The community debate around Linux Australia possibly changing its name has soured this week, with some community members badmouthing a key conference associated with the peak Linux organisation. (Credit: CBSi) The debate kicked off on Sunday night , when Linux Australia president John Ferlito asked the community to consider possibly changing the name to "more accurately represent the focus of our community"

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Linux Australia name debate sours

Linux Australia president John Ferlito has asked the community of Australia's peak Linux body whether it's time to change its name, eliciting a strong response. "We think it is time for us to change the name of our organisation to have it more accurately represent the focus of our community," Ferlito wrote in a message to members last night.

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The guys behind the US$25 pocket-sized Raspberry Pi computer have just released the full schematics for its Model B board, and brought the expected delivery date forward for all orders made before 18 April to before the end of June 2012 . It looks like we'll be seeing the computer used in interesting ways sooner rather than later!

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Raspberry Pi brings delivery date forward

Patches have been released for file-networking protocol software, Samba, revealing that the software, which is used extensively in Macs and Linux, has been subject to a critical vulnerability for almost a decade. (I'm Organized image by stopnlook , CC BY 2.0 ) The security advisory released by the Samba team reveals that the vulnerability makes it possible for a remote, unauthenticated user to send a specially crafted remote procedure call that will create multiple buffer overflows in the Samba server. This would allow a malicious user to crash the service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with root user privileges.

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Decade-old flaw could affect Linux, Macs

Although Samba originally stated that the vulnerability affected versions from 3.0.x, it only affects versions from 3.0.25 onwards. update Patches have been released for file-networking protocol software, Samba, revealing that the software, which is used extensively in Macs and Linux, has been subject to a critical vulnerability for five years. (I'm Organized image by stopnlook , CC BY 2.0 ) The security advisory released by the Samba team reveals that the vulnerability makes it possible for a remote, unauthenticated user to send a specially crafted remote procedure call that will create multiple buffer overflows in the Samba server.

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Anonymous has launched its own operating system, Anonymous-OS, which fits out wannabe hackers with a suite of tools that they could use to get started on a path of crime. (Credit: Anonymous-OS ) The operating system is based on the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu 11.10, and uses the Mate desktop, a variant of the Gnome 2 desktop. Anonymous-OS is available only as a live CD or a live USB, and can be downloaded as a torrent or via Sourceforge

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Adobe Flash Player 11.2, to be released very soon, will be the last native version for Linux. After that, direct Linux Flash Player support will be over. The question is, with Flash slowly losing relevance, does anyone care?

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Adobe's Flash, AIR road map shuns Linux

Canonical has revealed the latest component of its mobile strategy for the Ubuntu operating system, unveiling what it is calling "Ubuntu for Android ". This is a hybrid mobile/desktop platform that the company hopes will enable a smartphone to become your sole computing device.

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Ubuntu for Android arrives: pictures

Canonical has launched a new Ubuntu desktop spin aimed at corporate and government desktops. The Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix is based on Ubuntu 11.10, and is intended for institutions and businesses to evaluate the Ubuntu desktop.

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Ubuntu gets enterprise desktop remix

A Gold Coast-based hacklab has written to the Linux Australia council seeking funding in the spirit of fostering the local tech community up north. A hacklab is a space where like-minded individuals can come together in an open environment and develop anything from open-source software to new, hacked or modified hardware.

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Qld hacklab seeks Linux Australia funding