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Mark Shuttleworth, the man at the helm of Canonical and Ubuntu, went into greater detail last week about his thoughts on making future Ubuntu releases more user-focused. In the past, Shuttleworth has made no pretense that he feels Apple has, historically, offered a superior user experience.

Shuttleworth's comments have elicited striking reactions, ranging from enthusiastic support to concern about what innovation really means.

Canonical funds Linux in a bid to overtake the Mac.....

Asia set to give back to open source.....

10 interesting open source software forks and why they happened.....

Simplexo launches open source enterprise search tool.....

Virginia begins open source physics textbook.....

Red Hat claims it can run five virtual machines for every three that VMware's ESX runs on the same server.....

OSCON outgrows Portland, heads for Silicon Valley.....

Survey: 96 percent of enterprises not deploying Ubuntu server.....

20 reasons to shed the Microsoft yoke and use Linux.....

How the Department of Defense learned to stop worrying and love open source.....

The openSUSE Project reminded members yesterday that the application deadline for a seat on the openSUSE Board is drawing near. Contributors to openSUSE who wish to run for a board seat must first apply for openSUSE membership. openSUSE membership is also required to vote in the election, and contributors who are interested in voting are advised to apply for membership prior to September 24th, to ensure that they will be able to do so.

Huge price drops for Asus Eee PC netbooks.....

Using virtual desktops in Linux.....

Firefox extensions for improved download management.....

Many more useful Firefox extensions.....

Can Google Chrome build an ecosystem?.....

This month marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the GNU Project by Richard M. Stallman. GNU is one of the oldest and best-known organizations in the free and open-source world, providing not only high-quality software, but also a well-known license (the GNU General Public License), and a philosophy that continues to influence many activists and programmers. The exact anniversary of Stallman's announcement is September 27th, 1983, when he called upon programmers to join him in creating free Unix.

Symbian growth takes a hit as the platform faces transition.....

Is Chrome a Trojan Horse for Google Gears?.....

Monty Widenius, one of MySQL's founders, is reportedly leaving Sun.....

A hands-on overview of the Access Linux platform.....

An open source rootkit kit.....