Ukrainian Linux Kernel Developers group

ServerWatch: "This week, I've been experimenting with gnome-do, the Gnome application launcher that also allows you to specify particular actions to take on whatever file or application you've found."

Firefox 3.6.9 now supports a server header which can help to prevent clickjacking. The new version also fixes 14 vulnerabilities, including the DLL vulnerability in the Windows version...

Have you run a virus scan lately? Nope? Don't need to, you say. That's because you run a Linux OS. Think again. To quote the title line of Bob Dylan's third studio album, "the times they are a-changin.'" Yes they are. And part of that change is the greater risk...

O'Reilly Broadcast: "There's nothing so absurd that if you repeat it often enough, people will believe it." --William James"

The Mozilla Labs Gaming project has announced its existence. "Modern Open Web technologies introduced a complete stack of technologies such as Open Video, audio, WebGL, touch events, device orientation, geo location, and fast JavaScript engines which make it possible to build complex (and not so complex) games on the Web.

Wine-Reviews: "Whats new in this release: * Update of the Gecko engine, now including a 64-bit version. * New implementation of console support on Unix terminals."

Linux.com: "Thanks to Compiz you have better, slicker, and more efficient ways to switch from one application to another. Take a look at Compiz Switchers, and you'll never want to go back to the boring old panel buttons!"

Linux Journal: "Sometimes, a utility or an application that you want to install is impossible to find in the format of your distribution. Alien is a utility that can convert one package type into another."

Phoronix: "...for those wishing to live on the bleeding edge of NVIDIA's proprietary Linux driver development, the first beta release in the 260.xx series is now available for testing."

Computerworld UK: "This might sound far from enterprise open source, but the way the Climate Code Foundation is proceeding shows the connection:"

Lineo Solutions and Timesys have collaborated on a new LinuxLink subscription supporting the 500MHz Renesas SH7724 SoC (system on chip). The Timesys LinuxLink subscription supports Renesas' SH7724-based MS774 development board and offers a Linux 2.6.33 kernel, drivers for touchscreens and other peripherals, plus the usual LinuxLink tools and services....

Software Latest Releases: "Since its launch in 2008 by Google, Chrome has been making some dent in the market for Internet browsers. With its rapid development and a focus on practicality and lightness of the user experience, Chrome is fast increasing its share of users."

Python4Kids: "Having gone through some arduous work on the previous tutorial, this one will be a little gentler. The task we've set ourselves this time is to write another game, a trivia game."

Cyber Cynic: "You could argue that Google's Android, so popular on smartphones now, is the most popular Linux of all right now. There's only one little problem with that: Android has continued to be apart from the Linux mainstream."

Cyber Cynic: "You could argue that Google's Android, so popular on smartphones now, is the most popular Linux of all right now. There's only one little problem with that: Android has continued to be apart from the Linux mainstream."

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Mozilla has released Thunderbird 3.1.3 and Thunderbird 3.0.7 with security and stability updates. See the release notes for details (3.1.3 and 3.0.7).

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Linux User and Developer: "By default, Ubuntu wants to provide just one massive root (/) partition without separate home partitions. This is a mistake, as anyone who's updated or recovered a Linux system should know."

Toshiba is prepping a & Folio 100& tablet that will run Android 2.2 on an Nvidia Tegra 2 processor and offer a 10.1-inch, WSVGA display, says a report. Meanwhile, the Tegra 2 scored strongly in benchmarks, the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab is tipped for a Thursday release, and Korea's KT announced an & Identity Tab& Android tablet, say reports....

Wind River has launched a new community site for Wind River Linux customers, engineers, and embedded Linux community experts. The Wind River Developer Community for Linux is designed as a collaborative site where Wind River Linux users can ask and answer questions using a point rewards system, the company says....

Advantech announced two fanless panel PCs whose front panels are said to withstand outdoor use. The 12.1-inch TPC-1251H and 5.7-inch TPC-651H include 1.33GHz Intel Atom processors, up to 2GB of RAM, dual isolated serial ports, and CompactFlash storage....