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• — Xonotic 1.0 Is On The Linux Gaming Horizon

     (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 14:29)

  Xonotic, the open-source multi-platform game that succeeded Nexuiz, is finally moving closer to its 1.0 release. Xonotic 1.0 was talked about at FOSDEM 2012 this weekend in Belgium within the open-source game developers' meeting room. Nexuiz was forked as Xonotic by the community in early 2010 following and their first development preview came more than two years ago. Xonotic did a new release a few months ago, but now this DarkPlaces-based game is working towards the stable 1.0 release.

• — Democrats to continue Internet coup with new cyber bill

     (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 13:32)

  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, following a recent anti-piracy legislative debacle with SOPA and PIPA, will lead his second effort of 2012 to push Internet-regulating legislation, this time in the form of a new cybersecurity bill.

• — This Week at LWN: Jared Smith steps down as Fedora project leader

     (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:39)

  One of the things I like most about the Fedora Project is the opportunity for people to move and grow in (and out) of different roles and responsibilities. The position of Fedora Project Leader, in particular, has never been a long-term leadership position, but one that regularly invites new people to assume the role and bring new ideas and new energy to the project.

• — Canonical Drops Support for Kubuntu

     (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 12:20)

  Jonathan Riddell sadly announced a few hours ago that Canonical will no longer support his work on the famous Kubuntu operating system, starting with Kubuntu 12.10.

• — Emulate the Turbo-Duo in Linux. Castlevania, Bonk and Blazing Lazers await.

     (Tuesday, 07 February 2012 11:22)

  Here is a guide for how to get going with Turbo-Duo games on your Ubuntu setup. Finally, play import classics like Rondo of Blood!