%%%%%Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12&&&&&Phoronix: "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."&&&&&Nov 21st, 04:02:57&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-21-002-35-MM-KN&&&&&Multimedia,Kernel&&&&&156&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Editor's Note: Do It Yourself "Cloud"&&&&&Last week I wrote "Cloud is Just Another Word for "Sucker". My objections to buying into this whole "cloud" services fad are three-fold: trust, reliability, and performance. But why not do-it-yourself? Linux has everything you need.&&&&&Nov 21st, 00:02:57&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-21-001-35-OS-SV&&&&&Open Source,Server&&&&&933&&&&&2&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Google Chrome OS: First looks, first impressions&&&&&Ghacks: "The very early stages of the REAL Google Chrome operating system has been released (and done so fully open sourced). It’s not an operating system you can (and should) be putting on a stand alone machine. Actually what has been released are VirtualBox and VMware images that can be booted in their respective virtual machines."&&&&&Nov 20th, 23:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-028-35-NW-RL&&&&&News,Releases&&&&&1455&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.32 (Part 3) - Storage&&&&&Kernel Log: "The kernel development team have enhanced various aspects of Btrfs, one effect of which is to significantly improve the experimental file system's write performance."&&&&&Nov 20th, 23:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-027-35-NW-KN-RL&&&&&News,Kernel,Releases&&&&&764&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%TV Mythos Renewed: MythTV 0.22 with Many Improvements&&&&&Linux Magazine: "The MythTV hard disk recorder software is available in a new version that is based on Qt4 and supports new hardware and the VDPAU decoder."&&&&&Nov 20th, 22:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-026-35-MM-RL&&&&&Multimedia,Releases&&&&&790&&&&&1&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%% Enhancing openSUSE 11.2: Adding Repositories and Packages&&&&&Linux.com: "So you've got that shiny new openSUSE 11.2 system up and running. Now what? The default repositories have plenty of software, but there's much more for openSUSE in community and semi-official repositories that you might find useful."&&&&&Nov 20th, 22:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-025-35-OS-SS&&&&&Open Source,SuSE&&&&&539&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%A Northwest Nobel option? (Linus for the Nobel Peace prize)&&&&&Ridenbaugh Press/Northwest: "It would be fitting to honor that international effort by giving a Peace Prize to Linus Torvalds, perhaps in 2011 on the 20th anniversary of the August 1991 Linux announcement, or in 2012 on the 50th anniversary of Pauling’s award."&&&&&Nov 20th, 21:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-025-35-OP-CY&&&&&Opinions,Community&&&&&492&&&&&3&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Cloud Computing Security Benefits, Risks and Recommendations&&&&&Help Net Security: "ENISA's report is the first to take an independent, in-depth look at all the security and privacy issues of moving into the cloud, outlining some of the information security benefits of cloud computing, as well as 35 key security risks."&&&&&Nov 20th, 21:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-024-35-SC-SV-NT&&&&&Security,Server,Networking&&&&&412&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Keeping score in test-driven development with Python, PyLint, unittest, doctest,&&&&&Free Software Magazine: "Programming is more fun when you keep score. The extreme programming (XP) development model popularized the idea of test-driven development (TDD) with professional programmers in mind. But TDD turns out to be even more useful for lone amateur programmers, because it provides much needed motivation in the form of more visible rewards for your work."&&&&&Nov 20th, 20:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-023-35-OS-DV&&&&&Open Source,Development&&&&&544&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%% Win a CodeWeavers Linux Gaming Rig&&&&&Wine Reviews: "Any customer purchasing CrossOver Games or CrossOver Professional until November 25th will be automatically registered to win this loaded CodeWeavers Gaming PC."&&&&&Nov 20th, 20:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-022-35-NW-GM-HW&&&&&News,Games,Hardware&&&&&575&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%PHP 5.3.1 released for 5 security flaws, 113 bugs&&&&&Netstat -vat: "The first update to PHP 5.3 is now available providing 5 security fixes in addition a long list of bug fixes to the popular open source dynamic language."&&&&&Nov 20th, 19:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-021-35-SC-SW&&&&&Security,Software&&&&&457&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Intel Linux Graphics Shine With Fedora 12&&&&&Phoronix: "Intel's Linux graphics driver stack is often at the forefront of X.Org / Mesa innovations, from Intel being the first driver having in-kernel video memory management to being the first driver with mainline kernel mode-setting support to even being the driver that often first receives support for new OpenGL extensions in Mesa."&&&&&Nov 20th, 19:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-020-35-RV-SW&&&&&Reviews,Software&&&&&1076&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Zero-Day Vulnerabilities in Firefox Extensions Discovered&&&&&Help Net Security: "One of the reasons behind Firefox's popularity is the availability of a vast library of extensions. Users use them to modify the browser to their liking and make their browsing experience easier and more pleasant. The problem is, unbeknown to them, these extensions are exposing them to risk."&&&&&Nov 20th, 18:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-019-35-NW-SW&&&&&News,Software&&&&&863&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Eva's Useful Guide to Ubuntu 9.10 (updated!)&&&&&Johannes Eva: "Welcome to the third edition of Eva's Useful Guide to Ubuntu!
This guide contains many tips to enhance and customize a fresh Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" installation."&&&&&Nov 20th, 18:03:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-018-35-OS-HL-UB&&&&&Open Source,Help,Ubuntu&&&&&1508&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD
%%%%%Heard at the Ubuntu Developer Summit: Goodbye GIMP, hello ... nothing&&&&&Click: "The OMG!Ubuntu blog reports on the decision, however preliminary, at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Dallas to remove the GIMP image editor from the 10.04 Lucid LTS release of the wildly popular Linux distribution."&&&&&Nov 20th, 17:33:15&&&&&http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-11-20-017-35-OS-UB&&&&&Open Source,Ubuntu&&&&&1627&&&&&0&&&&&cschroder&&&&&RSVD&&&&&RSVD