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| Texas Linux Festis pleased to announce the initial list of speakers andpresentations for its inaugural event. Keynote speakers include Joe"Zonker"Brockmeier and Randal L. Schwartz, with additional presentations byLinux, free software, and open source experts such as Jon "maddog"Hall,Amber Graner, Bradley Kuhn, and Max Spevack. The event will take place onSaturday, April 10th, in Austin Texas. Registration is available online. The complete list of talks is availableas well. |
| Texas Linux Fest announces 2010 program |
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| Almost exactly one year ago, LWN examined the problem of 4K-sectordrivesand the reasons for their existence. In short, going to 4KBphysical sectors allows drive manufacturers to increase storage density,always welcome in that competitive market. Recently, there have been anumber of reports that Linux is not ready to work with these drives; kerneldeveloper Tejun Heo even posted an extensive,worth-reading summarystating that "4 KiB logical sector support is broken inboth the kernel and partitioners."As the subsequent discussionrevealed, though, the truth of the matter is thatwe're not quite that badly prepared; click below (subscribers only) for details. |
| [$] 4K-sector drives and Linux |
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| The LibrePlanetconference, being held March 19-21 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, will be featuring a day-long Women's Caucuson Sunday March 21st. That track will befocusing on finding concrete ways to increase women's participation infree software, including a panel on recruiting and retaining women, apresentation on mentoring, and a workshop on how non-coders can take upcritical roles in free software projects. In addition, LibrePlanet has keynotes from FSF founder Richard Stallman and EFF founder John Gilmore. More information can be found on the web sites or in the schedule. |
| LibrePlanet 2010 conference to feature Women's Caucus |
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| Bruce Byfield takesa lookat innovations in GNOME and KDE. "Of course, GNOME and KDE have long had features that Windows lacked, such as multiple desktops and finer controls for customizing the user experience. However, in the last few years, both major free desktops have added features that show not only an interest in usability, but, at times, an effort to anticipate what users might actually want. The focus is by no means consistent, yet scattered here and there are features that can make any user glad that they're using a open source desktop." |
| GNOME and KDE: Seven Attractions in Each (Datamation) |
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| The H coversthe CeBIT Open Source Forum. "The CeBIT Open Source Forum, a prominent feature in the Open Source area of Hall 2, featured several lectures, demonstrations and keynote speeches on several topics, from Open Source in data centres and security, to web browsers, mobility and multimedia. The H attended several of the Open Source Forum sessions, including the introduction of the latest 6.3 release of the popular Knoppix Live Linux distribution by Knoppix creator Klaus Knopper." |
| Happenings: FOSS at CeBIT 2010 (The H) |
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| Simon Phipps, Chief Open Source Officer at Sun, reminiscesabout someachievements during his tenure. "Got some of the most important software in the computer industry released under Free licenses that guarantee software freedom for people who rely on them, regardless of who owns the copyrights. Unix, Java, key elements of Linux, the SPARC chip and much more have been liberated." |
| Simon Phipps: Last Day At Sun |
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| Debianhas updated typo3-src(multiple vulnerabilities).Fedorahas updated bournal(F13, F12, F11: multiple vulnerabilities), F12: curl(arbitrary code execution), and F11: sudo(unintended privilege escalation).Pardushas updated sudo(unintendedprivilege escalation) and firefox(multiplevulnerabilities).Slackwarehas updated httpd(multiple vulnerabilities). |
| Security advisories for Tuesday |
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| The first alpha release of Fedora 13 is out. "We need your help to make Fedora 13 the best release yet, so please takea moment of your time to download and try out the Alpha and make surethe things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug,please report it -- every bug you uncover is a chance to improve theexperience for millions of Fedora users worldwide."There is alotof new stuff in this release; see the announcement for asummary. |
| Fedora 13 Alpha released |
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