamentary majority. Mostly because of 3D stuff and games, but partly because I'm tired of hunting for dog **** in the sandbox.

The Pirate Bay To Be Raided Today By Swedish Officials

  • www.thepowerbase.com; By Dean Howell (Posted by lordpenguin on Mar 9, 2012 5:42 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
Breaking…

Information has leaked to The Pirate Bay moments ago, which they subsequently leaked to Torrent Freak, that Swedish police are planning to raid the organization possibly within the next 24 hours.

The ranks at The Pirate Bay have learned that the police have already obtained warrants to raid their data facility. If this raid is carried out today, this will mark the second time The Pirate Bay has been unlawfully attacked by authorities influenced by Sweden’s most influential and affluent lobbyists.

ReText 3.0 Released (Text Editor For Markdown And reStructuredText)

  • WebUpd8; By Andrew Dickinson (Posted by hotice on Mar 9, 2012 5:34 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
ReText is a text editor for Markdown syntax and reStructuredText (reST) that supports exporting to some popular formats such as PDF, ODT, HTML and plain text. It supports live previews, web pages generator, HTML syntax highlighting, full-screen mode for distraction free writing, can export files to Google Docs and more.

Open-source Translation Database: Interview With Andrew Smith

  • thepowerbase.com; By Tom Nardi (Posted by lordpenguin on Mar 9, 2012 4:37 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Editorial
As any developer can tell you, translating your software into different languages can be a pain. Even if you manage to track down willing volunteer translators for all the different languages you want your program to be in, you still need to work with people who you may end up having trouble communicating with.

Adventures in Self-Publishing, Chap. 13: The Future of Writing and Publishing

  • ConsortiumInfo.org Standards Blog; By Andy Updegrove (Posted by Andy_Updegrove on Mar 9, 2012 3:40 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
About two weeks ago I interrupted my current cybersecurity thriller series to post an essay I titled "Intermission: The High Cost of Free." That post generated some interesting responses, some appearing as public comments and others arriving by email.  Two struck me as being particularly relevant to this series, because they suggest the goal posts between which the future of writing and publishing is likely to lie.

Raspberry Pi finally gets a Fedora Remix

  • Linux User & Developer; By Rob Zwetsloot (Posted by robzwets on Mar 9, 2012 2:43 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced the availability of Fedora Remix for the low priced SoC, their recommended distro for the system...

Linux Mint 12 LXDE Screenshot Tour

  • Softpedia; By Marius Nestor (Posted by hanuca on Mar 9, 2012 1:45 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story
As announced a earlier today, March 9th, the final release of the Linux Mint 12 LXDE operating system is now available for download on mirrors worldwide.

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