May 2012
Linux Can Take Over If It Sticks To What It Does Best. Appliances
Submitted by bigbearomaha on Thursday 31st of May 2012 10:51:14 PM Filed under
Everyone is always so fixated on desktop Linux and why it can't get decent numbers in the desktop market.
The answer is obvious. You can't come late into the game when someone has a huge installed base and expect to win based on free over easy.
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Charles-H. Schulz Joins Mandriva's Recovery Team
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 09:44:35 PM Filed under
ostatic.com: Today Charles-H. Schulz posted a short message on Mandriva's official blog stating that he will be joining the Mandriva team to help them come back to life.
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Red Hat Will Pay Microsoft To Get Past UEFI Restrictions
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 09:21:13 PM Filed under

slashdot.org: "Fedora is going to pay Microsoft to let them distribute a PC operating system. Microsoft is about to move from effectively owning the PC hardware platform to literally owning it.
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Dedoimedo: I don't believe in being idle or wasting time
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 09:18:12 PM Filed under


darkduck.com: Linux part of Blogosphere is big. There are different people, different blogs. Some of them die, like it was with K.Mandla’s, some continue to grow. Today’s guest in my interview room is one of the most mysterious bloggers in the Linux world. Let’s talk with Dedoimedo.
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Invasion of the Tiny, Linux-Powered PCs
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 05:11:14 PM Filed under

linuxinsider.com (blog safari): Bigger may be better if you're from Texas, but it's becoming increasingly clear to the rest of us that it really is a small world after all. Case in point? None other than what one might reasonably call the invasion of tiny Linux PCs going on all around us.
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One Of The New Valve Linux Employees Is...
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 05:09:12 PM Filed under
phoronix.com: Here's one of the names that many Linux gamers and Phoronix readers should know for his past open-source work, who since the beginning of May has been employed by Valve Software for their Linux enablement efforts.
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mintBox runs on a Linux variant operating system
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 05:07:23 PM Filed under

ubergizmo.com: It seems that the folks behind the hugely popular Linux Mint operating system have come up with an announcement that you will soon be able to pick up a Mint-branded computer that is aptly known as the mintBox.
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Microsoft's new tune: We love Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 31st of May 2012 05:05:19 PM Filed under

- Microsoft's new tune: We love Linux
- Microsoft Preps for Public Embrace of Linux
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 13 (Maya)
Submitted by falko on Thursday 31st of May 2012 09:34:15 AM Filed under
This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 13 (Maya) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Install Cinnamon 1.4 on Fedora 17
Submitted by finid on Thursday 31st of May 2012 05:48:54 AM Filed under
For those set of users, suitable alternatives are: Modify the interface with extensions, as I showed how to do here, or install Cinnamon desktop, a project from the developers of Linux Mint. Cinnamon appeals to many because it offers the familiar look and feel of the type of desktop environment they are used to.
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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