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Can run Android HP TouchPad to appear on the eBay auction site after a few days ago, Apple devices running iOS was cracked becomes just the time of the problem.
The source pointed out that Droid scheme member Patrick Wildt and Ricky Taylor had successfully cracked Apple’s mobile devices, so that they can run Linux, that is, the operating system would run on the iPad, iPhone, or the fourth-generation iPod Touch.

Isn’t clear explains the details, but for developers, the news is really exciting, because Apple’s A4 chip making equipment is known as a hard to break.

Now the Droid members are trying to let Linux also can operate on the iPad 2, how difficult it is seems to be more efficient.

A few days ago, eBay buyer claims received on best buy sent Touchpad installed is the result of Google’s Android 2.2 operating system, on the results of the bidding price compared to the original sales price of about 10 times higher than double.

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On October 12, the reports from the foreign media, 7 new European Member of the Linux Foundation, they are: Codethink, KeyPoint Technologies, Lanedo, Meinberg Funkuhren, Picochip, Puzzle ITC and RPA RusBITech.

In the 7 members of the information published, some important clues:

RPA RusBITech in Russia. Russia open source is strongly supported by the Government, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said prior to 2015 Government departments towards Linux and open source software. Most of these 7 new members of the Linux Foundation for hardware technology of the player, and some focus on deployments of embedded Linux.
Linux Foundation, in a few years time, steady progress in the Linux ecosystem to the organized and consolidated above play an important role in the future. The end of the month “LinuxCon Europe” will be held in Prague, “LinuxCon Europe” meeting, we will see these 7 new members.

Open source Linux company Redhat and Canonical issued a joint declaration, certified hardware requirements Microsoft Windows 8 system reserves the right to use the Linux operating system. Linux Foundation has also published a white paper, wants to make open-source software platforms such as Linux operating system can match the UEFI “safe boot” (Secure Boot) feature operations.

Microsoft Windows 8 certification provisions made (Designed for Windows 8 tag) BIOS must use UEFI interface replaced by computers, and must use its Secure Boot capabilities. This feature enables you to on when you turn on the computer, to prevent Rootkit malware control computers, using only certified software splash.

In fact Linux camps agree that Microsoft replaced with UEFI BIOS, because this allows the operating system and hardware better compatibility, in areas such as hard drives, memory, power management can have better performance, and Secure Boot can indeed avoid consumer equipment being malware kidnapping. But concern is the Linux camp, end user may be subject to Microsoft is unable to install operating systems other than Windows.

Recommended hardware vendors of the Linux Foundation open Secure Boot setting to facilitate various Linux systems can start under Secure Boot mechanism, its security and to support multiple operating system boot. The Foundation will create an independent certification body, allowing more than one operating system to make Secure the credentials needed to Boot.

But the system could work the key is whether the hardware vendor support. Computer hardware must be able to allow users to reset their Secure Boot function related documentation, or turn on Secure Boot feature, the hardware can only use the default Microsoft operating systems.

Microsoft originally set only hardware manufacturers can set credentials Secure Boot the operating system, Linux Group recommended hardware device manufacturers should provide appropriate mechanisms to allow users to have greater control over change set.

Microsoft September Build show 2011 Windows 8 system, and send tablets produced by Samsung to developers, Secure Boot the computer can be turned off. Microsoft was also said in a blog, users can control their computer equipment Secure Boot the start function, especially users who want to perform the previous versions of the operating system, but believed that the turn off Secure Boot is vulnerable to attack.

Linux groups want all Windows 8 system must retain at least the user switching options for Secure Boot capabilities to facilitate users to install Windows operating systems other than the 8. Windows 8 is expected to be listed in the second half of next year, support x86/x64 and ARM processor, now Microsoft has released a developer preview release.

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News source: Solidot
While Linus Torvalds himself pointed out, anniversary of the birth of Linux can be said to have more than one. But the most widely known of these is August 25, 1991, he announced development of Linux in the comp.OS.minix newsgroup. Today it is the 20 anniversary of the birth of Linux.

In 1991, Unix was born 20 years Mac OS was born in 1984, Windows was born in 1985, Torvald did not hold high expectations to new operating systems, he said in a message,

“I’m for 386 (486) AT clones wrote a (free) operating system (just like it, do not become widespread and Professional operating systems and GNU). The plan starting in April in the making, is now ready. Any feedback that I hope to have advantages and disadvantages about MINIX, as my operating system and it has a similar area (for feasibility reasons, both the physical layout of the file system). I just bash (1.08) and GCC (1.4) ported to the system, and it looks like it worked out very well. This means that I can in a few months I’ll be able to make it practical. I would like to know what features you want. Make any suggestions are welcome, but I promise I’ll not implement your suggestions:-) “

He wanted to name the new operating system kernel for the Freax, but friends into a Linux FTP server being administered.

Thank you for Ubuntu Linux posted
QEMU emulator project founder Fabrice Bellard developed in JavaScript running in the Simulator, allowing users to boot Linux on the browser. Now, another developer has modified the Fabrice Bellard’s JS/Linux, allows the emulator to start Linux kernel newer kernel version 3.0.4, while supporting permanent storage.

Developers have created a virtual block devices, which can store data in the HTML5 local storage, block devices can be partitioned and formatted. Modify address, run method is to click on the emulator.html, login as root.

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News source: solidot
Linus Torvalds announced the release of kernel 3.1. Major new features include: support open source processor architectures OpenRISC; improving the dynamic performance of writeback throttling, writeback refers to memory page of data written to the hard disk permanent storage and release of memory pages, have a significant impact on system I/O performance, throttling is temporary blocking of the data before writing to the hard disk of new data is written to memory.

Linux on the writeback performance be considered unsatisfactory, Wu Fengguang presents improved methods for developers; support for near-field communication NFC; increasing speed of Slab allocator, improved VFS scalability; new iSCSI implementation; software disk array bad block management, power management tools cpupowerutils; supports the Wii controller, many new drivers, and so on.

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News source: open source in China
Birth of the Linux operating system and now has 20 years, and in these 20 years, Linux from the sport in the school developed to become a strong force in the operating system. We have summarized from 20 years Linux 11 important milestones in the development of:

In April 1991 , Linus Torvalds in the dormitories of the University of Helsinki started writing your own operating system kernel, most of the time just to see if he can do that. When he was in early development, called Minix a clone of Unix, he sent a message to a newsgroup a Minix says, “I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, not large) 386 (486) clone. “

It now appears that Linus Torvalds was the evaluation of his works are wrong, also thanks to be wrong.

May 1992 : Torvalds after a year of work, Softlanding Linux System Linux release of the first full public release, with TCP/IP support and x Windows.
July 1993 :–Slackware the birth of the first commercial Linux distributions Linux, which is currently in the continued development of the oldest Linux distributions.

March 1994 : Linus Torvalds released Linux 1, the kernel version contains 176,250 lines of code

April 1995 : Linux have their own trade Conference, created by Donnie Barnes, North Carolina State University Linux Expo, and later continued to work in Red Hat company.

November 1998 : in a federal antitrust lawsuit, Microsoft’s lawyers provided a box of Red Hat Linux as evidence to prove that Windows did not monopolize the operating system market.

November 1999 : started SourceForge VA Systems Web site, the site of Linux and other open source software hosting platform.

October 2004 : Canonical released Ubuntu 4.1, the release is characterized by a focus on user experience.

January 2007 : the number of leading mobile technology companies, including Motorola, NEC, Samsung, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic, and Vodafone to launch Linux-based Smartphones.

November 2007 : Open Handset Alliance Union including Google, Intel, Sony, HTC, Motorola, and 78 other company released Android preview, released after a week the Android SDK

October 2008 : first Android phone business t-mobile G1 launch, Android has become a strong competitor Apple iOS.

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According to the official Linux Mint blog, Linux Mint 12, code-named “Lisa”, by default uses GNOME 3 (Gnome 3 with GNOME shell) desktop. Since many users like and use Gnome 2.3 classic desktop, Linux Mint has developed “MGSE” (Mint Gnome Shell Extensions), you can get you in the traditional way to use GNOME 3.

Linux Mint officials said that “many users due to Unity and Gnome 3 felt disappointment turned to Linux Mint. We look forward to and embrace new technologies, but does not mean that we need to change the habits of the users use the desktop, we will do our best efforts to make the user feel right at home, and developed the MGSE. In addition, from a technical point of view, the GNOME 3 is a fantastic desktop environment, Linux Mint GNOME 3 will be the future. We have to have a very simple question, and that is how to let users prefer GNOME 3. ”

MGSE is a desktop based on GNOME 3, features are as follows:

Classic ALT + TAB shortcut key can be used;

Have the bottom panel;

Application menu;

Own window list;

With task-focused desktop, you may switch between Windows, rather than between programs.

System tray icon is visible;

Some additional extensions such as multimedia player indicator, some Gnome 3 enhancements.

Linux Mint 12 screenshots are as follows:

All the components you can open the MGSE, with a habit of using Gnome 2 using Gnome 3. Of course, you can also close the MGSE all components to get the full experience of GNOME 3. Alternatively you can open your favorite components, customizing your desktop environment.

Linux Mint 12 to ensure that you turn on virtual machines without 3D acceleration to run GNOME 3. Since the GNOME 3 requires a video card 3D acceleration support you if you are unable to use the GNOME 3,Linux Mint 12 still provide Fallback Mode. Hardware compatibility with Gnome 3 gain more and more, Fallback Mode mode will disappear. According to Fedora mailing list, Fedora 17, Gnome Shell will be able to work without the 3D acceleration.

Linux Mint has also developed a GNOME 2.32 branch MATE. GNOME 2.32 is conflicting with GNOME 3, and developed a MATE so that you can install both the MATE and GNOME 3, randomly switching at logon. Current GNOME 3 and MATE there are conflicting, there needs to be migrated from GNOME 2.3 to MATE, but Linux Mint officials say these are very easy to solve, not surprisingly, then, MATE will be included in a liveDVD.

Typically, Linux Mint 12 will be released around November 20, but officials said it would release a RC version on November 11.

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According to foreign media reports, a few weeks ago, Linux kernel.org archive website has just suffered a hacker attack; today, are forced to because of hacking off the Linux Fund website.
According to a notice posted on the Web site of the Linux Fund, because on Thursday found the hack event, the Fund’s entire network infrastructure, including the LinuxFoundation.org and Linux.com and its subnet, have all been removed from the network, for security maintenance.

“Linux Fund for care and security, had made that decision. We believe that this intrusion incident several weeks ago hacked kernel.org events involved. “The Fund said.

Linux Fund released the following statement:

“We are working to maintain the security of our services, and to seek to restore the service as soon as possible. On the website you used a password and SSH key may have been stolen, in order to prevent further intrusions, and in order to play safe, you should consider making changes to them. If you use these passwords on another site, please make changes immediately. At present, we are reviewing all of the system, a new message, we will immediately inform.

“We feel sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. We are serious about this matter, while you patiently wait for gratitude. Linux network architecture containing a variety of services and programs of the Fund, including Linux.com, Open Printing, Linux Mark, the Linux Fund activities and so on, but does not include Linux kernel or its code repository. ”

As early as August 28, kernel.org site was discovered someone had hacked into, the site is still offline until today.

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Cross sector enterprises as market demand grows, unified open source API for connecting multiple applications transfer efficiency can’t wait. Based on this background, hosted by the Linux Foundation, a number of joint participation in the financial services industry leader OpenMAMA announced the launch of the project, the project aims at cross-industry cooperation for several companies to provide high capacity, low latency messaging communication standards and interfaces.

Linux in the financial services industry has played an important role, such as on the basis of the New York Stock Exchange is running on Linux, it can produce 1.5 million quote and process 250,000 orders per second. Cross sector enterprises as market demand grows, unified open source API for connecting multiple applications transfer efficiency can’t wait. Based on this background, hosted by the Linux Foundation, joint participation of several financial services industry leader OpenMAMA announced the launch of the project, the project aims to provide several companies cross-industry collaboration with high-capacity, low latency messaging communication standards and interfaces.

Now joined OpenMAMA (Middleware Agnostic Messaging API) project of financial services companies including Bank of America Merrill Lynch, EMC, JP Morgan Chase industry Tycoon, OpenMAMA project want to create a high-performance middleware-independent message interfaces, support different message-oriented middleware abstraction layer API, thus speeding up the different structure of enterprises cross sector.

As a middleware-independent project, OpenMAMA enables users to quickly adapt to market changes and the birth of the new middleware application technology. Ensure high performance, high throughput and low-message latency under the premise of, it also helps organizations reduce the time event-driven applications to market.

OpenMAMA uses a generic “Publisher/Subscriber” (publish/subscribe) definition. In this message mode, the message is not directly a Publisher sends the Subscriber, but first published by Publisher topics, subscribers marked in advance for topics of interest, subscribers receive only the news that they are interested in. Decouple the relationship between Publisher and Subscriber, this allows the scalability of the system stronger.

Project’s official website: http://www.openmama.org/blog/2011-10-31/welcome-openmama
Download: http://openmama.org/downloads/releases (currently only c-language API based on Linux, you will continue to support C++,Java,. Net, and supporting Windows and Solaris)
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