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Can You Design a Better Linux T-shirt than Us?

By Linux Foundation - March 10, 2010 - 7:36am

Today we launched a new initiative at the Linux Foundation: a merchandise store on Linux.com.
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The Scoop on LibrePlanet: Interview with Deborah Nicholson of the FSF

By Linux Foundation - March 8, 2010 - 10:04am

OStatic: "This year's LibrePlanet is going to feature a new 'Women's Caucus,' a day-long track on Sunday to boost participation by women in free software projects."

LogFS merged into the mainline kernel

By Linux Foundation - March 8, 2010 - 9:23am

LWN first looked at LogFS, a new filesystem aimed at solid-state storage devices, back in 2007. It has taken a long time, but, as of 2.6.34, LogFS will be in the mainline kernel and available for use; let the benchmarking begin.

Acer Liquid refreshes Android lineup

By Linux Foundation - March 8, 2010 - 8:45am

CNET reviews Acer's first Google Android device. Find out of if the Acer Liquid makes a splash.

Google open source guru says Android code will be in Linux kernel in time

By Linux Foundation - March 5, 2010 - 6:13am

Google’s Android code will assume its rightful place in the Linux kernel — in good time, the company’s top open source guru says.
The Android code was stripped out of the last kernel release, version 2.6.33, after Google reportedly failed to provide necessary changes and subsystem code required by kernel.org.
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Linux Kernel Programmers win Linux New Media Award for Outstanding Contribution

By Linux Foundation - March 4, 2010 - 10:33am

Linux Pro Magazine: "Markus Feilner, Klaus Knopper, and Jim Zemlim helped present the 2010 Linux New Media Awards at CeBIT. Winners accepted their awards on stage while the ceremony streamed live over the Internet"

Durbin to Introduce Internet Freedom Bill

By Linux Foundation - March 2, 2010 - 6:40pm

Senate leader blasts tech industry for bowing to pressure from foreign governments to censor Internet content, pledges to introduce legislation to impose civil or criminal penalties on complicit tech companies.
 

How to Learn Embedded Linux (For Free Again)

By Linux Foundation - March 2, 2010 - 11:22am

In the past few years, the use of Linux in embedded devices has skyrocketed. Televisions, phones, cars, ATMs: you name it, it probably has Linux running in it. At the recent Mobile World Congress, Linux dominated virtually every product announcement: Samsung’s Bada, many new Android phones, the Linux Foundation’s MeeGo project, Palm, and many more. Embedded Linux today has been nearly as disruptive as Linux was in the data center in the 90s and 2000s as it displaced proprietary Unix OSes.

Linux-2.6.33-Libre Released

By Linux Foundation - March 1, 2010 - 7:46am

The Free Software Foundation Latin America has sent out an announcement for its 2.6.33-libre kernel distribution. "Linux hasn't been Free Software since 1996, when Mr Torvalds accepted the first pieces of non-Free Software in the distributions of Linux he has published since 1991. Over these years, while this kernel grew by a factor of 14, the amount of non-Free firmware required by Linux drivers grew by an alarming factor of 83.
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GNU/Linux Versions Of Grubby Games Products Are Being Phased Out ?

By Linux Foundation - March 1, 2010 - 7:02am

Linux Gaming News: "Earlier this week, Big Fish Games, which bought out indie developer Grubby Games last year, canceled affiliate sales for the Linux versions of all games produced by Grubby Games."

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