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Dear Members, ==> This Week's Original Content from The Linux Foundation <== New York Times: Meet the Defenders of Free Software Amanda McPherson New York Times reporter Ashlee Vance reported Sunday on The Linux Foundation’s Open Compliance program and how we work closely with the individual defenders of free and open source software. Ashlee paints a compelling picture of the differences between license compliance in proprietary vs open source software... http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/amanda-mcpherson/365556:new-york-times-meet-the-defenders-of-free-software Tracking Enterprise Weekly Trends & News: September 20-24, 2010 Jennifer Cloer In an effort to capture notable enterprise Linux news and trends, The Linux Foundation will be surfacing some of the important milestones and announcements for enterprise Linux each week. We hope this is useful to our members and to the Linux.com community and we welcome your feedback and additions... http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185:jennifer-cloer/365037:tracking-weekly-enterprise-linux-news-a-trends New Free Training Webinar: An Intro to Git Amanda McPherson We’ve added another installment to our free training series on The Linux Foundation’s Training site: An Introduction to Git, the version control system built by Linus Torvalds. Kernel maintainer and Linux Foundation board member James Bottomley does a great job describing the history of Git and how the kernel community now uses it for all kernel development... http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/amanda-mcpherson/363732:new-free-training-webinar-an-intro-to-git The People Who Support Linux: "My Heart for Open Source Began with Linux" Jennifer Cloer Linux has a way of inspiring all of us. Joshua Drake is a major contributor to the PostgreSQL community, lead consultant at Command Prompt, Inc., and is president of United States PostgreSQL, but he says his love for open source began with Linux... http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185:jennifer-cloer/364435:the-people-who-support-linux-my-heart-for-open-source-began-with-linux Zenoss Finds VMware Leads the Pack: 2010 Virtualization Study Released Joe "Zonker" Brockmeier Zenoss has released its 2010 virtualization and cloud computing survey. The survey takes a look at use of virtualization and cloud computing in the enterprise. Survey says, VMware has a solid lead in virtualization, KVM is making good strides, and companies want better management tools for their infrastructure... http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/364326:zenoss-finds-vmware-leads-the-pack-2010-virtualization-study-released What Would Sheldon Cooper Use? 5 Apps with Bazinga! Jack Wallen The Big Bang Theory has returned to the airwaves for its fourth season. To gear up for the new season, Jack Wallen answers the question (in Sheldon's own voice), "what would Sheldon use?" http://www.linux.com/learn/docs/363112:what-would-sheldon-cooper-use-5-apps-with-bazinga Open Hardware: What's It All About? Jeff Oxier-Mixon Open source, open licensing, free redistribution, collaborative, and community-based development – many hands make light work. They've done wonders for Linux, but can these concepts apply to hardware as well as software? http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/364055:open-hardware-whats-it-all-about Simplify Computerized Testing With Open Source Education Tool iTest Jack Wallen With schools (and students) placing more demands to modernize the way educational institutions work, computerized examinations are looking more and more sensible. Teachers on the hunt for computer exams should start by looking at iTest. http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/304805:itest-computerized-examinations-made-easy Weekend Project: Set Up a TFTP Server on Linux Nathan Willis http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/365030:weekend-project-set-up-a-tftp-server-on-linux ==> Other News You Need to Know <== Meet the Defenders of Free Software The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/business/26ping.html?src=busln Oracle Debuts Oracle's Unbreakable Linux Kernel MarketWatch http://www.marketwatch.com/story/oracle-debuts-oracles-unbreakable-enterprise-kernel-for-oracle-linux-2010-09-20-111130?reflink=MW_news_stmp Red Hat Shares Soar After 2Q Results Beat Views The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100923-710377.html Verizon Launches Cloud Services for SMBs ComputerWorld http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9185058/Verizon_launches_cloud_service_for_SMBs IBM Acquires Private Software Company OpenPages BusinessWeek.com http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9I8JEJG2.htm Today's Buy Idea: Novell Seeking Alpha http://seekingalpha.com/article/226692-today-s-buy-idea-novell ==> From the Community <== Installing Adobe Flash Player for Ubuntu 64-Bit Istimsak (Linux.com Moderator) http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/installing-adobe-flashplayer-for-ubuntu-64-bit.html Paying Attention: When a FOSS Advocate Meets Sociologist Marco Fioretti http://www.linux.com/community/blogs/paying-attention-when-a-foss-advocate-meets-sociologists.html ==> Recently Posted Job Opportunities <== SR. Linux Administrator Vista Higher Learning (Boston, MA) http://jobs.linux.com/job/sr-linux-administrator-boston-ma-vista-higher-learning-9a68a46492/?d=1&source=site_home Senior Systems Level Software Engineer Linux Cinci Engineering (Greenville, SC) http://jobs.linux.com/job/sr-systems-level-software-engineer-linux-greenville-sc-cinci-engineering-43eed24290/?d=1&source=site_home ==> Events <== LinuxCon Japan September 27-29, 2010 Tokyo, Japan http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-japan Linux Foundation End User Summit October 12-13, 2010 Jersey City, New Jersey http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/end-user-summit ---- To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please visit https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/briefing-book. 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