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Submission + - Introducing L2Ork, World's First Linux Laptop Orch

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on Thursday December 03, 2009 @02:33PM

Agram writes: "Who says penguins cannot make music? Take a netbook, wiimotes, nunchuks, and hemispherical speakers (which were once IKEA salad bowls), toss it up with some Ubuntu goodness and what you get is Virginia Tech's L2Ork, World's first Linux-based laptop orchestra. With its affordable design and support from the Linux community L2Ork hopes to bring laptop orchestras to K-12 education and beyond. So, regardless whether you wish to hear how L2Ork might sound or to learn how to build your own Linux-based *Ork infrastructure, perhaps this is a good opportunity to reopen the age-old debate: is Linux finally ready for some serious audio work?"

Submission + - Apple releases a bagfull of security fixes

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on Thursday November 30, 2006 @12:42AM

Agram writes: "This week, Apple has released 31 vulnerability fixes for its OS, although reportedly a number of known flaws remain unaddressed. This release comes as the latest in a long tradition of OS X fixes, some of which pertain to various open-source projects. Earlier this year, akin to Microsoft's past patching faux pas, Apple has released a "fix" whose installation ended-up breaking features otherwise unaffected by the flaw the fix aimed to address. With the growing number of low-level flaws, one has to wonder if the "more secure" argument still stands. Earlier this month, Microsoft has released 6 fixes. Linux (if you need an URL for Linux, you are probably at this site by mistake) does not seem to fare much better either. All this, however, is in stark contrast with the number of exploits in the wild for each of the three platforms. Perhaps, security-wise the OS choice really boils down to a "pick-your-poison x user-base" equation?"

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