FSF Campaign Against Secure Boot

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The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has started a signature campaign to make people aware of the perils of an upcoming feature in PC hardware namely - Secure boot.

Dennis Ritchie - The Creator of C Language, Passes Away

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Dennis Ritchie, who is credited with creating the C language, has passed away.

Ritchie was one of the pioneers of computer science, and a well-deserved Turing winner for his many contributions, notably the creation of C — by far the most influential programming language in history, and still going strong today.

Source(s) : Rob Pike, via Herbsutter

Ubuntu 11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot Has Been Released

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Ubuntu 11.10, code-named "Oneiric Ocelot" has been released. This latest version of Ubuntu improves on the previous release which marked the introduction of a whole new Desktop concept in Unity. In this version of Ubuntu - 11.10, the Desktop shell Unity has been updated to make it even better.

KDE Releases Plasma Active One

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KDE team has released Plasma Active One.

Plasma Active One is a user interface framework intended for tablets, mobile phones, desktops, laptops, set top boxes, smart TVs, and any other touch enabled devices.

Currently, you can test drive Plasma Active One on a Meego or a SuSE Balsam distribution.

Read the details at kde.org.

Tizen - A New Mobile Operating System Based On Linux

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Intel and Samsung have come together to develop Tizen - a brand new Linux OS geared to be used in mobile devices. Both these companies are working under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation and the LiMo foundation.

LiMo Foundation is an industry consortium dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.