mintCast 160: Is Microsoft Lagging?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by mintCast

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Cinnamon 1.8 gets released. (cinnamon.linuxmint.com)
International Space Station switches from Windows to Linux, for improved reliability . (extremetech.com)
Open Compute to open source high-end network switches. (zdnet.com)
Ubuntu To Get Its Own Package Format, App Installer. (phoronix.com)
Desktop Support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS & 11.10 Officially Ends. (omgubuntu.co.uk)
Google’s cloud dumps custom Linux, switches to Debian. (theregister.co.uk)
Josh Boyer of Red Hat compares the Fedora and Ubuntu kernels. (jwboyer.livejournal.com)
Half Life 2 is now available on Steam for Linux. (phoronix.com)
Valve’s Gabe Newell To Keynote LinuxCon 2013. (phoronix.com)

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mintCast 159: Catching up with James

Posted on May 9, 2013 by mintCast

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The Mint development team launches a new blog. (Segfault.Linuxmint.com )
Debian 7.0 Wheezy is released. (Debian.org )
SolydXK gets added to the DistroWatch database. (Ostatic.com )
Lightworks Linux public beta is finally available for download. (Webupd8.com )
Iron Penguin: First open-source “Iron Man” suit within reach? (ZDNet.com )

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mintCast 158: Foss – Doomed or Dominating?

Posted on May 2, 2013 by mintCast

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Ubuntu 13.04 is released, while 13.10 gets a name. (LinuxUser.co.uk)
Originally thought to be assured passage, CISPA dies in the US Senate. (FossForce.com)
MariaDB merges with SkySQL. (ZDNet.com)
Fuduntu Done Now, All Hail FuSE. (OStatic.com)
Announcing Outreach Program for Women Internships for the Linux Kernel. (Linux.com)
Left 4 Dead 2 public beta coming next week, will include Linux version of game. (Polygon.com)

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mintCast 157: The World of Desktop BSD

Posted on April 25, 2013 by mintCast

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Open source desktop developers meet at freedesktop Summit. (h-online.com)
Debian 7 Wheezy gets a tentative release date. (ostatic.com)
More information on the demise of Fuduntu. (fuduntu.org)
Parallella: The $99 Linux supercomputer. (zdnet.com)

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mintCast 156: Ken Starks

Posted on April 18, 2013 by mintCast

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GNOME or KDE? The Old Question Is New Today. (Datamation.com )
Development begins on a lightweight KDE version. (H-Online.com )(KDE.org )
Cinnarch drops Cinnamon for GNOME. (H-Online )
Clem comments on Cinnamon and its development. (Github.com )
Fedora 19 Alpha Gets Its First Delay Due To UEFI. (Phoronix.com )

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mintCast 155: GRUB Mysteries

Posted on April 12, 2013 by mintCast

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Dell now offering Alienware gaming PCs with Linux. (steamforlinux.com)
OpenSUSE exec says it is an ideal time to have Linux skills. (pcworld.com)
Intel releases a graphical installer for their Linux drivers. (omgubuntu.co.uk)
What is Our Goal Here? (linuxadvocates.com)
Google forks webkit, moves on to Blink. (omgchrome.com)

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mintCast 154: Silver Linings Playback

Posted on April 4, 2013 by mintCast

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Linux Mint Debian 201303 released! (LinuxMint.com )
May 9th will be Black Thursday for three Ubuntu versions. (EfyTimes.com )
Matthew Garrett blogs about the real threat to user freedom – Restricted Boot. (Matthew’s blog )
The Linux Foundation is providing training for NASA as it migrates away from Windows. (Linux.com )
Ouya begins shipping game consoles to early-bird backers… (Endgadget.com )
…while confirming that thousands of developers are coding on the platform. (TGDaily.com )
After just six years, IBM’s Roadrunner Super Computer is retired. (Eweek.com )
The Infamous Canterbury Project April Fools joke celebrates its 2nd anniversary (Debian.org )

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