LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 4, 2008

The LWN.net Weekly Edition for December 4, 2008 is available.

Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition

• Front: MySQL 5.1 and development models; KSM runs into patent trouble; A look at free software in Ecuador.
• Security: System integrity in Linux; New vulnerabilities in clamav, kernel, mantis, samba,...
• Kernel: Tux3: the other next-generation filesystem; Debugfs and the making of a stable ABI; Variations on fair I/O schedulers.
• Distributions: Packaging qmail for Debian; F10 spins; openSUSE 11.1 RC 1; F8 end of life; Slackware 12.2 is coming; Glendix; F10 reviews
• Development: Mercurial 1.1 - a major feature release, Monty on MySQL 5.1, On the future of Perl 5, Haskell report, new versions of MySQL Server, phpMyAdmin, SQLite, BusyBox, Samba, nginx, aTunes, JACK, SLV2, TimeMachine, Veusz, GNOME, PCB, Elisa, rakarrack, PianoBooster, eGroupware, Kdenlive, PyAlsaAudio.
• Press: Linux evolution and Zipf's Law, StudioDave Does A Hardware Review And Meets Ubuntu 8.10, Linux readied for DOD IPv6 certification.
• Announcements: New MySQL Enterprise released, Grubby Games releases My Tribe, RSS Feed for Python Job Board, LPI expands training partner program, Open Source in Data Mining cfp.