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PC World: Secure Boot Need Not be a Problem

There's been considerable concern in recent weeks over the secure boot mechanism planned for Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8, primarily among Linux users and others worried that the technology will make it impossible to run alternative operating systems on Windows 8 certified PCs.

Wired: Wall St. Won't Share the Wealth But It Will Share The Code

Wired.com's Cade Metz reports on new OpenMAMA project hosted by Linux Foundation and supported by NYSE, J.P. Morgan, Bank of America and others.

Boing Boing: Cory Doctorow: How to Make a Computer that Doesn't Lock out GNU/Linux

UEFI is a new hardware standard nominally aimed at stopping malicious software, but it could also make it illegal to replace Windows or MacOS with GNU/Linux on your computer. The Linux Foundation has written a technical memo...

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Automotive World: Linux Foundation Announces First Auto Summit

The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organisation dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux open source software, announced on 10 October the first ever Automotive Linux Summit...

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TechCrunch: Linux Foundation Adds Three New Enterprise Companies to Membership

Scott Merrill from TechCrunch reports on the latest Linux Foundation members

PC World: How to Land a Linux Job

Katherine Noyes of PC World reports on landing your dream Linux job

Fox News: Intel, Samsung Back New Mobile OS

Fox News reports on Intel and Samsung decision to support Tizen

TechCrunch: Samsung Taps Intel to Build New Linux-Based Open Source Platform, Tizen

TechCrunch reports on the announcement of Tizen, hosted at The Linux Foundation.

InfoWorld: The Best Open Source Software of the Year

Jim Zemlin talks to InfoWorld for its annual open source roundup

RWW: As Jobs Steps Down, Linux Turns 20

Joe “Zonker” Brockmeier analyzes what changed the world most…

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