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RandyDownes writes:
And you thought the Droid X's kill switch was bad. Motorola's new Droid G2 can detect when it's been rooted and responds by reinstalling the factory OS, complete with MotoBlur and all the bloatware that comes with it. This seems like a violation of the Apache license Android is licensed under and is especially ironic given Eric Schmidt's recent statement about not requiring carriers to give consumers the option to install Google's own version of the OS. Schmidt called it a violation of the principles of open source.
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RandyDownes writes:
Members of the developer community called Dell out for not releasing the complete source code for the Android-powered Slate, thus violating the GPL. Dell has since complied and released the total custom Android 1.6 ROM to the public. Maybe now someone can get the minitablet/smartphone to run Froyo without breaking everything.
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RandyDownes writes:
Canonical rolled out Ubuntu 10.10 AKA Maverick Meerkat and with it comes with a few new features while leaving some other community complaints unattended. The Ubuntu Software Center got a facelift and now features better access to package history, as well as new Featured and What's New views for organizing programs.The Ubuntu One backup and storage service is better integrated into 10.10, but support has not expanded to other Ubuntu-based distros.
