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Ubuntu Developer Week is back again, which means five days of action-packed IRC sessions where you learn more about hacking on Ubuntu, developing Ubuntu and how to interact with other projects. More here

The HEC tablet is based on Ubuntu Linux for mobile internet devices (MIDs) with the 2.6.29 kernel and features a 1.1 GHz Intel Atom processor. Other features include 512 MB ram, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, a USB 2.0 connection, and 1-2 GB of onboard storage (expandable to 64 GB). More here

Firefox 3.6.6 with crash protection is now available, and according to Mozilla it “provides uninterrupted browsing for Windows and Linux users when there is a crash in the Adobe Flash, Apple Quicktime or Microsoft Silverlight plugins More here

This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card – I’m using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). More here

Linux Mint 9 KDE RC tester may have noticed that KDE 4.4.5 has hit the ppa repository and is available via mint update. The final release of Mint 9 KDE will have KDE 4.4.5 installed by default, unless a newer version is out. Happy KDEing.