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News

* New nVidia drivers bring OpenGL 3.0 Support
http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-Nvidia-Video-Drivers-for-Linux-Bring-OpenGL-3-0-Support-104336.shtml
(harlem)

* HP Certifies Ubuntu for servers (have you done that story already?)

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/unix_linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214303574&subSection=All+Stories
http://blogs.computerworld.com/ubuntu_partners_with_hp_on_servers (Alan)

* Ubuntu training program improved throughout USA
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Training-Program-Improved-Throughout-USA-104668.shtml
(peter)
http://bridgeme.net/#schedule
http://www.flane.us/courses/Ubuntu/Ubuntu

* Virtualbox 2.1.4 out
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog - mostly a bugfix release, but
one bugfix caught my eye "# Solaris hosts: fixed inability to start more
than 128 VMs " (alan)

* Freescale expands netbook ecosystem
http://www.thestandard.com/news/2009/02/18/freescale-expands-its-netbook-ecosystem
(Harlem)

Releases:
* Ubuntu Privacy Remix
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500991

* ArtistX 0.6
http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=05332

* Crunchbang Linux experiences (Harlem & Alan) http://crunchbang.org/

* WattOS (Harlem) http://www.planetwatt.com/

* Countdown to jaunty - 2 months left - are we running it? When would
we, why would we? https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JauntyReleaseSchedule

* Luis posted a blog post about blender - using it for video editing -
is the search for a decent video editor on Linux over? We already had
one we didnt know it! http://luisbg.blogalia.com/

* I bought an HP Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax/memorycard/coffeepot thing,
wanted to tell people how insanely GREAT they are on Ubuntu! (and now's
your chance!)
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/store_access.do?template_type=product_detail&product_code=Q8061A%23ABA&jumpid=oc_R1002_USENC-001_HP
Officejet 6310 All-in-One Printer&lang=en&cc=us

HP Officejet 6310 All-in-One Printer
 
HP Officejet 6310 All-in-One - Multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) - color - ink-jet - copying (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 24 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 24 ppm (color) - 100 sheets - 33.6 Kbps - Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Base-TX
 
HP Officejet 6310 All-in-One - Multifunction ( fax / copier / printer / scanner ) - color - ink-jet - copying (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 24 ppm (color) - printing (up to): 30 ppm (mono) / 24 ppm (color) - 100 sheets - 33.6 Kbps - Hi-Speed USB, 10/100 Base-TX

* New Doctor Who:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/news/latest/090206_news_01

Man Page Minute:
Grep, part 1 (Thanks CafeNinja!)

Cool Web Sites of the week:
http://www.commandlinefu.com (from DoorToDoorGeek via Twitter)
http://www.howtoforge.com/desktop-search-in-ubuntu-intrepid-and-debian-in-kde-4.2
http://etherpad.com

Listener Feedback:
* Anti-Ubuntu feelings. Flames on my local LUG about someone thinking
Linux==Ubuntu and Ubuntu==Linux. Hatred for Ubuntu coming from Red Hat
and Debian users. One even suggested killing Mark Shuttleworth.

http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/lurker/message/20090219.113924.7f1103fc.en.html

http://www.hants.lug.org.uk/lurker/message/20090219.115200.efa0e373.en.html

* James Eaton

I thought you might like to read this article

This thought hit home when I was working to fix a sound issue on my
computer, although the seeds had been sown quite some time ago with my
upgrade to Ubuntu 7.04. My concern is not about FOSS philosophy, but
rather about updates and version releases.

Alas, there are updates that break simple things. About two weeks ago
Kubuntu (Ubuntu with the K Desktop Environment) popped-up and told me
that new updates were available. As usual, I clicked on the icon, ran
the updates, and didn’t give a second thought. At least not until my
audio was not coming out clearly as it had before.

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/09/is-ubuntu-heading-down-the-microsoft-release-path/

* James Eaton

Yet another article you may be interested in.

I am thinking the unthinkable…..I am considering changing from Ubuntu
8.10 for my desktop to Debian 5. I have been running the Debian 5 Lenny
candidate for awhile and have bee very pleased with the stability and
features. It actually functions and acts more like the distribution I
need and work on than Ubuntu. Not so say that Ubuntu is bad, just that I
typically do not need or use the latest applications. I mainly work on
my Linux desktop for about 60 hours a week. So I really need something I
can count on. Again, not that Ubuntu has let me down, it has never
really crashed on me but I do struggle with bugs from time to time. I
use my GUI desktop to work from as I manage Linux servers, either Ubuntu
or CentOS.

http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/02/07/the-unthinkable-moving-from-ubuntu-to-debian-5-lenny/