<b>Jono Bacon's blog:</b> "One thing that we have been really keen to facilitate in Ubuntu is an ethos of just do it. I really believe our community should feel engaged to be creative in their ideas and be able to get out there and do it, with plenty of support resources so others can help them achieve their goals."
<b>Database Journal:</b> "Many third parties create rich applications to facilitate database management, database development and database administration. Here are ten outstanding graphical interfaces for MySQL."
<b>We'll See:</b> "I spent last week at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium, where we kicked off the 10.10 development cycle. Due to our time-boxed release cycle, not everything discussed here will necessarily appear in Ubuntu 10.10, but this should provide a reasonable overview of the direction we're taking."
Distro-hopping is easy and fun. Linux users distro-hop to solve problems and to try new software. But is it necessary? Haven't most Linux distributions reached a state of polish that makes distro-hopping unnecessary? Brian Proffitt wonders if distro-hopping shouldn't be discouraged.
<b>Computerworld:</b> "A new open source project, dubbed Opendedup, has appeared with the goal of creating a deduplication-based file system for Linux called SDFS."
<b>Cyber Cynic:</b> "I found it more than a little sad that someone in 2010 could still think that Linux is "still a non-starter on the desktop." Please — wake up: We're all Linux desktop users now."
The latest upgrade to VM6's VMex small business virtualization package aims to streamline the user interface in order to help customers reduce operating costs.
<b>Boycott Novell:</b> "Summary: Assorted new reports about how Microsoft abuses “open source” to gain control of it, change its direction and goals, or even to misuse the label to promote proprietary software that harms standards and promotes patenting of software"
<b>Network World: </b>"The zero-day vulnerability is reminiscent of one Adobe disclosed and patched in July 2009, and comes just days after the company's head of security admitted hackers have its software in their crosshairs."
<b>Groklaw:</b> "I view the bankruptcy hearings at this point as comic relief, since nothing goes the way any of us here think they should. Bankruptcy court seems like cartoon court to me. So, when I heard that the December 2009 hearing transcript [PDF] was available, I said, Oh, goody!"
<b>Linux Planet:</b> "Jim Zemlin details where Linux is headed in advance of a major Linux conference, as adoption moves into the broader tech landscape."
<b>Netstat -vat:</b> "One of the important things to remember with Fedora Linux is that it is a platform on which solutions can be built. One such solution is the Sugar On A Stick"
<b>LXer.com:</b> "Document Freedom Day is a global day for document liberation. It will be a day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of Open Document Formats and Open Standards in general"
<b>LWN.net:</b> "[Esfera] The Ubuntu "Ayatana" mailing list is discussing a proposal from Pablo Quiróor a new user interface element to put in the upper right corner of windows which has been recently vacated on Ubuntu systems."
Adobe Systems says it will issue an important patch for an exploit to its popular Flash Player later this week, and fixes for Reader and Acrobat by month's end.