Linux kernel 2.6.39 RC is available

Just launched the first version 2.6.39 RC of Linux kernel.
Some features: 
Nouveau drivers for Nvidia cards will give a boost of outstanding quality, Exceeding even the proprietary driver performance . More or less the same thing happened and the Ati in the Kernel 2.6.38, yielding 3D quite well but as a user of a HD series 400.

For list of completed new features/changes go to official website.

Linux Training from Linux Experts - FREE

"A little less than a year ago, the Linux Foundation launched a program to provide a variety of training opportunities for Linux professionals. Just a few months later, the Foundation moved the program online, offering web-based sessions of select courses to reach a wider audience. On Tuesday, they took it one step further, announcing the free — as in beer — Linux Training Webinar Series.
The idea behind the Linux Foundation Training Program was to offer job training that would help fill the continuing demand for Linux professionals. The courses would be taught not by professors or lecturers, but by actual Linux developers, including the Foundation's Technical Advisory Board which boasts names like Ted Ts'o, Jonathan Corbet, Alan Cox, and Chris Wright, among others.
The first courses were held on-site at Linux Foundation events, including the inaugural event at the annual Collaboration Summit, as well as independent sessions in various cities and corporate-sponsored training. With the success of the Collaboration Summit sessions, the Foundation branched out, offering the same classes taught by the same faculty, but in a Virtual Classroom setting. The courses — which the Foundation will continue to offer — last from two to five days, and run anywhere from $1,200 (for two days) to $2,750 (for five days).
The new classes, designated the Linux Training Webinar Series, will provide an introduction to the basics of Linux, from tuning and file systems to community interaction. Instructors will continue to include prominent Linux developers, including TAB members. Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin described the program as "connect[ing] developers and users with the rock-stars of Linux...to expand the talent pool for Linux."
A number of courses have already been arranged, beginning with Jon Corbet's How to Work with the Linux community on March 1st. Other sessions will include Linux Performance Tuning with Ted Ts’o, Christoph Hellwig's A Linux Filesystem Overview, James Bottomley presenting An Introduction to Git, and “Btrfs: An Intro and Update from Chris Mason. Registration has already opened for Corbet's course, and those interested in other offerings can sign up to be notified as more information becomes available.
Additionally, the Foundation released its Winter/Spring 2010 course catalog for its Classroom, Virtual Classroom, and On-Site training programs. Developer sessions will include Developing Applications For Linux, Embedded Linux Development, Developing with GIT, Linux Kernel Internals and Debugging, and Developing Linux Device Drivers, with Linux Performance Tuning announced for the administration track.
More information on all of the Linux Foundation's training opportunities is available from training.linuxfoundation.org."

in LinuxJournal

Symbian Opens Up

"Nokia bought Symbian in 2008, and nobody believes that their thoughts were anywhere near Open Source particularly given that just weeks prior, it's Open Source chief declared that when it came to FOSS, the company wasn't "ready to play by the rules." Nevertheless, Open Source was exactly what Nokia had in mind for Symbian, as as of today, the process is complete.
Parts of the Symbian platform have been Open Source for quite some time — portions of the code were Open Sourced shortly after it was donated to the Symbian Foundation, and other portions have slowly been released in the nearly two years since. The complete opening wasn't expected until later this year, but finished ahead of schedule due, said Foundation Executive Director Lee Williams, to "the extraordinary commitment and dedication from our staff and our member companies."
The Symbian Foundation picked the Eclipse Public License as its Open Source variant of choice. According to the Symbian Developer Community site, the EPL was chosen "because it balances our goals of encouraging development of the Symbian platform, builds a contributor community and encourages vigorous commercial competition through innovation on top of the platform." It goes on to specifically address the choice not to use the GPL, saying they "[want] to be absolutely clear" that those using the Symbian platform in devices "will be able to add new features and support new hardware without having to make all of that code open source," excepting certain alterations of the licensed code itself. Some code, however, is available under other Open Source licenses, though examples were not immediately available.
The full Symbian^3 codebase — 108 packages in all — is now available for download from the Symbian developer site, including developer and product development kits."

in Linux Journal

Firefox Mobile 1.0

Firefox Mobile, the mobile browser developed by Mozilla based on the same engine as in the recently released Firefox 3.6, has finally hit version 1.0. The first device who became with this software is the Nokia N900.
Because their long list of features, looks the most complete mobile browser:

• The familiar Awesome Bar;
• Weave Sync for sharing your browser state between your PC and mobile;
• tabbed browsing and Firefox add-ons. 

With the Nokia 900 and Firefox Mobile 1.0, even Flash content including the normal YouTube site is working, showing that a mobile browser does not have to equal a compromised Internet experience.