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  • This looks like a cool tool to help with distribution portability...
  • Glyn Moody has an interesting take on our paper released today...
  • A candid look at how one distribution is put together..."openSUSE 11.1 Beta3 is a bit later than expected (it should go out later today). Of course, this raised couple of questions why. So let me explain how a build of a Beta release works in general from release manager perspective and what are the reasons for the slip.
  • Mixed source is a term being bantered about a lot these days... “'What's in a name?' some bloke in the sixteenth century once asked. As Microsoft knows, quite a lot. What you call something can have a major influence on how you think about it. So how Microsoft talks about free software is important--not least for the clues that it gives about its latest tactical move to defang the open source threat.
  • Well, Linux does have an affinity for birds... "First, there was a 'chicken sitter.' Gordon Smith of Lakewood, CO, wanted to do a Linux project and also had a chicken coop. Obviously they go together. His system is being built around an inexpensive webcam with IR capability to see in the dark, along with a computer vision library to count the chickens.

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Test Trackback
I'm testing the trackback function.http://ldn.linuxfoundation.orghttp:...
build linux like windows
Hi friends, can any one please tell me how to go about this please i...
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Application Packaging Abstraction Layer - cross distro
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ISV Summit Meeting
wouldn't it be cool if there was an ISV collaboration summit?
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A US Based Technical Linux User Conference
We don't need a trade show; we don't need kernel summit. Something inb...
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Standardized Path for Java on Distros (/usr/lib/java)
What do we think about getting the Java path into one standard?
Can we get the LSB book updated?
The online book for the LSB is a great resource, but a bit behind the ...
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