* News about Mint
The Mint 6 KDE and Fluxbox Community editions were released
The special Google search in Mint will be tweaked – it is a major source of income and a minor source of irritation so we will do something about it
Twitter for Linux Mint (quick news)
* News about Linux
Sabayon Linux 4.1 “GNOME” edition released
Portable Ubuntu – run Ubuntu as a Windows application (no it’s not Wubi)
Intel Looks To Make Large Contribution To GCC
Intel aims for 2-second boot time with Moblin Linux platform
Bug Tracker Helps Mop Up Linux Kernel
Ubuntu 9.04 due April 23, includes native ARM port
The latest news about the kernel is always found here
* News about Open Source
Hungary Hungry for Open Source
* News about IT
Sentence in the Pirate Bay trial – one year jail term. This is certain to be appealed and end up in the supreme court, so it will take years before it’s closed
According to some sources Sweden would have problems with WTO and similar organisations if the sentence was not guilty (link in Swedish)
When the EU IPRED directive became Swedish law internet traffic was halved (link in Swedish but the diagram is “multilingual” 
Facebook passes 200 million users
Spam E-mails Killing the Environment, McAfee Report Says
Canonical blog – Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market
Will Linux overtake Windows on netbooks?
Teenager Michael “Mikeyy” Mooney fears being sued for creating Twitter worm
Verizon Business 2009 Data Breach Study Finds Significant Rise in Targeted Attacks, Organized Crime Involvement
Patent infringement – Microsoft ordered to pay Uniloc $388 million
Amazon.com Disputes Hacker’s Confession
* Hardware news
The ATI Catalyst driver leaves old cards to use legacy drivers (link for Windows, but it is the same for Linux)
Intel chips get new logos, star treatment
Intel Drops A Load Of G45 Programming Documentation
Intel CEO says PC sales ‘bottomed out‘
* Other news
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