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Next Firefox can detect computer orientation, Genentech’s (And Apple Board Member) Arthur Levinson Leaves Google Board, FreeBSD Gets Grand Central Dispatch Port, Robotic Submarine Running Debian Wins International Competition, Sneak peek: Family Guy meets Windows 7, Ubuntu to store copies of all users’ address books, Acer Announces Aspire One AOD250 with Android, FSF vs. Windows 7: Round Two, Red Hat virtual conference announced, UMTS software for Ubuntu, Welcome to PCLinuxOS magazine!, Firefox 3.6 reaches beta stage, Canonical pushes out Ubuntu 9.10 server, Happy 9th Birthday OpenOffice.org!, EFF attacks VoIP patent, ,Avoid Windows Malware: Bank on a Live CD, Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk, Street View: We can trike wherever you like, Acer debuts Liquid Android smartphone, T-Mobile halts sales of Sidekick, T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free, Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users, Motorola Preps 8 Android OPhones, Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”, Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough, Verizon starts anti “iDevice” campaign, vows Palm Pre.

LINKS
I am Linux in a Box
Bumper: Tom Merritt from Buzz Out Loud

NEWS
Next Firefox can detect computer orientation
Genentech’s (And Apple Board Member) Arthur Levinson Leaves Google Board
FreeBSD Gets Grand Central Dispatch Port
Robotic Submarine Running Debian Wins International Competition
Sneak peek: Family Guy meets Windows 7
Ubuntu to store copies of all users’ address books
Acer Announces Aspire One AOD250 with Android
FSF vs. Windows 7: Round Two
Red Hat virtual conference announced
UMTS software for Ubuntu
Welcome to PCLinuxOS magazine!
Firefox 3.6 reaches beta stage
Canonical pushes out Ubuntu 9.10 server
Happy 9th Birthday OpenOffice.org! – GullFOSS
EFF attacks VoIP patent
Avoid Windows Malware: Bank on a Live CD
Sneaky Microsoft plug-in puts Firefox users at risk
Street View: We can trike wherever you like

LINUX MOBILE NEWS
Acer debuts Liquid Android smartphone, new netbook
T-Mobile halts sales of Sidekick
T-Mobile Lets Furious Sidekick Users Ditch Their Contracts for Free
Microsoft Confirms Data Recovery for Sidekick Users
Motorola Preps 8 Android OPhones
Schmidt: “Android Adoption Is About To Explode”
Android 2.0 screenshot walkthrough
Verizon starts anti “iDevice” campaign, vows Palm Pre

RELEASES
openSUSE 11.2 on its way to become final – Release candidate available!
Dreamlinux 4.0 Alpha
Mozilla releases SeaMonkey 2.0 RC1
Kamoso 1.0: Webcam Tool for KDE 4
Open Source Linux Developers Get Boost with Beta Release of LINA 1.0 Software
Caos Linux 1.0.25
Banshee 1.5.1 Supports Palm and Samsung Galaxy Devices
Fedora 12 Beta To Come Next Week
Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Alpha 1
Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0
Micro Kernel Mona 0.3.0 Released
MythTV 0.22 Release Candidate Available
LinuxConsole 1.0.2009 Is Out – Now available as CD, DVD, Multimedia editions
Puppy Linux 4.3.1

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Company that won $585M from Microsoft sues Apple, Google, Why the London Stock Exchange went for Linux, Lest CodePlex perplex, New Firefox security technology blocks Web attacks, Mozilla claims, Linux Saves Aussie Electrical Grid, Dutch police go open source, Hulu Goes Linux, Netgear offers an open source router that is an applications platform, Netgear trying to fool their users with “Open Source Router”, Sage Bionetworks, Biology’s Open Source Spark, Snags “Major” Donation from Quintiles, Schools start to move to OpenOffice, Firefox 3DOT6 Aims to Bring Fullscreen Open Source Video to the Web, The Open Source Initiative’s Corporate Status is Suspended, Cisco Teaches Routers to Act Like Servers, GPS Tracking: Open-Source GPS Tracking System, AP, News Corp bosses tell search engines to pay up, Dell: Ubuntu Desktop PC Is Back, Ubuntu Countdown, Shuttleworth and the Raging Inferno of the Great Sexism Debate, Fedora documentation team switching to CC-BY-SA license, Microsoft antitrust case: FSFE offers analysis to European Commission, FSFE – Browser bundeling – Open letter to Commissioner Kroes, Microsoft, EU reach accord on antitrust, Ballmer: Licensing Problematic, But Don’t Expect Any Changes, Microsoft Axes Works, Introduces Office 2010 Starter with Ads, Microsoft controlling Govt 2.0 funds, Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, reports claim, The Linux Foundation Video Site of LinuxCon 2009, T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data, Google and Verizon Say Two Android Phones, With Google Voice, To Come This Year, Behold II Joins Android’s Autumn Advance, Adobe Flash 10.1 Offers GPU Acceleration, Mobile Support, Android to grab No. 2 spot by 2012, says Gartner, Palm fixes WebOS developer program, encourages open source, Palm Pre says “Hola” to Spain on 14 October, Dell’s Android phone is coming to the U.S., FCC Looks to Add to Airwaves for Wireless, Samsung’s First U.S. Android Phone Debuts, Motorola no longer on LiMo Foundation board, Rumor: Barnes & Noble’s eReader Will Run Android, Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There’s No Excuse For This.

LINKS
The Going Linux Podcast
Tux Takes to the Air
Going Linux Episode Mentioning Us
Linux Outlaws Episode Mentioning Us
Helios Installation

NEWS
Company that won $585M from Microsoft sues Apple, Google
Why the London Stock Exchange went for Linux
Lest CodePlex perplex
New Firefox security technology blocks Web attacks, Mozilla claims
Linux Saves Aussie Electrical Grid
Dutch police go open source Hulu Goes Linux
Netgear offers an open source router that is an applications platform Netgear trying to fool their users with “Open Source Router”
Sage Bionetworks, Biology’s Open Source Spark, Snags “Major” Donation from Quintiles
Schools start to move to OpenOffice
Firefox 3DOT6 Aims to Bring Fullscreen Open Source Video to the Web
The Open Source Initiative’s Corporate Status is Suspended
Cisco Teaches Routers to Act Like Servers
GPS Tracking: Open-Source GPS Tracking System
AP, News Corp bosses tell search engines to pay up
Dell: Ubuntu Desktop PC Is Back
Ubuntu Countdown
Shuttleworth and the Raging Inferno of the Great Sexism Debate
Fedora documentation team switching to CC-BY-SA license
Microsoft antitrust case: FSFE offers analysis to European Commission
FSFE – Browser bundeling – Open letter to Commissioner Kroes
Microsoft, EU reach accord on antitrust – Network World
Ballmer: Licensing Problematic, But Don’t Expect Any Changes
Microsoft Axes Works, Introduces Office 2010 Starter with Ads
Microsoft controlling Govt 2.0 funds
Snow Leopard bug threatens user data, reports claim
The Linux Foundation Video Site of LinuxCon 2009

LINUX MOBILE NEWS
T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data
Google and Verizon Say Two Android Phones, With Google Voice, To Come This Year
Behold II Joins Android’s Autumn Advance
Adobe Flash 10.1 Offers GPU Acceleration, Mobile Support
Android to grab No. 2 spot by 2012, says Gartner
Palm fixes WebOS developer program, encourages open source
Palm Pre says “Hola” to Spain on 14 October
Dell’s Android phone is coming to the U.S.
FCC Looks to Add to Airwaves for Wireless
Samsung’s First U.S. Android Phone Debuts
Motorola no longer on LiMo Foundation board
Rumor: Barnes & Noble’s eReader Will Run Android
Windows Mobile 6.5 Review: There’s No Excuse For This

RELEASES
Gentoo Linux 10.0 Released
Sabayon Linux 5.0 Released
LliureX 9.09
Dragora GNU/Linux 1.1
Tiny Core Linux 2.4 released
Monitorix 1.4.0 Speaks Plaintext
Notecase Pro Version 2.8.5 Released
FileZilla Version 3.2.8 Released
Clonezilla Live 1.2.2-31 Released
q4wine 0.113 has been released
KDE 4.3.2 Available
Bazaar 2.0.0 released
Google announces GWT 2.0 Milestone 1
GNU Project Debugger 7.0
Parsix GNU/Linux 3.0r0-TEST-3 Has Been Released
EDE 2.0 Beta Released
333-clearos-51-beta-launches
Yoper Linux 2009 Beta 1
K3b 2.0 Alpha 2: Review and Screenshots
Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2

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No more Linux security bragging: botnet discovery worry, The Linux botweb story that wasn’t, IBM Throws Out Microsoft Office, Your Google docs: Soon in search results?, Oracle event signals Sun hardware aspirations, Creature comforts for Ubuntu, Jolicloud Innovates Atop Ubuntu Netbook Remix, ARM Joins The Linux Foundation, MySpace to open source data processing, OIN suggests patent reform on the fly, Open source management community launches, FreeBSD bug grants local root access, Shh!!! HP sneaks Linux in on new laptops, Net neutrality gets a boost from leading Democrat, Open PC: KDE Nettop with Amarok and Firefox, SCO Ordered to Reply to Novell’s Petition for Rehearing, DOJ: Google’s book settlement needs rewrite, Single-Window Confirmed For Gimp 2.8, Ubuntu 10.04 Cod Name Announced: Lucid Lynx, How long will it take to upgrade to Windows 7?, Microsoft: No TCP/IP patches for you XP, No 3rd Service Pack for Windows Server 2003, Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple (updated), Moblin Zone, LG unveils its first Android smartphone.

LINKS
LinuxPlanet Casts
No more Linux security bragging: botnet discovery worry
The Linux botweb story that wasn’t …
IBM Throws Out Microsoft Office
Your Google docs: Soon in search results?
Oracle event signals Sun hardware aspirations
Creature comforts for Ubuntu
Jolicloud Innovates Atop Ubuntu Netbook Remix
ARM Joins The Linux Foundation
MySpace to open source data processing
OIN suggests patent reform on the fly
Open source management community launches
FreeBSD bug grants local root access
Shh!!! HP sneaks Linux in on new laptops
Net neutrality gets a boost from leading Democrat
Open PC: KDE Nettop with Amarok and Firefox
SCO Ordered to Reply to Novell’s Petition for Rehearing
DOJ: Google’s book settlement needs rewrite
Single-Window Confirmed For Gimp 2.8 (And More)
Ubuntu 10.04 Cod Name Announced: Lucid Lynx
How long will it take to upgrade to Windows 7?
Microsoft: No TCP/IP patches for you, XP
No 3rd Service Pack for Windows Server 2003
Google Voice rejection came from the top at Apple (updated)
Moblin Zone
LG unveils its first Android smartphone
The Art of Community Available For Free Download

Releases
Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.3
Puppy Linux 4.3
Absolute Linux 13.0. with IceWM and PCMan
Oracle Enterprise Linux updated
ClarkConnect Now ClearOS, Now Open and Free
First Alpha of BeOS-inspired Haiku released
Launchpad 3.0Rhythmbox version 0.12.5 Released
F-Spot version 0.6.1.2 Released
SystemRescueCd 1.3.0 released
Donut SDK for Google’s Android ready
Google ‘Releases’ Chrome 3
Nero Linux 4 Released
NVIDIA Linux Display Driver Update
Mozilla releases SeaMonkey 2.0 Beta 2
openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 7 Released
GNOME 2.28.0 Release Candidate Is Out
KOffice 2.1 Beta 2 released
Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6 Has Ubuntu Software Store
Mandriva Linux 2010 RC1 is now available for tests
NEPOMUK – The Social Semantic Desktop

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Linux Foundation to Microsoft: stop secretly attacking Linux, Pro-Linux group nabs Microsoft patents, Microsoft and Patent Trolls, Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux, New Microsoft-backed open source foundation faces questions, Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement, Why the EU should block Oracle/Sun, Novell Files for Rehearing En Banc!, Deep packet inspection engine goes open source, Will GIMP 2.8 come in a single window mode?, TomTom launches OpenLR open navigation project, VIA Technologies, Inc. Joins Linux Foundation, Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source, Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups, Debian switches to Upstart, Corporate Ubuntu Linux Users Now Have Premium Support Offerings at Their Fingertips, Ubuntu One is moving from ubuntuone.com to one.ubuntu.com, Apple Releases Grand Central Dispatch as Open Source, iTunes 9 Breaks Pre Sync, Again, More signs point to Samsung Linux phone, Nokia to skip operator tailoring for Linux phones, Nokia backtracks, will allow customized Linux phones, Linux News: Mobile: Motorola’s Cliq Joins Android Army, Linux News: Mobile: HTC Adds Tattoo to Android Lineup.

LINKS
Software Freedom Day at Rio Rancho Public Library
Linux Foundation to Microsoft: stop secretly attacking Linux
Pro-Linux group nabs Microsoft patents
Microsoft and Patent Trolls
Microsoft mis-educates Best Buy on Linux
New Microsoft-backed open source foundation faces questions
Free Software Foundation files objection to Google Book Search settlement
Why the EU should block Oracle/Sun
Novell Files for Rehearing En Banc!
Deep packet inspection engine goes open source
Will GIMP 2.8 come in a single window mode?
TomTom launches OpenLR open navigation project
VIA Technologies, Inc. Joins Linux Foundation
Facebook Releases Real-time Web Server Tech as Open Source
Firefox 4.0 Windows Theme Mockups
Debian switches to Upstart
Corporate Ubuntu Linux Users Now Have Premium Support Offerings at Their Fingertips
Ubuntu One is moving from ubuntuone.com to one.ubuntu.com
Apple Releases Grand Central Dispatch as Open Source
iTunes 9 Breaks Pre Sync, Again
More signs point to Samsung Linux phone
Nokia to skip operator tailoring for Linux phones
Nokia backtracks, will allow customized Linux phones
Linux News: Mobile: Motorola’s Cliq Joins Android Army
Linux News: Mobile: HTC Adds Tattoo to Android Lineup

RELEASES
Linux 2.6.31 Released
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Now Available
KDE 4.3.1 Release Announcement
Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala emerges in alpha 5
Easy Peasy 1.5 released
DesktopBSD 1.7 available
Zenwalk 6.2 has been released
Tiny Core Linux 2.3 Released
VirtualBox 3.0.6 released
Linux Lint 7 Xfce Released

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This special episode is a tutorial on using Firefox to browse the web. In this episode we explain how to install the latest version of Firefox in Ubuntu, both manually and through a cool Python script called Ubuntuzilla. We also go into a great amount of detail describing how to customize Firefox in preferences, explaining how to work with bookmarks, describing how to get add-ons and themes, telling you how to add custom search engines, and much much more. If you are a new to Firefox or just want to learn more, then this is the perfect Firefox tutorial for you.

LINKS
Get Firefox
How To Install Mozilla Firefox On Ubuntu-Linux
Install Ubuntuzilla
Ubuntuzilla: Mozilla Software Installer
Ubuntuzilla Wiki
My Favorite Firefox Plugins
Mycroft Project

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The Linux User Podcast is a family friendly weekly audio show for the desktop Linux user that covers the latest Linux and Open Source news and is produced every Sunday evening. In addition to these we also periodically produce a special episode that is a tutorial that gives you simple and practical instructions on using Linux on your home or office computer.

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