Netflix on Ubuntu linux works! And it works great too! A winner has been found! Back in March of this year I Heart Ubuntu put out a call to get Netflix on Ubuntu working. Somehow. Legally. Without the need to install a virtual OS and have to boot into it. Something as native as possible.

Read the full thing at http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/11/netflix-on-ubuntu-is-here.html

Berlin, November 1, 2012 – The Document Foundatõnn (TDF) announces LibreOffice 3.6.3, for Windows, MacOS and Linux. This new release is another step forward in the process of improving the overall quality and stability for any kind of deployment, on personal desktops or inside organizations and companies of any size.

LibreOffice has quickly become the de facto standard for migrations to free office suites, thanks to the growing feature set and the improved interoperability with proprietary software. Instrumental for the overall progress is the growing developer base, which has just reached the number of 550 since the launch of the project, making LibreOffice one of the fastest growing free softwa„e projects of the decade.

Read the full thing at http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/11/01/the-document-foundation-announces-libreoffice-3-6-3/

There’s a new GNU/Linux distro designed to help you in every aspect of your mobile forensics, mobile malware analysis, reverse engineering and security testing. It’s called Santoku Linux. Santoku is a general purpose kitchen knife which originated from Japan, meaning “three virtues” or “three uses”. This distribution is not from Japan, but the name was suggested by Thomas Cannon of viaForensics (who happens to be the project leader of Santoku Linux) because the distribution was crafted specifically for Mobile Forensics, Mobile Malware Analysis, and Mobile Security Testing. Read the full thing at http://linuxaria.com/article/santoku-a-new-linux-distro-focused-on-security?lang=en

The Qt 5 Beta is now available as the first major release under the new Qt Project umbrella. A big thank you goes out to all who contributed to this milestone. With this Qt 5 beta release, I would also like to invite everybody interested to go, try, and experience this next major version of Qt. Your feedback now will be very important in making the final release of Qt 5.0 as good as possible.

Read the full thing at http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2012/08/30/qt-5-beta-is-here/

Helsinki, Finland and Santa Clara, US - August 9th 2012, Digia, the software powerhouse listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki exchange (DIG1V), today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Following the acquisition Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried out by Nokia. These include product development, as well as the commercial and open source licensing and service business. Following the acquisition, Digia plans to quickly enable Qt on Android, iOS and Windows 8 platforms.

Read the press release at http://www.digia.com/en/Home/Company/Press/2012/Digia-to-acquire-Qt-from-Nokia/

Insync announced late last night that their desktop application is now available for Linux users. This means you can have dropbox-like functionality on your Google Drive! It is in beta, but most users that have installed it already are raving about it so far.

Read the full thing at http://www.linuxnews.co/2012/07/insync-solves-google-drive-for-the-linux-desktop/

In my last post I talked about wanting to hook Python to the Qt port for the PlayBook. Since then, after considering other approaches, I decided to take a closer look at PySide [2]. My quick review of it concluded that I'd be duplicating key parts of its functionality if I tried doing anything from scratch.

Read more at http://peterhansen.ca/blog/pyside-on-the-playbook.html

Anyone who uses Skype on Linux will be happy to hear that a new version has been made available today, bringing with it a host of essential updates and new features.

Skype 4.0, codenamed “Four Rooms for Improvement,” is long overdue, and Marco Cimmino makes a point of thanking Linux users for their patience on the Skype blog. The wait seems to have been worth it, though.

Read the full thing at http://www.geek.com/articles/news/skype-4-0-for-linux-now-available-20120614/

Adobe has announced the release of an update for Flash Player on Windows, Mac, Linux, Android 3.x and 4.x, and within its own AIR runtime. The update addresses several critical vulnerabilities which involve memory corruption, stack overflows, integer overflows, security being bypassed, null dereferencing and binary planting (DLL hijacking). All, except the security bypass, could lead to code execution.

Read the full thing at http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Adobe-Flash-update-closes-several-critical-holes-1614700.html

"I wouldn't count OO out just yet simply because of ONE reason... the license," said Slashdot blogger hairyfeet. "It's common knowledge that NOBODY in business will go near GPL after the V3 debacle. Apache on the other hand is MUCH more business-friendly, and the Apache server is used all across the business landscape, so I can see businesses getting behind OO for that reason alone."

Read the full thing at http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/A-Tale-of-Two-Suites-Do-We-Still-Need-OpenOfficeorg-75138.html