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Canonical Announces Strong ISV and Open Source Ecosystem Support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Canonical has announced strong software vendor support for the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-term Support) release for both server and desktop. "'A strong and varied ISV ecosystem is critical for Ubuntu to thrive and grow both on user's desktops and in the world's datacentres,' said Jane Silber, CEO, Canonical. 'We expected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS to be popular with existing and prospective software partners, but response is fantastic. Users considering switching to Ubuntu or upgrading to 10.04 LTS will be encouraged by this industry support and reassured that they can use many of their favourite applications on what we are sure will become their favourite operating system.'"

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German appeal court upholds Microsoft FAT patent (The H)

The H reports that Microsoft's FAT patent has been upheld in a German appeals court, and is thus, it seems, valid in Germany. "In judgement number X ZR 27/07, handed down on Tuesday, the tenth civil division of the Karlsruhe-based court confirmed the enforceability of the company's commercial rights in Germany. It has not yet published its reasoning, but has confirmed the decision in a short press release."

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Why Making Money from Free Software Matters (The H)

Glyn Moody looks at making money with free software. "As companies like Red Hat have grown in size and profitability, so has the credibility of free software options among larger enterprises. Profits mean that other, smaller open source companies can be bought, providing a useful payback for entrepreneurs that encourages others to enter the fray by funding new open source start-ups. Money also means more influence at the political table through increased visibility and clout."

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Microsoft claims Android steps on its patents (CNet)

CNet reports that Microsoft is now claiming that Android, too, infringes on its patents. "Microsoft and HTC announced they have inked a new patent deal that specifically provides the Taiwanese cell phone maker with the right to use Microsoft's patented technologies in phones running Google's Android operating system. Microsoft said it has been in talks with other phone makers." (Thanks to Amit Shah).

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Report: Fair use in the US economy

The Computer & Communications Industry Association has released a report putting a value on the "fair use economy" in the US. "The research indicates that the industries benefiting from fair use-and other limitations and exceptions-make a large and growing contribution to the U.S. economy. The fair use economy in 2007 accounted for $4.7 trillion in revenues and $2.2 trillion in value added, roughly one-sixth of total U.S. GDP It employed more than 17 million people and supported a payroll of $1.2 trillion. Fair use companies generated $281 billion in exports and rapid productivity growth." Of course, these are white-paper numbers, only so far removed from random. Perhaps more interesting is the long survey of industries which are said to rely on fair use.

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Linux audio explained (Techradar)

Techradar tries to make sense of audio on Linux. "Linux's audio architecture is more like the layers of the Earth's crust than the network model, with lower levels occasionally erupting on to the surface, causing confusion and distress, and upper layers moving to displace the underlying technology that was originally hidden."

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PHP: The Good Parts and Ubuntu: Up and Running--New from O'Reilly

O'Reilly has released two books, PHP: The Good Parts and Ubuntu: Up and Running.

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Linux Foundation Newsletter: April 2010

The April edition of the Linux Foundation newsletter covers * The Linux Foundation Welcomes Eight New Corporate Members * Collaboration Summit Keynote Videos Available Now * LinuxCon Early Registration Deadline Closes This Friday * MeeGo Developer Community Grows as Ecosystem Support Broadens * Linux.com T-shirt Design Finalists Announced * We're Linux Winner Revealed * The Linux Foundation in the News * Upcoming Training Courses from The Linux Foundation.

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This Year's Google Summer of Code Students Announced

Google has made an announcement that the list of students that have been accepted for this year's Summer of Code is now available.

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Linux Plumbers Conference 2010 Call for Track Ideas

The 2010 Linux Plumbers Conference will be held in Cambridge, MA, from November 3 to 5. The LPC 2010 organizers are now looking for ideas for the tracks to be run at the event. If you have in mind a problem which could be improved by having plumbing-level developers get together and talk about it for a few hours, the program committee would like to hear from you. "For example, if in order to get better performance, we need to get better information about low-level devices from the kernel, and that needs to be utilized by file system utilities, and the user needs to be able to involved by exposing options at the UI level in control panels and distribution installers --- the Plumbers conference might be a great place to get everyone in the same room for half a day to solve this particular problem."

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OOoCon 2010 Call for Papers

The 2010 OOoCon will be held in Budapest, Hungary, from August 31 - September 3, 2010. "Whether you are a dedicated developer, a contributor of any measure, or just interested in the Project and its technology, such as the OpenDocument Format (ODF), we want to hear from you. Please note the conference language is English, and all presentations must be delivered in that language."

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PyCon Australia 2010 update

Registration is open for PyCon Australia to be held June 26-27, 2010 in Sydney. Click below for more information.

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First Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum

The first Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum (MEAOSSF) will be held June 15-16, 2010 in Cairo, Egypt. It will be followed by tutorials on June 17, 2010.

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Linux Audio Conference program is out

The program for the Linux Audio Conference (LAC2010) is now available. LAC2010 will be held May 1-4 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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Events: May 6, 2010 to July 5, 2010

The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.

Date(s)	Event	Location
May 3 May 7	SambaXP 2010	Göttingen, Germany
May 3 May 6	Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco	San Francisco, CA, USA
May 6	NLUUG spring conference: System Administration	Ede, The Netherlands
May 7 May 9	Pycon Italy	Firenze, Italy
May 7 May 8	Professional IT Community Conference	New Brunswick, NJ, USA
May 10 May 14	Ubuntu Developer Summit	Brussels, Belgium
May 17 May 21	Fourth African Conference on FOSS and the Digital Commons	Accra, Ghana
May 18 May 21	PostgreSQL Conference for Users and Developers	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
May 24 May 25	Netbook Summit	San Francisco, CA, USA
May 24 May 30	Plone Symposium East 2010	State College, PA, USA
May 24 May 26	DjangoCon Europe	Berlin, Germany
May 27 May 30	Libre Graphics Meeting	Brussels, Belgium
June 1 June 4	Open Source Bridge	Portland, Oregon, USA
June 3 June 4	Athens IT Security Conference	Athens, Greece
June 7 June 10	RailsConf 2010	Baltimore, MD, USA
June 7 June 9	German Perl Workshop 2010	Schorndorf, Germany
June 9 June 12	LinuxTag	Berlin, Germany
June 9 June 11	PyCon Asia Pacific 2010	Singapore, Singapore
June 10 June 11	Mini-DebConf at LinuxTag 2010	Berlin, Germany
June 12 June 13	SouthEast Linux Fest	Spartanburg, SC, USA
June 15 June 16	Middle East and Africa Open Source Software Technology Forum	Cairo, Egypt
June 19	FOSSCon	Rochester, New York, USA
June 21 June 25	Semantic Technology Conference 2010	San Francisco, CA, USA
June 22 June 25	Red Hat Summit	Boston, USA
June 23 June 24	Open Source Data Center Conference 2010	Nuremberg, Germany
June 26 June 27	PyCon Australia	Sydney, Australia
June 28 July 3	SciPy 2010	Austin, TX, USA
July 1 July 4	Linux Vacation / Eastern Europe	Grodno, Belarus
July 3 July 10	Akademy	Tampere, Finland

If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.

Location as Platform at Where 2.0

O'Reilly wraps up this year's Where 2.0 conference. "The Where 2.0 program navigated along the three tracks of mobile innovations, mapping for consumers, and local opportunities and models. Participants explored topics such as the map as an information ecology, the new meaning of mapping, government's role as a clearinghouse for data, open source mapping, local data, local search, augmented reality, location sharing, mobile cloud, game mechanics, and web vs. native apps."

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Launch of new site: OpenSource-News.com

OpenSource-News.com is a new place for news about the great Open Source Projects on the internet. "Keep track of the news of your favorite project. Submit your own/favorite project. Read the news through our rss feeds, twitter and facebook."

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Videos from the LF Collaboration Summit

The Linux Foundation has posted a set of videos from the first day of its recently-concluded Collaboration Summit. There's talks from Chris DiBona, Josh Berkus, Dan Fry, Imad Sousou, and Ari Jaaksi, as well as the kernel developer panel. There are Theora versions available.

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Results for the OpenOffice.org Community Council Elections

The results of the OpenOffice.org Community Council elections are available. "Please join me in welcoming Olivier [Hallot] and Eike [Rathke]! I have no doubt they are all quite familiar to you, and I and everyone else on the Council, hope that you will grow more familiar with them and the working of the Council. The time in the Council gives us the chance to develop a good relationship."

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New TestPilot Privacy Policy

Mozilla Labs has updated its privacy policy for TestPilot to allow users a 7-day window to save their data before it is deleted from their systems. "This Mozilla Test Pilot Privacy Policy explains how Mozilla Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, collects and uses information from user tests conducted through Mozilla's Test Pilot program. It does not apply to other Mozilla websites, products or services, each of which have their own privacy policy."

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