Linux Foundation announces 2012 T-shirt contest
The Linux Foundation has launched its annual T-shirt contest. The winner will receive $2000 in travel allowance for a trip to LinuxCon 2012 in San Diego or Barcelona. Submissions have to be made by 8 June

Nagios fork Icinga 1.7 released
The update to the open source network monitoring software includes new options for customising the web frontend and the Classic UI, as well as performance improvements

Firefox 14 beta for Android released
Mozilla has released a beta version of Firefox 14 for Android with native Android UI elements and the new "Awesome Screen". The new version also has plugin support and hardware acceleration

Apache celebrates quarter of growth
With a record 104 current top-level projects and 51 projects in the incubator, the Apache Software Foundation declares an "unprecedented" first quarter

Kdenlive 0.9 improves effects workflow
Version 0.9 of the video editor includes a rewritten effect stack, a new automatic audio alignment function and various usability enhancements
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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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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 17, 2012
The LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 17, 2012 is available.

Lotus Symphony code for OpenOffice coming soon
IBM has announced that the paperwork has been signed and that the contribution of the Lotus Symphony code to OpenOffice will happen shortly. "The successful delivery of Apache OpenOffice 3.4 has enabled us to finalize our grant with the the Apache ... Read more

Security advisories for Wednesday
CentOS has updated C6: kernel (denial of service). Debian has updated gridengine (privilege escalation). Fedora has updated bind-dyndb-ldap (F16; F15: denial of service), F16: samba4 (remote code execution), F15: kerne... Read more

[$] Tasting the Ice Cream Sandwich
Owners of Android handsets can be forgiven for feeling frustration over how long it took to get an update from the 2.3 "gingerbread" release. Google's flat-out effort to improve tablet support led to a 3.0 ("honeycomb") release that was not deemed... Read more

Tuesday's security updates
Gentoo has updated chromium (multiple vulnerabilities). Mandriva has updated ffmpeg (ES5.0; 2010.1; 2011.0: multiple vulnerabilities). openSUSE has updated gnutls (denial of service) and coreutils (command injection). ... Read more
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Weekend Project: Blog on Linux.com
One of the things that Linux.com offers to the community is the opportunity to post on Linux.com community blogs. Because it's been a while since we promoted this feature, I wanted to post a reminder about how to post to your blog, and how they'... Read more

Podcasting from WordPress
WordPress is the leading open source blogging platform for good reasons, but what do you do when the written word no longer suffices? Sure, you can attach an audio or video file to a WordPress post, but if you are interested in managing a professional-... Read more

Shaping the Future of Linux: Karim Allah Ahmed
When Karim Allah Ahmed was 13 years old, he fell in love with computers. And just like a first love, everything about his newfound passion felt totally thrilling—and completely foreign. Linux was one of those things. While he didn’t know wh... Read more

Using Vim with the System Clipboard on Linux
Vim mastery is not something that you acquire all at once. In fact, it's more something that you slowly sneak up on. Bits at a time, you learn something new about Vim you didn't know it could do. Or you'll figure out an easier way to do som... Read more

Feedback Requested: Filesystem Hierarchy Standard Released
Just before LinuxCon North America in Vancouver, The Linux Foundation released a draft proposal for an update to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)...
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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.

The Android source code on the Galaxy Nexus is Google?s ?trade secret?
Apple has filed a motion as part a preliminary injunction against the latest Google smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, in which it is asking for Google reveal what are the differences, if any, between the open source version of Android code and the sou... Read more
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Make TV Awesome with Bluecop
A few weeks back, I was whining that although Doctor Who was available on Amazon Prime streaming, I didn't have any way to watch it on my television. Thankfully, my friend Richard Servello pointed... Read more

Hack and / - Password Cracking with GPUs, Part I: the Setup
Bitcoin mining is so last year. Put your expensive GPU to use cracking passwords. When the Bitcoin mining craze hit its peak, I felt the tug to join this new community and make some easy money.... Read more

An Introduction to Application Development with Catalyst and Perl
Catalyst is the latest in the evolution of open-source Web development frameworks. Written in modern Perl and inspired by many of the projects that came before it, including Ruby on Rails, Catalys... Read more

Cryptocurrency: Your Total Cost Is 01001010010
Most people have heard of gold. Most people are familiar with dollars. For a handful of geeky folks, however, the currency they hope will become a global standard is digital. Whether it's a problem... Read more

HTML5 for Audio Applications
HTML5 lets you play music through compliant browsers—no "cloud" required. more>>
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Intertech to Deliver Free Webinar on Groovy
Intertech (http://www.Intertech.com) will be delivering a free webinar on Groovy. The webinar will be delivered May 31, 2012 from 2:10 - 3:10 CDT. Registrations...(PRWeb May 17, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9510... Read more

CloudLinux to Announce I/O Limits at WHD.INDIA
Cloud Linux Inc., an innovative software company dedicated to serving the needs of hosting service providers, will exhibit at WHD.india and WHD.asia. At the conferences, CloudLinux will demonstrate...(PRWeb May 17, 2012)Read the full story at http://ww... Read more

Veteran Information Security Strategist Andrew Hay Joins CloudPassage
As Chief Evangelist, Hay to drive awareness of cloud security issues(PRWeb May 16, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/andrewhay/cloudsecurity/prweb9506645.htm

Infoteria Announces Agreement to Acquire Extentech--A Leading...
Infoteria Corporation today announced an agreement to acquire Extentech Inc., a private software company specializing in innovative spreadsheet development tools.(PRWeb May 16, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb95004... Read more

Intertech to Deliver Free Webinar on Windows 8, Metro Styles Apps and...
Intertech (http://www.Intertech.com) is delivering a free webinar on Windows 8, Metro Styles Apps and WinRT. It will be delivered May 31, 2012 from 3:20 - 4:20...(PRWeb May 16, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb95098... Read more
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