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+ - Mageia 2 arrives with GNOME 3 and systemd->

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ReinoutS
ReinoutS writes "The H reports: 'The developers of the Mageia Linux distribution have announced their second release. As the official Mageia blog puts it, the distribution is "growing up". Where the initial version was mainly designed to get a stable first release out after the fork from Mandriva, the second major version of the distribution attempts the first significant changes to the code base: Mageia 2 has switched to systemd for its boot process and the GNOME desktop has been updated to the 3.x branch.'

Mageia 2 comes with kernel 3.3.6, KDE SC 4.8.2 and GNOME 3.4.1. In an interesting turn of events, Mandriva is going to base a business product on this distribution."
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Google

+ - EU Warns Google To Change Or Face Fines->

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bonch writes "Europe's top antitrust regulator has issued an ultimatum, giving Google weeks to propose changes or face formal charges of antitrust abuse. Google is under investigation for allegedly promoting its services over competitors in search results. Google issued a statement disagreeing with the EU commission's conclusions, stating that 'innovation online has never been greater.'"
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+ - TNO studies WebM as alternative to H2.64 for deplo->

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ReinoutS
ReinoutS writes "Dutch research institute TNO has published a report comparing WebM and H2.64 for large scale deployment within the Dutch public broadcasting company, re-using as much opensource components as possible. From the article (my translation): WebM is regarded as a potential video standard for HTML5, solving the plugin issue. Rarely it has been investigated whether it is possible to realize a WebM-based operational chain, taking into account the patent-position, video quality, encoding speed and existing infrastructures. The main conclusions are: At present it is impossible, without big investments, to develop a WebM-based live- and VoD service that is compatible with the existing infrastructure at the NPO [Dutch public broadcasting company]. The fact that Google is the driving force behind the development of WebM, combined with increasing support of other industrial partners provides confidence in the fact that WebM can constitute a serious alternative within a few years."
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+ - Binary usenet groups prohibited in the Netherlands->

Submitted by dutchwhizzman
dutchwhizzman writes "Amsterdam based Usenet wholesale provider News Service Europe has been mandated by the court to remove all copyright infringing content on their servers, or face severe financial penalties. Dutch copyright MAFIAA organization BREIN has won a court case making the usenet provider responsible for the content posted on other platforms than their own.

Could this be the end of usenet as we know it, or will an appeal be won by NSE? Why didn't the judge make the provider that allowed the posts responsible? Why did the judge not honor the "cancel message" procedure that technically exists in the NNTP protocol?"
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Microsoft

+ - Battle for open standards in public education->

Submitted by pjstevns
pjstevns writes "The heat is on! With the rising use of online systems for school administration the battle for open and accessible solutions is here, now. Parents are forced to buy 'proper' operating systems from your favorite Redmond based supplier — just to be able to access their childrens' grades, or participate in classes. A petition addressed at parliament for proper implementation of the open-standards guidelines put forward by the Dutch government itself is buzzing around the Netherlands. Comply or Explain!"
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Comment: Re:Does it have a decent desktop? (Score 3, Informative) 111

by ReinoutS (#37189388) Attached to: Fedora 16 Alpha Released
If you want to put items on your desktop, that's simple: use gnome-tweak-tool or set the org.gnome.desktop.background.show-desktop-icons property to true manually. The fact that this isn't enabled by default doesn't convey an arrogant attitude, but is a simple design decision that flows from the fact that Gnome3 doesn't implement a traditional desktop metaphor, and it wants to minimize visual distraction. For sure, this doesn't mean Gnome 3 is finished. It's only just taking off. There's a lot more in store in the area of 'finding and reminding' in upcoming releases, for instance. In the mean time you can try out some of the Gnome Shell Extensions to tweak the environment to your liking.

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