Our world has been shaken by Nokia! Where does Nokia’s abandonment of Open Source leave MeeGo? And what can the average user do to reclaim power over their gadgets!

PLUS – Debian 6.0 is released, and we’ll tell you why it’s more important than ever!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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Episode Show Notes:

Runs Linux:

Qnap Turbo NAS, Runs Linux.
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Android Pick:

Tricorder TR-580
Network Info II
Android Picks so far, thanks to Madjo in the IRC Chat room!

News:

Debian 6.0 “Squeeze” released
Why Debian Matters More Than Ever
MPEG LA begins search for WebM/VP8 patents
Alien Dalvik – Android apps on non-Android phones
Best Buy Will Hold a Pre-sale for the Motorola XOOM Starting February 17th

MeeGo’s Future:

Nokia workers mourn death of Symbian, thousands walk out
Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 concept revealed.
Nokia to developers: no Qt for Windows Phone development
Intel: “We’re Not Blinking on MeeGo”

Nokia to Receive Billions from Microsoft
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop rallies troops in brutally honest ‘burning platform’ memo?
MeeGo Drops Netbooks?

Linux Cell Phone Distros:

Maemo – https://maemo.org/
Hildon – https://live.gnome.org/Hildon
Mer – https://wiki.maemo.org/Mer
MeeGo – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo
OpenMoko – https://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Main_Page
Qtopia / QT Extended – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qtopia
OPIE – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPIE_user_interface
SHR – https://shr-project.org/trac

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This week on, The Linux Action Show!

NVDIA drops support for their open source driver, DOES THIS CHANGE EVERYTHING? Nokia wants input on their next phone, do we have what it takes to make the next iPhone killer? We discuss!

THEN – We give you our action review of Boxee, the coolest media center software you don’t use!

Plus so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!

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This Week’s Links:

NVIDIA Drops Their Open-Source Driver

MeeGo code coming in March, will run on Atom boards and N900

Locale for Android

Nexus One (Extended Use) Feedback

Novell rejects ‘inadequate’ $2B takeover bid from hedge fund

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This week on, The Computer Action Show!

We give you the latest news that you care about! Then we cut through the hype and give you our honest review of Windows 7!

Then – We kick off Part One of our OpenSUSE 11.2 Review EXTRAVAGANZA!

Plus so much more!

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