Mozilla Taps New CEO
The company looks to John Lilly to grow its business while ex-CEO Mitchell Baker focuses on Mozilla's vision.

Old-School SUSE Executives Take Over Open-Xchange
Two of pre-Novell SUSE's top executives are taking the open-source groupware company Open-Xchange.

Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code.

OpenVZ to Release Pre-made Ubuntu VMs
OpenVZ, the open-source community arm of SWsoft, will soon be releasing ready-to-run Ubuntu server and desktop virtual machines.

After SCO Dies
Opinion: Could Novell open-source Unix? What will OpenServer customers do? Can Sun claim some customers for OpenSolaris?
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Pocock: Android betrays tethering data
On his blog, Daniel Pocock looks into Android's tethering behavior. He also describes how to avoid being summarily shut off when tethering?at least on rooted phones. "When I upgraded an Android device the other day, I found that tethering complete... Read more

Open source tools allow Project Tango to evolve with speed and agility (opensource.com)
Over at opensource.com, Luis Ibáñez writes about using open source tools in conjunction with Google's Project Tango, which is a device that tracks its 3D position and orientation while also mapping its surroundings. "Thanks to these tools being ope... Read more

Security updates for Thursday
CentOS has updated tomcat6 (C6: multiple vulnerabilities). Fedora has updated check-mk (F20; F19: multiple vulnerabilities), knot (F20; F19: weak TSIG digest checking), strongswan (F20; F19: authentication bypass... Read more

The Linux Foundation's fund for critical projects
The Linux Foundation has announced the creation of a "multi-million dollar" fund to support the development of critical projects that otherwise lack sufficient resources. "The first project under consideration to receive funds from the Initiative ... Read more

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 24, 2014
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 24, 2014 is available.
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Raspberry Pi Clones Match the Connectors, But Boost the Firepower

Fun Photo: Greg Kroah-Hartman Crowned at the Systemd Hackfest

LinuxCon Keynotes Display How Open Source Methods Are Spreading

How to Install Xubuntu Extra Lite on Ubuntu 14.04

How LG Took WebOS from Mobile Phones to TVs in Under a Year

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Oracle releases VirtualBox 4.1.16
Today Oracle released VirtualBox 4.1.16, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.1: The following items were fixed and/or added: VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_ACCESS_DENIED with certain guests (bugs #7589, #8247) VMM: fixed a Guru Meditation VERR_PAGE_T... Read more

First tarball release of the new GNU Portable Threads Library: nPth version 0.90
The first tarball release of the New GNU Portable Threads Library: nPth version 0.90 has been made. nPth is a non-preemptive threads implementation using an API very similar to the one known from GNU Pth. It has been designed as a replacement of GNU Pth f... Read more

OpenOffice 3.4 Released
The first version of OpenOffice under the governance of the Apache Software Foundation has been released. Apache OpenOffice 3.4 is available for download free of charge. OpenOffice 3.4 features: word processing, spreadsheets, presentation graphics, databa... Read more

Jury in deadlocked on copyright issues in Oracle vs Google???
The copyright part of Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over possible infringement of the Java intellectual property in Android is moving into its final phase and there are indications that, for the copyright part of the lawsuit, the jury might be dea... Read more

Does Android?s open source status make it better in terms of privacy?
Does Android?s open source status make it better in terms of privacy? Find out here.
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New Products
Please send information about releases of Linux-related products to newproducts at linuxjournal.com or New Products c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston, TX 77098. Submissions are edited for l... Read more

Quantum Cryptography
Classical cryptography provides security based on unproven mathematical assumptions and depends on the technology available to an eavesdropper. But, these things might not be enough in the near fu... Read more

Command-Line Cloud: gcalcli
If you follow my columns in Linux Journal, you probably are aware that I'm a big fan of the command line. When it comes to getting things done efficiently, most of the time the command line can't ... Read more

Image Manipulation with ImageMagick
I've spent a lot of time in my column talking about text processing and analysis, with the basic assumption that if you're using the command line, you're focused on text. more>>

Non-Linux FOSS: Angry IP
The de facto standard for port scanning always has been the venerable Nmap program. The command-line tool is indeed very powerful, but I've only ever seen it work with Linux, and every time I use ... Read more
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TwoNav Now Offers Outdoor GPS Navigation App for Intel® Atom?...
Tablet users find their way on and off the road with this mobile orientation application.(PRWeb April 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11786916.htm

Magma Mobile* Now Enables Users to Take Strategy On the Go with...
A classic game brought to the modern era.(PRWeb April 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11786961.htm

Meteosolutions Now Offers the Best Weather Forecasts in Italy with...
Stay warm and dry in Italy with up-to-date weather forecasts.(PRWeb April 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11787056.htm

Players Embark on a Quest to Unlock Secrets with Sparkle 2 by 10tons...
The sequel to the popular marble popping game offers new adventures and superbly polished gameplay.(PRWeb April 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/04/prweb11787064.htm

TSI's Solution is a new Type of Social Network - a ?Social Network...
Heartbleed bug only reaffirms that ?exhaustive testing? is ?wishful thinking." While ?exhaustive testing? is not feasible, a ?constant program understanding? by Software Understanding...(PRWeb April 24, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prwe... Read more
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