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General Linux News: Firefox: Aiming for One Million Contributors ReadWriteWeb: Mozilla's Dietrich Ayala would like to have one million contributors to Firefox in 2012. Open Source Initiative affiliates announced at FOSDEM The H Open: "The affiliates, announced during Phipps' presentation at FOSDEM in Brussels, are the Apache Software Foundation, Creative Commons, Drupal, the Eclipse Foundation, FreeBSD, Joomla (via Open Source Matters), KDE, the Linux Foundation, the Mozilla Foundation, Plone, Sahana and Wikiotics." Apache releases Commons Validator-1.4.0, Commons Configuration 1.8 and Hive version 0.8.1 Get Home by 6pm: "Three more additions from the Apache family this week." Linux kernel 3.2.4 Is Available for Download Softpedia: "Greg Kroah-Hartman announced that the third and fourth maintenance releases of the stable Linux kernel 3.2 are available for download." Webopedia Term of the Day: what is Jelly Bean? Webopedia: "Jelly Bean is the anticipated dessert-themed Android codename for an upcoming version 5.0 update of the open source Android mobile operating system." XFS: the filesystem of the future? LWN: Linux has a lot of filesystems, but two of them (ext4 and btrfs) tend to get most of the attention. HP Opens Up Its Switches to OpenFlow EnterpriseNetworkingPlanet: HP is taking the bold step of being the first major vendor to offer full commercial support for open source OpenFlow software defined networking technology. How to Use Facebook through the Command Line UbuntuManual: A majority of Linux users prefer sticking to their terminal rather than accessing through a GUI for most of their daily tasks.

Distribution News: Development Release: Snowlinux 2 RC Lars Torben Kremer has announced the availability of the release candidate for Snowlinux 2, a desktop distribution based on Debian's stable branch and featuring the GNOME 2 desktop: "The team is proud to announce the release of Snowlinux 2, code name 'Ice'. New features: improved installer (keyboard variants,.... DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 442 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: I dream of Linux - Dreamlinux 5 News: Red Hat introduces 10-year support, Texstar takes leave of absence, Mint banks on Cinnamon Questions and answers: Revisiting Ubuntu market share numbers Released last week: Linux Mint 12 "KDE", PCLinuxOS 2012.2, DEFT Linux 7.... Distribution Release: Netrunner 4.1 Clemens Toennies has announced the release of Netrunner 4.1, the latest update of the project's Kubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution featuring the KDE 4.7.4 desktop - now also available in a 64-bit variant: "Accompanying the release of Netrunner 64-bit edition, we today release version 4.1 for 32-bit systems with.... Distribution Release: KahelOS 020212 Meric Mara has announced the release of KahelOS 020212, a desktop Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 3 desktop and based on Arch Linux: "Following the release of KahelOS 111111 last November is today's launch of KahelOS 020212. KahelOS 020212 improves on what the earlier installer.... Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" Cyrille Pontvieux has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live CD featuring the latest Xfce desktop: "The Live team is proud to present the final release of Salix OS Live Xfce 13.37. After some months developing, testing and improving a lot of.... Distribution Release: Linux Mint 12 "KDE" Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 12 "KDE" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 KDE. Linux Mint 12 KDE comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use..... Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2012.2 Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2012.02, the latest stable update of the project's mainstream distribution. There are no major new features as the Linux kernel remains at version 2.6.38.8 and the KDE desktop at 4.6.5. From the release announcement: "PCLinuxOS KDE and KDE-MiniME 2012.02 are.... Development Release: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 12.04, code name "Precise Pangolin": "Welcome to Precise Pangolin Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 12.04. Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the.... Distribution Release: Tails 0.10.1 Tails 0.10.1, an updated version of the Debian-based live CD designed for anonymous Internet surfing, has been released: "The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails), version 0.10.1, is out. This is a bug-fix release mainly aimed at fixing serious bugs and security issues. All users must upgrade as soon.... Distribution Release: IPFire 2.11 Core 56 Michael Tremer has announced the release of IPFire 2.11 Core 56, a new stable release of the project's specialist distribution for firewalls: "Today, we are releasing Core Update 56 for IPFire 2.11. It is a minor bug-fix and security update. The most exciting new feature can be found.... Distribution Release: SalineOS 1.6 Anthony Nordquist has announced the release of SalineOS 1.6, a Debian-based distribution and live DVD featuring the Xfce desktop: "SalineOS 1.6 images are now available for download. This brings SalineOS in line with the recent 6.0.4 release from Debian GNU/Linux. New in this release is a set of.... Development Release: Scientific Linux 6.2 RC1 Pat Riehecky has announced the availability of the first release candidate for Scientific Linux 6.2, a distribution built from source packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 and enhanced with extra applications useful in academic environments: "Scientific Linux 6.2 Release Candidate 1 i386/x86_64 is now available for testing..... Distribution Release: DEFT Linux 7 Stefano Fratepietro has announced the release of DEFT Linux 7, an Ubuntu-based distribution and live DVD containing a collection of tools for penetration testing and forensic analysis: "The DEFT team is pleased to announce the release of the stable version of DEFT Linux 7, a toolkit able to.... Distribution Release: Endian Firewall 2.5.1 Endian Firewall 2.5.1, an updated version of the Red Hat-based firewall distribution, has been released: "An update for Endian Firewall Community to version 2.5.1 is now available. This release introduces a number of new features. Connectivity - support for most modern UMTS/3G USB dongles. By adding new drivers.... Distribution Release: Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10 Steven Shiau has announced the release of Clonezilla Live 1.2.12-10, a new stable version of the project's utility live CD designed for disk cloning tasks: "This release of Clonezilla Live (1.2.12-10) includes major enhancements and major bug fixes: the underlying GNU/Linux operating system was upgraded, this release is.... DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 441 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: PC-BSD 9.0 "Isotope" News: Ubuntu's HUD, Linux Mint's Cinnamon, Arch Linux for hardcore users Statistics: OSDisc.com sales in 2010 and 2011 Questions and answers: AppArmor, home movies, tabs in Vim, syntax highlighting Released last week: GhostBSD 2.5 Upcoming releases: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha.... Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 RC2 Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the second and final release candidate for Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose distribution designed for intermediate and advanced Linux users: "Frugalware 1.6rc2 'Fermus' released. The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware Linux 1.6rc2, the second.... BSD Release: GhostBSD 2.5 John Combs has announced the release of GhostBSD 2.5, a FreeBSD-based desktop operating system and live media with a choice of GNOME or LXDE desktops: "After months of work, the official final release of GhostBSD 2.5 is finally here! Many bugs have been fixed and many parts of.... DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 440 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: Let's talk tiny - Tiny Core Linux 4.2 News: Mandriva and Pardus status update, Fedora packages, Gentoo zero-day packaging, Bodhi's Bloathi, ZevenOS overview Questions and answers: Clang went the compiler Released last week: Toorox 01.2012 Upcoming releases: openSUSE 12.2 roadmap New additions:.... Distribution Release: Toorox 01.2012 Jörn Lindau has announced the release of Toorox 01.2012 "GNOME" edition, a Gentoo-based desktop Linux distribution featuring GNOME 3.2.1: "Toorox 01.2012 'GNOME'. A new version of the 'GNOME' edition of Toorox featuring the recent stable GNOME 3.2.1 has been finished. Some GNOME Shell extensions have been added to.... DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 439 This week in DistroWatch Weekly: Reviews: First look at Kororaa Linux 16 News: FreeBSD 9.0 update, testing Unity 5.0, new features in Fedora 17, interviews with Debian's Steve McIntyre and openSUSE's Frédéric Crozat, Linux Mint overview Questions and answers: SOPA and open-source software Released last week: FreeBSD 9.0,.... Development Release: Frugalware Linux 1.6 RC1 Miklós Vajna has announced the availability of the first of the two planned release candidates for Frugalware Linux 1.6, a general-purpose distribution for desktops and servers designed with intermediate Linux users in mind: "Frugalware 1.6rc1 (Fermus) released. The Frugalware developer team is pleased to announce the immediate availability.... Distribution Release: ArtistX 1.2 Marco Ghirlanda has announced the release of ArtistX 1.2, an Ubuntu-based distribution designed for musicians and other artists, and featuring a large collection of multimedia and graphics software: "After nearly ten years of development and more than ten versions, the ArtistX 1.2 multimedia studio on a DVD is.... Development Release: DEFT Linux 7 RC1 Stefano Fratepietro has announced the availability of the first release candidate for DEFT Linux 7, a specialist Ubuntu-based live DVD for digital forensics and penetration testing: "Finally we were able to realize a very stable DEFT Linux 7 release, solving all problems responsible for postponing the release date.... BSD Release: PC-BSD 9.0 Kris Moore has announced the release of PC-BSD 9.0, a desktop-oriented distribution based on the latest stable FreeBSD: "The PC-BSD development team and iXsystems are pleased to announce the immediate availability of PC-BSD version 9.0. Based upon FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE, this is also the first PC-BSD which offers users....