LinuxSnap for Thursday 8/22/13
Linux News Headlines
Ubuntu Edge Funding Falls Short
Funding for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has fallen short. The total amount raised was $12,809,906 USD, with the project needing
a total of $32 million to be funded. As the crowdfunding effort utilized Indiegogo‘s fixed funding option, all donations will be returned. Full article:
http://www.linuxsnap.com/ubuntu-edge-funding-falls-short/
Latest Distro Releases
NetBSD 6.1.1
NetBSD 6.1.1 has been released. From the release announcement:
The NetBSD Project is pleased to announce NetBSD 6.1.1, the first security/bugfix update of the NetBSD 6.1 release branch. It represents a selected subset of fixes deemed important for security or stability reasons.
Please note that all fixes in the prior security/bugfix updates (NetBSD 6.0.1 and 6.0.2), as well as those in 6.1, are also in 6.1.1. See the release map graph on the NetBSD website for a visual representation of the relationship between releases.
Complete source and binaries for NetBSD 6.1.1 are available for download at many sites around the world. A list of download sites providing FTP, AnonCVS, SUP, and other services may be found at http://www.NetBSD.org/mirrors/. We encourage users who wish to install via ISO or USB disk images to download via BitTorrent by using the torrent files supplied in the images area. A list of hashes for the NetBSD 6.1.1 distribution has been signed with the well-connected PGP key for the NetBSD Security Officer: ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/hashes/NetBSD-6.1.1_hashes.asc
NetBSD is free. All of the code is under non-restrictive licenses, and may be used without paying royalties to anyone. Free support services are available via our mailing lists and website. Commercial support is available from a variety of sources. More extensive information on NetBSD is available from our website:
Read the full release announcement here. The changelog for NetBSD can be found here.
Articles of Interest
Yes, Open Source Jobs are Hot – and We Have Stats to Prove It – blog.smartbear.com
Netflix Comes To Linux Web Browsers Via ‘Pipelight’ – tech.slashdot.org
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