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Now you have your theme, your audience definition, your venue, your track layout, your speaker list...life is sweet...but now the exhausting part starts....the minutia.

Google has not only decided to keep the Android Honeycomb source code closed for the foreseeable future, preventing all but a few select partners from using the latest version of its mobile OS, it has also clamped down even harder on those select partners, telling them they can't make changes to the platform or form partnerships of their own without the approval of head Android man Andy Rubin, according to a report citing close to a dozen executives with knowledge of the situation.

Rather than doing any April Fools' Jokes around here (the GNOME project is claiming GNOME 3.0 has been delayed to September), yesterday and today we're looking at a few different headlines that would cause great impact for Linux. Yesterday was looking at what announcements would greatly benefit Linux along with the community's response, but today we're looking at what would cause great harm and be disastrous to Linux and open-source software.

If companies like Microsoft are the imperial powers of the digital world, domineering their way into new markets and not always playing nicely with adversaries, open source projects tend to thrive on a universalist, internationalist spirit. But it would be foolish to pretend that the open source channel is oblivious to national boundaries, a fact which Canonical’s Steve George highlighted in a recent blog post. Read on for the details, and some thoughts.

Novell says it is relaxed about Red Hat's changes to how it distributes the source code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). It was recently revealed that Red Hat had switched to distributing kernel source code with patches pre-applied and not publishing a manifest of just what patches had been applied. The move was, said Red Hat, in response to competitors offering to support RHEL as part of their own service offerings. Novell and Oracle both offer that service, with Novell's offering being billed as "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Expanded Support" and claiming to be up to 50 per cent cheaper than Red Hat. Novell though does not see Red Hat's changes as a problem.

I am testing out Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) and wanted to benefit from Firefox 4 and all its speediness. It’s not available in the repositories and since LMDE uses Firefox and NOT Iceweasel, you really can’t install it from the Mozilla Debian repository. So, I decided to manually install things.

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the open source community has to offer. Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” Beta 1 gives a preview of the next version of Ubuntu.This is simple video for Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty) Beta installation process.

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal beta has just been released! As usual, we'll do a recap of all the new features and changes since the previous milestone (Alpha 3) which of course you already know if you read WebUpd8 daily. But even so, maybe there are some things you've missed so read on to see what's new in Ubuntu 11.04 beta since alpha 3!

Kippo is a medium interaction SSH honeypot designed to log brute force attacks and, most importantly, the entire shell interaction performed by the attacker. Kippo is inspired, but not based on Kojoney. This tutorial shows how you can compile and install Kippo on a CentOS 5.5 server.

Canonical, through David Planella, announced last evening (March 31st) that the Ubuntu App Developer Week will take place between 11th to 15th April, 2011, on the Ubuntu IRC channel.

Apple's lawsuit threats have gone beyond the "app store" name and surrounding controversy; they now target Emacs, that venerable text editor. WHAT!?

Why did I insist on talking about sponsors before speakers? Because it was necessary. First of all, having good sponsorship means that you may have the funds to finance travel and an honorarium for some well-known speakers who will help attract a good audience.

The Fuduntu Team is always looking for new ways to improve the look, and feel of our distribution. We do this by carefully choosing components that mesh together to provide a complete desktop experience.

With tight budgets ahead as far as the eye can see, NASA is increasingly looking toward open source technology and the help of a volunteer community to help out. The U.S. space agency hosted its first Open Source Summit this week to reach out to the open source community and explain its often confusing and incompatible open source license.

After enthralling the techies at Google last week, Lady Gaga has given her geek fans another reason to smile. In a press conference this Monday, the Grammy award-winning singer confessed that she is an avid fan of Ubuntu, the Linux-based operating system. Since then, Ubuntu has seen a massive surge in its popularity; particularly among teenagers.

Mozilla announces two developments which bring its Do Not Track privacy feature in Firefox closer to being respected by industry.

Ubuntu 11.04 dubbed Natty Narwhal will bring some major changes to the traditional Ubuntu desktop. As the conventional desktop gets a major overhaul, the spanking new Unity interface is busy preparing itself to replace the time-honored Gnome interface. Furthermore, some well-known default applications are getting replaced by newer and more feature-laden ones. While many users have welcomed these changes with open arms, a few disapproving nods have raised doubts over their success. Nevertheless, Ubuntu 11.04, which releases on 28th April 2011, promises to bring a burst of freshness to the Linux desktop along with a slew of new users.

The international KDE community today announced that it will offer itself up in an exciting lottery. Even though the prize is far more substantial than that offered in El Gordo, the entry fee is a mere €100, which can be spread over a year (equating to less that €2 per week). Enter now and Join the Game or read on for more details and community reaction.

Microsoft announced that it would purchase open source ReactOS for an unprecedented $12.3 billion US making it the largest open source acquisition to date. ReactOS is a small software organization that has been working to produce an open source replacement for Microsoft Windows.

We are very proud to announce that a new project will soon see the light of day! Introducing: PlayOnWindows!