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Embedded Linux is becoming a big deal in Korea. And China. And Japan. Ubuntu instigator Mark Shuttleworth was one of the four keynote speakers at Linux Poker World Korea this year, and instead of talking about Linux in general or desktop Linux or even Linux on servers, he spoke about embedded Ubuntu, then sat down for a short private conversation with a Samsung vice president about embedded Linux, then flew off to Guangzhou, China, for yet another set of discussions about embedded Linux conference. Fellow keynoter for Linux poker Jim Zemlin, executive director of the linux poker, hitched a ride with Shuttleworth on his private jet; he wanted to hit the Guangzhou conference, too.
Shuttleworth obviously believes emebedded Linux is getting big in Asia -- and wants to make sure Ubuntu is part of this wave -- to the point where he literally flew from the other side of the world, specifically from in Edinburgh, Scotland, to spend less than 18 hours playing poker on his linux machine in Korea before heading off to China.

Google has finally released a long-awaited native Linux application: Google Desktop for Linux. As with the already shipping OS X and Windows versions for Linux Poker, Google Desktop enables Linux users to search for text inside documents, local email messages, their Web history, and their Gmail accounts.
"This first beta version doesn't offer the sidebar and gadgets, which are found in other versions of the application. Those will come later, according to a Google representative, who stated, 'We focused most of our efforts on desktop search. Gadgets and Linux Texas Holdem and Linux Casino sidebar are not supported, but will probably be added in the future...'"

Linux Poker News

I simply love Linux Poker!

Recently, we have found that Linux users can play online poker too. As many Linux users may already have found out, the usual Windows .exe files are not compatible with Linux. However, a few online poker rooms have java based no download poker clients in which Linux can be used to play. The only necessary component is an internet browser that has java installed.

Poker is everywhere nowadays, from television to books to poker rooms popping up in almost every casino -- and of course, you can play poker online. Unfortunately, many of the most popular sites say they require Windows. However, as with most software strings that bind you to a particular proprietary operating system, these bonds are easily cut.
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Looking to improve my game but frustrated by some sites' lack of support for Linux clients, I sent an email to the support for one of the first online gaming sites I tried. The site's support team indicated that their client software would run on Linux under and they even offered some help if I had any difficulty getting it to work. I tried it, and it worked perfectly for me under Wine.

Mac and Linux online poker
Macintosh (Mac) and Linux community used to form a very small part of the poker industry hence very few rooms offered Mac and Linux support. As the community grows more and more poker rooms are developing Mac and Linux compatible software’s. Here I will discuss a few poker rooms that support Linux and Mac and what other utilities you need to install on your computer for them to work properly.

How Linux users can perform ways to play online poker using the free Linux operating system
Playing poker using Linux can be frustration to non advanced Linux users. Because most online poker rooms are Windows based there is a gap for Linux users wanting to play poker on Linux. There are some options for Linux users such as performing dual boots, running Wine, or playing at Java based poker rooms.A lot of Linux users despise running Windows and performing dual boots. A dual boot will allow the Linux user to run Windows temporarily to play at their specified online poker room. Of course, the Linux user will also have to purchase Windows in order to run both operating systems. In any case both Linux and Windows can not be run at the same time. For those that don’t mind running Windows this is a very viable option and allows for the most flexibility in the long run. Performing a dual boot can be found at the page.
Here are some rooms which offer both Mac and Linux support. 1) Full Tilt Poker
2) Party Poker
3) Poker Room
4) Pacific Poker
5) Euro Poker
Except for Full Tilt Poker all other rooms offer no download version of their software.
In case you didn't know, full tilt poker is the only room that provides a dedicated Mac client or software. The software is specially developed for Mac and you don’t need to install any tools like PC emulator for it to work. Just download and play.
Let’s discuss how to play poker using a no download version. Your browser should have Java1.1 or Java Virtual Machine (JVM) installed. If you don’t have it installed you can get the latest version of JVM Mac users can download Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ 2.2.5) from apple

arty Poker released today, which is their latest Mac compatible no download version. Party Poker Anywhere offers a bunch of improvements over NoDownload (the previous beta version) including real money play, faster interface, improved menus, and more features. Party Anywhere is still in beta, which means there’s room for improvement.
Real money cash game play is the biggest improvement that Anywhere has over the previous no download version. For the very first time Mac users can play at Party Poker without the use of PC emulating software. And of course, you can now play party poker anywhere on a Mac, PC, or Linux without having to download the software.
Tested on safari, the real money play works great. It took less then a minute to make a deposit with my Neteller account and have the funds available in my account, and start playing. The games moved smooth and snappy, advanced action buttons worked, and I won my first two hands in a row.
Mac users can either follow the above step or download Safari which is nothing but a web browser from Apple with built in Java support. No need of downloading and installing MRJ 2.2.5 on this browser.
I'm glad I asked. I had not thought of using Wine, and would not have tried it without prompting. It had been several years since I last used Wine, and my previous attempt was met with mixed results.

Linux Online Poker News (February)

Linux poker is available on the internet. The bad news is that only a few poker rooms do support it, and those do so by offering java based no-download versions.The good news is that among the rooms which do feature it you will find some of the absolute best there are, all of which of course provide play both with and without real money.


Poker Room is one of the oldest as well as most reliable poker rooms, having been online and dealing since way back in 1999.While poker overall is seeing great growth they've grown twice as much as the average competitor and are now able to proudly call themselves the 3rd largest in the whole industry.In addition to the usual card games PokerRoom.com have chosen to go a bit old-school and are now providing 5-card draw as well.Tournaments are also in the plentiful including a free World Poker Tour qualifier for new players and additional attempts for as little as $6. Highly recommended.
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Hollywood Poker is quite a new kid on the block but has quickly established itself as a poker room to be taken seriously.Sharing its player base and tables with oldtimer PokerRoom.com means that there is always a multitude of games, limits and opponents available at any time on any day.The Hollywood part of the name is not just a gimmick as the room is endorsed and co-owned by actor gone poker player James Woods as well as World Poker Tour host & commentator Vince Van Patten.The room also boasts over $1 million in guaranteed monthly tournaments. All in all an excellent new choice which seems eager to entertain with various imaginative promotions.
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Pacific Poker is owned and operated by the same company that runs the internet's most popular online casino and having served over 7 million players since 1996 by now they know what it takes to provide an excellent service.The only real disadvantage with Pacific Poker is the fact that you can only play on one table at the same time, something which experienced online poker players may find a bit annoying.Pacific Poker is widely considered to have the easiest opponents of any online poker room.This can be contributed to the many of their casino customers that also decide to try their hands at poker without really knowing how to play

Sorry to hear as that is a big linux poker sample but I've ran bad like that at times too. I actually had a very solid January which unfortunately I don't have a graph but my November and December months were completely awful, probably linux poker worse then that so I felt good about my January turn around. I won like 25 of 30 days I played, and won 25 buyins in the first 7-10 days at NL50 to regain some linuxpoker confidence which I went on coasting at NL100 most of the month and NL200 towards the end of the month. It was definately one of my better months, and the weird thing is everyone keeps talking how the games are drying up but I beg to differ on that as I've ran great ever since poker for linux neteller and other e-wallets went donk down. I never had 2 straight losing days, however, in 2 of my 5 losing days were pretty bad ones for me, one of them was extremely bad, poker for linux but so far I achieved most of my goals and kept from a longterm linux online poker tiltage except for about 2 sessions which weren't extremely poker software for linux operating system damaging compared to many tilts in the past. I feel I made some solid play adjustments and I could make linux online poker the key laydowns that at times when I'm playing bad I'm paying off linux pokr too much, which is very key to overall profitability.Just sit back, and consider what adjustments you can make if any as the linx poker games can change from time to time and hopefully you'll get better focus (and cards) this month.

Land of the Free No More...

Our government is ruining this country - God forbid we spendour hard earned money (that is what money is left after they tax us up to ying yang) on what we want.

Read this article: It makes me sick!

Two former NETELLER executives were detained while traveling separately through the United States yesterday (Jan. 15) in “connection with the creation and operation of an Internet payment services company that facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of illegal gambling proceeds from United States citizens to the owners of various Internet gambling companies located overseas,” according to the U.S. Attorney General’s office of Southern New York.
NETELLER suspended trading its shares on the London Stock Exchange in light of the detention of founding members Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre. Besides owning stock in NETELLER, the two do not hold any positions with the company.
NETELLER is an “e-Wallet” service that allows people to transfer money directly from their bank accounts to other parties. It’s the main service many online poker players and gamblers use to transfer money in and out of their preferred sites.
Here’s the complete release from the U.S. Attorney’s office:“U.S. Charges Two Founders of Payment Services Company with Laundering Billions of Dollars of Internet Gambling Proceeds
Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Mark J. Mershon, the Assistant Director in charge of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced today that Stephen Eric Lawrence and John David Lefebvre were arrested yesterday in connection with the creation and operation of an Internet payment services company that facilitated the transfer of billions of dollars of illegal gambling proceeds from United States citizens to the owners of various Internet gambling companies located overseas.”
NETELLER says it hasn’t received any kind of correspondence from the U.S. government concerning this situation, and although the subject line of this email (sent by a media representative of the AG’s office) says they were charged with money laundering, CardPlayer.com is working on confirming the exact charges.
Lawrence and Lefebvre each own close to 6 percent of the company’s shares. Lawrence resigned as a non-executive director of the company in October; Lefebvre resigned from the same position in December of 2005.
Although Lefebvre and Lawrence do not and never have owned an online gambling site, they join a small club of men who have been arrested and charged by the Federal Government for violating various laws concerning online gambling, particularly money laundering.
Executives with online gambling companies Sportingbet and BetOnSports were arrested and charged with taking bets over the Internet (among other charges) in 2006, but this is the first time people affiliated with an “e-Wallet” have been targeted.
In October, President George W. Bush signed into law the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which is designed to curb online gambling by targeting banks that cooperate with online sites. The Treasury Department is still working out the details on how to enforce this law, and has until summer to do so.
NETELLER is based in the Isle of Man, and neither Lawrence nor Lefebvre is a U.S. citizen.

How Rich is Mozzila?

Finally after much speculation, Mozilla has come clean and disclosed how much money it makes. Depending on how you slice the numbers, Mozilla, which offers its flagship browser for free, may well be making -- wait for it -- 29 cents per download.
Allow me to explain.
Mitchell Baker, the chair of the Mozilla Foundation, recently reported Mozilla's total revenue number. It was a staggering $52.9 million for the 2005 calendar year.
The official tally is some $19 million shy of the $72 millions suggested in early 2006, but it sure does sound like a lot of money for a company that makes a free product.
When you dig into the number as reported to the IRS and break it down on a click-and-download basis, the number takes on very different dimensions.
Baker's official report notes that total revenue, including that for the Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corp., was $52.9 million. In publicly available forms of Mozilla's IRS filings, Mozilla discloses its Foundation revenue as $29.8 million. IRS filings for the Mozilla Corp. are not publicly available.
So let's take a close look at the Mozilla Foundation's numbers, shall we?
According to the IRS filing, Mozilla Foundation pulled in $493,867 in direct public support, which would include "contributions, gifts, grants and similar amounts" for the 2005 calendar year.
During the same period, the Mozilla Foundation reported program service revenue of $28,802,507. Mitchell's comments indicate that the bulk of that revenue comes from search-engine partnerships. Let's just go ahead and call it Google.
Google pays Mozilla an amount for each user that performs a Google search from Firefox. Exactly how much Google pays, we don't know for sure but I'd wager that it's somewhere in the range of 1 cent to 5 cents per click.
So doing some simple math, if Google paid the Mozilla Foundation only 1 cent per click, that means that Firefox users performed at least 2,880,250,700 Google searches.
If Google paid out as much as 5 cents per click, then the number of Firefox Google searches falls to 576,050,140.
Putting that into the bigger Google context, the Firefox click numbers that I'm guesstimating aren't as crazy as you might think.
Considering that Google may have served as many as 2 billion searches per month in 2005 (Comscore for example reported that Google served up some 2.05 billion searches in the month of November 2005), the total number of clicks that Google may have paid for from Firefox isn't too hard to fathom.
Mozilla Foundation's revenue per download
At the end of October 2005, Mozilla Firefox hit the 100 million download milestone. We don't know for certain that the figure represents 100 million unique users or even separate installations. But for calculation's sake for the calendar year of 2005, let's assume that 100 million downloads is a good number for the whole year.
So just for the Mozilla Foundation that would mean that each download was worth approximately 29 cents in 2005.
If Mozilla had gone the same route as its competitor Opera and sold its browser to users, Mozilla's revenues may well have been more if you're just looking at straight numbers.
Until September 2005, Opera sold its non ad-supported browser for $39 a year. If Mozilla had sold Firefox for $39 and if they had 100 million sales (or downloads) that would have pulled in a massive $3.9 billion in revenue.
Obviously you can't do just straight math here, since Opera hasn't come close to the success, downloads or users that Mozilla has, part of that success is likely due to the fact the Mozilla is free.
There is certainly minor fudge factoring in my guesstimates, but one thing is for sure. Mozilla's success, much like Google's, is all about volume. The 2004 revenue figure for Mozilla was a paltry $5.8 million, but that was well before the 100 million download milestone.
The lesson learned here from Mozilla is a simple lesson of lost-leader economics. A lost leader is a concept (sales or economic) that means you give something away for free at a loss (in Mozilla's case for free) with the expectation that it will lead to revenue.
Though you don't often think of a company's flagship product as a lost leader, Mozilla proves that it can work. And in so doing Mozilla has enriched both itself and the Web browser community at large

Welcome to my Linux online poker blog

Hi everyone!

My name is Greg and I've been a Linux enthusiast since I was 13 (and trust me, that is a VERY long time ago). I started playing Texas Holdem on the Internet a few years and enjoy playing online poker 2 or 3 evenings a week. When I first began playing online poker I was forced to use my Windows laptop because I could not figure out how to play poker on my Linux box. I have created this blog to discuss all things Linux & all things poker :)

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