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Canonical has created the Carrier Advisory Group for wireless telecommunications companies to offer feedback on Ubuntu for phones and to get exclusive launch privileges in their markets when the product launches

Back in May the OpenMandriva project treated interested parties in an tech preview, but today we discover an official public alpha release ready for testing. Not much else is ready, but there is an ISO. Downloading is slow going, but that's not a completely bad thing. While we're waiting for the download, which is painfully slow, let's consult the announcement. It says a Beta will be ready by July 30, but for now the Alpha features: * Kernel 3.8.12 * KDE 4.10.4 * LibreOffice 4.0.3.3 * Firefox 21 * Clementine 1.1.1 * ROMP 1.6-1 The announcement mentions that their servers are getting slammed by all the downloads and suggests one use an alternative mirror, but those links are only a bit faster. Fortunately, João Patrício included several nice screenshots. Woo, nice new purdy wallpaper Multimedia Support with the ROSA Media Player See the announcement for several other screenshots and download information. jcl vanier posted a link to some workarounds for those having installation difficulties. TPG said it would be nice to have Steam support in there. I agree. Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question Related Blog Posts Linux Potpourri: KDE 4.11 Beta, Debian 7.1, & Pisi Linux Beta (post comment) openSUSE Ends Week with 13.1 Milestone 2 (post comment) Debian Developers Get User Input on Systemd (5 comments)

The Washington Post reported today that Google has filed with the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in Washington a motion for a declaratory judgment that Google has a First Amendment right to publish aggregated statistics on FISA orders it has received. Good for Google. I hope they prevail. I have done it as text for you from the Washington Post's embedded copy, because I know you are interested in what happens, and I wanted to point out one small correction. Well, it's probably not small to The Guardian.

There's rarely a dull moment in Open Source World and if you look away for just a second you'll miss something. Here are several interesting tidbits I found in my feeds I wished to share. KDE released 4.11 beta at the end of last week and it did indeed ship with Wayland support. Debian released an update to 7.0 Saturday and Pisi Linux (1.0) has made its first public appearance. KDE 4.11 Beta with Wayland Last Thursday the KDE team announced KDE Software Compilation 4.11 Beta1. The announcement featured highlights such as: * Qt Quick is continuing to make its way into the Plasma Workspaces * Nepomuk semantic engine received massive performance optimizations * Kontact got a faster indexer, Nepomuk improvements, and a new theme editor for email headers * KWin got experimental support for Wayland and OpenGL improvements Some planned work includes bringing the KTeaTime system tray progress indicator back, porting components and add-ons to QML, Vim-mode support in Kate, a Create New Folder option for Dolphin, and improved history retention in Klipper. The 4.11 todo list is still a bit red, but more green is seeping in. Beta 2 is due June 26 and RC1 is scheduled for July 10. RC2 should appear around July 24 and Final is planned for August 14, 2013. KDE 4.11 has been designated a long term support release and will be maintained for two years. Debian 7.1 Released On Saturday, The Debian Project announced an update to their latest release dubbed Debian 7.1. "This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustments for serious problems." Some include: * updates to the base files * a fix for misconfigured Alsa-base * updates to the Debian-history package * fixed certain LibreOffice build failures * lots of security fixes Debian always prefers you update via APT, but new images are available for fresh installs. Pisi Linux 1.0 Pisi Linux, the predecessor to Pardus Linux, is about to see its first public release in the form of a beta. "Pisi Linux 1.0 Beta will be released this week" according to a June 17 post on the Pisi forum. The same poster also said that a new Turkish language forum for Pisi has been launched as well. Today that beta was released. Distrowatch.com doesn't include Pisi Linux yet, but Pardus Community Edition 1.0 was released this Spring. "Pardus Community Edition, is a GNU/Linux distribution which is being distributed independent from TÜB?TAK/ULAKB?M." Download your copy of Pisi 1.0 Beta at www.pisilinuxworld.org. "Pisi GNU/Linux is a Linux distribution based on the old Pardus Linux with it's famous PISI package system." Related Activities Comments (0) Post a Comment Ask a Question Related Software pisi (add alternative, post review) Related Blog Posts openSUSE Ends Week with 13.1 Milestone 2 (post comment) Debian Developers Get User Input on Systemd (5 comments) KDE Working in Wayland (2 comments)

If you want a really fast computer, then Linux is your operating system and Intel may be your chip manufacturer.

The Linux Foundation produces more than 15 events a year. They range from the Linux Kernel Summit to CloudOpen to Automotive and Embedded Linux Conferences. If you have attended our events over the last few years you would likely have run into many luminaries from the world of Linux, open source and open cloud. We are fortunate to work every day with experts from the developer communities and with many of the largest open source projects and companies in the world. It’s a great talent pool to choose from. But we don’t want only “known” or “known to us” experts to apply to speak at our events. We are anxious and motivated to reach out to new people: new developers, new users, new communities. I feel fresh perspectives are crucial for our attendees to stay connected to the cutting edge and the most advanced technical topics. It’s also the right thing to do. This is why we're calling on new speakers to submit a proposal to speak at one of our Linux events. (And if you’ve spoken before you are welcome, too!) Coming up we have LinuxCon and CloudOpen in North America September 16-18 in New Orleans. The CFP for both LinuxCon and CloudOpen closes on June 20th so please get them in now: CFP for LinuxCon North America; CFP for CloudOpen North America. Shortly after that we'll be hosting LinuxCon Europe, CloudOpen Europe, Embedded Linux Conference Europe and Automotive Linux Summit in Edinburgh in October. You have until July 21 to submit your talks for LinuxCon Europe and CloudOpen Europe. If you've never spoken at one of our events or any event for that matter, we invite you to make this the year you do. Open source is only as strong as the people sharing and exchanging code and information, and we need your contributions. If you've been intimidated or hesitant about public speaking, this is your opportunity to try it out in a community with a shared sense of purpose and support. We've even asked veteran speaker Josh Berkus of PostgreSQL Experts to host a workshop on Sunday night before LinuxCon and CloudOpen North America begin to help prepare first-time speakers. You can also watch a video here with Josh sharing tips for speakers. We'll also be sharing details soon about a first-time attendee reception, a Women in Open Source luncheon and more, so there will be many opportunities to network and be supported. A new perspective is one of the most important ingredients for advancing technology and creating innovation. Please bring yours to New Orleans and Edinburgh. You can submit your proposals right here.

After over 12 months of previews, the latest version of Oracle's MySQL Cluster, 7.3 is now generally available and offers Node.js connectors and foreign key support alongside easier deployment and the latest MySQL server technology

The latest version of the compiler infrastructure suite brings full support for all C++11 features in Clang, including library features which, according to its developers, makes it the first compiler to support the full C++11 standard

Canonical has formed a "Carrier Advisory Group" of eight mobile operators who will collaborate to influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones. Canonical said the first members of the group are Deutsche Telekom, Everything Everywhere, Korea Telecom, Telecom Italia, LG UPlus, Portugal Telecom, SK Telecom, and "the leading Spanish international carrier." Canonical declined to identify the Spanish carrier when we contacted them, although based on the description it may be Telefónica (also known as O2). With the exception of Deutsche Telekom, the owner of T-Mobile, the list doesn't include any major US carriers. Canonical said that "any national or multinational carrier" may join. The carriers in this group will be the only ones to get "access to early information about Ubuntu and device manufacturer plans to support the OS, as well as the opportunity to be a launch partner for Ubuntu on smartphones," Canonical said. While Canonical remains the developer of Ubuntu phone software, the carriers will be able to influence the roadmap. The group will hold meetings to discuss topics including "differentiation for OEMs and operators; developer ecosystems and application portability from Android and Blackberry; HTML5 standards, performance and compatibility; marketplaces for apps, content and services; revenue share models for publishers, operators and OEMs; payment mechanisms and standards; platform fragmentation; [and] consumer and enterprise market segments and positioning." Read 1 remaining paragraphs | Comments

The free software platform for media sharing can now share all sorts of documents, harnessing the power of two other free software projects, pdf.js and LibreOffice, to handle displaying and converting documents