In this conclusion to my survey of algorithmic music composition systems for Linux I present Christopher Ariza's athenaCL.

If you want your application to have the widest reach possible, it would be a good idea to ensure they play nice with both KDE and GNOME. Follow Kunal Deo’s brief tutorial to find out how to get started…

The idea called Open Source is fast spreading into non-computer sectors as well. For long, Open Source was equated to GNU and Linux basically and the idea behind Open Source was never really understood properly by many. Its all changing. The idea of sharing, collaborating and having community involvement is no more a bad thing.

When the simple file and printer sharing features offered by Windows, Unix/Linux, and Mac aren't enough, you should consider using a network-attached storage (NAS) server. NAS servers offer a central place where you can store, access, and share files and documents on the local network, and possibly over the Internet. They are especially useful in multiple operating system environments, as they usually support all the sharing protocols.

Google has called Oracle's Android lawsuit an attack not only on Google but also on the open-source Java community. "We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the open-source Java community with this baseless lawsuit," a company spokesman said in a statement to USA Today. "The open-source Java community goes beyond any one corporation and works every day to make the web a better place. We will strongly defend open-source standards and will continue to work with the industry to develop the Android platform."

The Women's Caucus is seeking an intern to assist with its work to increase the number of women involved in free software.

In his latest blog post, Canonical’s ex-CEO, Mark Shuttleworth, has revealed the first solid details of the multitouch and gesture recognition features in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)…

Canonical founder and former CEO Mark Shuttleworth announced UTouch, the multi-touch gesture suite for Ubuntu. UTouch will be fully integrated into Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 along with the Unity desktop. The gesture suite can also be downloaded for existing versions of Ubuntu and the project itself is open source under GPLv3 and LGPLv3.

ITEV: Every CIO has to contend with staff reductions and budget cuts at one time or another. How do you keep up your own - and your staff's - morale when you have to contend with cuts?

Cureton: I have been very lucky in that regard. The Office of the CIO is working to make smart investments in our IT infrastructure now to standardize our end-user services, strengthen security of our IT systems, and achieve greater efficiency in our operations. These investments have meant a ramp up in staff in the near term, which is surprising in this fiscal environment.

But that increase in resources demonstrates that we have a strong mandate to transform our IT organization into the leading example for the federal government. In fact, Vivek Kundra, the CIO of the United States, has asked us to take the lead in forming a task force to demonstrate to other Agencies a pragmatic way to implement cyber security using automated system. - Pam Baker, Dell Case Studies

The Apple iPad is going to face serious competition from Android Linux-powered tablets, but the first mass-market, low-priced tablet to arrive, the Augen GenTouch78 isn't it. The tablet does have some good things going for it. While it's made from black plastic, it has a solid feel. Better still, it comes with a form-fitting, faux-leather case. I don't know about you, but whether I pay $170 for a GenTouch78 or $500 for an Apple iPad, I appreciate getting a real cover to protect it without shelling out additional cash.

The Supreme Court on Monday put an end to a running battle between a California lawyer - a prominent figure in the movement to challenge the legitimacy of Barack Obama's Presidency - and a federal judge in Georgia. The full Court refused, without comment, to block a $20,000 penalty that District Judge Clay D. Land of Columbus, Ga., had imposed last October on the attorney, Orly Taitz, of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Earlier this month, Judge Land's Court put a lien on all of Taitz's real property until the penalty is paid. - SCOTUSblog

While in Berlin for the LinuxTag 2010 conference a couple of months ago, I took the opportunity for a 8-mile long meandering walk across the city, from Warschauer Strasse and the East Side Gallery to Wittenbergplatz and KaDeWe, taking in the various historical sites along the way. It was a great refresher course in 20th century European history. I especially enjoyed the free outdoor exhibit in Alexanderplatz, which dealt with the Revolutions of 1989 with a focus on the various dissident movements and publications in the DDR.

This case is instructive for shareholders who might be inclined to read Section 220 and think that it is a simple matter to demand books and records pursuant to the statute which requires a reply from the corporation within five days. In this case, for example, after more than a year of litigation and an en banc decision of the Delaware Supreme Court, the request by the shareholder for books and records was denied. - Del. Corporate and Commercial Litigation Blog

Our daughter's Gateway Solo 1450 has been running Ubuntu 8.04 LTS for a very, very long time. Overdue for the upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04, I decided to give it a try. It didn't work.

Witech's OK6410 is an ARM11 development kit that targets industrial control equipments, vehicle navigation devices, multi-media terminal and consumer electronic devices.

If you compare that strong language with IBM's counterclaims for patent infringement against SCO Group in 2003, for example, claims it later dropped for fear it would be stuck in that stupid litigation forever with a party that had no money to pay in the end for any infringement anyway, you'll see that IBM didn't use that language. My point is that it's language that indicates Oracle is going for treble damages. And sure enough, at the end, in the relief section, Oracle America does ask for that. And it also means they likely have something quite fact-based and specific in mind that they think can be pinned on Google.

Linux’s path to mainstream acceptance owes a lot to KDE and GNOME. While both have contributed enormously towards the ultimate Linux dream, they’re also heated competitors. Who will win the war? Read on and pick your side wisely…

Well, it has been quite a week, last week. Not too long after the OpenSolaris Governing Board issued an ultimatum to Oracle and closely following the unveiling of the Illumos project, Oracle officially announced (in a memo to internal employees) that they will be leaving OpenSolaris behind. To most (including myself) this is not at all surprising. The writing had been on the walls, yet many still felt hopeful. It is disappointing news for more than one reason. OpenSolaris was a solid and great operating system. Not many of my readers may really know too much about the SunOS family but when Sun Microsystems developed a software product, it was always a quality product; that is, stable and extremely well polished.

See an orcl person using android? They're violating patent for millions of LOCS from us and harmony. ASL §3 - Chris DiBona, Twitter

One of the things I've learned from my involvement in industry is that the most successful and effective groups are small. The right metric is "are there enough contributors to move the project forward?" For the key projects (like Apache), clearly the answer is "yes." "Enough" is much more important than "how many." The last thing we need are projects that slow to a crawl because of the bloated development-by-committee that characterizes many corporate environments. - Mike Loukides, O'Reilly Radar