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DistroWatch: "Tony Sales has announced the release of Vinux 3.2.1, an Ubuntu-based distribution for designed for visually impaired users"

Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.6

Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed
for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install
Lighttpd on a CentOS 5.6 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and
MySQL support.

The 2.6.39.3 stable kernel update is out.
It contains another long list of fixes (130 files changed, 871 insertions,
335 deletions) for all kinds of serious problems.

Linux User & Developer magazine: Google's New Facebook Alternative Sparks Personal Data Liberation War

InternetNews: Apple Jailbreak, Cisco WiFi, Facebook VoiP and LInux driver alien abductions

An anonymous reader writes "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the availability of the Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ, a document meant to educate Free Software developers, and especially distribution editors, about software patent risks. The FAQ has been prepared by lawyers at Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) at the request of and with input from the Debian Project. While the document does not constitute legal advice, it provides insights on dealing with software patents, which might be applicable to other community-driven Free Software distributions.

KDE: For the usage of KWin in Plasma Active many of KWin's advanced features are just not needed.

Datamation: The Java 7 release brings Oracle together with rivals IBM and HP to evolve what has become the most influential programming language for enterprise deployments.

Tech Drive-in: "According to Microsoft, Google's Android OS is infringing on many of its patents and hence those manufacturers who use Android for their devices owe royalties to Microsoft."

opensource.com: "Free," "open" and "libre" software has been a buzzword in media and technology spheres alike.