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• Linux 4.0 may have only bug fixes, no new features

  Linux operating system creator Linus Torvalds has proposed that Linux 4.0, an upcoming release of the open-source software, should be dedicated to stability and bug fixing.

• Beginner-friendly Linux distro SolusOS to shut down

  Developer Ikey Doherty announced this week that work on SolusOS, a Debian-based distro aimed at beginning Linux users, would come to a halt.

• Canonical's Saucy Salamander gives Ubuntu some speed

  Canonical continues to make the Ubuntu server edition speedier and more versatile in cloud environments.

• 'Free Unix!': The world-changing proclamation made 30 years ago

  It was 30 years ago today -- which is to say Sept. 27, 1983 -- that the seeds were planted for both Linux and the open source software movement, though neither is called that name by the man who help set both of them into motion, the irascible Richard Stallman.

• IBM hopes to Power cloud, analytics with $1 billion Linux investment

  IBM will invest US$1 billion to promote Linux development over the next five years as it tries to adapt Power mainframes and servers to handle cloud and big data applications in distributed computing environments.

• Canonical looking to tap Dell to promote Chinese version of Ubuntu OS

  Canonical is in talks with Dell on making a version of Ubuntu supported by the Chinese government available as a pre-installed OS on the PC maker's upcoming products destined for the Chinese market.

• Canonical misses smartphone crowdfunding goal by $19 million

  Canonical raised only US$12.8 million of the $32 million it wanted for the production of the Ubuntu-based Edge smartphone.

• Ubuntu Edge smartphone funding levels dying off

  The first heady rush of support for Canonical's crowd-funded Ubuntu Edge smartphone appears to have tapered off, as donations for the eye-catching device have slowed substantially over the past several days.

• In Pictures: Linux for mobile. A visual history

  A look through the history of Linux-based mobile platforms.

• Ubuntu forum defaced, breached by hackers

  A website dedicated to discussion of the Ubuntu Linux distribution was breached on Saturday, with hackers gaining access to encrypted passwords and email addresses.

• Linux Foundation sees broadening role for developers

  Linux developers were once just that, developers. But their role is changing says the Linux Foundation, which is expanding its training options to help them.

• The time is now for 'Open Ethernet'

  In today's data center you need to be able to add services and hardware without compromising network performance, but the flexibility to tune the network to meet business needs is also mandatory.

• Big Switch lowers forecast for OpenDaylight SDN effort

  Citing concerns over technical and market direction, Big Switch Networks has downgraded its participation in the OpenDaylight consortium, a multivendor effort to define an open source SDN framework.

• Open source luminary Atul Chitnis dies of cancer at age 51

  Atul Chitnis, a pioneering technologist and former contributing editor to the landmark Indian IT publication PCQuest, died Monday at the age of 51, following a battle with intestinal cancer.

• Debian wheezes out Version 7

  The latest version of Debian -- Version 7.0, codenamed "Wheezy" -- is now in stable release, bringing with it accessibility enhancements, a new version of the GNOME 3.4 desktop environment and support for multiple hardware architectures.