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Is Linux Spark Tablet An iPad Killer?
-- Feb 7th, 15:00:24 (Opinions,KDE)
Datamation: Powered by Linux, the Spark tablet might prove to be little more than a toy. Yet it has greater potential.

Canonical aligns Kubuntu as community flavor
-- Feb 7th, 14:03:18 (Open Source,KDE,Ubuntu)
IT World: "Canonical appears to be streamlining its focus on the desktop by cutting funding for Kubuntu work after the release of the upcoming 12.04 releases this April."

Apple gets kicked in the teeth by German patent lawsuit decisions
-- Feb 7th, 13:01:52 (Opinions,Law and Licences,Apple)
Linux and Open Source: "After its world-wide anti-Android patent lawsuit witch-hunt, could Apple having much of its iPhone line and iPads being banned for sale in Germany due to a patent violation happen to a nicer company?"

Are 68 Open Source Licenses Enough? Or Too Many?
-- Feb 7th, 12:04:18 (Open Source,Software,Law and Licences)
Wazi: "The Open Source Initiative (OSI) currently lists 68 approved open source licenses. Sounds like more than enough to suit any needs?"

Five Reasons why Windows 8 will be dead on arrival
-- Feb 7th, 11:06:02 (Opinions,Desktop,Microsoft)
Linux and Open Source: "Metro: An ugly, useless interface. Where have I seen this before? Wait, I know! Windows 1.0!"

Webopedia Term of the Day: What is Macbuntu
-- Feb 7th, 10:01:33 (Open Source,Community)
Webopedia: "Macbuntu is an open source operating system fork of the Linux-based Ubuntu OS that features a Mac OS X-inspired desktop shell."

Virtualization With Xen On CentOS 6.2 (x86_64)
-- Feb 7th, 09:04:18 (Open Source,Help,Server)
HowtoForge: "This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Xen (version 4.1.2) on a CentOS 6.2 (x86_64) system."

4 Best Free Linux Script Writing Tools
-- Feb 7th, 05:01:08 (Open Source,Software)
LinuxLinks: "Unfortunately, there is currently a miserly selection of mature, open source script writing software available for Linux."

Linux File System Fsck Testing -- The Results Are In
-- Feb 7th, 01:03:22 (Open Source,Hardware,Software)
EnterpriseStorageForum: "It has been a while since we started the fsck project to test fsck (file system check) times on Linux file systems. After an extended delay, the Linux File System fsck testing results can now be presented."

Firefox 11 Gets SPDY
-- Feb 6th, 23:00:49 (Open Source,Software)
Datamation: Google's speed-enhancing SPDY protocol lands in upcoming version of Mozilla's open source browser.

Piracy and the value of freedom
-- Feb 6th, 22:04:31 (Opinions,Software,Law and Licences)
Linux User & Developer: "If I were a victim of actual piracy while sailing the seas, I would probably consider the word’s rampant misuse in technology circles as massively insulting."

TLWIR 32: Open Sparks Fly, FOSS Players Give Open Advice, and FOSS Petition Gets Key Endorsement
-- Feb 6th, 21:03:42 (News,Software)
BeginLinux: "For too long, GNU/Linux has been locked out of the tablet market. That is about to change with the May 2012 arrival of the Open Spark."

Beware the power of Google?
-- Feb 6th, 20:02:16 (Opinions,OsOpinion,Software)
IT world: "Has Google taken over the Internet?"

Google Summer of Code 2012 Kicks Off
-- Feb 6th, 19:00:59 (Open Source,Standards)
InternetNews: Google set to pump $6 million+ into open source development this summer.

How to get started using awk
-- Feb 6th, 18:00:25 (News,Networking)
Simple Help: awk, sed, and grep are three of my favorite tools in the Linux or UNIX command line.