Open Logic: How do we get to a point where FOSS use in the enterprise incorporates a thorough and appropriate understanding that backs a FOSS policy that is tailored to the realities and practicalities of that particular business?

In Berkeley, California — the birthplace of PostgreSQL — it's spring: plum
and cherry blossoms, courting finches and college students, new plans for
the summer, and the first beta release of the database
system. Every year, the first beta of the next PostgreSQL version comes out
in April or May, for a final release in September. PostgreSQL
9.3 beta 1 was released to the public on May 13th, and contains a
couple dozen new features both for database administrators and application
developers.

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ZDNet: The Android update system has regularly been in the news since the launch of the platform. Don't worry, Google says it is working on it. Still.

Canonical has announced that the Ubuntu kernel team will be providing
stable updates for the 3.8 kernel now that Greg Kroah-Hartman has moved
on. This support will last as long as support for the Ubuntu 13.04
release: through August, 2014. "We welcome any feedback and contribution to this effort. We will be
posting the first review cycle patch set in a week or two.

Using Solr With TYPO3 On Debian Squeeze

TYPO3's default search extension called "Indexed Search" is fine for
small web sites, but if your web site is bigger (> 500 pages), it is
getting very slow. Fortunately, you can replace it with a search
extension that uses the ultra-fast Apache Solr search server. This
tutorial explains how to use Apache Solr with TYPO3 on Debian Squeeze.

WIRED: What is it that means one open source project takes off, while another doesn't?

Ben Hutchings has released stable kernel 3.2.45 with lots of important fixes throughout
the tree.

CentOS has updated httpd (C6;
C5: multiple vulnerabilities).

Fedora has updated php-geshi (F18; F17: multiple vulnerabilities)
and libtiff (F18: multiple vulnerabilities).

Oracle has updated httpd (OL6; OL5:
multiple vulnerabili

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VB: Big data startup LucidWorks has raised $10 million to help enterprise companies turn multistructured data into business gold.

 Softpedia: MATE 1.6.1 removes GNU cat,

The Debian project earlier this month put the finishing touches on their latest release: Debian 7.0, code named "Wheezy." This release marks the availability of two new architectures and a number of major updates and new features. Here, Linux Foundation Senior Engineer Jeff Licquia highlights the features you need to know about.

The Debian project earlier this month put the finishing touches on their latest release: Debian 7.0, code named "Wheezy."

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Wazi: Since LibreOffice lets users load predefined color libraries, you can create your own color lists, providing well-organized colors, grouped in families, with as many color variations as you want.

 The VAR Guy: As Canonical works to "converge" Ubuntu, the massively popular open-source Linux operating system, across smarphones, tablets, PCs and cloud servers, it is also working to integrate the various parts of the Ubuntu Web ecosystem

The first beta release of the Qt 5.1 tool-kit is now available. As the first major update to the Qt5 platform, this release comes with plenty of new features for developers and end-users...

The first beta release of the Qt 5.1 tool-kit is now available. As the first major update to the Qt5 platform, this release comes with plenty of new features for developers and end-users...
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Enterprise Networking Planet: What is the intersection of the open source cloud, SDN and the Internet of Things?

Datamation: How and why did Python become the language of choice for OpenStack?

InternetNews: Late Saturday night, Linus Torvalds released what could well be the largest incremental Linux kernel update in history with 3.10 rc 1

Linux Planet: Open source software development involves collaboration and some give and take.

GigaOM: Dave has been working on bringing technology together with the humanities and education through an un-conference he co-founded, and in his former role as assistant director of the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities.

The Register: Start-up RangeNetworks is hoping that the combination of low cost and transparent software will allow it to break into the notoriously locked-down cellular network market.