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  <title>Linux News Highlights of the Week</title>
  <subtitle>
    Linux news items that caught my eye while researching Loads of Linux
    Links.
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    href="http://loll.sourceforge.net/linux/links/highlights.atom"/>
  <author>
    <name>Barbara E. Irwin</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2007-01:highlights</id>
  <updated>2009-06-21T23:56:00Z</updated>

<entry>
<title>
LiMux: Munich Linux (R)evolution has its Imitators
</title>
<link href="http://www.h-online.com/open/LiMux-Munich-Linux-R-evolution-has-its-Imitators--/news/113629"/>
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<p>
The H reports on the Linux revolution in Germany.  
</p>
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</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights13</id>
<updated>2009-06-29T00:41:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Interview with the GNU Radio project's Johnathan Corgan
</title>
<link href="http://lwn.net/Articles/336676/"/>
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<p>
This project is a free software development toolkit that provides the signal processing runtime and processing blocks to implement software radios.
</p>
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</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights12</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:48:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Sugar moves from the shadow of OLPC
</title>
<link href="http://lwn.net/Articles/336910/"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
LWN takes a look at Sugar Labs, a non-profit organization that was formed 14 months ago when it looked like the OLPC project was heading for WindowsLand. Sugar is the graphical user interface originally developed for the One Laptop per Child Project.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights11</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:42:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
OpenMoko: its present and future
</title>
<link href="http://lwn.net/Articles/336787"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
A look at what's happening with OpenMoko, a mobile phone developed on an open platform.
</p>
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</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights10</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:34:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Making Uruguays' 300,000 XO Laptops Count
</title>
<link href="http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/uruguay/making_uruguays_300000_xo_lapt.html"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
A progress report.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights09</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:22:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Enter ext4, the filesystem of the future
</title>
<link href="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/25866/1231/1/1/"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
An interview with Chris Samuel, a Linux systems manager and administrator, about the ext4 file system.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights08</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:15:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
ODF and the Art of Interoperability
</title>
<link href="http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2282&amp;blogid=14"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Glyn Moody writes about the success of the ODF format, and how to make it better.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights07</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:05:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
The triumph of Linux as a supercomputer OS
</title>
<link href="http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/06/24/the-triumph-of-linux-as-a-supercomputer-os/"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Once again Linux wipes the floor of its competitors.  :-) Good old Tux, and more herring for him.  :-)
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights06</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T23:01:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Interview with Robert Lange, co-founder and lead developer of VectorLinux
</title>
<link href="http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090622#feature"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Nice to learn another Canadian is contributing big-time to the Linux world.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights05</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T22:54:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
A Beginner's Guide to Free Software Programming Languages
</title>
<link href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/tutorials/6784/1/"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
The author reviews some of the computer languages suitable for newbies.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights04</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T22:46:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
How old does your hardware go?
</title>
<link href="http://blogs.computerworld.com/how_old_does_your_hardware_go"/>
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<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Steven Vaughan-Nichols shares with us some of the old computers he's still using.  The comments from readers are interesting as well.  Many old computers are still chugging alone doing useful work.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights03</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T22:40:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Does the Linux Desktop Innovate Too Much?
</title>
<link href="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3826171/Does-the-Linux-Desktop-Innovate-Too-Much.htm"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
An interesting article about Linux desktop development by Bruce Byfield.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights02</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T22:33:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
FreedomHEC Taipei 2009
</title>
<link href="http://lwn.net/Articles/337314/"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
A first-hand report of this conference (Freedom Hardware Engineer's Conference) from LWN.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-28:highlights01</id>
<updated>2009-06-28T22:19:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Linux on a stick
</title>
<link href="http://www.h-online.com/open/Linux-on-a-stick--/features/113545"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
The H takes a look at some super-small Linux distributions.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights07</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T23:55:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Why is the NY Times so Dumb About Linux and Windows?
</title>
<link href="http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/06/the-new-york-ti.html"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Carla is clicking on all cylinders here.  To answer her question -- perhaps it's the ad revenue they're worrying about if they told the truth.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights06</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T23:45:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Linux Against Poverty - It is a GO
</title>
<link href="http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2009/06/linux-against-poverty-it-is-go.html"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Helios, aka Ken Stark, follows the Roman Rule: The one who says it cannot be done should never interrupt the one who is doing it.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights05</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T23:35:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Unbundle IE in Europe? Why stop there?
</title>
<link href="http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012947o-2000630136b,00.htm"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Con Zymaris, a leading Linux advocate in Australia, asks the EU to step up to the plate and end the anti-competitive practices in the IT sector. 
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights04</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T23:00:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
W3C launches appeal to scupper Apple patent
</title>
<link href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/17/w3c_apple_prior_art/"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
This software patent nonsense has got to go.
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights03</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T22:53:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
TTM, Radeon KMS Support Goes Into Linux 2.6.31
</title>
<link href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=NzMzMA"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
This is good news.  
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights02</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T22:49:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Good-Bye Ubuntu, Hello PCLinuxOS
</title>
<link href="http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6775/1/"/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
Carla Schroder writes about her switch to PCLinuxOS.
<a href=""></a>
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-21:highlights01</id>
<updated>2009-06-21T22:44:00Z</updated>
</entry>

<entry>
<title>
Interview with Pirate Party Leader: "These are Crucial Freedoms"
</title>
<link href="http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3825206/Interview-with-Pirate-Party-Leader-These-are-Crucial-Freedoms."/>
<summary type="xhtml" xml:lang="en">
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> 
<p>
An interesting interview with Rickard Falkvinge, founder and leader of the Pirate Party.  
</p>
</div>
</summary>
<id>tag:loll.sourceforge.net,2009-06-16:highlights06</id>
<updated>2009-06-17T03:40:00Z</updated>
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