1202109143 | Does freedom (of software) still exist? | The romantic times are gone, now Linux is mainstream and business-like thinking is gonna kill the fun of it -- and the freedom altogether. | http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008%2F02%2F03%2F01%2F34%2F54-i-don-t-believe-anymore-that-fre | ||||
1202109812 | IBM and Microsoft Share the Same Problem That They Hide | Be aware that both IBM and Microsoft are very heavily vested in ‘buybacks mode’. In fact, MSFT almost dropped below $20 before its buybacks began. Robert Scoble, a Microsoft evangelist at one point, said the stock was “in a freefall” just before those buybacks began. Microsoft was fortunate to have cash reserves. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/04/microsoft-buybacks-bluff/ | ||||
1202134775 | Torvalds: Microsoft is bluffing on patents | "...They have been sued for patents by other people, but I don't think they've -- not that I've gone through any huge amount of law cases -- but I don't think they've generally used patents as a weapon," Torvalds said. "But they're perfectly happy to use anything at all as fear, uncertainty and doubt in the marketplace..." | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/020408-torvalds-microsoft-is-bluffing-on.html | ||||
1202134904 | Debian news: release team, blockers, architectures, schedule | Early March 2008 - Very soft freeze - Please start thinking about the release when uploading new major upstream versions. Only upload to unstable if you are sure that the software will be stable before we release. If you are not convinced, use experimental as staging area. | http://debian-news.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3997 | ||||
1202135026 | CRUX Linux 2.4 on OLPC XO-1 | I’m still working out the kinks, but I managed to put Crux 2.4 on the XO last night, and I have a rudimentary Openbox 3.4.6 session working with the default kernel and wired net access, functional browser, file manager and image viewer, and so forth. | http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/crux-linux-24-on-olpc-xo-1/ | ||||
1202135173 | XO and Asus EeePC: Comparing Size, Keyboards & Screens | I thought that was a grand idea, and now that there is the news that you guys in Australia will soon be able to buy the XO, it's timely. Some of you may be thinking about which one to buy. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080128171935946 | ||||
1202135391 | paldo GNU/Linux 1.13 released3 Feb 2008 | paldo 1.13 has been released with many bug fixes and updates. Enhancements to point out: * GNOME 2.20.3; * OpenOffice 2.3.1 on x86 and x86_64; * Linux 2.6.23.14; * Many smaller package updates; * Russian translation of many packages | http://www.paldo.org/ | ||||
1202135487 | Red Hat Deepens Commitment in Asia-Pacific Region | For the last three years in his role as President of Red Hat KK, Fujita was responsible for Red Hat's expansion in Japan. His vast experience in leading Japanese IT companies will help to fulfill Red Hat's goal of building a stronger partner ecosystem in Japan and around the world. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080203/20080203005017.html?.v=1 | ||||
1202135677 | Egypt joins LPI ranks | Egypt joins a growing number of African LPI affiliates including South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.The LPI also announced this week new affiliates in Pakistan and the United Arab emirates. Egypt joins LPI ranks. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2105 | ||||
1202135852 | GCC 4.2.3 Released | 4.2.3 has been released. GCC 4.2.3 is a bug-fix release, containing fixes for regressions in GCC 4.2.2 relative to previous GCC releases. This release is available from the FTP servers. | http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.2/changes.html | ||||
1202136108 | Linux lovefest wraps up in Melbourne and flies south | As the Linux.conf.au 2008 wrapped up in Melbourne last week it was time to reflect on the highlights of the last few days. What was hot and what was not? | http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/betaliving/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270917 | ||||
1202175696 | Solaris on the desktop | So what does all this say about the prospects of a widespread deployment of Solaris on the desktop in 2008? Things certainly don't look very bright at the moment. Nexenta has changed its focus, while Indiana is nowhere near ready. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080204 | ||||
1202176012 | The list of Microsoft's US *software patents* covering MOOX | US20060271574A1 Exposing embedded data in a computer-generated document; US20060259854A1 Structuring an electronic document for efficient identification and use of document parts; US20060206794A1 Method and apparatus for maintaining relationships between parts in a package... | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-39421/the-list-of-microsoft-s-us-software-patents-covering-ooxml | ||||
1202176154 | LiMo chief talks rivals, Nokia and mobile Linux | Do you think the Trolltech acquisition would lessen Nokia's reliance on Symbian? I would tend to look at it with a slightly broader, more strategic view. | http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/features/0,1000002000,39292607,00.htm | ||||
1202176267 | Eee PC's Linux Easier to Use Than a Mac | In fact, as a long-time Mac OS user I have to admit the Eee PC's Linux is actually easier than using a Mac ... if you don't get too complicated. | http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4232 | ||||
1202178488 | Save Your Computer Before Windows Crashes | How to back up to LIVE CD now so your computer is safe! | http://www.fanaticattack.com/2008/save-your-computer-before-windows-crashes.html | ||||
1202195063 | Myah OS 3.0 Beta 1 is now available | Myah OS 3.0 Beta 1 is now available. This first beta release debuts many long awaited features. Myah OS users now have the ability to Add or Update package right over the Internet. It also includes a Full hard drive installer and a USB live installer. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/23887 | ||||
1202195270 | Linux FUD Pattern: There are no good Linux software titles | Nonetheless, this statement ? as related to the popularity of software titles ? is a highly relative one. OpenOffice and Firefox are wildly popular amongst Linux users. They are bundled with nearly every major distribution and receive a lot of press. | http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/top-10-linux-fud-patterns-part-4/ | ||||
1202195377 | Sambo to Launch Linux-based PC | According to Haansoft, this is the first time a Korean PC brand has launched a Linux-based PC. The PC uses “Asianux Desktop 3” operating system along with applications including Haansoft Office 2008 Linux to be launched next month. | http://www.koreaitdaily.com/ddaily/viewPage.do?sn=100948 | ||||
1202195529 | How to Deploy Linux From the Data Center to the Desktop | Rising demand for IT from government agencies in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu was putting pressure on the state's technology budget. The solution? An enterprisewide shift to Linux from the data center to the desktop. | http://www.cio.com/article/179250/How_to_Deploy_Linux_From_the_Data_Center_to_the_Desktop | ||||
1202195690 | Is NVIDIA Buying AGEIA Good For Linux? | We also hope the future bundling of PhysX IP into NVIDIA's GPUs won't hamper their rumored open-source strategy. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjMxOA | ||||
1202229597 | Reflections on OOXML | It is getting personal. Now Microsoft openly attacks IBM and IBM employees. The accusations against IBM of leading the international effort against office open xml ISO standardization are far from reality. However, the real matter is if that accusation is defamatory for IBM. | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-39604/reflections | ||||
1202229748 | Village School Director Backs Linux | After the Armada Co. won a competition held by Rosobrazovanie to test Linux software in Russian schools, Ponosov received several copies of the Linux operating system. | http://www.kommersant.com/p849277/computers_in_schools/ | ||||
1202229984 | LG Electronics Will Roll Out Ballnux Based Mobile Phone | LG Electronics will be another global mobile phone maker who will roll out a Linux based mobile phone within this year. | http://english.etnews.co.kr/news/detail.html?id=200802050003 | ||||
1202230150 | Pioneer Linux 3.1 Available Now - Pioneer Basic, Stagecoach | Today, Technalign, Inc. has released version 3.1 of its Pioneer Linux distributions: Basic workstation, Stagecoach combined server/workstation and Migration server. All these workstations are powered by the wonderful K desktop environment (KDE) and they can be tested directly from the CD, no installation required. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pioneer-Linux-3-1-Available-Now-77922.shtml | ||||
1202230343 | Junction Networks uses Asterisk to tailor VoIP to customers | Oeth is no stranger to open source. In the early '90s he started Interport Communications, an ISP that eventually became the second largest in New York City. In that business he got "very familiar" with Apache Web servers and a host of open source tools. | http://www.linux.com/feature/125794 | ||||
1202230503 | phpBB3 takes giant strides from predecessor | Computerworld Australia catches up with some key players behind the software: Henry Sudhof, Adam Reyher and Meik Sievertsen. They discuss the development process they use, the latest phpBB release and what they are doing to address the growing wave of spam and security threats. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1937016361;fp;4;fpid;4 | ||||
1202230775 | Q and A with Linus Torvalds | Q: What do you think about the regular hype about the release of a new version of Microsoft Windows or Apple OS X? A: An o/s should never have been something that people (in general) really care about: it should be completely invisible and nobody should give a flying f*** about it except the technical people. | http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/q-and-a-with-linus-torvalds/2008/02/05/1202090403120.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1 | ||||
1202231051 | GNU/something | This article might seem to be not serious, or even a little bit heretical. Well, so be it. I’ll write what I think I should write and what I see as true. Whether is it the same in your case — dear Reader — we’ll see. First of all, let me ask you a basic question: Which operating system do you use? | http://polishlinux.org/gnu/gnusomething/ | ||||
1202231225 | Your Portage tree just got 200MB smaller | Each ebuild in the Portage tree used to come with its own digest file. When you emerged a package, this digest was used to verify that you had the same files the developer did. | http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080204-digest-files-removed.xml | ||||
1202231422 | Know your code, know open source | It used to be there were only a couple of players in town who combed through software code, specifically looking for open source packages and licenses: Black Duck and Palamida. A year ago, we figured there was plenty of room for additional players... | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/04/know-your-code-know-open-source/ | ||||
1202231550 | Just Installed PCLinuxOS for my folks | So far, its a tremendous improvement over the current performance of their Windows XP home edition and they seem to be pleased with it. I'm going to let them run on it for a while to see if they like it. If so, I'll convert the rest of their files, hook up the scanner and the printer. read more @ gresak.com | http://www.gresak.com/2008/02/just-installed-pclinuxos-for-my-folks.html | ||||
1202287236 | [Screenshots] Fedora 9 KDE Live Alpha | With Fedora living on the front-line of Linux technologies, Fedora 9 Sulphur will be shipping with KDE 4.0 as opposed to holding off until KDE 4.1 with Fedora 10. With the release of Fedora 9 Alpha this morning, we've taken both the GNOME and KDE versions for a test spin. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=992&num=1 | ||||
1202287358 | Linux-based wireless handheld platform debuts | Finland-based Navicron has introduced Linux-based hardware and software reference designs for smart wireless devices. Navicron's FusionSoftware stack and Freescale-MX31-based FusionPlatform reference hardware are said to be designed for smartphones, Internet tablets, automotive computers, and machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8449304061.html | ||||
1202287530 | TCS makes Linux DISA compliant | Trusted Computer Solutions has upgraded its Security Blanket security compliance software so that it can make Red Hat Enterprise Linux compliant with the settings defined in the Defense Information Systems Agency?s Security Technical Implementation Guide for that operating system. | http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45781-1.html | ||||
1202287660 | Red Hat Growth Recognized by Forbes Magazine | From an investor's perspective (where future results are key), the list also seems to include those companies that the equity analyst community believes are positioned to deliver double-digit earnings growth well into the future. | http://www.press.redhat.com/2008/02/04/red-hat-growth-recognized-by-forbes-magazine/ | ||||
1202287804 | Elive distro illustrates power, beauty of Enlightenment | The Elive Linux distribution combines beauty with ease of use. Elive is based on Debian and uses Enlightenment as its windows manager, which gives the distribution a Mac OS X look and feel. Elive comes with dozens of easy-to-use desktop applications that just work. | http://www.linux.com/feature/125793 | ||||
1202287945 | SAAS application monitoring company relies on JMeter | For Hayduk, the benefits of open source software outweighed any challenges. "It's free," he says. "It's gotten a lot more mature in the last couple of years, especially the projects that have a large community behind them. And there's greater adaptability, and it is very easy to find people who know how to use it. | http://www.linux.com/feature/125795 | ||||
1202288130 | We have submitted AGPL to OSI | If you follow open source, or at least this blog, you remember the debate around GPL and the ASP loophole. In a nutshell, companies using a trick to avoid returning changes to the code back to the community. | http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2008/02/we-have-submitted-agpl-to-osi.html | ||||
1202306399 | BSD vs. GPL: But Why Are People Fighting? | The BSD and the GPL ‘camps’ can happily live in harmony and they often do indeed. There is a certain hostility, however, between the OpenBSD folks and the FSF/GNU in particular. This raises questions that will be addressed here; but first — a little background. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/04/civitl-wars-in-free-software/ | ||||
1202311636 | Free/Open-source Digital Audio Editors | A digital audio editor is a computer application for audio editing or digital audio manipulation. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/freeopen-source-digital-audio-editors.html | ||||
1202311850 | Free software is cheaper: case study while creating podcast | That’s between $217 and $1,832 to create a 15 minute weekly podcast! .... So with this level of cost, is it any wonder Microsoft feel compelled to bundle so much software for free with their operating system? And is it any wonder I use free software rather than proprietary applications? | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_software_is_cheaper | ||||
1202311964 | Will OpenOffice.org 3.0 be better? | Following on from my piece on whether OpenOffice.org can do the job I have remembered that OpenOffice.org 3.0 is due for release in September. So?with my comments on 2.3 in mind?let?s see whether the new version will address my needs. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/will_ooo_openoffice_org_be_better | ||||
1202312132 | Software: Linux Game: Nexuiz | First, I am not a gamer for any platform (Windows, Linux, Playstation, Wii, Xbox, etc). That wasn't always the case.... | http://www.maysville-linux-users-group.org/article-110-thread-0-0.html | ||||
1202312259 | Distro Review: Wolvix 1.1.0 Hunter | After a long delay due to illness I'm finally back with another review for you. I'm still not feeling too good but I've decided to plough on and I hope to have some more new reviews for you ASAP. This is the 3rd part or my trip through Slackware-based distros and today's candidate is Wolvix 1.1.0 Hunter, I was intrigued.... | http://adventuresinopensource.blogspot.com/2008/02/distro-review-wolvix-110-hunter.html | ||||
1202312411 | Company to open centre of excellence | As a ?professional open source? product, JBoss claims many unique features that contribute to faster application development, more maintainable code and high scalability in comparison to its proprietary rivals. The company asserts that JBoss enterprise applications are more cost-effective than those of competing middleware. | http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/06/stories/2008020650130200.htm | ||||
1202352363 | DreamWorks wins an award for its innovative use of Linux | Behind that effort sits Ed Leonard, chief technology officer at DreamWorks, who has been recognized for his work with an Annie Award for "promoting the Linux open system for animation in animation studios and gaming software development." | http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9865829-16.html | ||||
1202352510 | LA Metro Gets Up to Speed by Deploying Linux | LA Metro deployed Levanta?s Intrepid Linux Data Center Automation appliance to free up existing staff from the manual day-to-day tasks associated with maintenance of Linux servers, allowing them to focus on high-value activities, such as developing new applications and improving user experience. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/496961_p.htm | ||||
1202352616 | Red Bend Software opens up to Linux | Mobile phones, which are becoming more like mini- computers, have one advantage over their bigger, older desktop brethren. Unlike PCs, which are generally driven by a Microsoft operating system, with some hardcore Linux supporters, cell phones are an open playing field. | http://www.telecommagazine.com/newsglobe/article.asp?HH_ID=AR_3932 | ||||
1202352786 | Samsung design-in excites NXP CEO van Houten | The reference phone is based on the NXP Nexperia Cellular System Solution 7210 for 3G, coupled with the Purple Labs Linux suite. | http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/06/43081/samsung-design-in-excites-nxp-ceo-van-houten.htm | ||||
1202372134 | Digital music distribution system gains Linux-based handheld | Logitech subsidiary Slim Devices has announced a major upgrade to its digital music distribution system. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3932976543.html | ||||
1202372259 | Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Old Documents | “You are attempting to open a file type that is blocked by your registry policy setting.”| When a user attempts to open one of these older files, they will receive the above in a dialog box and no alternative actions are given to help users get access to their information in these “blocked” files. | http://www.fanaticattack.com/2008/microsoft-cuts-off-access-to-old-documents.html | ||||
1202372450 | A New User Guide to Linux Communities | Many journalist and technical pundits will have you believe that Linux communities are chock full of nothing but unruly kids that contribute crappy code to a hacked project. This simply isn’t true. Large companies dedicate engineers to Linux development because their business is Linux. | http://linux-blog.org/index.php?%2Farchives%2F247-A-New-User-Guide-to-Linux-Communities.html | ||||
1202372575 | Could Oracle Crash Sun's ZFS Party | Even the proud Linus Torvalds has admitted that something like ZFS is a technology worth having. If Oracle's Btrfs matures to a point where it was comparable to ZFS then it would neutralise one percieved advantage of Solaris of the Linux kernel. | http://g-campbell.blogspot.com/2008/02/could-oracle-crash-suns-zfs-party.html | ||||
1202372942 | Zen Gift of Education | Most of the specialized distros I've played with, tend to be too specialized. They do what they are supposed to, but nothing more. ZenEdu is different in that, in a single CD, the developers have managed to squeeze a good number of educational apps as well as everyday tools. | http://www.packtpub.com/article/zen-gift-of-education | ||||
1202399089 | [MS on OOXML:] "Its a simple matter of commercial interests" | [Microsoft:] "Let's be very clear," [Jean] Paoli said. "It has been fostered by a single company — IBM. If it was not for IBM, it would have been business as usual for this standard." Business as usual for this standard? If he thinks its usual to fast track a 6000 page document... | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/02/its-a-simple-ma.html | ||||
1202399226 | February is a busy month [for OOXML] | The article is currently online here "Charting path of OpenXML." We all had a chuckle because we all saw right through it and one of the attendees said "This isn't an article, its a press release from a vendor!" | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/02/february-is-a-b.html | ||||
1202399364 | Stable Linux Kernel 2.6.22.17 Released | Coming to us from Greg KH and the rest of the -stable folks is a mid-week Linux kernel release. What's new in this one? Quite a few bug-fixes, and all users of 2.6.22 are encouraged to upgrade. | http://pcburn.com/article.php?sid=2520 | ||||
1202399569 | Qld govt develops open source record-keeping CMS | Stronghold is written in [ArtId:1241831333|PHP]] with the primary database being PostgreSQL and uses a Samba module for Active Directory integration and single sign-on, and the FCKEditor for WYSIWYG editing of content. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1990769430&rid=-50 | ||||
1202399850 | Btrfs 0.12, Performance Improvements | Btrfs was first announced in June of 2007, as an alpha-quality filesystem offering checksumming of all files and metadata, extent based file storage, efficient packing of small files, dynamic inode allocation, writable snapshots, object level mirroring and striping, and fast offline filesystem checks, among other features. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Btrfs_0.12_Performance_Improvements | ||||
1202400194 | USB MiniMe 2008 install from Windows | The following tutorial will show you how to easily install PCLinuxOS MiniMe 2008 to a USB flash drive using Windows. | http://www.pendrivelinux.com/2008/02/06/usb-minime-2008-install-from-windows/ | ||||
1202454505 | Citrixsoft strips XenSource of virtualization, open source | Citrix either got completely snowed in the acquisition or, much more likely, it's getting pressure from its bosom-buddy, Microsoft. What it's not getting is much value for its $500 million. | http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9866973-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1202454641 | What happens after the OOXML BRM? | Microsoft tries it with little success. It invests into European interoperability lobbying, sponsors a lot of conferences but thus is forced to spearhead the call for Interoperability ? and "choice". | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-40134/what-happens-after-the-brm | ||||
1202454756 | Two Linux-based WiMax designs debut | Finnish wireless equipment integrator Elektrobit (EB) will showcase two new Linux-based, WiMax-connected product designs at GSMA in Barcelona next week. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6420689639.html | ||||
1202454927 | The future of the 'cloud,' open source, and the OS | Finally, "The Future of the Operating System" looks at how changes in the way that we operate computers and deploy applications is starting to change how we view the operating system, a technology construct that, in important ways, hasn't really changed for decades. Server virtualization is the big driving force behind change here. | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13556_1-9866863-61.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 | ||||
1202455072 | CEO Jim Whitehurst pilots Red Hat into future | Whitehurst: Delta certainly uses some REL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and JBoss, but it's more of a personal interest. I was hacking around with Slackware, one of the early Linuxes that was out there in the '90s, and an early adopter and user of Fedora all the way through when I got the call for joining Red Hat. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/07/CEO-Whitehurst-Red-Hat-future_1.html | ||||
1202455289 | Mobile World Congress preview: The year of Linux | What will certainly be the subject of much interest and debate is the evolution and potential of mobile Linux. There are several industry consortia dedicated to putting open-source software onto handsets and the concept now has the backing it needs to pick up momentum. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39292696,00.htm | ||||
1202475233 | Open source VoIP systems move into SA ISPs | The system is fully redundant and load balanced using tools from the Linux Virtual Server project, so the system has a "Linux jail-like architecture without all the problems of virtual servers". | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1336404060&rid=-50 | ||||
1202475404 | Why can't free software GUIs be empowering instead of CLI | Blender, showing the results of my first go at the Gingerbread man tutorial, and a whopping lot of menus and buttons. This is definitely not a ?luser? interface, it?s designed for power users only | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/why_cant_free_software_guis_be_empowering_instead_limiting | ||||
1202475535 | New consulting company gambles on KOffice demand | Although KOffice has its admirers, in many people's minds, it runs a poor second to OpenOffice.org. However, some European developers expect that situation to change, and to encourage that change, they have created KOfficeSource, a company incorporated in Germany. | http://www.linux.com/feature/125896 | ||||
1202475700 | MySQL's Mårten Mickos on Sun | "We feel like we have joined a giant startup," Mickos gushes, before singling out Jonathan Schwartz's "brilliant" CEO charisma as one of the chief tipping-points: "Who wouldn't want to work for him?" | http://linuxbusinessnews.sys-con.com/read/497444_p.htm | ||||
1202488487 | Virtualization benefits Linux, Unix adoption | Like dinosaurs in their time, the monolithic, commercial operating systems (OSes) have ruled their world for an age. Server virtualization has heralded a new era, however, and OSes as we have known them probably won't thrive in it. | http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid94_gci1297141,00.html | ||||
1202488630 | Hitting Microsoft Where It Hurts | Google already has server-based versions of Google Docs, which duplicate the functions of Microsoft's Office software. However, the Google Apps aren't always as full-featured or heavy-duty as Microsoft's software. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/61556.html | ||||
1202488920 | Vector Linux 5.9 Standard Gold Review | Vector Linux is a really great distribution, and with this release the rough edges have been removed. Its stable, fast, looks good and has an OOBE that is second to none in the arena. It is highly recommended for both newbies and experts alike. | http://simplyjat.blogspot.com/2008/02/vector-linux-59-standard-gold-review.html | ||||
1202489064 | More GNU/Linux distros = more choice | With more than 300 active distributions (distros), Linux is on a roll. Linux distros primarily differ in terms of features since they are built on variants of the same kernel (32-bit/64-bit; with various features of the kernel enabled or disabled). | http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080211/opensource03.shtml | ||||
1202489433 | Microsoft - Stop Open Source Assimilation | Even though IronRuby is under Microsoft's own -Ms-PL open source license, IronRuby is too close to Microsoft and runs this same risk. I'm concerned that again we will have Ruby as most of the world knows it, and then Microsoft's version of Ruby, shunned by those who haven't drunk Redmond's Kool-aid. | http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/24800 | ||||
1202489582 | Linux Air: Hitting the road with the Eee PC | The Eee PC will make life much easier for my wife and me on our trip. It will be far better weight-wise, and infinitely better than not having any PC at all for six weeks. We can save our photos, do internet banking with far less risk than in Net cafes.. | http://blogs.computerworld.com/asus_eee_pc | ||||
1202489764 | Kenya: Software Piracy Costing Government Sh1bn | "Our focus is to intensify enforcement for even greater results," Mr Sigei said. Last year, however the board took legal action on a number of cyber cafe operators within Nairobi, a move that made some outlets adopt Open Source software. | http://allafrica.com/stories/200802070864.html | ||||
1202489890 | gwenview: falling in love all over again | Obviously gwenview is not a replacement for something like digikam or kphotoalbum which have different (though related) use cases, but for quickly skipping through images and tidying them up ... | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/02/gwenview-falling-in-love-all-over-again.html | ||||
1202490054 | Enterprise OS Emerges Above Platform Layer | One of the trends we will definitely see continuing into the new year is that of enterprise customers demanding open source solutions above and beyond the traditional demand for Linux. Linux has made huge headway in the enterprise market with customers increasingly realising the advantages of using Linux as a platform for their solutions. | http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/industryinsight/opensource/vanstaden080207.asp?A=COV&S=Cover&T=Section&O=C | ||||
1202490725 | Top 10 Ubuntu-based Distributions | 10. Mythbuntu; 9. Ubuntu Christian Edition; 8. Protech; 7. nUbuntu; 6. gOS; 5. Freespire; 4. Ubuntu Ultimate Edition; 3. OpenGEU; 2. Fluxbuntu; 1. Linux Mint | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Top-10-Ubuntu-based-Distributions-78211.shtml | ||||
1202547754 | Ubuntu picks KVM over Xen for virtualization | "For the Hardy Heron release, we've really picked up the virtualization ball. Virtualization is making its way into data centers and onto developer workstations everywhere. Even 'regular' users are using it to run Ubuntu on Mac OS X all the time," Hansen said. | http://www.news.com/8301-13580_3-9867657-39.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 | ||||
1202547946 | Can open source and capitalism co-exist? | And that's why FOSS is becoming ever more important not just in technology, but in a whole economy that runs on technology. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS4779678347.html | ||||
1202548086 | Format harmonization getting government help? | The incentive for Microsoft to fully cooperate and fully interoperate should be greater given global antitrust pressures. ODF developers and supporters should take the opportunity to do likewise, thus improving format flexibility and choice. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/08/format-harmonization-getting-government-help/ | ||||
1202548325 | Chip heads drive Linux mobile challenge | But Apple can't afford to be complacent. The iPhone, along with Windows, will soon be under siege from a plethora of Linux-based mobile devices, thanks to those chaps in the chip sector. | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/08/linux_versus_iphone/ | ||||
1202548457 | Aaron Seigo: stupid patents | Future society will look back upon us and cluck their tongue at how stupid we were for having let the patent system encroach upon things such as software on the one hand and become so baroque a system as to be generally lacking usefulness on the other. [well said.] | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/02/stupid-patents.html | ||||
1202548579 | Linux phone stack firm gains new chip partners | Azingo revealed that its Linux-based phone stack will be part of a 3G phone reference design based on Broadcom's dual-ARM-core BCM2153 multimedia baseband system-on-chip (SoC). Azingo also announced that Azingo Mobile will be integrated with a Samsung S3C2442 mobile-device SoC. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9142333059.html | ||||
1202548703 | Stable kernels 2.6.23.15 and 2.6.24.1 | The 2.6.23.15 and 2.6.24.1 stable kernel updates are out. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/24017 | ||||
1202548812 | Myah OS 3.0 Beta 1 [Screenshots] | Hitting the web this week in addition to Fedora 9 Alpha, OpenSuSE 11.0 Alpha 2, and Yellow Dog Linux 6.0 was the first beta release for Myah OS. This is a desktop Linux distribution that is assembled via custom build scripts and its own package management solution. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=995&num=1 | ||||
1202548950 | GoblinX, a Beautiful Brazilian Distro | GoblinX is a Slackware-based Linux distribution directed towards desktop users and features a highly customized desktop. Acccording to Distrowatch, the primary goal of GoblinX is to create a more pleasant and functional desktop, standardizing all icons and themes to make it easy for novice users to learn about available applications. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/goblinx-beautiful-brazilian-distro.html | ||||
1202549113 | The truth about Microsoft Office compatibility | ...they do this not because they want to advance the state of the art in Office document models, but rather because they have to bring the two-decade worth of legacy and bugged if not broken features into the future. | http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/02/truth-about-microsoft-office.html | ||||
1202550577 | Eliminating the 'Software Tax' | So, imagine receiving and opening a document, having the ability to read and edit that document, all from a program different from that in which it was created. Now imagine being able to send that document to anyone in the world. That is the goal of the OpenDocument Format (ODF). | http://opensource.sys-con.com/read/498422_p.htm | ||||
1202550754 | Reviving OS/2's best in the Linux desktop | Of course, many of you are asking, "SOM, What's the heck is SOM?" I'll tell you. It's a CORBA object-oriented shared library. Those of you who aren't programmers are doubtlessly staring cross-eyed at the screen right about now. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7822082064.html | ||||
1202550931 | Open source rising | Apache, the world?s numero uno Web server, is going strong. As per Netcraft?s December 2007 survey, Apache has close to 50% of the market with Microsoft?s IIS coming second with almost 36%. | http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080211/edit01.shtml | ||||
1202551074 | Novell's .Net moment | Novell has struggled to compete in the open-source world. Combining with Microsoft hasn't helped. So why not, as Dave suggests, link up with Microsoft's .Net code to build an ecosystem around it that would complement Microsoft's own efforts to do so? | http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9867460-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1202551190 | GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/08 | This week on our GPL v3 database, another 50 new GPL v3 projects have been added, bringing our total to 1674 GPL v3 projects. | http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl-project-watch-list-for-week-of-0208.html | ||||
1202551356 | Live From SoCal Linux Expo: More Substance Than Style | What Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds had in mind when they started the free software movement was the idea that software is a tool, not a product. It exists to help us learn and discover more about the world around us, and then to share that knowledge with everyone else. Someone ought to teach that to Steve Jobs. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/61608.html | ||||
1202574135 | Tech, G.P.: Linux experiment is going my way | She tried it on her own, with a little coaching, and found it seemed she could do what she wanted to. She'd give it a try and see what happened. | http://www.thedailystar.com/lifestyles/local_story_040041538.html | ||||
1202574241 | XO As A Tool To Preserve Language/Culture | The first dialect to be setup for use on the XO is Limbu. This is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by more than 300,000 people in eastern Nepal as well as parts of Myanmar, Bhutan and India. | http://olpcnepal.blogspot.com/2007/03/xo-as-tool-to-preserve-languageculture.html | ||||
1202574374 | A life without Windows is nice. | Well, back to my studies. Thanks to Linux, I've not had to update a virus program or had to worry about any of that stuff that used to cause slow downs and headaches when I ran Windows. Ahh, the bliss and freedom of open source software. | http://lexlocilinux.blogspot.com/2008/02/life-without-windows-is-nice.html | ||||
1202574494 | Windows Still Isn't Linux | It's ironic how there are so many users who cling to Microsoft Windows and then proudly tout that the first thing they do is run out and load up on free or open source applications. Every year, we see lists of "best free apps" or "essential apps" for Windows | http://goodcomputing.blogspot.com/2008/02/windows-still-isnt-linux.html | ||||
1202574593 | TOPCASED: System development using Open Source | Led by aircraft manufacturer Airbus, several companies located in the French Aerospace Valley close to Toulouse have, therefore, formed a consortium and initiated the TOPCASED Open Source project to create the necessary system development tools. TOPCASED is an acronym for Toolkit in Open source for Critical Applications & Systems Development. | http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/TOPCASED-System-development-using-Open-Source--/features/110028 | ||||
1202574705 | Open source seeks sponsors | The conference will take place from 16 to 20 March in Dakar, Senegal, and is expected to feature FOSSFA patron and SA's minister of public service and administration, Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi. | http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2008/0802081044.asp?O=FPTOP&S=Open%20Source&A=LIN | ||||
1202574861 | Gen Kanai, “Open Source in Asia” at Lift 08 | Historically open source is changed from individual (mid 1990), late 1990 big community such as KLDP, mid 2000 by bloggers, small communities. In late 2000, it will be open source business, strong communities and full time open source developers! | http://www.mozilla.or.kr/zine/?p=861 | ||||
1202622289 | GNU and FSF News for February 2008 | Did the Free Software Foundation meet their 2007 pledge drive goal? Will DefectiveByDesign try to stamp out DRM at the Boston Public Library? Does Stallman like the OLPC Project enough to replace his thinkpad with an XO? Will the SAMBA team finally get to see Microsoft's top-secret networking protocols? | http://www.advogato.org/article/959.html | ||||
1202622401 | Linux Expo can help you build a business | The focus of the two-day show at the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel will be on the Linux operating system - made to work like the mainframe stalwart Unix but now available for servers and desktop computers of all kinds. But a big part of the SCALE 6X show will be how companies like Google, Ticketmaster and Shopzilla use free, open-source s/w... | http://www.dailybreeze.com/business/ci_8210027 | ||||
1202622508 | John Lilly, Mozilla CEO video interview on GigaOM | The GigaOM Show had Mozilla Corporation’s CEO, John Lilly as its guest for Episode 28. John talks about the CEO transition, Firefox 3, Mozilla income, growth, the IPO theory and Thunderbird. | http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/02/john-lilly-mozilla-ceo-video-interview-on-gigaom/ | ||||
1202622629 | LCA: Bringing X into a two-handed world | MPX extends X through the creation of the concept of "master" and "slave" devices. Master devices are those which generate events seen by MPX-aware clients; they are virtual devices which can be created and destroyed by the user at will. | http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/267672/09f9237296a3b81c/ | ||||
1202622738 | Open Source Frees Up Business Intelligence | Synonymous with these trends, the Business Intelligence (BI) software market has seen the launch of several new open source projects related to reporting and data warehousing. | http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3726621 | ||||
1202649955 | Microsoft's Last Big Beat: Internet Domination or Death | What can $44.6B USD mean? Well, for Microsoft (MSFT) it may mean the cost of survival. | http://seekingalpha.com/article/63876-microsoft-s-last-big-beat-internet-domination-or-death?source=yahoo | ||||
1202650052 | 10 days in linux | Always use envy to install your drivers. For whatever reason, the default restricted installer doesn?t install a very good driver. | http://meg-tech.com/?p=62 | ||||
1202650127 | OpenSolaris Ships RadeonHD Driver | Since last September when AMD's new open-source strategy was unveiled, their xf86-video-radeonhd driver and NDA-free documentation efforts have largely been to improve its Linux customer base. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=996&num=1 | ||||
1202650241 | Hollywood, Linux, and CinePaint at FOSDEM 2008 | At first, studios had no choice but to develop Linux applications in house. The film industry has millions of lines of Linux code, both desktop applications and server pipelines. Studio Linux programmers write code in C++, Python, Perl, and Java. | http://linuxgazette.net/147/rowe.html | ||||
1202650455 | Openness to conflicting ideas urged | A refusal to compromise or to accept mediocrity is a sign of an integrative thinker and leader. This also accounts for the success of Young, the billionaire entrepreneur who turned a tiny company called Red Hat into the leading purveyor of open-source Linux software. | http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-books10feb10,1,3285899.story?ctrack=2&cset=true | ||||
1202717232 | Open Source conference in India | Bangalore: The two-day Bangalore leg of Open Source India Week (OSIW) starts on February 11 at the Indian Institute of Science. The event, featuring Linux and other Open Source platforms and applications, will also include Techzone, which will have workshops and technical sessions... | http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/10/stories/2008021055390500.htm | ||||
1202717331 | KDE 4.0.1 added to Portage tree | KDE 4.0.1 recently joined the Portage tree, thanks to Gentoo's KDE team. | http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080210-kde-4.0.1.xml | ||||
1202717600 | Software Patent Issues with OOXML (DIS 29500) | If there are issues with GPL implementations then there are IP issues with OOXML. Microsoft implicitly concedes there are issues with GPL implementations. | http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/ip-issues-with-ooxml-dis-29500/ | ||||
1202717737 | Linux, we have a PR need | So what is the state of play with open source? It was revealed only last week that 15 percent of industry giant Google's active code base is the open source language Python. And according to a recent report, the US Army is working towards moving all of its networks over to Linux. | http://www.itnews.com.au/Feature/4203,linux-we-have-a-pr-problem.aspx | ||||
1202717886 | Marble's Secrets Part II - Walking In The Shoes Of Slartibar | Why Marble is the perfect choice for Asus EeePC, OLPC & Co and some Embedded Devices ... | http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3272 | ||||
1202718011 | Linux 2.6.25-rc1 Released | Ok, it's a bloody large -rc (as was 24-rc1, for that matter), probably because the 2.6.24 release cycle dragged out, so people had a lot of things pending. The full diff is something like 11MB and 1.4M lines of diffs, with the bulk of the stuff being in architecture updates and drivers. | http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/10/327 | ||||
1202718150 | Winner takes all in open source: The MySQL example | The numbers speak for themselves, with 60 percent of the 35,000-strong Alfresco community running MySQL. | http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9868833-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1202718312 | GoHello debuts at Mobile World Congress | Meanwhile, Linux-based phones will be on show by the LiMo Foundation and Red Bend software. The LiMo Platform, unveiled at the beginning of February, is said to be the first globally competitive, Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets. | http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2209296/gohello-debuts-mobile-world | ||||
1202718420 | economy computing with GNU/Linux | $63 and a week later I had a nice four year old Sun LCD in good condition, plugged it in to the linux machine, and there it was, super sharp. So sharp in fact that when Judi first saw it she asked me why I was setting up the imac in the shed. | http://knowledgegeek.blogspot.com/2008/02/economy-computing.html | ||||
1202718528 | New Red Hat boss defines company's future | "He's an operator," says Raven Zachary, an analyst with the 451 Group. "It's tough to run an airline. Even though there have been lots of critiques of the airlines, the reality is that he understands complex issues related to operations." | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1290022236&rid=-50 | ||||
1202739979 | OSFI raises objections to ASSCOHAM's stance on OOXML | An industry body is expected to listen to all sides of a debate before arriving at a conclusion and we are disappointed that a respected body like ASSOCHAM, which has temendous credibility among policy makers has not followed this process. | http://osindia.blogspot.com/2008/02/osfi-raises-objections-to-asscohams.html | ||||
1202740132 | Subject: OpenOffice.org on OLPC | I'm amazed -- it works. I installed OOo to a USB stick and ran it from the terminal on the OLPC. It couldn't find a Java runtime, so I installed the Java SDK and set my $PATH variable properly. It appears to work like a champ. I loaded a 5MB word processing document with images, and it's fairly responsive. I'm very amazed/impressed. | http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/odf-adoption/200802/msg00002.html | ||||
1202740247 | OOoCon in China? | The appearance of Beijing is particularly interesting, because it's still not really clear how well open source is doing in China. Maybe this is a hint that there's more interest than you might think. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/02/ooocon-in-china.html | ||||
1202740363 | MWC - Razr, others designated LiMo Linux phones | The LiMo Foundation plans to announce 18 phones based on its platform, including some that are already on the market, on Monday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021108-mwc-razr-others-designated-limo.html | ||||
1202740481 | Orange Joins LiMo Foundation to Mobilise Linux Industry | Orange today announced its entrance to the LiMo Foundation, a landmark move that marks a new era for mobile Linux, fostering unprecedented industry collaboration and a new future of exciting mobile services for customers. | http://media.netpr.pl/notatka_93336.html | ||||
1202740602 | LiMo Gains Steam as Mobile Linux of Choice | Several more members of the mobile Linux LiPS Forum are switching allegiance to the LiMo Foundation, this time including board and executive committee members, indicating that LiPS is losing steam. | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/11/AR2008021100137.html | ||||
1202740817 | On what Helio has learnt: Open Source is the General Trend! | Helio has absorbed the idea of open source platform application, which has been activated and widely used in the United States, for WDP 2.0 project. Unix, SunOne, WebLogic, Commercial BPM Solution, all which was WDP 1.0 system-based, have been changed to open source based platforms... | http://www.zdnet.co.kr/etc/eyeon/enterprise/0,39036961,39165784,00.htm | ||||
1202740921 | Linux stack vendor folds in browser engine, phone features | Trolltech announced it was proceeding with integrating the Webkit rendering engine into its Qt application framework for Linux desktop and mobile application development. The Finnish firm also announced version 4.3 of Qtopia Phone Edition (QPE), adding faster start-up and touchscreen support. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4151342003.html | ||||
1202741213 | Perens: 'Badgeware' threat to open source's next decade | Perens said the growth in licenses, especially the emergence of "badgeware", or attribution licenses used by numerous open source companies, such as last year's Common Public Attribution License (CPAL), is dangerous. Today, we have 68 licenses ranging from the well-known GNU General Public License(GPL) | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/11/open_source_at_ten/ | ||||
1202741495 | Alfresco's Open Source Barometer | Overall, OpenOffice.org chalks up a very respectable 24% to Microsoft Office's 66%. This is a much higher penetration than I would have guessed for open source on the desktop, and suggests that among those adopting open source programs OpenOffice.org is doing really well – pretty much at the Firefox level of success. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=475&blogid=14 | ||||
1202741646 | Yellow Dog Linux Shipping With Yellow Dog PS3s | Terra Soft's Yellow Dog Linux is already a favourite with the type of people who like to mess around with their PS3. Now, it's been made available to people who aren't so keen to mess around with their PS3. | http://kotaku.com/354771/yellow-dog-linux-shipping-with-ps3 | ||||
1202786116 | Navicron predicts greater Linux adoption in mobile devices | "It is our view that when evaluating prospects for the growth of Linux, the compelling benefits of open-source software can not be ignored," said Matt Kattilakoski, chairman of Navicron's board of directors. | http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2008/02/11/daily1.html?ana=from_rss | ||||
1202786437 | OOXML: disquiet across the Tasman | "My personal view is that for a company with Microsoft's seemingly endless resources this is a very cynical ploy. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16571/1148/1/0/ | ||||
1202786554 | Leading Hospital Relies on Red Hat Solutions | Red Hat Enterprise Linux now runs on 40 BIDMC servers, 11 of which are installed in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Cluster that hosts Intersystems Cache and the hospital's proprietary Triple A applications, those that are most mission-critical for patients. | http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/393977.html | ||||
1202789155 | A Deluge of Facts KOs OOXML (Office Open XML) | ECMA, a RIAA-like industry group dedicated to advancing its members? interests, published its responses to comments of the ISO National Bodies in response to Microsoft?s Office Open XML application for ISO standardization. | http://www.fanaticattack.com/2008/a-deluge-of-facts-kos-ooxml-office-open-xml.html | ||||
1202799701 | DFAT rolls out Linux-based management appliances | The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has started deploying Linux-based Opengear console servers to remotely monitor and manage its international locations, including Australian Embassies, Consulates, High Commissions and territories. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;336038093 | ||||
1202799931 | SCO Group lays off 30 workers | Lindon company cuts 26 percent of work force | http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/254823/18/ | ||||
1202800042 | Freescale Provides Integrated Linux BSP on Cellular Products | Freescale is now offering support for the Linux operating system on its cellular products. Freescale's Linux cellular platform is capable of supporting any Linux Application Framework, whether it is an industry standard or an OEM?s proprietary solution. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/mobile/16117/freescale-provides-integrated-linux-bsp-cellular-products | ||||
1202831778 | Sri Lanka to introduce one laptop per child-2000000 Linuxes! | Two-million primary school children are to be provided with US$ 100-worth laptops under a farsighted initiative. | http://www.sundaytimes.lk/080210/FinancialTimes/ft310.html | ||||
1202832005 | Everex Zonbu Notebook [Review] | The Zonbu PC, a $99 miniature desktop that debuted earlier this year, generated some excitement among those with shallow pockets—at least until they saw the fine print. You have to pay the two-year subscription plan (ranging anywhere from $12.95 to $19.95 per month) up front before you can call the desktop your own. | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2259191,00.asp | ||||
1202832123 | Eight Distros a Week: Debian 4.0 | I run Debian on all my Macintosh PowerPC machines for two basic reasons. First, because it works flawlessly on the hardware, and secondly — and probably more importantly — while Debian developers seem to be on top of just about every possible personal-computing architecture on this planet | http://larrythefreesoftwareguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/eight-distros-a-week-debian-40-2/ | ||||
1202832288 | SAM GNU/Linux Desktop shows promise | SAM Linux Desktop, an Xfce-fronted distribution based on PCLinuxOS, aims to be a complete and modern desktop operating system. Though it has problems that need to be worked out before it will match the competition, it offers an easy install, a 3-D desktop environment, and a flurry of programs to suit your needs. | http://www.linux.com/feature/126415 | ||||
1202832405 | [KDE/GNU/Linux:] Fetch, Nepomuk, fetch! | I blogged about the virtual folders idea for KMail which will be realized through Nepomuk. But before that there is the "simple" desktop search. We know it from systems like Beagle or Strigi. With Nepomuk, however, a lot more is possible. We are just getting started. | http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3274 | ||||
1202832647 | The World Watches As OSIW Kicks Off In Bengaluru! | India's premier event on Linux and Open Source -- Open Source India Week 2008 (OSIW) -- has just got under way, with the stage set and the big shots of the open source world in at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. | http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/24663/news.htm | ||||
1202832740 | Innova Card: Linux powered PCI-PED certified single-chip POS | Innova Card announces that Card Access Services has obtained PCI-PED approval for its USIP based CASPAD C200 EFTPOS running Linux operating system. | http://www.embedded-control-europe.com/prodnews?cat=1&pid=1342 | ||||
1202832859 | Free software is social software | Free software is a viable option for almost any type of organisation, and it has many advantages that have been extensively exposed elsewhere. In the case of NGOs, all these advantages apply, but a few more factors support the use of free software. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/ngo_and_free_software | ||||
1202833054 | Linux Got Game: Alien Arena 2007 Review | I find the game very addictive, although I’m a "below average" gamer. I always get smoked in single player game even in easy mode. Maybe they gave those bots too much AI (hehe). Anyway, I also tried multiplaying over the network and I got eaten alive. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/linux-got-game-alien-arena-2007-review.html | ||||
1202883018 | Becta blocking modernisation of school's ICT | In a report published today Becta, the government agency responsible for advising schools on technology, has been accused of blocking schools from meeting their carbon emissions targets and limiting choice in the procurement of ICT solutions. | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/news/becta-blocking-modernisation-of-schools-ict.html | ||||
1202883154 | Linpus Launches Its Unique Dual-Mode User Interface Linux | Linpus Technologies will be demonstrating its brand new Linux operating system, Linpus Linux Lite, designed to empower the next billion PC customers. Linpus Linux Lite has a unique dual-mode user interface making it an easy way to start enjoying the opportunity of information. | http://linux.sys-con.com/read/500004_p.htm | ||||
1202883274 | Ministry of Justice updates open-source policy | The Ministry of Justice has added an extra policy covering total cost of ownership to its Open Source Adoption Paper, a paper described by New Zealand Open Source society President Don Christie as “groundbreaking”. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/3E60DD1CD8CBB9BFCC2573E9000C0F12 | ||||
1202883471 | Presens partners with Red Hat | Presens Technologies is the newest "Advanced Business Partner" to Red Hat, and will provide software, hardware and application services using Red Hat's open-source platforms to clients, according to an announcement. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/080212/1590159.html?.v=1http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/080212/1590159.html?.v=1 | ||||
1202883611 | Burton Group = Microsoft Mouthpiece | Guy, excuse me, did you say "conflicts of interest"? Please explain. Or maybe when Peter O'Kelly comes back from speaking at Microsoft's Office Developers Conference he can explain it for us? | http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/02/punct-contrapunct.html | ||||
1202883740 | Linux phone stack firm releases dev suite, touts handset win | Access has released a suite of development tools and launched an online resource for mobile phone developers. Designed for its Access Linux Platform (ALP), the ALP Development Suite has already been used to develop applications for a new ALP-based phone to be manufactured by Samsung for the Orange mobile network, Access said. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5795116707.html | ||||
1202883840 | Dual, quad-core MIPS64 SoCs boast Linux SDKs | Fabless networking semiconductor vendor Cavium announced faster Linux-compatible Octeon processors for entry- to mid-level networking, wireless base stations, and storage services applications. The Octeon Plus CN52XX MIPS64 family can provide up to 4Gbps of network throughput at under 10 Watts, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9551506276.html | ||||
1202883934 | Debian & APT - Why I love it | I don?t want to say its the best, but I?ve been using Debian, Ubuntu and other APT based Linuxes for years now. Ubuntu on desktop PC?s and Debian on Servers (only because I have a few servers already on Debian and keeping all identical is worth doing). I don?t run GUI?s on my servers. | http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/danj/2008/02/12/debian-apt-why-i-love-it/ | ||||
1202884046 | GNU's upcoming 25-year anniversary | Bruce Perens' 10 year look back at the "Open Source" marketing campaign reminded me of another anniversary coming up. On September 27th, it'll be the 25-year anniversary of the GNU project's announcement, and thus, of the free software movement. That's a biggie. What to do? | http://fsfe.org/en/fellows/ciaran/ciaran_s_free_software_notes/gnu_s_upcoming_25_year_anniversary | ||||
1202885709 | Motorola produces a Linux-based slider with an open platform | But the real standout feature of this device is that it runs on Motorola's mobile Linux platform, Motomagx. | http://www.betanews.com/article/Motorola_produces_a_Linuxbased_slider_with_an_open_platform/1202762519 | ||||
1202885844 | From counterculture flag to corporate gold star | According to David Christian, when a client's operating system platform is to change from Windows to Linux, one of the main issues that concern them is whether their staffs have the ability to support Linux. However, surprisingly, he finds that many are already familiar with Linux. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021208-linux-culture.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1202885992 | BenQ to launch Linux ultramobile device in Q2 | BenQ's MID sports a Linux operating system, but the company tweaked the user interface to work more closely with its functions. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless&articleId=9062221&taxonomyId=15&intsrc=kc_top | ||||
1202886158 | Open source on campus: The Stanford Open Source Lab | Over the last few months, open source has gained momentum at Stanford University in the form of the Stanford Open Source Lab. Inspired by groups like the Free Software Foundation, Oregon State University?s Open Source Lab, Drupal, Openflows Community Technology Lab, and MIT?s Open Course Ware.. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/02/12/open-source-on-campus-the-stanford-open-source-lab/ | ||||
1202900740 | There can be only one [document standard] | I will concentrate on one single, central issue, instead of starting a multi-threaded discussion. There cannot be two International Standards. | http://www.piana.eu/?q=en/disposition_comments_2 | ||||
1202900871 | Stalking the Internet Operating System | Competing with Android, Google’s Linux-based, open operating system for mobile devices, has become another Microsoft priority. The opportunity to sell ads and deliver applications on mobile devices will grow exponentially, and Google is poised to move into the market in a big way | http://seekingalpha.com/article/64362-stalking-the-internet-operating-system?source=yahoo | ||||
1202900977 | VARs Partner To Deliver Open Source Tech To Government Agenc | "We're a master government aggregator," said Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft, Reston, Va. "We represent Red Hat, and have built a government practice around open source. There is a lot of inertia now for government agencies to look at open source. It can be very cost effective..." | http://www.crn.com/government/206501272 | ||||
1202901301 | Ixonos launches linux-based open source platform | Ixonos has developed a software platform for the development of smartphones and mobile computers. The platform is based on Linux operating system and open source tools and components. | http://www.swbusiness.fi/portal/news/news_from_software_business_cluster/corporate_news/?id=21359 | ||||
1202901422 | ‘I am ashamed to use proprietary software’ | Krishnakant Mane says that the freedom and flexibility provided by open source software enables him to work with a variety of interfaces and is integral to his work at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. | http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/12/stories/2008021261010400.htm | ||||
1202901580 | Small Linux distros: Puppy, SLAX and DSL | Each of the described systems is almost perfect but only in particular aspects. The authors of those systems had different goals and we should remember this when choosing one of them for personal use. | http://polishlinux.org/livecd/small-linux-distros-puppy-slax-and-dsl/ | ||||
1202901683 | Open for the Future | Besides the issue of cost, the increasing scope and complexity of military software requirements encourages the use of open source. "If the project is of a sufficient scale, you cannot get there without an open source approach," said Dewey Houck, a senior engineer at Boeing, the lead systems integrator for the Army's FCS. | http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=2326 | ||||
1202901793 | The little laptop that could -- do just about anything | Many people are, apparently. The Taiwan company reportedly exceeded expectations in the past quarter, shipping 350,000 Eees out the door. When more people get them, they'll lose that cool factor. I don't care a whit about that. Just don't take away my Eee. | http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/business/story.html?id=a329f567-c3e4-4318-a0ef-c39b58d7e513 | ||||
1202901908 | Why Linux? | Since I need to learn something new, I might as well learn Linux! Someone in Microsoft must be a Linux spy, they made the new Vista + Office 2007 to up the obstacles of upgrading from XP, and migrating to Linux looks more viable than ever. | http://sglinux.blogspot.com/2008/02/why-linux-part-i.html | ||||
1202902019 | Why I use GNU/Linux | Everybody knows that I believe in free software, the recent flamewar on my post about the Desktop espoused that clearly. With this post however, I wish to answer another factor - the apparent belief that GNU/linux doesn?t ?work?. | http://silentcoder.co.za/silentcoder/components/com_jd-wp/?p=283 | ||||
1202902144 | Interview: Harald Sitter about Amarok and KDE 4 | On the other hand, to be honest, I think about something that most would not even have in their minds when laborating this question: Oxygen. Only Oxygen makes KDE 4 what it is: A seamlessly beautiful system with a uniform, and very edgy look and feel. | http://www.kubuntu-de.org/english/interview-harald-sitter-about-amarok-and-kde-4 | ||||
1202902365 | Linux Kernel space: Ticket spinlocks | Spinlocks are Linux's simplest mechanism for preventing two threads from changing the same data. A new kernel feature increases the fairness of spinlocks on SMP systems, preventing one thread from being "starved" of access. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021208-kernel.html | ||||
1202902541 | Dell Promotes Linux on the Desktop | Want to know why Dell is offering Linux on desktops and laptops for home and small business? They've made a video. | http://www.montanalinux.org/dell-does-linux.html | ||||
1202947372 | New Phoenix BIOS will run Linux apps when Windows fails | The basic concept is that an embedded Linux OS will accompany the core system firmware or BIOS, allowing instant-on applications to be run from it at any time. | http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Phoenix_BIOS_will_run_Linux_apps_when_Windows_fails/1202928412 | ||||
1202947568 | Farmer gives low-cost laptop a proper field test | FROM his hot, dusty, locust-plagued property in the NSW outback, a software engineer who goes by the name Quozl is doing his bit to help educate 1.5 billion of the world's poorest children. | http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/farmer-gives-lowcost-laptop-a-proper-field-test/2008/02/11/1202578700580.html | ||||
1202947882 | Obsidian signs deal to offer Ubuntu training | South African Linux and open source specialists, Obsidian, will from March be offering official training for the Ubuntu Certified Professional programme. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2138 | ||||
1202948023 | Decurion Corporation Migrates Ticket Sales Website to Linux | Since implementing JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Global File System for Decurion’s ArcLight Cinemas website, the company has experienced enhanced support and increased performance, scalability and cost-effectiveness. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080213/20080213005802.html?.v=1 | ||||
1202948173 | The Expanding Role of Open Source in the Data Center | Many companies are using Linux, Apache and other open source software to power Web and file servers, but when it comes to managing the data center, most have held back. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/61636.html | ||||
1202948259 | Rare Jon 'maddog' Hall video interview - and an even rarer m | He's a popular guy, that maddog. And with good reason. It's a little surprising that there is nary a video of him speaking to be seen anywhere on the Web. So here you go, video-lovers and maddog fans. These videos are for you. | http://www.linux.com/feature/126961 | ||||
1202962266 | Red Hat aims to make JBoss an enterprise player | Red Hat on Wednesday put some muscle behind its intention to make its JBoss middleware as ubiquitous in the enterprise as its Linux software, committing new sales, marketing and technical resources to accelerating the adoption of JBoss among the largest corporations. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021308-red-hat-aims-to-make.html | ||||
1202962428 | ?2 scheme for teachers and students for StarOffice | Maltese students and teachers can purchase StarOffice applications software for a once-only payment of ?2. | http://www.maltamedia.com/artman2/publish/financial/article_5033.shtml | ||||
1202962539 | Google updates Android software development kit | Google released an update to the SDK (software development kit) for Android, its mobile-phone operating system. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021308-google-updates-android-software-development.html | ||||
1202962677 | Your next phone could run Linux | Since Android has been demo’d running live on processors and chipsets from TI and Qualcomm, the platform is technically ready for manufacturers to develop and prototype the solution. We can expect some Android devices at next year’s MWC. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2139 | ||||
1202962806 | Ohm Sweet Ohm: Outgoing Linux Australia president's home | "I've always been modifying things, never treating electronics as a sealed box but rather something that can be twisted to my devious ends." | http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;396147352;fp;2;fpid;1 | ||||
1202975494 | Richard Stallman scared of Russia | But these "foreign Russians" usually get pretty paranoid about their "former motherland" calling it a dictatorship daily (perhaps as an excuse for their departure). | http://webplanet.ru/english/2008/02/12/stallman_scared_en.html | ||||
1202975584 | Open source converter answers standards needs | The software is a web application which takes word processor files, such as Microsoft's .doc, and converts them to Open Document Format and HTML | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/739B88C27E3C7A7DCC2573E9000C39EC | ||||
1202975750 | Specsavers opts for open source to control systems access | Specsavers has completed a three-month project to scale up and roll out its user access-control capability across six countries, as it gears up for further expansion beyond the UK. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/hardware-networks/news/index.cfm?newsid=7475 | ||||
1202975852 | Linux News Readers - A call from the dark ages | Contrary to popular belief, Usenet is not dead. It's not a dying technology, nor is it an old school technology that is going the way of classic services such as Kermit and Zmodem. Usenet is one of the biggest information sharing and collaborative tools out there in the world, spanning the entire globe | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=377 | ||||
1202975986 | BitRock: Application Installation in a Networked World | Both dominant commercial distributions, Solaris and Linux. Even better, the Linux support is not limited to the dominant commercial distributions, in Red Hat and SuSE, but is inclusive of Debian, Ubuntu and other commercial and non-commercial variants. | http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/02/12/bitrock-application-installation-in-a-networked-world/ | ||||
1202976121 | Vector Linux 5.9: Light, fast Slackware-based distro | I like Vector Linux a lot, mainly for its speed and its ease of set-up and use. (It's also been interesting for this die-hard KDE fan to get to know Xfce.) Congratulations to the VL team for a job well done. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/24148 | ||||
1202995730 | CEO says Sangoma cards made Asterisk great | Mandelstam launched Sangoma in 1984, at which time the company engineered data transfers using PCs. In 2004, Mandelstam noticed open source software. | http://www.linux.com/feature/126527 | ||||
1202995879 | Ask Technocrat: What Linux Distro for a Seven Year-Old? | He's a bright kid so I don't think he'll have any problems with any of the major distributions; however, one hurdle is that he will not have Internet access from his computer. Therefore, I need to find a distribution that comes with a lot of software and is not dependent on net access. | http://technocrat.net/d/2008/2/13/36152/#L36162 | ||||
1202995988 | Why I Chose Linux and Why I’d Do It Again | For Valentine’s day this year, my husband bought me an Eee Pc with Linux. It is the best computer I have ever owned. It comes with Open Office, Thunderbird and Firefox. It also comes with other programs that are user friendly and useful. For under $400, I can’t believe these aren’t selling faster. | http://nelsonmelle.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/why-i-chose-linux-and-why-id-do-it-again/ | ||||
1202996243 | Q&A: Jim Whitehurst, Red Hat CEO and President | In a wide ranging interview with InternetNews.com, Whitehurst discussed why the Linux business is different, why he's not getting into the database business, where Microsoft fits into his plans and what his biggesthallenges are in moving Red Hat forward. | http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3728026/QA+Jim+Whitehurst+Red+Hat+CEO+and+President.htm | ||||
1202996403 | Eight Distros a Week: gNewSense 1.1 | The KDE version of gNewSense, which I ran on the PIII desktop, ran through its paces flawlessly, although the caveat here is that I didn’t have an Internet connection and couldn’t put it through some on-line tests that I did with the laptop. | http://larrythefreesoftwareguy.wordpress.com/ | ||||
1203036978 | OOXML: Existing corpus of binary documents. | The "existing corpus of binary documents" is Ecma's stock solution to most of Malaysia's comments. Instead of cleaning things up, they give the impression that they are brushing things under the carpet and putting the burden of document fidelity on the shoulders of future developers instead of addressing it today. | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/02/existing-corpus.html | ||||
1203037097 | Microsoft quietly supporting ODF? | The OpenDocument Society mentions in its newsletter that Microsoft might have an "ODF standards group" within the Microsoft Office team. | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-41287/microsoft-quietly-supporting-odf | ||||
1203037318 | Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit - Austin, Texas | I can understand that philosophy. If the Linux Foundation opened up the doors to all (estimated) 60,000,000 Linux users, they would need a city much larger than Austin, Texas (and Texas is the United State's second largest state) to hold the meeting. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/linux-foundation-collaboration-summit-austin-texas-april-8th-10th-2008 | ||||
1203037482 | PhysX For CUDA, Linux Support A Given? | CUDA has been supported under Linux from the start with their graphics driver now bundling the CUDA driver and version 1.1 of the CUDA Toolkit being supported under Fedora 7, RHEL 3/4/5, SLED 10, OpenSuSE 10, and Ubuntu 7.04 (binary downloads). | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjMzNA | ||||
1203037625 | XFCE and Usability: Fedora vs. Xubuntu | I don't consider XFCE as the best desktop environment, however it's still lighter than GNOME, it's still not under the contamination attack from the Mono guys, and it's increasingly tempting in recent times, since GNOME seems to be a captive of Novell, KDE3 is a dead end, and KDE4 is Vistaesque to its best. | http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008%2F02%2F14%2F09%2F54%2F28-xfce-and-usability-fedora-vs-xub | ||||
1203037700 | OOXML — The Apple Headache | First of all, I will like to point out that the format of documents produced by Microsoft Office 2007 is not OOXML (Ecma 376). Microsoft Office 2007 documents contains, according to my sources, many elements not specified in Ecma 376, such as binary code, macros, OLE objects, ActiveX, DRM and SharePoint metadata. | http://notebook.bekkelund.net/2008/02/13/ooxml-%E2%80%94-the-apple-headache/ | ||||
1203038005 | Mozilla 2 promises big change | The beta 3 version of Firefox 3, released this week, will probably be the last version of the browser based on the original Mozilla platform, celebrating its tenth anniversary next week. Work is already underway on a revamp of Firefox's underlying platform - Mozilla. | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/14/mozilla_two/ | ||||
1203038228 | Open source - and an open mind | Zymaris was very active in the area of advocacy some years back but that has fallen off somewhat. If truth be told, he is somewhat cynical about those who claim to be advocates nowadays. And there we go off the record, so you, gentle reader, can theorise in any direction you like. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16646/1148/ | ||||
1203062539 | Government/corporate project declares plan to promote OSS wi | The main industrial players are Mandriva, Atos Origin, Bull, and Engineering Ingegneria Informatica. While Qualipso founders include organizations from China and Brazil, the main project focus now is on Europe. | http://www.linux.com/feature/126700 | ||||
1203062649 | The experts' legal guide on free software | On Valentine's Day, the SFLC (Software Freedom Law Center) published a legal guide, "A Legal Issues Primer for Open Source and Free Software Projects," for open-source developers and organizers. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS8821390933.html | ||||
1203062731 | KDE development now based on Qt 4.4 | The Qt snapshot in the KDE development tree was update to Qt 4.4 pre-Beta some hours ago. Qt 4.4 dependent features can now be included into KDE’s main tree. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/kde-development-now-based-on-qt-44/ | ||||
1203062991 | Red Hat's JBoss dons Black Tie to target BEA Tuxedo | Red Hat Thursday revealed a JBoss middleware project aimed at displacing BEA's Tuxedo transaction-monitoring engine, which has a significant legacy install base. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021408-red-hats-jboss-dons-black.html | ||||
1203068193 | The BSI Has Been Corrupted by Microsoft | Britain will be essentially represented by a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, having rejected OOXML several months ago. This apparently comes after a reappointment. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/bsi-sends-microsoft-partner/ | ||||
1203075672 | IceBuntu alpha 2 screenshot | There’s been an update to the fledgling IceBuntu derivative of Ubuntu, with a new theme and a few other minor adjustments. This one seems to be called “alpha 2,” if I read the ISO title correctly. I tried it out this afternoon and took a screenshot. | http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/icebuntu-alpha-2-screenshot/ | ||||
1203075755 | SGI Acquires Linux Networx | The acquisition should help SGI build Linux-based clusters for high-performance computing. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/SGI-Acquires-Linux-Networx/ | ||||
1203076089 | Android opens door to IC open source | The backers of Android point to the benefits of an open-source model: more innovation as more companies develop solutions, faster time-to-market, lower price points and even better utilization of the sheer power of the applications processors. | http://www.eetimes.com/news/semi/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504233 | ||||
1203076218 | Developers warned over OOXML patent risk | "Smaller players and non-IT firms--those who are not and perhaps cannot be in close business deals with Microsoft--are potentially at a disadvantage in not having either a relevant competing patent portfolio to bring to negotiations, or the legal resources to assess the level of risk," Vaile said. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62037862,00.htm | ||||
1203076417 | Acer plans new, low-cost laptop [Cloudbook Out Today] | Everex?s CloudBook goes on sale at Wal-Mart starting this Friday (2/15/08), according to the company. It will cost the same as the Eee PC 4G, but it uses a standard 30GB disk drive in place of the smaller SSD. It runs the gOS operating system, which is based on the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution... | http://blogs.zdnet.com/computers/?p=116 | ||||
1203106771 | How GNU/Linux Gets Contaminated with Software Patents | One thing I noticed this week is that the mono group has been able to encumber a growing number of Ubuntu (not Kubuntu) applications with proprietary Microsoft technology. However, the documentation and program descriptions do not warn of this (of course they want to keep it under the radar). | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/15/mono-contamination-in-ubuntu/ | ||||
1203120906 | Using MySQL as a filesystem | With MySQLfs you can store a filesystem inside a MySQL relational database. MySQLfs breaks up the byte content of files that you store in its filesystem into tuples in the database, which allows you to store large files in the filesystem without requiring the database to support extremely large BLOB fields. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127055 | ||||
1203121081 | [Dell:] Oh What a Year | Then began the open source revolution, and we announced that Dell would begin to offer Ubuntu on select consumer systems in the U.S. This was just the first of many open source announcements (Linux PCs worldwide and Ubuntu on XPS M1330). | http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2008/02/10/45013.aspx | ||||
1203129850 | Sun Confirms Inflexability & Community Disregard | On Monday OGB Chairman Rich Teer posted Sun's answer (crafted by Mr Bill Franklin with the assistance of Mr. Simon Phipps) to the OGB's request for clarification regarding the highly controversial decision to name Project Indiana "OpenSolaris". | http://cuddletech.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=898 | ||||
1203130030 | Touch-panel PC automates with Linux, Zigbee | British Columbia-based embedded board and development services vendor Techsol announced a customizable touch-panel equipped single-board computer (SBC) based on Linux. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2476469877.html | ||||
1203130191 | Vista weakness could feed Linux growth | "One the reasons people are having issues with Vista now, is that it’s much harder to – for one company - to kind of change the market and when the market has matured," he said. "People today are not probably using the desktop all that differently from what they were five years ago, which didn’t used to be true." | http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11447&pagtype=all | ||||
1203130298 | In His Own Words: McBride | Suddenly, all the "fat lady" and "it ain't over till it's over" metaphors were trotted out. SCO isn't dead yet, look out Linux fans! With all due respect to my colleagues in the press: puh-leeze. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-02-15-015-26-OP-CD | ||||
1203130419 | Bandits: Phoenix Rising Proceeds On Linux | At Linux Game Publishing, much of their attention as of late has been focused upon their port of X3: Reunion, which is Egosoft's successor to the (already Linux ported) X2: The Threat. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_bandits&num=1 | ||||
1203130547 | Tux Droid - Talking Linux Penguin | ...you'll discover that that only Linux users can use the Tux Droid as Windows drivers aren't available. | http://www.trustedreviews.com/peripherals/review/2008/02/16/Tux-Droid-Talking-Linux-Penguin/p1 | ||||
1203170089 | Linux.com quizzes new Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst (video)+Ogg | Jim Whitehurst and I met at JBoss World in Orlando, Florida, on the morning of February 13, 2008, pulled up a couple of chairs, turned on the camcorder, and talked. This video is totally uncut. Our idea here is to give you a sense of the man in a way no text interview can. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127259 | ||||
1203170216 | Lean, green, open source machine | The Linutop is touted as a mainstream PC that can be used in shops, bars, kiosks and schools, or anywhere where desktop space is at a premium. Its tiny size also means that it is suitable to be embedded in cars, airplanes or boats, or in a digital signage offering. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/021508-lean-green-open-source.html | ||||
1203170402 | Everex ships Cloudbook after slight delay | ZaReason, which distributes Everex products, said on its Web site Friday that the Cloudbook had sold out. Everex had shipped a few hundred Cloudbooks to ZaReason, Kim said. As of Friday, the PC was not yet available on TigerDirect or Newegg. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/15/Everex-ships-Cloudbook-after-slight-delay_1.html | ||||
1203170584 | OLPC, IDB to launch pilot project in Haiti | The One Laptop Per Child Foundation (OLPC) has teamed up with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to launch a pilot project in Haiti, the first time the group will be able to comprehensively evaluate the idea of giving laptops directly to students as a learning tool. | http://www.pcworld.ca/news/article/1da6a0aa0a0104080034c0bd078e0cf5/pg0.htm | ||||
1203170695 | GPLv3 Adoption Rate Up 33% | As of February 15th, our GPL v3 database contains 1740 GPL v3 projects, which is an increase of 66 GPL v3 projects, above our expected 50 new projects a week. | http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/02/gpl-project-watch-list-for-week-of-0215.html | ||||
1203170842 | [Sarcasm] Doom and Gloom! Oh My! Linux Kernal in Trouble? | Here’s the operative bit: “They could be exploited by malicious, *local* users to cause denial of service attacks, disclose potentially sensitive information or gain “root” privileges, according “to security experts.” So, if someone sneaks into your house when you’re not there and boots up the computer... | http://www.tmgstudio.com/node/63 | ||||
1203170954 | Eight Distros a Week: Linux Mint Daryna 4.0 Xfce | So while I have not tested Daryna extensively ? and I don?t think that Daryna?s Xfce version is final and two days of fiddling does not qualify for a thorough test ? I can say, at first look, that Daryna is both solid and impressive. | http://larrythefreesoftwareguy.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/eight-distros-a-week-linux-mint-daryna-40-xfce/ | ||||
1203171120 | Free/Open-source IRC/IM Software | Excellent overview! | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/freeopen-source-ircim-software.html | ||||
1203220086 | Microsoft Launches Get the Facts Smear Campaign Against ODF | Microsoft starts poisoning search engines using money, resorts to ad hominem tactics | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/16/odf-smear-campaign/ | ||||
1203223910 | The Gradual Introduction of Free Software in Cuba | Without ?pushing the boat out?, the gradual introduction of free software in Cuba becomes significant to go ahead in the process of incorporating informatics into society. | http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/02/16/9177/the_gradual_introduction_of_free_software_in_cuba_becomes_significant_to_go_ahead_in_the_crucial_strategy.html | ||||
1203229071 | 2006: The Year That Digg Was a Technology Site | DIGG, at least as a technology site, seems to be dying. It?s ironic because it actually started as a technology site ? the very same part which is being sidelined. | http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2008/02/17/2006-digg-golden-days/ | ||||
1203236699 | The ?99 laptop: how can it be so cheap? | The secret is simple: open-source software. The One runs on Linux, which is a rival to Windows but completely free to use. Open-source software can be freely swapped or modified by anyone who wants it. | http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article3374812.ece | ||||
1203236850 | openGEU - sunny Ubuntu - Overview & short tutorial | openGEU is another extremely successful Ubuntu child, running Enlightenment 17 as the desktop manager. Like gOS, another Ubuntu & Enlightenment distro reviewed some time ago here at Dedoimedo, openGEU offers a healthy refreshment of color and choices to the already well-established distro. | http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/opengeu_overview.html | ||||
1203236921 | The Year of Linux | Linux absolutely is doing well in embedded devices, and I'm sure that trend is going to continue. But Linux has not yet regained the ground that Unix lost in the SMB application market. Back in the 80's and even into the 90's, that market was strongly pro-Unix. | http://aplawrence.com/Linux/year-of-linux.html | ||||
1203237138 | Usability in Open Source Software | Celeste Lyn Paul is Senior Interaction Architect for User-Centered Design, Inc., organizes the KDE Usability Project, and works with open source projects such as KDE, Linux Foundation, OpenUsability, and Ubuntu. | http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/upa_voice/volumes/2008/february/usability-open-source.html | ||||
1203237248 | Doing Business in China? Be Aware of Different Culture | ?Knowledge should be free is a strong cultural belief in China,? said Red Hat?s former top executive in Beijing at a conference about globalization put on by the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. | http://localtechwire.com/business/local_tech_wire/news/story/2443062/ | ||||
1203252773 | I Drank the Kool Aid | Despite years of resistance, I am now a Kubuntu user. It's taken a lot to get me here, but if you're interested, hang on to your hat. | http://www.liferay.com/web/rsezov/home/blogs/i_drank_the_kool_aid | ||||
1203252869 | 25 Coolest Linux Wallpapers | I’ve noticed that Linux newbies take so much pride with their newly installed distro that they will most likely spend a lot of time searching the web for Linux-themed desktop wallpapers. So, I decided to provide here or share some of the best (in my own opinion) Linux wallpapers that I have collected before. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/25-coolest-linux-wallpapers.html | ||||
1203260424 | Linux steps up to power NZ Stock Exchange | The New Zealand Stock Exchange is moving to a Linux platform for its settlement and clearing system, replacing its existing HP NonStop platform and applications in order to reduce cost and increase flexibility. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/F586239BCCA7593FCC2573F00001488E | ||||
1203260583 | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated | The Debian project is pleased to announce the third update of its stable distribution Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (codename etch). This update mainly adds corrections for security problems to the stable release, along with a few adjustment to serious problems. | http://www.debian.org/News/2008/20080217 | ||||
1203319054 | Linux Kernel 2.4.36.1 Released | Willy Tarreau has released a new Linux 2.4 series kernel, 2.4.36.1. It includes fixes for 6 minor security issues, most of them brought by Dann Frazier of the Debian security team. It also restores the ability to build user-space depending on kernel headers with GCC 4.2. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/linux/16209/linux-kernel-2-4-36-1-released | ||||
1203319172 | GNU/Linux Desktop ‘Market Share’ Around 35%? | While operating system usage is very difficult to gauge where Linux is involved, AWStats gives figures based on cases where there is confidence and certainty that the connection is made from GNU/Linux PCs. Here are the numbers... | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/18/linux-installed-base-case-study/ | ||||
1203319309 | OOXML Contains Proprietary Microsoft Codecs (as 'Standard') | CMA removes some Microsoft's formats from the list of examples. Does that mean that ASF and WMV are excluded from the list of supported codecs? Of course not. | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-41316/good-bye-interoperability-2-with-proprietary-audio-and-video-formats | ||||
1203339497 | Virtual Testing - Xen Vs. KVM | My first test looks quite promising. I now have an Fedora 8 64-Bit on my PC, Fedora 8 64-Bit in Xen, and Fedora 9 Alpha 64-Bit in KVM. The feeling of the system in Xen is really good. In KVM it's usable, but it doesn't run really smooth. | http://www.nuxified.org/blog/virtual_testing_xen_vs_kvm | ||||
1203339683 | Arch Linux on OLPC XO-1 | This is the part where I eat my own words. I didn’t think it possible, but it works. The Geode is an i586, and logic says that a system tuned to the 686 — which regularly resisted all efforts to run or even boot on K6-series machines for me — seems quite happy to plunk along on my XO-1. See for yourself. | http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/arch-linux-on-olpc-xo-1/ | ||||
1203339824 | Jon's Review: PCLinuxOS Gnome 2.21.2 | PCLinuxOS Gnome 2.21.2 is a much better release than those past, and I am not saying this just because PCLinuxOS 2007 uses the rival K Desktop Environment. Usability is much smoother, the tools feel much more complete, and installation was a breeze | http://jon-reagan.blogspot.com/2008/02/jons-review-pclinuxos-gnome-2212.html | ||||
1203339967 | Towards A Wiki World | There are other industries too that are beginning to discover the potential of mass collaboration. Take the Linux operating systems. | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/India_Business/Towards_A_Wiki_World/articleshow/2791685.cms | ||||
1203340203 | Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: 18 February 2008 | Welcome to the second issue of the Gentoo Monthly Newsletter. To begin with, we would like to thank the entire community for the overwhelming response to the GMN's inaugural issue. | http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gmn/20080218-newsletter.xml | ||||
1203390047 | Sun and Linux Must Not Fight Each Other | Sun and Linux (the Foundation) must work together to establish and accomplish important goals such as making ODF very widespread. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/18/linux-sun-civil-war/ | ||||
1203390464 | Bits from the Debian Eee PC team | In the past few months in the Debian-EeePC team, a number of interesting things have been happening. | http://syn.theti.ca/articles/2008/02/16/bits-from-the-debian-eee-pc-team | ||||
1203390561 | Basic Compatibility Issues in Office 2007 | This paper merely scratches the surface of Office 2007 compatibility issues. Many more issues exist that are application-specific. | http://dearmicrosoftofficeteam.blogspot.com/ | ||||
1203390745 | What is XFCE still needing to become the #1 choice | So far, the applications, tools, accessories and applets that come with XFCE are not contaminated with the Mono virus, and hopefully this won't change very soon. (Or at least, I hope so.) XFCE is reasonably mature, and constantly improving... | http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008%2F02%2F18%2F13%2F05%2F37-what-is-xfce-still-needing-to-be | ||||
1203406337 | 'Cost sensitivity is greater in India' | There will be a class of applications that capture some degree of their imagination such as what Firefox or Open Office did. But by and large, most consumers are still going to get their technology through the purchase of other products embedded with OSS. | http://www.livemint.com/2008/02/19010808/8216Cost-sensitivity-is-gre.html | ||||
1203406456 | DOST, Peza join forces to spark RP open source development | The Advanced Science and Technology Institute, a research and development arm of the Department of Science and Technology (DoST), and the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza) are joining forces to spur open source development in the Philippines, a top official of the science department said. | http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080218-119681/DOST-Peza-joins-forces-to-spark-RP-open-source-development | ||||
1203406649 | Max McLaren, general manager, Red Hat Australia-NZ | McLaren, the local head of Linux software vendor Red Hat, says the federal election result in November has given hope to the open source community. | http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,23234204-24169,00.html | ||||
1203407006 | Developer?s Beware: OOXML ? PATENTS [PDF] | Microsoft has a patent promise, the Open Specification Promise (OSP) and a Covenant Not to Sue, relating to OOXML. If you want to implement OOXML with confidence that you are not infringing on any intellectual property rights (IPR), these coverages are not adequate. They have gaps. | http://www.odfalliance.org/resources/IssueBriefIPR.pdf | ||||
1203407163 | OpenMoko to unveil second open source handset in March-April | In addition to pushing sales of its open source handsets, OpenMoko will also engage in the production of hardware devices in cooperation with device vendors, leveraging on OpenMoko's platform solutions and manufacturing capability, Moss-Pultz said. | http://www.digitimes.com/telecom/a20080218PD213.html | ||||
1203407277 | 3 Million (Tracked) SeaMonkey Downloads! | When I looked at the download statistics page I realized that we just have gone over 3 million tracked SeaMonkey downloads this week! | http://home.kairo.at/blog/2008-02/3_million_tracked_seamonkey_downloads | ||||
1203407414 | Application Virtualization for Linux Application Management | Linux desktops are becoming more and more of a reality. Companies are adopting Linux desktops for a variety of reasons: stability and interoperability, scalability and performance to name a few. | http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3638&Itemid=44 | ||||
1203429742 | Why Microsoft Relased Its Office Binary Formats Specs | I say, injecting them in some Gnu/Linux distro: Novell (Xandros, Linspire, Turbolinux) is a first candidate, whereas for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Mandriva, Debian, Slackware and others… have you paid our patent protection racket yet? No? Well, see you in court. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/19/office-binary-formats-specifications-trap/ | ||||
1203436038 | Best free programs | What about programs, he wanted to know. On Linux, I explained, all your software is free (in both senses of the word). There is no need to pay exorbitant licensing fees or use pirated programs and you are free to modify them to suit your needs. | http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_feb19_2008 | ||||
1203436256 | Free as in Free Lunch (or Beer, definitely not Speech) | Why Linux? It is free and thus can provide infinite ROI with a penny of profit. I am familiar with it and don't mind learning more about it. My server runs pretty sluggishly with Windows 2000 (I used it for my MCSE classes), and trying to fit Windows Server AND SQL on it is asking for trouble. | http://www.thewhir.com/blogs/Zvi-Grauer/index.cfm/2008/2/18/Free-as-in-Free-Lunch-or-Beer-definitely-not-Speech | ||||
1203436358 | Top 10 Linux FUD Patterns, Part 5 | FUDsters will argue that any security software for which the source code is freely available to the public is inherently not secure. | http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/top-10-linux-fud-patterns-part-5/ | ||||
1203436555 | Everex Cloudbook Unboxed | Everex's $400 Cloudbook comes in a neat little green box. It makes clear that the Google Appl-routing, gOS-branded Linux distro doesn't actually have anything to do with Google: the G is for Green! | http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/02/everex-cloudboo.html | ||||
1203436814 | Linux Eye Candy, Ear Candy | Far too much hacking on a school night.... I've been putting a fair amount of time into getting PulseAudio integrated cleanly on Mandriva of late and it's going pretty well. | http://colin.guthr.ie/general/development/eye-candy-ear-candy.html | ||||
1203436937 | Tech: Vista the best thing to happen to [Linux] PCs | Any one of a number of Linux distributions will run on your existing PCs without cramping overhead; OpenOffice.Org will handle all of your document requirements including presentations and Firefox (and several other browsers) handle your browsing. | http://chiefofficers.net/888333888/cms/index.php/news/thursday_tech/tech_vista_the_best_thing_to_happen_to_the_pc_industry | ||||
1203437080 | KDE Displays at SCALE 6x Expo | What most folk were interested in, though, was the newly released KDE 4.0. Despite being run on a Via C3 laptop with only 256 MB of RAM (minus 32MB for the onboard video chip), so no KWin effects, many people were impressed. | http://dot.kde.org/1203380148/ | ||||
1203437293 | FSFLA board member requests source code of Brazilian tax SW | "Other countries, such as US and Ecuador, publish their tax file formats, enabling multiple software implementations, including Free Software ones", points out Oscar Valenzuela, FSFLA board member. | http://www.fsfla.org/svnwiki/anuncio/2008-02-softimp-irpf2008 | ||||
1203437440 | Linux on a stick | It's amazing how fast Mint can run off the thumb drive. Its performance is almost indistinguishable from a hard drive. No delays are encountered like they are when running from a CD or DVD. | http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2008/02/linux-on-stick.html | ||||
1203437576 | Sun ships management piece of xVM strategy | The Ops Center codebase has already been released under the open-source GPLv3 license and is available at www.openxVM.org. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/021908-sun-ships-management-piece-of.html | ||||
1203440136 | How hard is it to violate the GPL? | In a world where smaller-and-smaller code fragments are patented, licensed or copyrighted, it?s getting harder-and-harder to write anything which doesn?t infringe on someone?s rights, somewhere. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2031 | ||||
1203482770 | Poor Microsoft Gives Poor Software to Youngsters, Hopeless | Think about tomorrow?s generation of Linux-based mobile devices and Microsoft ambitions of turning the Net into .NET, most notably using Silverlight. Where does that position Linux? What about Moonlight? And why is a Microsoft ISV trying to shove the patent-encumbered Mono into Linux phones? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/19/bad-silverlight-last-chance/ | ||||
1203483647 | Italian panel PC runs Linux | Bologna, Italy-based TBE has announced a Linux-based panel PC aimed at HMI (human-machine interface) applications. Available with an integrated 6.4-inch touchscreen display or as a processor module, the GNU-Linux-based Terminale Grafico ARM-Linux is based on a 200MHz Cirrus Logic EP9315 SoC. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9048583077.html | ||||
1203483752 | Kernel Evolution | "To quote you a number of years ago: 'Linux is evolution, not intelligent design'," noted Greg KH, quoting Linux creator Linus Torvalds. Linus expanded on the statement, "evolution often does odd (and 'suboptimal') things exactly because it does incremental changes that DO NOT BREAK at any point." | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Kernel_Evolution | ||||
1203498540 | Italy's National Institute of Design and Mint Chooses JBoss | IPZS is a joint-stock company with Italy’s Ministry of Economy and Finance as sole shareholder and is responsible for printing and dissemination of the Italian Official Gazette, government publications, security and anti-counterfeiting systems | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080219/20080219005666.html?.v=1 | ||||
1203498697 | Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.1 | The Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD runs Scientific Linux directly from CD/DVD without installing. | https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/livecd-51 | ||||
1203498827 | CentOS 5 i386 - The CentOS-5.1 i386 Live CD is released | The CentOS Development team is pleased to announce the availability of the CentOS 5.1 i386 Live CD. | http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-February/014688.html | ||||
1203498972 | [NetSecL 2.2 Released] | NetSecL 2.2 is out! As you can see I have shrinked the distro to 1 CD. The default desktop from now on is XFCE and you can still run KDE applications. In this release you will find 106 updates and 20 fixes, Linux kernel 2.6.23.9 with GrSecurity ... | http://netsecl.unixsol.org/ | ||||
1203499103 | Lattice Announces uClinux Support for Open Source Embedded | New features include slave side arbitration for higher performance, enhanced peripheral support for improved integration and support of the LatticeMico32 system design tool flow under Linux. | http://www.us.design-reuse.com/news/17672/uclinux-latticemico32-embedded-soft-core-processor.html | ||||
1203499332 | The reality of mobile Linux: Part one | At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, ZDNet.co.uk took a look at how mobile Linux is already a reality. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39303415,00.htm | ||||
1203520084 | SCO acquisition wrap-up | Datamation's Roy Schestowitz notes that for a company with such a troubled and checkered past, it's a mystery why anyone would want to come forward and help rescue it from certain death. "Why would anyone invest in SCO?" he asks. "More importantly, why now?" Groklaw's Jones may have an answer. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127397 | ||||
1203520193 | Alksnis and Ponosov in the front of fighting for Linux | The Center?s founders hope that due to their assistance the open source software will provide to the development of the Russian engineering. ?Windows teaches to move your mouse, while Linux teaches to think?, - Victor Alksnis says. ?Linux provides schools with engineering thinking?, - Alexander Ponosov confirms. | http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F02%2F19%2F288851 | ||||
1203520329 | A Walk in the Park with Zenwalk 5.0 | From version 3.0 up to now, Zenwalk didn’t fail to impress me. In fact, I think it keeps on getting better and better after every release. The speed, ease-of-use, and stability were much improved in this latest release. The light footprint and the featherweight desktop still make Zenwalk ideal for low-end computer hardware. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/walk-in-park-with-zenwalk-50.html | ||||
1203520579 | Cheap is good, but free is better | Kiss Bill Gates goodbye by switching to Ubuntu (oo-BOON-too) instead of using XP or Vista. Ubuntu is an African word with a nebulous definition suggestive of friendship and sharing. It is an operating system similar to Windows but is based on linux. | http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20080218/NEWS/802180303/-1/COMMUNITIES | ||||
1203520781 | Off-Label Mepis 7 | It is logical that since Linux and all the other projects that go together to make various distros are all sourced from the same code trees (More or less) that, for example, a Linux Distro that is setting itself up as an easy-to-use end user Distro might have use as an office desktop as well. They may never ever say they are intended for use... | http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-carl/steve-carl/Off-Label-Mepis-7 | ||||
1203521351 | Applications are Open Source too | What most FOSS fundamentalists seem to forget is that MS-Windows users can be converted to FOSS users. Even better, a large number of MS-Windows users are FOSS users. The simple fact that someone uses a Microsoft kernel doesn’t mean he has joined the dark side. Most people won’t even care. | http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2008/02/applications-are-open-source-too.html | ||||
1203564928 | Did Microsoft Steal XenSource Like It Tries to Hijack Yahoo? | It later turned out that XenSource management began to even contain former Microsoft employees. This included a general manager. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/20/xen-microsoft-proxy-fights/ | ||||
1203565758 | Alcatel-Lucent locks down [Linux] laptops | Running an embedded Linux OS enables third parties to develop software to utilise the capabilities of the PCMCIA card or to interoperate with the management gateway. | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2210112/alcatel-lucent-locks-laptop | ||||
1203565923 | Linux will dominate UK schools within 5 years | Yes, it does seem unlikely doesn't it? Windows has been the only reality for several generations of computer users. But is the tide finally beginning to turn? | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-will-dominate-uk-schools-within-5-years.html | ||||
1203566128 | Global IT Services Giant CSC Standardizes Nordic Linux | Computer Sciences Corporation migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Network Satellite Server for unified management and administration across the Nordics | http://www.centredaily.com/business/technology/story/414302.html | ||||
1203578451 | Linux-based mini PC upgraded | French mini-PC vendor Linutop is shipping an upgrade to its compact, Xubuntu Linux-based computing appliance. The Linutop 2 offers a faster 500MHz Geode processor, 512MB of RAM and 1GB of Flash, along with a new optional VESA mounting bracket. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2700059670.html | ||||
1203578555 | Elonex ?100 laptop specs leaked | As we surmised, storage comes in a 1Gb flash flavour. There's 128Mb of DDR-II memory, a seven-inch 800 by 480 LCD screen with stereo two-channel audio, built-in speakers, a microphone and audio Jack. Wibbling comes courtesy of a Lan/WLAN 10/100M Ethernet with WLAN 802.11g Antenna. | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/20/elonex-100-laptop-specs-leaked | ||||
1203578727 | Major Bank Dumps Windows, Moves to GNU/Linux | Metropolitan Bank Group is a large conglomerate in Illinois, comprising 10 banks and $3 billion in assets. As Metropolitan acquired more banking interests, IT Director Tom Johnson needed to find a way to reduce costs and increase efficiency in the face of the company's rapid growth. The solution was a migration from Windows to Linux. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127173 | ||||
1203578825 | Introducing Hypertable - a new open source database project | Hypertable is an open source (GPLv2) implementation of Google?s Bigtable, an internally-deployed database that serves the company?s web indexing, Google Earth and Google Finance services. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/19/introducing-hypertable-a-new-open-source-database-project/ | ||||
1203578938 | Industrial touch-panel thin client runs Linux | German embedded equipment vendor Noax Technologies has introduced an embedded Linux thin client panel PC designed for harsh industrial environments. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7546731418.html | ||||
1203579064 | Linux-based cellular/WiFi phone router ships | Agito Networks announced the availability of its Linux-powered RoamAnywhere Mobility Router. Designed to help enterprises cut mobile phone fees, the router works with dual-mode phones, routing calls over WiFi when available, and passing calls between WiFi and cellular networks. | http://www.wirelessnetdesignline.com/howto/wlan/206800589;jsessionid=AMQGPNDJZIRQKQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2JVN | ||||
1203579196 | KOffice 2.0 Alpha 6 Release Announcement | The KDE Project today announced the release of KOffice version 2.0 Alpha 6, a technology preview of the upcoming version 2.0. | http://www.koffice.org/announcements/announce-2.0alpha6.php | ||||
1203579364 | Parted Magic 2.0 - Firefox Included! | Parted Magic 2.0 is a 42MB Live CD/USB/PXE with the main goal of providing disk drive partitioning software. This new edition of Parted Magic 2.0 is designed for use on x86 hardwares and was released two days before this year's Valentine's Day. | http://www.linuxseekers.com/content/view/248/1/ | ||||
1203605673 | Specsavers sees clear benefits in open source | It has become a commonplace perception that the UK is rather unenlightened when it comes to open-source software. | http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/casestudy/0,1000001994,39303425,00.htm | ||||
1203605918 | Video: Alan Cox on the kernel, patent promise | Enjoy the third installment in our series of video-taped talks with the iconic Alan Cox. Afterwards, in case you need a catch-up, you can hear Alan talk about community and the enterprise or the state of free software in our video archives. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/02/19/video-alan-cox-on-the-kernel-patent-promise-and-the-progress-of-free-software/ | ||||
1203606083 | A TUX that really runs Linux | Today I received a nice present: a genuine ACME TUX that runs linux, an apache server with php 5 and sqlite ! | http://dragonbe.blogspot.com/2008/02/tux-that-really-runs-linux.html | ||||
1203606271 | On the OLPC Movement... | In every area, this iconic object is an attempt to refashion the world in the image of the dreams of its creators - noble, vigourous, creative and expressively utopian dreams. Every element is impregnated with these aspirations of sociality, play, creation, freedom. As a project and as a device, it's beautiful and revolutionary. | http://www.plasticbag.org/archives/2008/02/on_the_olpc_movement/ | ||||
1203652561 | Microsoft Introduces New Taxoperability Program | It remains clear that Microsoft is motivated by profit, not goodwill, which it only sees as a route or a tool for making more money. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/21/taxoperability-strategy/ | ||||
1203670834 | Mark Shuttleworth's Stance on Mono Inside Ubuntu | Mark Shuttleworth tells us that his main concern is not Microsoft and Mono, but rather it's the patent trolls | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/22/mark-shuttleworth-on-patents/ | ||||
1203674276 | Canonical partners with IBM for closed source database | Here’s an interesting bit of news from the blurred line between open and closed source software. Ubuntu sponsor Canonical has announced that it is reselling IBM’s DB2 Express-C database as both a standalone software package and as a software appliance with VMware. While Express-C is free as in beer, it is not free as in speech. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/21/canonical-partners-with-ibm-for-closed-source-database/ | ||||
1203700901 | Tiny laptop does basics | After spending a few weeks with the Eee, I can see why people are so excited about this machine. | http://www.gazette.com/articles/eee_33397___article.html/machine_easy.html | ||||
1203701027 | Richard Stallman: free software legend in Russia | Richard Stallman, who started the free software movement, visits Russian in March 2008. The legendary programmer plans to give several lectures for students and specialists and hold a press-conference. Mr. Stallman is known to be the initiator of his visit to Russia. Experts relate his arrival to a boom in the domestic free software market. | http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F02%2F21%2F289246 | ||||
1203701227 | Red Hat, Alcatel-Lucent join forces on unified comms | Alcatel-Lucent SME products include the OmniPCX Office line of IP PBX systems and the Extended Communication Server line of collaboration and unified-communications servers, all of which are based on Linux distributions. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39336497,00.htm | ||||
1203701436 | Europeans ?better? contributors to OS community? | But as for end users? appetite for open source, he said: ??In Europe the open source trend is definitely gaining increased momentum. And the surprising thing is that in European geographies we find a bigger appetite amongst enterprises for participation in the open source community and specific open source projects.? | http://www.businessreviewonline.com/os/archives/2008/02/europe_better_c.html | ||||
1203701572 | [Linux] Local Caching For Network Filesystems | "These patches add local caching for network filesystems such as NFS," began David Howells describing an updated set of thirty-seven patches to introduce FS-Cache. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Local_Caching_For_Network_Filesystems | ||||
1203701680 | Executive Interview: Rusty Harris, CEO of MontaVista | At this point, MontaVista Founder, CTO, and former CEO Jim Ready -- arguably the one individual most responsible for establishing the embedded OS and tools market in the late 80s -- chirped in. "What we find is that the smarter the device that uses embedded Linux, the more MontaVista Linux has to offer," he said. | http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9639634207.html | ||||
1203701854 | Linux vs OpenSolaris?Again: The Q&A | To be perfectly honest, I can think of several things I?d rather do than deconstruct yet another Linux vs OpenSolaris/Solaris flamewar. Including having a few of my fingernails pulled out. But given the volume of inbound requests for comment, both public and private, I feel obligated to comment in some capacity. | http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/02/20/linux-vs-opensolarisagain-the-qa/ | ||||
1203761749 | [GNU/Linux Translated in Tajikistan] | The Soros Foundation has been encouraging university students to use the operating system and funded a summer workshop to promote Tajik Linux. | http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/2008/02/22/greater_fort_wayne/features/personal_business/innovation/doc47bece1be2c5f267765947.txt | ||||
1203761869 | Linux growing fast in POS, Microsoft still tops | In the North American market for POS (point of sales/service) terminals, Linux grew 32 percent year-over-year, according to figures released by IHL Group. The research firm reckons Linux accounted for $475 million of the $5.56 billion market, putting it third overall with an 8.5 percent market share. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8365122751.html | ||||
1203761979 | SMEs to be offered cut-price Linux-based unified comms platf | A Linux-based unified communications platform will be launched at next month's CeBIT show in Germany. The software-based beta solution will be available for firms to download from next month. | http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/02/22/229533/smes-to-be-offered-cut-price-linux-based-unified-comms.htm | ||||
1203762093 | Philippines open source bill gets Sun's support | While Microsoft and the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA) are opposing the controversial free and open source software (FOSS) act (House Bill 1716) filed in the Philippine Congress, Sun Microsystems Inc. plans to support the bill. | http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/1f4e1e17-e6e8-4193-a0de-846d815f2c62.html | ||||
1203762374 | In Praise of Openness | In my experience, the open approach, promotes open discussion, open experimentation, open solutions, and rapid growth. If you were looking for a market where the concept of "give a little and get a lot" works, you have arrived. Still a little doubtful? Consider the high performance file system options for Linux. | http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5160 | ||||
1203762514 | Open, Accurate Electronic Voting? It Can Be Done. | The Consortium's volunteers developed the software for the PC based Ubuntu (or Linux) operating system. Ubuntu is free and open-source and, most importantly, is publicly available. On January 12th of this year the software was successfully used in connection with an election. | http://www.alternet.org/democracy/77487/ | ||||
1203762649 | 10-gig Ethernet module supports Linux, SFP+ | Vancouver, BC-based real-time networking firm AdvancedIO Systems is shipping a Linux-compatible 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and packet processing XMC/PMC module. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5789243137.html | ||||
1203795832 | OOXML/ODF: Just One Battlefield in a Much Bigger War | In a future world of all-cloud devices, the notion of a desktop Linux, like the notion of a desktop Windows or OS X machine, would be very different. Certainly of these three operating systems, Linux has the best reputation and capability for going small and fast. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-02-22-021-26-OP-BZ-SV | ||||
1203796036 | Review: PCLinuxOS 2007, GNOME and MiniMe | Once you get PCLinuxOS up and running, it's a modern, fairly snappy KDE-based Linux installation. It's not loaded down with redundant applications, nor is it bare-bones. It's right in the same sweet spot as Ubuntu as far as default applications go. | http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2008/02/review_pclinuxos_2007_gnome_an.html | ||||
1203848947 | Interview with Wolven, creator of Wolvix, and his sidekick | Just be warned: If you do, best nail that beauty down otherwise it's liable to take off. Now, read on for more about Wolvix and its creators, Wolven and Oithona. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=381 | ||||
1203849085 | Open source gains business credibility | Nic Bellenberg, IT director for publisher Hachette Filipacchi UK, said as his company does more with the web then open source tools running on Linux are an "incredibly logical choice". | http://www.silicon.com/ciojury/0,3800003161,39170133,00.htm?r=1 | ||||
1203849214 | Does Microsoft really want to be open source's friend? | In other words, Microsoft is opening up its secrets for you to look at, but, woe to you if you try to use any of them in anything that might actually make money. Microsoft isn't offering open source a new opportunity, it's offering open source a trap. | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS5171153103.html | ||||
1203879709 | Linux Desktops: Real Relief for Windows Users | In this op/ed article, Andrea describes the pains and pitfalls of the Windows OS and offers some candid advice from personal experiences. | http://reallylinux.com/docs/linuxdesktopsbetter.shtml | ||||
1203879987 | What is Mozilla? Mitchell Baker at the French Senate | Her recent keynote at the French Senate, kindly recorded by Mozilla Europe’s President, Tristan Nitot on February 14, is a good example of how complex it is to define the Mozilla project, specially from a business point of view. | http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2008/02/what-is-mozilla-mitchell-baker-at-the-french-senate/ | ||||
1203880140 | Ubuntu 7.10 is great! | I finally got around to free up some space to install Linux, and am I glad! Ubuntu 7.10 is great! Fast, simple, elegant, intuitive. I had no* hardware issues (*I have not tested if my webcam will work yet…) Ubuntu comese with “Restricted Drivers Manager” | http://www.nowisimon.com/archives/99 | ||||
1203880325 | WiMax N810 Leaked, To Be Announced At CTIA? | An eagle-eyed member of InternetTabletTalk.com noticed this interesting image of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet in the February edition of the Best Buy Mobile buyer?s guide. Showing the tablet off on page 23 in a very sexy black outfit with an orange-backlit keyboard, Best Buy Mobile might have let the cat out of the bag a bit early. | http://www.tablet-guru.com/2008/02/19/wimax-n810-leaked-announced-at-ctia/ | ||||
1203880617 | Free/Open-source Astronomy Software | Astronomy, considered as one of the oldest sciences, is the scientific study of celestial objects (such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies) and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere (such as the cosmic background radiation). | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/freeopen-source-astronomy-software.html | ||||
1203949478 | Monday morning: OOXML BRM tidbits | The ECMA resolution proposals are just some possible ways of dealing with the comments. If there is not time to deal with all the comments then maybe, just maybe, people might realize that OOXML should not be in the Fast Track process. Of course, there has been evidence for that from the beginning. | http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2075 | ||||
1203949611 | Pint-sized PC has offsite OS, low power-use | Web browsing is provided by a Firefox browser, and instant messaging is provided by Gaim, now known as Pidgin, which supports a lot of protocols including AIM, Google Talk, MSN, and Yahoo etc. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/06B24AA794794D87CC2573F60074D27B | ||||
1203949764 | New Red Hat boss defines company's future | Red Hat appears to look towards evolving past its Linux operating system roots. The company is attempting to mix the Linux operating system, virtualization, middleware, independent software vendor (ISV) applications and software delivered as services into an enterprise data center platform. | http://www.cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx?scr=n&NID=2034&cat=TOP%20STORY&pub=COMPUTER%20NEWS%20MIDDLE%20EAST&k=Red%20Hat | ||||
1203950016 | My [Linux-based] Computer Lab nearly ready | Yesterday I saw the monitors for my computer lab stacked outside of the IT Room at the American International School were I teach Computer Science part time. | http://www.saigonnezumi.com/?p=567 | ||||
1203950171 | KDE 4 on old hardware | I am typing this post using KDE 4 on Kubuntu Hardy on the following hardware: 350MHz AMD K6-2; 256mb RAM; 4GB hard drive; wireless (atheros, madwifi driver) | http://gamemank.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/kde-4-on-old-hardware/ | ||||
1203950283 | CrunchBang Linux 7.10.02 Release Notes | I've released another version of CrunchBang Linux, my remastered version of Ubuntu featuring the lightweight Openbox window manager. | http://crunchbang.org/archives/2008/02/24/crunchbang-linux-7-dot-10-dot-02-release-notes/ | ||||
1203950448 | Project VGA Hopes To Ship Next Month | Michael Meeuwisse of Project VGA, which spawned from the Open Graphics Project for creating a truly open-source graphics card, announced today at FOSDEM 2008 that next month he hopes to ship the first of his prototype graphics cards. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM1NQ | ||||
1203950610 | FSF to Host Summit on Freedom for Web Services | The Free Software Foundation will host a mini-summit on Freedom for Web Services to discuss how the free software community can ensure that software, and its users, stay free in this new technological environment. | http://www.fsf.org/news/FreedomForWebServices | ||||
1203993573 | OSBC 2008 Conquered by Microsoft | That’s right! It is a keynote from one of “intellectual property’s best friends”, as well as the man who intimidates businesses that use Linux to the point where they pay ‘protection money’ and then keep it secret. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/25/ms-open-source-business-conference/ | ||||
1203999221 | WIBRAIN to launch its low priced UMPC 'B1L' [Now with Linux] | WIBRAIN(www.wibrain.co.kr) announced the launch of its entry-level UMPC ?B1L? in Korea market, which runs on Ubuntu Linux as well as supports Microsoft Office software. | http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080225005244&newsLang=en | ||||
1203999315 | Linux ThinkPad T61 Review | Overall I think Linux needs to be offered on all notebooks for an operating system option, if for nothing more than giving consumers another alternative to Windows. | http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=4269 | ||||
1203999493 | Xilinx Offers MicroBlaze Development Platform on Linux | Embedded design teams working on Ethernet Networking and Linux applications can eliminate the risk of processor obsolescence and reduce overall system cost by using the new kit to quickly architect the complete processing system on a low-cost FPGA and to develop software applications. | http://www.linuxelectrons.com/news/eda/16288/xilinx-offers-microblaze-development-platform-linux | ||||
1203999600 | Ubuntu: Bridging the technology gap | "As a student I wanted to explore the internet and it turned out that Windows and the other traditional operating systems did not have very good networking technology at the time," said Shuttleworth. "A friend showed me Linux, and I was amazed at its stability, reliability, and flexibility..." | http://www.itpro.co.uk/servers/features/170940/ubuntu-bridging-the-technology-gap.html | ||||
1204047734 | The penguin begins the march south | There's a still nearly 11 months to go before the penguin sets up camp on the Apple Isle but the wheels are slowly being cranked into motion by the Tasmanian Linux Users Group as they prepare to host the 2009 Australian national Linux conference. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16860/1148/ | ||||
1204047877 | Kommander Leaps Forward in KDE 3.5.9 | Kommander, the graphical scripting tool, has been radically improved for KDE 3.5.9. While our next goal is a KDE 4 executor, then a full update we wanted to offer some new functionality for KDE 3 users. | http://dot.kde.org/1203976193/ | ||||
1204048010 | Linux-based programmable clock radio arrives | The Linux-based Chumby started shipping in limited quantities in November. Designed for the bedside, desktop, and kitchen counter, the alarm-clock sized Chumby boasts hackable, open source hardware, software, and "outerware" (patterns are available for those wishing to dress their chumby in new jackets). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5499660354.html | ||||
1204048137 | Artila: Linux-ready industrial embedded computer | Artila has announced their Matrix-514 Linux-ready industrial embedded computer. Powered by a 180MHz ATMEL AT91RM9200 ARM9 RISC CPU, onboard 64MB SDRAM, and 16MB Flash memory with Linux 2.6 OS pre-installed, the Matrix-514 provides four independent 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports, four RS-232/422/485 serial ports, two USB 2.0 ports... | http://www.embedded-control-europe.com/prodnews?cat=1&pid=1396 | ||||
1204048236 | Red Hat pumps more resources into Thailand | Red Hat has revamped its strategy here to work more closely with partners, both local and global, putting more resources to focus on Thailand. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62038173,00.htm | ||||
1204048422 | First impressions of Sidux, the Debian based Linux distro | Over the years, I had grown tired of the way Windows operated. I was always having to update my operating system and keep everything locked down with antivirus and spyware prevention software. | http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/first-impressions-of-sidux-the-debian-based-linux-distro/ | ||||
1204048571 | A seatbelt for server software: SELinux blocks real-world ex | A security framework originally published by the US National Security Agency has begun to rack up an impressive list of protections agains security holes. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022408-selinux.html?fsrc=rss-linux-redhat | ||||
1204048731 | SAM Linux 2008 'Claws' rc1: A Brief Visual Tour | So, that's the end of my brief tour of SAM Linux 2008. It's a hugely promising distribution and I'm fairly sure we're going to be hearing more about it in the future. Well worth a try, if only as a very useful live CD. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/02/sam-linux-2008-claws-rc1-brief-visual.html | ||||
1204095230 | When Microsoft Corporation Met Debt | As pieces start falling into place, it becomes clearer why Microsoft's time to recover is running out | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/27/when-met-mr-debt/ | ||||
1204098495 | System76 Announces Servers with Ubuntu 7.10 and Canonical | System76 Inc., a leading provider of Ubuntu pre-installed laptops and desktops, introduces the first available line of certified, pre-installed servers featuring Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition -- delivering a new choice in quality server platforms. | http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2008/2/prweb721683.htm | ||||
1204098829 | KU Launches Linux Online Noncredit Certificate Program | University of Kansas Continuing Education is launching an online noncredit certificate program for the popular Linux server platform. | http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/27191/ | ||||
1204119503 | Complaint With EU Commission Against Denmark OOXML | The Danish Unix User Group, DKUUG, has filed a formal complaint with the EU Commission regarding Denmark's mandating ECMA 376, better known by us as MSOOXML, for certain procurements. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080226164131724 | ||||
1204119582 | As a player in next-generation devices, Linux will help CIOs | "Most Australian SMBs willing to try Linux are at the stage where they are just considering a decision of piloting with no firm intention to deploy it. Conversely, [Microsoft analyst firm] IDC sees increasing support of Linux by all the major software vendors for their applications. This will provide the end user with..." | http://www.csoonline.com.au/index.php/id;1851750025 | ||||
1204119801 | Kernel space: finally, a kernel debugger for Linux? | A built-in debugger for the kernel is one missing feature that some enterprise vendors have added. Will the mainstream kernel be able to agree on an approach to this surprisingly contentious issue? | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/022608-kernel.html | ||||
1204120018 | FileWave adds Linux support to the mix | FileWave, the network management software for Mac OS X and Windows, now supports Linux. The company has announced support for Red Hat/Fedora-based Linux with both its FileWave Server and FileWave Booster software. | http://www.macworld.com/article/132258/2008/02/filewave.html | ||||
1204120126 | Video: Latest on Google Android From MWC?08 | Here is a collection of videos from Mobile World Congress 2008, held at Barcelona... | http://linux.wordpress.com/2008/02/27/video-latest-on-google-android-from-mwc08/ | ||||
1204120298 | X.Org 7.4 Release Planning | With Red Hat's Adam Jackson being interested in shipping X.Org 7.4 for Fedora 9, he has stepped up as becoming the release manager of this next X.Org release and has put together a schedule that will allow this to become possible. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM2MA | ||||
1204132572 | It’s Official: Microsoft Has Redefined “Open Source” | Glyn Moody foresaw this. He pointed out early attempts to achieve this when Microsoft signed a horrible agreement with the EU | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/27/microsoft-redefined-%e2%80%9copen-source%e2%80%9d/ | ||||
1204139391 | Linux Foundation: Microsoft's OOXML Argument 'Ridiculous' | "What I'd love to see is Microsoft adopt the already existing ISO standard," Zemlin says, referring to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) backed by Google and others. "It's akin to Microsoft going to the United States Congress and proposing an alternative bumper heights." | http://www.crn.com/software/206900276;jsessionid=CIDB0BZULPGHOQSNDLOSKHSCJUNN2JVN | ||||
1204139508 | Linux Mini Clone | If the ASUS P22 wasn't bad enough (now named the Nova P22), now there is a Linux Mini clone. Everex built it's own clone of the Mac Mini, but this time they are pretty straight forward in that it is a rip off by calling the "mini" ( not capitalized on purpose ). | http://www.macmod.com/content/view/1190/241/ | ||||
1204139645 | Linux mobile devices open new market for Australian reseller | According to Zymaris, the key advantage to the Eee PC is their light weight portability. | http://www.crn.com.au/News/70951,linux-mobile-devices-open-new-market-for-australian-resellers.aspx | ||||
1204139743 | Is IBM Truly Committed to Open Source? | The answer appears to be a resounding "yes." | http://www.mcpressonline.com/february-25-2008-vol-3-issue-4/operating-systems/linux/open-source/is-ibm-truly-committed-to-open-source.html | ||||
1204139843 | Mozilla Seeks Growth, Tie-ups in China | Mozilla, which develops open source Web browser Firefox, the biggest alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, aims to at least double its share this year in China, which is set to become the world's largest Web market. | http://www.internetnews.com/breakingnews/article.php/3730076 | ||||
1204193642 | Why Do We Need Specialist Security Distros? | Guardian Digital: These platforms exist to fulfill a significant need in the market. Many users want a hardened platform because locking down a system can be both difficult and time-consuming. The challenge of creating a secure foundation requires a holistic view over all of system resources | http://www.packtpub.com/article/why-do-we-need-specialist-security-distros | ||||
1204193823 | GNOME focuses on accessibility -- with a little help | The GNOME Foundation has turned its attention to accessibility for people with disabilities. To help improve both Web accessibility within GNOME and the project's long-term direction, the Mozilla Foundation is joining the GNOME advisory board, and plans to help improve integration of the XUL development platform with GNOME. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127801 | ||||
1204193923 | ESL tools targets Android, Linux | CoWare has announced that the latest version of its electronic system-level (ESL) product supports chipset, handset, and software development for the Open Handset Alliance's Android platform. The Android-ready CoWare ESL 2.0 offers virtual hardware platforms and tools for designing sub-systems, processors, DSPs, and software. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8535446233.html | ||||
1204194260 | The Ministry of Finance, Republic of Macedonia on Linux | Miroslav Jovanovic, former head of Macedonian Ministry of Finance IT department, gave an overview of the Open Source utilisation at desktops and servers during a conference organized by the United Nations Development Programme at the capital Skopje in 2007. | http://times.debian.net/1221 | ||||
1204222237 | Linux powered devices - the Embedded Masterclass | This year's Embedded Masterclass will feature an Embedded Linux Workshop offering engineers the chance to understand Linux in an embedded environment. | http://www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news/article/default.aspx?objid=44597 | ||||
1204222349 | Notebook Review: The Zonbu Zonbook | While Zonbu's approach will not satisfy anyone who likes the capability to tinker with their computer or needs unfettered access to the widest possible range of software and peripherals, for those that are looking for a reasonably priced, competent and low-hassle notebook computer Zonbu deserves a close look. | http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/reviews/article.php/3730496 | ||||
1204222552 | DSL 4.2: a Good Thing that Comes in Small Package | I have used several versions of DSL already and I would say that there are significant progresses in each and every release. Version 4.2.5 is no different and had some noteworthy improvements over its predecessor. However, in spite of all the changes made, Damn Small Linux is still Damn Small Linux | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/dsl-42-good-thing-that-comes-in-small.html | ||||
1204222710 | Compiz Fusion Hacks | Both of these are relatively simple modifications that are mainly to get acquainted with the Compiz code base, but even at that, the slicing effect still looks really good if I do say so myself. | http://kdubois.net/?p=46 | ||||
1204222892 | Kubuntu days...productive days | We can improve a lot though, but it has been a confirmation of what I already knew (we all know). With linux I'm more productive, even in tedious actions like the ones I've done these days. | http://toscalix.blogspot.com/2008/02/kubuntu-daysproductive-days.html | ||||
1204223082 | Report: Open Source Adoption Increases App Dev Pay | A report from New York City-based consulting company Bluewolf says IT salaries across the board will continue to rise in 2008, with application developers leading the pack with 7.6 percent salary growth. The increase brings application developers' salaries to between $112,500 from $80,250. | http://www.crn.com/it-channel/206900235 | ||||
1204223284 | Google bets on Android future | But the company is going much further. At the end of 2007 it lifted the lid on Android, an open mobile operating system that is being used to power a new generation of devices under the Open Handset Alliance, a group which involves firms like HTC and chip designer ARM. | http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7266201.stm | ||||
1204223399 | Fedora Update Ready For Distribution? | As the new leader takes the helm, Fedora 9 unveils FreeIPA and a plethora of new features. | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3730806 | ||||
1204223620 | Making open hardware possible | Free software has many benefits: you can get more secure software, faster updates, lots of tutorials and, definitely, a new way of making software and software that builds communities. From this, the next logical step was Open Hardware. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/making_open_hardware_possible | ||||
1204273350 | Who to Watch at Microsoft | One thing that remains rather clear is that some decent people do exist who also work at Microsoft. It is hard, however, to understand how they can surround themselves by so much of the poison which lacks supervision. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/02/29/watching-microsoft-tricks/ | ||||
1204284264 | Analyst: Linux keeps landing in the mainstream | Just as Dell?s progress in offering Linux as a real choice to consumers was a key step, so too is the increased supply and demand that has Wal-Mart, Best Buy and others offering more pre-installed Linux PCs. It?s also nice to see that there is a noticeable price advantage in these Linux computers compared to Windows machines. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/28/linux-keeps-landing-in-the-mainstream/ | ||||
1204284408 | GNOME 2.22.0 Release Candidate (2.21.92) Released! | This is the last unstable release before 2.22.0. It's been a pretty fun ride since September. New features. Bug fixes. Translations. Documentation. Lots of bug triaging too. | http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2008-February/msg00086.html | ||||
1204284628 | For a tiny notebook, eee-sy does it | The $350 ultracompact by ASUS is not only a highly practical tool for many professionals, it's also a great kids' PC | http://www.suntimes.com/technology/ihnatko/816955,CST-FIN-andy28.article | ||||
1204284715 | New Cell-based blade, tools support Linux | The Multicore Plus SDK (software development kit) includes Terra Soft's Yellow Dog Linux and is designed to augment IBM's free Cell SDK. The SDK comprises optimized math libraries and a graphical IDE and debugger based on Eclipse, along with Mercury's Trace Analysis Tool and Library (TATL). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2657190603.html | ||||
1204311380 | KDE Rocks FOSDEM 2008 | The combined KDE/Amarok booth and developer room at the annual Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting (FOSDEM) in Brusssels was a great experience (as usual!). Many people showed up from the KDE and Amarok communities, and we had a hard time fitting all our cool hardware and people in the booth. | http://dot.kde.org/1204168154/ | ||||
1204311467 | Battle of the Ultra-Mobile Linux Laptops: Cloudbook vs. EeeP | How much portable Linux goodness can you get for $400? | http://www.popsci.com/gear-gadgets/article/2008-02/battle-ultra-mobile-linux-laptops-cloudbook-vs-eeepc-vs-my-old-thinkpad?page= | ||||
1204311733 | The swiss canton Solothurn is migrating 2000 desktops | The IT adminstration of the swiss canton Solothurn will conclude the 2000 desktop migration to Debian GNU / Linux by the end of 2008. | http://times.debian.net/1224 | ||||
1204311820 | The Ministry of Finance in FYROM Uses Debian on Its Servers | Besides the forementioned services, the solution allowed single sign on, Quality of Service management and analysis with more cost savings. From a total of 370 desktop computers, 170 are using open source software like the OpenOffice.org office suite, Mozilla Firefox web browser and PDFCreator. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Ministry-of-Finance-in-FYROM-Uses-Debian-On-Its-Servers-79738.shtml | ||||
1204312017 | Low-cost MicroTCA server runs Linux | Emerson Network Power (ENP) announced a microTCA system said to cost half what existing microTCA products go for. The under-$5,000 Centellis 500 features a plastic case, runs Wind River Linux, and is described as a deployable, validated system for cost-constrained enterprise, medical, and industrial automation markets. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3246561319.html | ||||
1204312130 | Slack Off: GoblinX vs. Zenwalk | The older and more experienced Zenwalk Linux won, but by just a slim margin. Its stability and added features were just too much for the young GoblinX to take. Nonetheless, GoblinX didn?t just easily go down because it fought until the end. I think it has a huge potential to succeed | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/02/slack-off-goblinx-vs-zenwalk.html | ||||
1204312231 | Distro Review: Foresight Linux 1.4.2 | After some delay and threatening over the last couple of weeks I've finally gotten around to typing up my review of Foresight Linux... | http://adventuresinopensource.blogspot.com/2008/02/distro-review-foresight-linux-142.html | ||||
1204312333 | Seatback STB runs Linux | Embedded computer manufacturer and Eurotech Group subsidiary Applied Data Systems (ADS) announced an embedded IP set-top box (STB) intended for seatback applications and digital signage. The Linux-based NetCast Player HD supports high definition live video up to 1080p resolution, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5288587391.html | ||||
1204362459 | `Mainframe is green? no laughing matter, seriously | Of course, the real question is whether those 4,000 virtual Linux servers can function as well as real x86 boxes. | http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/martinb/2008/02/29/mainframe-is-green-no-laughing-matter-seriously/ | ||||
1204362540 | Can Linux Stage a Coup D'Etat? | The government in Munich, Germany, runs on Linux. Same thing in the Netherlands, thanks to a recent law there that requires open source software in all departments of the national government. In France, any product for IT use must have an open source alternative in the decision-making process. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Can-Linux-Stage-a-Coup-DEtat-61858.html | ||||
1204362659 | Linux thriving in an anti-Windows Vista market | In the current competitive landscape those numbers don’t even approach Microsoft, but it may be another indication that the marketplace is looking for solutions that are cost effective and nimble, which are two flagship features of most open source projects like Linux. | http://tech.blorge.com/Structure%20/2008/02/29/linux-thriving-in-a-windows-vista-anti-market/ | ||||
1204362768 | Open Source in schools could save the taxpayer billions | This week the Elonex One, a Linux-based laptop costing less than ?100, was launched at the Education Show in Birmingham causing much excitement amongst the visitors and a very serious discussion about how best to support this new breed of Linux laptops in schools. read more @ siriusit | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/open-source-in-schools-could-save-the-taxpayer-billions.html | ||||
1204362879 | Sun does Google's dirty work on MySQL | Sun Microsystems will fine tune MySQL for some big-name customers unwilling to get their hands dirty supporting the open source database themselves. | http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2008/02/29/mysql_sun_google/ | ||||
1204365236 | Microsoft May Have Bribed India for OOXML Pressure | ‘Charity’ in exchange for lock-in and favours? Where else have we seen this before? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/01/bribe-charity-xooml-india/ | ||||
1204397502 | GUADEC 2008 to be held in Istanbul, Turkey | GUADEC, the annual GNOME conference will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from the 7th to the 12th of July 2008. The conference will bring together the GNOME development and user community and key personalities from businesses and governments, to discuss the future direction of the GNOME project. | http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/guadec2008.html | ||||
1204397602 | What business can learn from the open source movement | When was the last time you thought ?I love the company I work for?? Google came out tops in a recent Fortune magazine ?Best Companies to work for in the US? survey. | http://www.thoughtleader.co.za/grauntkruger/2008/03/01/what-business-can-learn-from-the-open-source-movement/ | ||||
1204397685 | Kontron SBCs support Linux | Kontron has introduced a trio of single board computers (SBCs) that run Linux. The "PM" boards are based on Intel 852GM chipsets and Celeron/Pentium M processors, and are available in form factors that include PC/104-Plus, EPIC, and JRex. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5823831406.html | ||||
1204397803 | Com One Phoenix Wi-Fi radio rises from embedded Linux | Phoenix demonstrates the strength and flexibility of embedded Linux. By employing Linux as a lightweight operating system, Com One has built a device with broad consumer appeal. For many consumers, however, the $249 price tag may seem excessive. | http://www.linux.com/feature/127887 | ||||
1204397964 | The impact of licensing choice | If you look at the history of open source databases, there is an argument that the BSD license not only makes it easier for smaller vendors to challenge incumbents, but also for the first-to-market to establish anything near a position that could be considered ?top dog?. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/02/29/the-impact-of-licensing-choice/ | ||||
1204398069 | Free x86 router distro gains faster routing, Linux-like shel | Vyatta moved its distro to Debian in a VC2 release about a year ago, and last fall shipped a VC3 release that added PSec VPN, multilink PPP, and BGP scaling. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7755399439.html | ||||
1204398213 | ‘Future is open source technology’ | Under Tamil Nadu State Wide Area Network (TNSWAN), ELCOT has successfully provided connectivity through Linux compliance to 30 district collectorates in the State. | http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=14613303 | ||||
1204398332 | What's New in PCQ Linux 2008 | PCQ Linux 2008 this time comes with virtual appliances of an ERP and CRM application, a web-based meeting software, a messaging and collaboration platform, a document and content management system, and even a directory server to allow single sign-on for all of them. | http://pcquest.ciol.com/content/linux/2008/108030101.asp | ||||
1204398471 | Faster Performance, Fewer Machines For FreeBSD? | "FreeBSD has the ability to run Linux programs without recompilation," Lucas explained. "For example, I use Adobe Acrobat Reader for Linux on my FreeBSD laptop. It works flawlessly." | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3731386/Faster+Performance+Fewer+Machines+For+FreeBSD.htm | ||||
1204453908 | Google helps FSFE's Freedom Task Force t | Google has made a donation to assist FSFE's Freedom Task Force with delivering training courses, attending conferences and localising documents. | http://mail.fsfeurope.org/pipermail/press-release/2008q1/000201.html | ||||
1204454015 | ?99 laptop could hatch the Linux generation | This might be considered another brick in the wall to mainstream PC manufacturers and Microsoft for two reasons. | http://techlun.ch/2008/02/29/99-laptop-could-hatch-the-linux-generation/ | ||||
1204454130 | Nexuiz 2.4 Offers Impressive Graphics | Since the release of Nexuiz 1.0 in 2005, we have been tracking its progress as one of the leading open-source first person shooters. With time, this fast-pace game has picked up a nice level of artificial intelligence for its in-game bots, engine optimizations, single-player campaign missions, and a variety of technical advancements. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nexuiz_24&num=1 | ||||
1204454239 | As Vista Struggles, Desktop Linux Finds Beachhead | It's not just as simple as pre-loading Linux onto a hard drive, either. It's pre-loading it into PCs or notebooks that provide value. | http://www.crn.com/software/206901184?cid=CRNFeed | ||||
1204483698 | Elonex One Sighted | So now there's a Web site with some details. Also worth taking a look at is this BBC video. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/03/elonex-one-sighted.html | ||||
1204483822 | [KDE] kickoff improvements | So, kickoff ... well, a picture is worth a 1000 of words, so they say. (But then if that was true you'd think they'd state that fact in a picture rather than use words and therefore save time and verbage while making their point more clearly. | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/03/kickoff-improvements.html | ||||
1204483943 | KDE Commit Digest - Issue 99 - 24th February 2008 | Ivan Cukic presents a new tool, Puck, the Plasma UI Compiler: This time I'm not talking about Lancelot per se, although you get screenshots of it, but rather of a tool that is being created to ease it's development and development of other Plasma-based applications. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-02-24/ | ||||
1204484204 | LAC2008 is booted! | LAC booting It has started: The Linux Audio Conference 2008 has begun and the first W-LAN-problems have been solved by the most important person here: our sysadmin Bob O?Kane. We had a nice greeting with great talks by Prof. Anthony Moore of KHM and our patron, Cologne?s vice mayor Angela Spizig. | http://lac.linuxaudio.org/?p=50 | ||||
1204484310 | Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Alpha 5 | What more can I say? If I went over all the excellent features of Ubuntu I'd be repeating myself. I appreciate that this is only the alpha 5 release but the new functionality looks to be very promising indeed; of course I won't commit to anything until the final release is out in April but I think (yet again) it'll be good. | http://www.distro-review.com/review-ubuntu-8-04-hardy-heron-alpha-5 | ||||
1204484454 | Linux is killing Solaris | So, what does this have to do with killing Solaris? We couldn?t find even a single person interested in running htop on Solaris (besides us). | http://blog.markturansky.com/archives/49 | ||||
1204484581 | The Linux Desktop Q&A (and Video) | Some of the installers such as Ubuntu?s will even import your Windows account information during the install, which is pretty slick. Not as seamless as a migration from one OS X instance to another, but not bad given the complexity. | http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2008/03/01/utter-crap-matt-asay-and-the-linux-desktop-qa-and-video/ | ||||
1204484798 | Amazon MP3 Now Open To Linux Users | And now the company?s gone and done another decent thing with is music download service: it has opened its doors to Linux users. | http://mashable.com/2008/03/01/amazon-mp3-linux/ | ||||
1204484937 | Computer center rebuilds gear — and staffers' lives | Burgett's company takes in old computers and installs Linux, a free open source software. The computers are made desktop-ready with an entire word-processing spread database and a Mozilla Web browser. [Digg this hero (Burgett)] | http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_8427887 | ||||
1204531346 | Learning from Intel-Microsoft-Dell-Hewlett-Packard Collusion | “I’m thinking of hitting the OEMs harder than in the past with anti-Linux […] they should do a delicate dance” –Joachim Kempin, Microsoft’s OEM Chief at the time | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/03/collusions-exposed/ | ||||
1204532798 | Mandriva Linux 2008 release candidate debuts | The beta is available in Free and One editions, with i586 and x86-64 DVDs for the Free edition and i586, KDE-based and GNOME-based CDs for the One edition. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2197 | ||||
1204532968 | Casual viewing: Mandriva 2008 Spring RC1, Fedora 8 | My initial judgement notwithstanding, Mandriva 2008 Spring may just turn out to be a pretty good release and a decent distribution, especially if you want good video support off-the-CD. | http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2008/03/casual-viewing-mandriva-2008-spring-rc1.html | ||||
1204533058 | LiMo Foundation aims to put Linux in your handset | Good technologies tend to eventually find their way into mainstream devices, regardless of whether they're adopted by an industry group. I suspect the same will be true for Linux, if it's not already true. | http://www.embedded.com/columns/esdeic/206901035?_requestid=576147 | ||||
1204533253 | I’m sad to say: A lot of GNU/Linux-users discard freedom | We should buy an ogg-capable portable mediaplayer if we can. We should encode our videos in Theora if we can. We should use free fonts, if we can. | http://tuxtoday.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/im-sad-to-say-a-lot-of-gnulinux-users-dont-care-about-freedom/ | ||||
1204562133 | WIntel releases Atom size Linux for next-gen devices | WIntel's MIDs will operate on it's Menlow platform and run an embedded Linux platform such as Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition, launched late last year, or those under the . Intel will trial China's Red Flag Linux on its MIDs in May. | http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;1685593044 | ||||
1204562307 | Free laptops a hit with children | The laptops, which are sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), cost US$176 (about 5,600 baht) each. The school is one of two in the central province chosen for the pilot programme. | http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/03Mar2008_news10.php | ||||
1204562572 | First look at FreeBSD 7.0 | So would FreeBSD 7.0 make a decent desktop system? I haven't run it long enough to be able to answer the question, but from my initial testing I would be perfectly happy to give it a more intensive try. It certainly looks like a nicely crafted system, with extreme attention to detail | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080303#feature | ||||
1204562701 | Linux Update: I Love It When A Plan Comes Together | Yes that's right, a cunning plan has formed in my usually ineffectual brain over the weekend. As you'll know if you read this blog much, I've just got a shiny new Dell XPS m1330 with Ubuntu installed, this is gonna by my main machine from now on. | http://adventuresinopensource.blogspot.com/2008/03/update-i-love-it-when-plan-comes.html | ||||
1204562842 | KDE 4 Coolness: SuperKaramba and Plasma Packages | With the great intro provided about Plasma Packages to get Apple's Dashboard Widgets running, it follows a screenshot that shows SuperKaramba - yes, it works with legacy *.skz files. | http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3305 | ||||
1204610934 | What If Novell Did More Harm Than Good to the Linux Kernel? | Have you looked into which contributions Novell has made to the Linux kernel since the November 2006 interop deal with Microsoft? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/04/novell-kernel-patches/ | ||||
1204612317 | Nevermind the bulls**t, here's OOXML, says Microsoft | Microsoft says it is "optimistic" that the Office Open XML specification will be made into an ISO standard, despite a national body describing the ballot resolution process as "bulls**t". | http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/173304/nevermind-the-bullst-heres-ooxml-says-microsoft.html | ||||
1204612417 | VoIP vendor to show new phones at CeBIT | Berlin-based VoIP phone vendor Snom will show off its new line of Linux-based cordless VoIP phones at this week's CeBIT 2008 Conference in Hannover, Germany. Snom will also launch its Snom Hacker Shootout program to encourage hacker community involvement in addressing VoIP security issues. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8567236200.html | ||||
1204612518 | USB drivers going GPL-only in 2.6.25 | Here's one from the file of random stuff you see when you put a new machine on the upstream kernel instead of the distro kernel. USB drivers for Linux will be GPL-only with the release of the upcoming kernel 2.6.25. | http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/3190 | ||||
1204612678 | Googly Eyed | After an excruciatingly long time, it looks like Linux is finally taking hold. But maybe we should rename it the Google Operating System because, clearly, the big Daddy Warbucks of search is the wind beneath the wings of Linux these days. | http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2008/march/190156.html | ||||
1204654450 | New [Gentoo] foundation trustees elected | New trustees for the Gentoo Foundation were just elected. The foundation takes care of Gentoo's intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks) and money. It ensures that nobody violates our copyrights and trademarks, serves as a place to hold money, and decides where to devote that money in the best interests of Gentoo. | http://www.gentoo.org/news/20080302-foundation-election.xml | ||||
1204654591 | Review: GoblinX 2.6 | In conclusion, you should give GoblinX a chance, but not because it's so small (300 MB) or because it so good looking and fast, and not because it has so many window managers, but because all the beautiful wallpapers and the magical applications I've mentioned in this review are created by a single person | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Review-GoblinX-2-6-79936.shtml | ||||
1204707889 | Messiness is better | Had KDE not removed the problem, I could have set up Xfce. Had Xfce not solved the problem, I could turned to IceWM, Blackbox, Fluxbox, Afterstep or any of a couple of dozen other desktops or window manager. | http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/messiness-is-better/ | ||||
1204708110 | Iomega adds rack-mount Linux NASes | Iomega today announced a new family of Linux-based rack-mount NASes in 1TB, 2TB and 3TB capacities. | http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30331&Itemid=76 | ||||
1204708224 | As LAMP use grows, open source partners are in the spotlight | The good news for partners in open source is that people with PHP, Ruby or other open source expertise can command a premium price, according to recent research. | http://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid96_gci1303430,00.html | ||||
1204708346 | Will pre-installed virtualization challenge Linux leaders? | Still, servers that ship with no OS as opposed to having RHEL pre-installed would seem likely to have an impact on a company whose bread and butter business is pre-installation on servers, wouldn?t it? | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/04/will-pre-installed-virtualization-challenge-linux-leaders/ | ||||
1204708481 | New Linux Foundation Board Members Elected | The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced the results of its annual Board of Directors election. The LF board is comprised of all LF membership classes as well as individual affiliates. | http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080304/0370052.html | ||||
1204708692 | The Year of the Linux Desktop Turns Out to be the Mainframe | I think this is a big year for desktop Linux, but last week there was an amazing announcement from IBM that people may have missed. IBM rolled out their new z10 mainframe running Linux and it does not disappoint. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/03/04/the-year-of-the-linux-desktop-turns-out-to-be-the-year-of-the-linux-mainframe/ | ||||
1204708790 | Debian “Lenny” will be released as Debian 5.0 | Also interesting enough he mentioned that Lenny might be released with KDE4... | http://www.ducea.com/2008/03/03/debian-lenny-will-be-released-as-debian-50/ | ||||
1204708968 | Release Notes for Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna KDE Community Ed. | Daryna KDE is nearly as minty as the main edition now. The packages are (safely) upto date and the kernel is the Gutsy Gibbon kernel 2.6.22-14. | http://linuxmint.com/rel_daryna_kde.php | ||||
1204709103 | ReviewLinux.Com: First Look Linux Mint 4.0 KDE | Thought I would take a quick look at the latest release of Linux Mint. Linux Mint 4.0 KDE is just under 1.0 gig and now has to be placed on a DVD. The install process was easy and smooth. The LiveDVD works fine also but I decided to install it to my hard drive and take a few screenshots for your enjoyment. | http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=9685 | ||||
1204709291 | Are FDs paying too much for their IT? | Despite scepticism in the UK, open source adoption is becoming more widely accepted. Some would clearly argue that any scepticism is uncalled for, with thousands of developers in the open source community working together to enhance the code and ensure high quality. | http://www.financeweek.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=5954 | ||||
1204709377 | Canonical fires up box Landscaping business | Canonical - the money bags behind Ubuntu - hopes to attract more corporate buyers toward the Linux light with the release of a systems management package dubbed Landscape. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/04/canonical_landscape/ | ||||
1204709520 | Linux goes walkabout | Aside from its efforts to free users from telcos, the Neo?s other features include an accelerometer, which will protect the data when it senses the handset is in free-fall (it?s the thing that car airbags use), and a touch-screen interface. | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080304.WBcyberia20080304133308/WBStory/WBcyberia | ||||
1204709756 | Kernel space: Merging drivers early | Kernel developers debate the standards for including new driver source code in the kernel. As long as a new driver doesn't break things for people who aren't using the affected hardware, getting it into the kernel in an unfinished state may do more good than harm. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/030408-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1204709888 | Are Open-Source Developers Too Critical? | That is, when you pay someone else to supply a box of shrink-wrapped software, you're emotionally distant from it. You may rant about its inadequacies, but you're essentially powerless to change them, and you have no expectation that your personal opinion will affect the product's evolution. | http://advice.cio.com/esther_schindler/critical_os | ||||
1204724945 | Nokia and Finland: A Mystery Behind OOXML and Silverlight | Those who say that RIA and Free software cannot go hand in hand are simply fulfilling their own prophecy and defend a selfish desire to take the proprietary route. Curl is Apache-licensed. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/05/moox-and-silverlight-finland/ | ||||
1204736793 | ACID3 and Konqueror | As you can see, amongst stable versions (in bold), Konqueror beats them all. Hip, hip, hooray for Konqueror (KHTML) devs! And one hip and hooray for WebKit! | http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2008/03/04/acid3-and-konqueror/ | ||||
1204736951 | Mandriva 2008.1 looks pretty good | Well, 2008.1 works completely out-of-the-box. X resolution is properly set, madwifi is properly setup, the SD card reader works.. everything just works. | http://linsec.ca/blog/2008/03/03/mandriva-20081-looks-pretty-good/ | ||||
1204737051 | Ubuntu Brainstorm Update | Four amazing days have passed since the launch of brainstorm.ubuntu.com, and all we can say is Whoah! A couple of numbers...: * 10,000 registered users * 2700 ideas (in comparison, Dell Ideastorm has 9000 ideas) | http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1365 | ||||
1204737314 | ATI & NVIDIA In The Linux Hollywood | In this talk by Robin Rowe and Gabrielle Pantera, this duo had discussed how Linux managed to succeed in this industry and one of the reasons was because of NVIDIA and their hardware support under Linux via their binary drivers. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM3MQ | ||||
1204737352 | My thoughts on Slackware 12.0 | Though Slackware takes a little bit more effort than many other operating systems to get set up and working, it is well worth the effort. I have found my new favorite OS. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=385 | ||||
1204737475 | An incomplete list of high quality Open Source games | It is often mentioned that many games are not available on Linux. While several big titles are indeed missing such Linux ports, the Open Source community itself produced some impressive titles. Here is a short list together with some promo videos. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/an-incomplete-list-of-high-quality-open-source-games/ | ||||
1204737718 | Review of FreeBSD 7 | The future is bright for FreeBSD and I’m certainly looking forward to the pending 7.0 release and beyond. The 7.1 release will see the ULE scheduler enabled by default and should also see the inclusion of the new installer into the mainstream releases. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/review_of_freebsd_7 | ||||
1204784809 | Will Nokia?s Linux-based Internet Tablets Soon Have Mono? | The trouble here is not only the move away from Web standards, but also the licensing restrictions which come with Mono and Silverlight (or Moonlight). Remember attempts to put Mono on LiMo, at spec-level? Curious minds must also consider the possibility that Nokia will try to shove Microsoft?s lockinware or patentware into Qt, which it now owns. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/06/nokia-tablet-silverlight/ | ||||
1204787886 | Why falling Flash prices threaten Microsoft | Until now, the received wisdom has been that GNU/Linux will never take off with general users because it's too complicated. One of the signal achievements of the Asus Eee PC is that it has come up with a front end that hides the richness of the underlying GNU/Linux. It divides programs up into a few basic categories... | http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/06/opensource.olpc | ||||
1204787978 | Another low cost Linux PC. I think we can officially call it | I believe the computing industry is waking up to the fact that lower costs to the consumer and higher margins to be had with a Linux OS in the razor thin margin PC manufacturing business is irresistible. My prediction is that using Linux isn’t going to be an experiment - it is going to be essential in order to compete. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/03/04/another-low-cost-linux-pc-i-think-we-can-officially-call-it-a-trend/ | ||||
1204788166 | 2.6.25-rc4, "A Fair Amount Of Small Changes" | "It's a few days late, but I was waiting for some updates for some of the most annoying regressions until releasing it, so the end result is hopefully more useful as a result," Linus Torvalds began, announcing the 2.6.25-rc4 kernel. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.25-rc4_A_Fair_Amount_Of_Small_Changes | ||||
1204788315 | Linux clocks double-digit growth. Fear and loathing in MS | Therein lies the rub of the tale behind much of Microsoft's fear and loathing of open source. [note: IDC is a Microsoft puppet, working only with Microsoft-provided figures and counting preinstalls] | http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9886843-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1204788449 | Everything in Unison on Linux | Software developer Unison has launched what it claimed is the world's first fully-unified communications suite based on Linux. | http://www.techworld.com/applications/news/index.cfm?newsid=11629 | ||||
1204788567 | The Linux car that drives itself | The car was a finalist in the legendary Darpa Grand Challenge, a US Defence Department-sponsored competition held every year or two in which driverless vehicles battle it out to see which can complete a set course in the fastest time. The cars must drive themselves — they cannot be steered by remote control. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/emergingtech/0,1000000183,39363068,00.htm | ||||
1204788650 | Intel Linux-Ready Firmware Developer Kit | The Intel Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit (LFDK) can be downloaded from their project website as a bootable ISO or just the source-code, which is 80MB and 199Kb, respectively. The latest version of the Linux-ready Firmware Developer Kit is Release 3, which arrived in October of 2007. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_firmware_kit&num=1 | ||||
1204788770 | Tiny DSP module VoIP-enables factory equipment | SSV has introduced a digital signal processor (DSP) module that attaches to custom I/O boards via "DIL" (dual in line) sockets. Designed for VoIP integration into measurement and automation equipment, the DIL/NetPC DNP/5370 runs uClinux on an Analog Devices BF537 Blackfin DSP. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5214569241.html | ||||
1204788913 | The ease of sidux | So, what if you need a program that isn?t already installed on sidux? No problem. Just open a terminal and type ?apt-get install name of program?. No fancy program names that make you wonder what they mean. No more searching for downloaded files to figure out which one you want to install. | http://myviewmytake.wordpress.com/2008/02/26/the-ease-of-sidux/ | ||||
1204818260 | Athens schools promote 'open source' computing | Athens was invited because it is one of few districts in Michigan teaching on Linux operating systems. | http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080305/NEWS01/803050312/1002/NEWS01 | ||||
1204818577 | The Office Suite Dilemma on Ubuntu | Let's face it, the office suite options on Ubuntu aren't as good as they should be. (I'm going to talk mostly about word processing here.) [...] OpenOffice.org [...] Gnome Office [...] Koffice [...] Symphony [...] Google Apps | http://www.ibeentoubuntu.com/2008/03/office-suite-dilemma-on-ubuntu.html | ||||
1204818786 | Dispelling the Mystery of Android | A mobile Linux operating system is a complete system stack integrated with all the software components needed to operate a mobile device. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/61961.html?welcome=1204791279 | ||||
1204818995 | Samba keeps up with Server 2008, Vista SP1 | The cat and mouse relationship between Microsoft and the open source Samba continues as the team prepares another update to add support for Windows Server 2008 and Vista SP1. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1189057679&rid=-50 | ||||
1204819057 | Proposal: Fedora@Home | This would be fantastic for Fedora as it would allow us to lead the open source movement into the area of open services and community computing based on open source. | http://lwn.net/Articles/271792/ | ||||
1204868298 | OpenOffice.org goes to LGPLv3 | You may recall that a team from Sun devoted a great deal of time to the process of drafting the GPLv3. Our engagement was not just the monitoring exercise that I suspect it was for many of the corporate participants. It was always my hope that Sun would use the license for significant software projects. | http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/openoffice_org_goes_to_lgplv3 | ||||
1204868424 | Financial Times on MSOOXML | Yeah, FT even featured the walkin' talkin' stalkin' Microsoft Malaysia Rep! Maija followed up on it, and it seems Microsoft's official reason for his attendance was "to provide technical assistance". Heh. | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/financial-times.html | ||||
1204868657 | New mini-laptops challenge Eee PC | Medion showed an early prototype of its 10in notebook behind closed doors. It has a similar resolution to the 8.9in Eee and retains a Linux operating system. The Medion model?s chassis has a matt-white outer clam-shell design with a black keyboard. | http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2211200/mini-laptops-challenge-eee-pc | ||||
1204888036 | Kerala shuts windows, schools to use only Linux | A few weeks ago, the Government formally ordered that only free Linux-based software should be used for IT education in high schools, using new the Linux text books developed by State Council for Educational Research and Training and the Free Software Foundation of India. | http://www.indianexpress.com/story/280323.html | ||||
1204906308 | A ?99 GNU/Linux laptop: is it just too cheap? | You can add to those the fact that both come with LinOS Linux 2.6.21, sport the same ?mouse emulator? (two each in fact), have a similar 3-cell battery (which Elonex claim will last for four hours). The same rugged hardware design is in both. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/pound_99_pound_gnu_linux_laptop_too_cheap | ||||
1204906405 | Linux-based NAS stores 2TB | LaCie has shipped a dual-disk, 2TB version of its Linux-based network attached storage (NAS) appliance. The latest "2big Network" device runs an in-house version of Linux called LaCix, and can act as a small business server for FTP, backup, and file-sharing. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2898756158.html | ||||
1204906533 | Ballmer Could Learn a Lesson from Jonathan Schwartz | We?ve seen this story before and we know how it ends. Perhaps Microsoft can learn a lesson from history and Sun Microsystems. The lesson is not to wait. If Sun had open sourced Solaris and enabled its adoption on other architectures sooner it may have prevented the rise of Linux. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/03/06/ballmer-could-learn-a-lesson-from-jonathan-schwartz/ | ||||
1204906671 | [Screenshots] Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Alpha 6 | The final alpha release for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron is now available. Among the features that are available to Ubuntu 8.04 users are Firefox 3 Beta 3, the Vinagre VNC client, PolicyKit, PulseAudio, improved Virtualization capabilities, and even improved memory protection. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_804_alpha6&num=1 | ||||
1204906761 | PCLinuxOS Gnome 2.21.2 | It's very polished, fast and thoroughly beautiful once you've gone past the confusingly ugly loading screens. It's very usable and while I (through personal preference) don't find Gnome environments as intuitive as KDE it still works together very well. | http://www.distro-review.com/review-pclinuxos-gnome-2-21-2 | ||||
1204906866 | KDE4 Desktop Effects | I installed KDE4 on my desktop today so I could finally try out KWin in all its glory. If you haven't tried it yet I highly recommend it. KDE4 with desktop effects enabled is simply gorgeous. It's fast, responsive, and comes with a nice array of effects options. | http://linuxappfinder.com/blog/kde4_desktop_effects | ||||
1204907011 | [KDE4:] click, drag ... eject! (oh, and logout) | While I many not get to relive the paper clip experience, we can do something for my drag-eject nostalgia! A few days back Marco Martin committed a change to the trash plasmoid he's written so that you can drag drives and discs from the Places view in Dolphin, the file open/save dialog, the Computer tab in kickoff, etc to the trash/recyle bin. | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/03/click-drag-eject-oh-and-logout.html | ||||
1204968204 | CloudBooks may use Intel's Diamondville processor | Everex is refreshing its CloudBook line of ultraportable, Linux-based notebooks with redesigned models that may eventually include low-power Intel Diamondville processors, bigger screens, and more storage. | http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/07/Cloudbooks-may-use-Intel-Diamondville_1.html | ||||
1204968295 | Why 'LiveCD' Should Be a Part of Every Computer User's Vocab | Before you head out the door to make a trip to the airport or even the local coffee shop, remember to grab not only your keys, but also a copy of a Linux Live CD. | http://www.sys-con.com/read/514335_p.htm | ||||
1204968498 | Will Microsoft Change How ActiveX Runs in IE 8? | Dormann is telling IE users that they should, from a security perspective, disable ActiveX controls from running by default. "It would be nice if this is something Microsoft did with the next version of the browser," he said. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Will-Microsoft-Change-How-ActiveX-Runs-in-IE-8/ | ||||
1204968585 | Ballmer's Remarks Inspire A TCO Trip Down Memory Lane | According to the email -- part of a slew of subpoenaed documents Microsoft would have preferred to keep to itself -- at least one company official argued that it would be "easier" not to own up to sponsoring the IDC study. | http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/ballmers_remark.html | ||||
1204968684 | Debian founder wants to 'reshape' OpenSolaris | Solaris has always had a very monolithic structure. The basic idea behind Project Indiana was to take the Linux distribution model, which allows for very flexible and agile incorporation of open source technologies, and apply that same thinking to OpenSolaris, thereby pulling in more open source technologies. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62038656,00.htm | ||||
1204968834 | Shuttle announces K45 mini-PC barebone, with GNU/Linux | Shuttle recently introduced its K45 mini-PC barebone, based on the Intel 945GC chip set and supporting both power-saving and current dual-core processors. | http://www.digitimes.com/Backgrounders/ArtReview.asp?datePublish=2008/03/07&pages=PR&seq=210 | ||||
1204987519 | The Free Software Credibility Index | At some stage it was realised that an index is needed which tells people who to trust on Free software matters.The scale has 6 notches. 0 means least credible; 5 means most credible | http://boycottnovell.com/credibility-index/ | ||||
1204998978 | Elive 1.6 development released | The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of development version 1.6 | http://www.elivecd.org/Main/News/80 | ||||
1205051072 | Linix is Beautiful: KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 783000) | You don’t always see this in the official changelogs but the KDE 4 development is progressing in an extraordinary speed. After a deep look at rev 777000 we are presenting you a new visual review of changes made to KDE 4 during the last couple of weeks. | http://polishlinux.org/kde/kde-41-visual-changelog-rev-783000/ | ||||
1205051172 | Interview with Carlos Piana | The lawyer for Samba and the Free Software Foundation Europe explains the behind-the-scenes work behind last month's antitrust decision against Microsoft. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/030808-piana.html | ||||
1205051275 | Norhtec to Release Yet Another Sub-$300 Linux UMPC | According to Barnes, the Gecko laptop will be announced soon, and will hit the market at a sub-$300 price tag, in order to compete with the other 7-inchers of its kin. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Norhtec-to-Release-Yet-Another-Sub-300-Linux-UMPC-80456.shtml | ||||
1205051431 | Open source meets automation at Hannover | The 21-member OSADL was modeled after the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs), which merged with the Free Standards Group (FSG), to form the Linux Foundation. What the OSDL/LF accomplished for Linux in general, the OSADL aims to do for Linux in automation. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3952949672.html | ||||
1205052322 | Microsoft API Pledge Worse Than Useless, Real Standards Need | Might this be the rumoured support which sources spoke about prematurely? If so, then again, it?s worse than useless and it does more harm than good. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/09/api-pledge-more-harm-than-good/ | ||||
1205079776 | Basics of a Linux-based School IT Infrastructure | School District No. 73 has 54 schools and another 6 administration sites including Board Office, Maintenance and Transportation. Roughly 4500+ computers or desktops for all staff and students. Each Elementary School has one teaching lab of 30 computers, at least one computer in each classroom | http://bbmaj7.livejournal.com/3542.html | ||||
1205079856 | Ubuntu 8.04 Will The Hardy Heron Bear Fruit? | With so many disgusted by the poor performance of Vista, and Microsoft’s poor efforts at removing the problems with that OS, it remains to be seen how the purchases of many will shake out over this year. Many who don’t have large hardware investments may make the jump to the sanity of Apple and OS X. | http://www.lockergnome.com/theoracle/2008/03/08/ubuntu-804-will-the-hardy-heron-bear-fruit/ | ||||
1205079946 | Fedora 9 Rawhide | The beta release of Fedora 9 has been pushed back another week to March 20, because of stability issues, but to see the progress made by the Fedora / Red Hat developers we did a clean Rawhide installation. Some of the features that have been shaping up well for Fedora 9 include EXT4 file-system support | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora9_rawhide&num=1 | ||||
1205080105 | Wolvix, My Kind of Wolf | Wolvix is really an amazing Linux distribution considering that it is developed and maintained by only two men. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/03/wolvix-my-kind-of-wolf.html | ||||
1205080249 | The Code for Two New Compiz Animations [with Video] | Well, here it is, the code for “Helix” and for “Blinds”. Right now, neither of these are in the Compiz Git repositories, so you’ll need to compile the code yourself by replacing the entire plugins-main/src/animation directory with the code you got from the link in the first sentence and compiling normally. | http://kdubois.net/?p=51 | ||||
1205080379 | The first Gnash beta is out | The first beta release of Gnash has just been made at version 0.8.2. Gnash is a GPL'd SWF movie player and browser plugin for Firefox, Mozilla, and Konqueror. Gnash supports many SWF v7 features and ActionScript 2 classes. with growing support for SWF v8 and v9. | http://lwn.net/Articles/272206/ | ||||
1205080504 | Clarkconnect 4.2 Community Edition - Open Source Linux GW | Overall, I am very happy with Clarkconnect 4.2. It's been rock solid, and does everything well. Far quicker and easier than DIY with any given Linux distribution, lots of community support (good forums too), and Point Clark Networks offer a free intgrated DDNS service, and and update service for packages, filters etc. | http://www.geekzone.co.nz/tonyhughes/4696 | ||||
1205080601 | A shared passion for software is what drives open-source | With all the hype surrounding free and open-source tools - the operating system Linux, the web server software Apache, the web browser Mozilla Firefox - it is easy to forget the men (and, occasionally, women) who develop them. | http://www.newstatesman.com/200803060043 | ||||
1205136207 | Mini-Linux chips coming | Intel's MIDs will operate on its Menlow platform and run an embedded Linux platform such as Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/40FDCA510B9C8249CC2574040075E892 | ||||
1205136504 | Bazaar is now a GNU project | I'm happy to announce that Bazaar is now officially a GNU project. This decision was taken after consultation with some of the core Bazaar developers, Canonical management, and Richard Stallman, leader of the GNU project. | https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bazaar-announce/2008-February/000135.html | ||||
1205164849 | Laptop Review: Dell XPS m1330n (Ubuntu Pre-Installed) | I like this system a lot I have to say, I've now got it set up so I can use it at my desk connected to the sound system, large LCD, power and Logitech wireless desktop. | http://adventuresinopensource.blogspot.com/2008/03/laptop-review-dell-xps-m1330n-ubuntu.html | ||||
1205164971 | Lessons Learned? We Can Only Hope. | Yet, when it comes down to it...CompUSA is gone. I personally will shed no tears. I am convinced that their blindness to consumer needs played some part in their demise if not a large one, whether it was Linux or any other non-microsoft product. You want to argue it? OK... | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/03/lessons-learned-we-can-only-hope.html | ||||
1205165126 | Florida Hospital Enhances IT Performance With Linux | Florida Hospital, ranked in US News and World Report magazine as one of ?America?s Best Hospitals? for the past six consecutive years, has seven facilities totalling 2,300 beds throughout Central Florida and is part of the Adventist Healthcare system, the largest not-for-profit healthcare provider in the nation. | http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080310/20080310005264.html?.v=1 | ||||
1205165282 | KDE Commit Digest - Issue 100 - 2nd March 2008 | Work on WebKit integration, the ability to access Plasma data engines in Plasmoids rendered through WebKit, and a HDDtemp daemon data engine are added to Plasma, plus work on Plasmoid packaging and KRunner. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-03-02/ | ||||
1205165404 | Ubuntu Mobile : The Perfect Mobile OS | Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices. Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing. | http://tuxenclave.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/ubuntu-mobile-the-perfect-mobile-os/ | ||||
1205165549 | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Gets An XRandR GUI | A week ago, Canonical's Bryce Harrington had pushed an XRandR GUI into Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, which can now be found inside Alpha 6. This utility facilitates the dynamic management of displays using the RandR 1.2 extension, which is similar to URandR, GRandR, and other RandR front-ends. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_gui_randr&num=1 | ||||
1205223665 | Linux well suited to SMB market | "Small businesses are looking to save money on technology," says Kamini Rupani, a product director with Avocent. "In a time of tightened licensing, escalating software costs, relative to total costs, and low initial costs of Linux and its cadre of tools, SMBs are looking at the strategy of considering open-source software. | http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/News.asp?id=47379&cid=11 | ||||
1205223761 | BIOS boots to Linux in one second | Firmware company General Software announced that it is selling customized, quick-booting versions of its Linux-compatible BIOS firmware to the medical device industry. The company says its "Embedded BIOS with StrongFrame Technology" can boot to lilo (Linux loader) in less than a second. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5429881813.html | ||||
1205223959 | PCLOS TinyMe - Nothing Tiny With This Little Fella | I am honestly pleased to give this package a 4 Pennie review. I have always shy'd away from the microdistro, affraid of wasting my time putting a system in place that really wouldn't meet my needs. I generally look at other distros, focusing on Enlightenment or XFCE | http://new2linux.info/index.php/reviews/25-the-project/44-pclos-tinyme-nothing-tiny-with-this-little-fell | ||||
1205224088 | Sun to Deliver Open Source Solutions for Schools | Speculations are that Sun is planned to deliver Open Source computing solutions, including support and implementation for Open Office and Linux on a few thousand computers during the first phase. Sun will also assist in training teachers and building new Computer Labs. | http://opensourceguy.net/2008/03/10/sun-deliver-open-source-solutions-israeli-ministry-education/ | ||||
1205224229 | Linux thin clients gain managability | Igel has released an update to its remote management software for coordinating its Linux-compatible thin clients. Igel's Remote Management Suite (RMS) 2.07 is said to offer easier installation via a new Java database, as well as enhanced Microsoft Active Directory support. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3027071590.html | ||||
1205224340 | GNOME 2.22.0 Coming This Wednesday | If you don't have it marked down on your calendar, GNOME 2.22.0 is scheduled to be released this Wednesday, March 12. GNOME 2.22.0 is the first stable release in the GNOME 2.22 series that represents all of the work made in the GNOME 2.21 development series. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM4NA | ||||
1205224650 | Desktop Linux goes retail | Firmware company General Software announced that it is selling customized, quick-booting versions of its Linux-compatible BIOS firmware to the medical device industry. The company says its "Embedded BIOS with StrongFrame Technology" can boot to lilo (Linux loader) in less than a second. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8909010718.html | ||||
1205254015 | The Downfall of Vista [and Rise of Linux] | The downfall of Vista will be the beginning for the rise of Ubuntu dominance. | http://girishmallapragada.blogspot.com/2008/03/downfall-of-vista.html | ||||
1205254117 | OpenMoko to Commercialize Open-source Hardware Mobile Phone | OpenMoko (run by Openmoko Inc of Taiwan, a subsidiary of First International Computer Inc of Taiwan) is a developer of mobile phones using open-source hardware and software. OpenMoko developed OpenMoko Linux and Neo, which are open-source software platform and hardware for mobile phones. | http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20080310/148761/ | ||||
1205254378 | GNOME 2.22: A Truly Amazing Desktop! | In the end, as a bonus, here's a sneak peak at the upcoming features of GNOME 2.24: a new version of GNOME's Ekiga VoIP client featuring a revamped user interface and SIP presence support; the Empathy instant messaging client utilizing the Telepathy communications... | http://news.softpedia.com/news/GNOME-2-22-A-Truly-Amazing-Desktop-80584.shtml | ||||
1205254529 | Tux fuels the HPC market [Linux in Supercomputers] | “Linux as server OS technology fits in very well with the HPC segment. Overwhelmingly the majority of today’s HPC clusters are based on Linux. Some of the key benefits which are driving this adoption are high performance, scalability, flexibility, affordability..." | http://www.prdomain.com/companies/I/IBM/newsreleases/200831154073.htm | ||||
1205254681 | Integrated Linux BSP on cellular products | Freescale has announced the support for the Linux operating system on its cellular products. | http://www.cieonline.co.uk/cie2/articlen.asp?pid=1782&id=19097 | ||||
1205254793 | Chumby offers widgets of fun and data in miniature | At its core, the Chumby is a tiny Linux-based computer stuffed into a soft, leather-like case that resembles a beanbag. It uses Wi-Fi to connect to the Internet, from which it downloads widgets that deliver specific bits of information to its 3.5-inch touchscreen. | http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/silverman/5608240.html | ||||
1205254933 | Choice Open-Source VoIP News Nuggets | In addition, they added an optional "Day 0" that provides a basic foundation in both Linux skills and FreePBX basics. | http://www.voipplanet.com/news/article.php/3733006 | ||||
1205255029 | PCLinuxOS Magazine March 2008 Released | PCLinuxOS Magazine, March 2008 (Issue 19) is available to download. You can find it at the new PCLinuxOS Magazine website. If you'd like to be informed immediately about our releases, please signup for the Magazine-Announce mailing list . | http://www.pclosmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=71&Itemid=28 | ||||
1205303802 | Breaking Microsoft?s Two-pillar Strategy | Remind yourself of this: Steve Ballmer keeps saying (and last said it just two weeks ago) that Linux is Microsoft?s number one competitor. Remember this. Number one threat. Not Apple. Not IBM. Microsoft is meanwhile approaching debt and it may soon be tipped over the edge only to surprise everyone who previously fell for their constant lies. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/12/two-pillar-strategy/ | ||||
1205304186 | GCC 4.3 Release Series | The GNU project and the GCC developers are pleased to announce the release of GCC 4.3.0. | http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.3/ | ||||
1205304291 | Linux Market to Triple by 2012 | Analyst firm Research and Markets has just put out a project on Linux-based server and client hardware sales, and is projecting that the market will more than triple between 2007 and 2012. | http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb031108-story07.html | ||||
1205304419 | GNOME Foundation Annual Report for 2007 | "We have completed our original goal. Ten years ago, GNU/Linux distributions did not include a free and usable web browser. Ten years ago, using only free software, you could not do graphic design and illustration, you could not balance your checkbook..." | http://lwn.net/Articles/272767/rss | ||||
1205304533 | Linux 2.6.25-rc5 [Released] | So the size of the -rc patches is finally starting to shrink, but we still have way too many outstanding regression reports. Some of them should be already fixed in -rc5, but many won't be. So reporters, please do keep updating your entries as to whether they are fixed or not. | http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/3/10/7 | ||||
1205304660 | [IBM Vice President:] Life after Windows, Day 1 | This last weekend I wiped the second half of the laptop hard drive and installed the IBM internal Open Client for Linux. It has everything I need for work: Lotus Notes, Lotus Symphony, Lotus SameTime, and a couple of ways to get through the firewall. | http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=2105 | ||||
1205304795 | Power-sipping thin client runs Linux | VXL Instruments has introduced an "entry-level" thin client device that runs Linux. The Itona TC 2331-LI operates fanlessly, uses a 1GHz Via C7 processor, supports touchscreen monitors with up to 1680 x 1050 resolution, and uses only 11 watts of power, says VXL. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2651844721.html | ||||
1205304902 | KSEB shifts to free software billing | The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) shifted from proprietary software to launch a free software-based platform of independent billing system on Monday. | http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/11/stories/2008031153460400.htm | ||||
1205305056 | Basic and Cheap [Linux] PCs | Several new computers unveiled in recent months have something in common besides their budget-minded price tag: All come preloaded with the Linux operating system instead of Microsoft's Windows. | http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/archives/2008/04/cheap_pcs.html | ||||
1205305201 | Measuring Fedora's Boot Performance | While Ubuntu's boot performance has been improving with each release, this hasn't exactly been the case for Fedora. The boot time has only remained the same and increase in some releases. However, between Fedora Core 4 and Fedora 9 there has been a lot of reform within this camp... | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora_boot_perf&num=1 | ||||
1205355567 | Please Note: Wal-Mart is STILL SELLING Linux | Gotta love tech bloggers and so called 'journalists'. There is alot of buzz in tech media this week related to an AP report that claims that Wal-Mart is dropping the Everex Linux PC's. | http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/please-note-walmart-is-still-s.html | ||||
1205355701 | Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna KDE Community Edition | You see I've always looked upon Mint with confusion; as a derivative of Ubuntu I never quite understood why it existed. Sure there was a time where preloading codecs and software was a desirable thing but now days everyone has tackled that problem in different ways - thus making "out of the box" releases like Mint a little redundant. | http://www.distro-review.com/review-linux-mint-4-0-daryna-kde-community-edition | ||||
1205355802 | Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna KDE Community Edition | During the event, members of the KDE projects gave a couple of talks in the Linux Forum. On Saturday, Franz Keferböck talked about graphic effects in KDE4 and Sven Krohlas gave an introduction to Amarok, while on Sunday, Carsten Niehaus and Frederik Gladhorn performed a live demonstration of KDE4 and its applications. | http://dot.kde.org/1205247360/ | ||||
1205355917 | Wine: Improving Look And Feel | A lot of people complains about Wine looks. But not everyone realizes that one can make it look neat easily. This article preents a few simple tips to convert your default Wine to a special one. | http://polishlinux.org/apps/window-managers/wine-improving-look-and-feel/ | ||||
1205356064 | Can GPL iPhone apps exist? | Since all iPhone apps must be distributed through a third-party (Apple’s “App Store”), that would make Apple the “distributor.” Which would mean that Apple — acting as the distributor of GPL-licensed object code — must provide source code or a written offer to provide source code. | http://diveintomark.org/archives/2008/03/07/iphone-gpl | ||||
1205356252 | Frugalware 0.8 (Kalgan) for i686 released | The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Frugalware 0.8, our eighth stable release. | http://frugalware.org/news/91 | ||||
1205356464 | First Look: KNOPPIX 5.3.0 - At CeBIT 2008! | Knoppix 5.3, after pausing for a year, was presented at CeBIT, in Hannover, Germany. Our colleagues were there, and got the DVD live-edition that's available with the German c't magazine during the event. The Open Source Audio-Desktop ADRIANE ? which is a part of the live distro | http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Look-KNOPPIX-5-3-0-80626.shtml | ||||
1205380189 | $80 Tiny Computer Runs Linux, Development Tools | US embedded hardware OEM KwikByte is shipping a low-cost, tiny embedded system designed for general purpose computing, embedded controls, and database/web servers. KwikByte demonstrated the system running open-source packages such as Apache, MySQL, and PostgreSQL within a Debian environment. | http://www.emediawire.com/releases/Embedded_Hardware/Systems_AT91SAM9260/prweb761074.htm | ||||
1205380324 | First Beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 Comes with Firefo | Red Hat, the Open Source leader, is proud to announce the first beta release of the upcoming 5.2 version of their Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Beta-of-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux-5-2-Comes-With-Firefox-3-80703.shtml | ||||
1205380616 | GTK 3.0: Getting serious. | GTK has come a long way. From its humble beginnings as "The GIMP ToolKit", it is now used in a plethora of applications. In fact, GTK is very popular. GNOME, one of the leading desktop environment on Unix systems, uses GTK almost exclusively. The Gimp is built upon GTK , of course. | http://federkiel.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/gtk-30-getting-serious/ | ||||
1205381307 | Open Source Market: FOSS getting hot in Russia | Recent interest towards FOSS from the Russian government has boosted commercial activity in this field. No longer than a year ago there was no single large company that would say it is capable of doing FOSS system integration projects. Now there are three, and the number will probably grow. | http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/03/12/open-source-market-foss-getting-hot-in-russia/ | ||||
1205399975 | FUD Alert! Wal-Mart, Everex & Linux | Finally, I?d like to add that while the bulk of this article concerns Wal-Mart and Everex, and to an extent Linux, the AP still felt it was necessary to give Microsoft billing in the very first line (not that Redmond minds the much-needed free advertising, of course)! | http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/fud-alert-wal-mart-everex-linux/ | ||||
1205400133 | Priests and Nuns are Into Linux and Open Source | When I told Fr. Stephen that I’m quite surprised and glad to know that there’s a Catholic priest on earth that’s been using Linux and blogging about open source software at the same time, his answer was, “I’m sure you would be more surprised to know that I am not the only priest who is into Linux. " | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/03/priests-and-nuns-are-into-linux-and.html | ||||
1205400242 | Making KDE look good | This is just a quick introduction, there are a lot of ways KDE can be made pretty, so try things! | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/making_linux_look_good | ||||
1205400574 | kubuntu-de.org in conversation with Tobias König | Tobias König is a Computer Science student and one of the core developers of Akonadi, one of the innovative technologies that will be implemented in KDE4. Akonadi will be a platform independent innovative storage solution for personal data. | http://www.kubuntu-de.org/english/interview-tobias-k-nig-about-development-akonadi | ||||
1205440099 | Scientific Linux 4.6 - i386 & x86_64 | Scientific Linux 4.6 has finally been released. We want to thank all those who have contributed packages and time, helping us build and test this release. It took a little longer than we wanted, but we feel it is a good stable release. | https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/sl46 | ||||
1205440213 | Debian Linux cluster beats supercomputer in tsunami warnings | The cluster includes eight PCs running as a single node, connected via a gigabit switch, each with dual 64-bit Intel Xeon processors running the Debian Linux OS. | http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1611547855 | ||||
1205440363 | Fight The FUD: Lies, Damned Lies, And Linux | Obviously, any marketing tool based upon lies, slander, and rumor-mongering has some serious ethical issues. Just as obviously, that fact doesn't bother the companies that use it or the people they employ to perfect it. | http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/fight_the_fud_l.html | ||||
1205464433 | EU: European Commission to increase its use of Open Source | The European Commission will take a more pro-active approach to its own use of Open Source. | http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7403/469 | ||||
1205464541 | Navy to focus only on open systems | "The days of proprietary technology must come to an end," [Vice Admiral Mark Edwards, deputy chief of naval operations for communications] said. "We will no longer accept systems that couple hardware, software and data." | http://www.fcw.com/online/news/151858-1.html | ||||
1205464621 | Linux and Games | They’re few and far between, but some new-release commercial games from the Windows world do make their way to Linux, typically through downloadable Linux binaries that work with the data files from the Windows release. iD Software has used this approach for years, porting all of its titles since the days of Wolf3D and Doom. | http://www.atomicmpc.com.au/article.asp?CIID=105627 | ||||
1205464742 | In Brazil, a [Linux-based] local alternative to the OLPC | The tabletop PCs will have WiFi connectivity, Intel Celeron processors, small solid-state drives (no local hard drive) and will run a version of Linux. | http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9892334-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 | ||||
1205464989 | FOSS helps Krugle help developers search for code | From the first, Krugle has relied on FOSS for the development of its products. The company not only uses software such as Apache, GNU/Linux, and Python in its daily operations, but its products are built on FOSS -- largely the Nutch, Lucene, and ANTLR projects. | http://www.linux.com/feature/128000 | ||||
1205497299 | The Total Growth of Open Source [Exponential] | The significance of open source has been continuously increasing over time. Our research validates this claim by looking at the total growth of open source. | http://www.riehle.org/publications/2008/the-total-growth-of-open-source/ | ||||
1205497398 | Embedded Linux eases video streaming | Roku is integrating Trolltech's Qt for Embedded Linux into a multimedia streaming product. Qt for Embedded Linux, formerly known as Qtopia Core, is Trolltech's application framework for single-purpose devices powered by embedded Linux. | http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/trt/trt104.html | ||||
1205497505 | BuffaloLinux is a Slackware based distribution | The default window manager is ICEWM, but BlackBox, FluxBox, XFCE4, and WindowMaker also come pre-installed. Integrated versions of both GNOME and KDE are available on the Buffalo-Extras CD. | http://linuxlandit.blogspot.com/2008/03/buffalolinux-is-slackware-based.html | ||||
1205497599 | Intel expects Atom desktops for $199 | Intel has made it clear it wants to push Linux with the Nettop platform, said Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates. The Nettops are being conceived more as an appliance, and Windows Vista Starter is not designed for that type of machine. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1200310229&rid=-50 | ||||
1205497726 | Open Source Fest starts Wednesday | Collaborating with San Antonio Linux User's Group and X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio, the computer information system department is hosting the event celebrating computing technologies. | http://media.www.theranger.org/media/storage/paper1010/news/2008/03/14/News/Open-Source.Fest.Starts.Wednesday-3268922.shtml | ||||
1205497861 | Tech Notes: Not just for geeks and academics | OPEN-SOURCE software started out as the domain of geeks and academics only. But now, it?s starting to hit the mainstream ? and software giants such as Microsoft are starting to feel uneasy. | http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/technology-news/2008/03/13/tech-notes-not-just-for-geeks-and-academics-51140-20616402/ | ||||
1205543757 | Member of the GNOME Foundation on Tomboy, Mono, GNOME | For all it seems, Miguel de Icaza and his followers continue to put the Microsoft venom not only inside Linux but also inside some BSDs. In his blog, over the past week, Miguel even bragged about Mono running on the Apple iPhone. Similarly, he once pondered Google?s Android. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/14/gnome-foundation-on-tomboy/ | ||||
1205560593 | Thales "medCompact" to certify to EAL 3+ with ELinOS | Additionally, the development would have been much more complex. Hence, we decided to use Linux. With Linux we successfully developed a completely new, functional terminal within six months. This would have been unfeasible with a Microsoft operating system in such a short time. | http://www.embedded-computing.com/news/db/?10506 | ||||
1205560703 | ASUS Reveals Eee PC Desktop Variant | Hard specs on the devices are hard to come by, but ASUS notes that the device is much smaller than typical than typical desktops and that it has "good enough performance". Other niceties include Hi-Fi Stereo and Dolby Digital Live support. | http://www.dailytech.com/ASUS+Reveals+Eee+PC+Desktop+Variant/article11106c.htm | ||||
1205560841 | Video: [Red Hat] Summit 2008 preview | Whether you?re a returning guest or a just thinking about attending, the Red Hat Summit is fast approaching. Check out this year?s Summit preview video, and when you?re done, hit the event website and get the details. [OGG herein] | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/03/13/video-summit-2008-preview/ | ||||
1205560971 | Open Source for Sovereignty | Using Free software from open source communities makes perfect sense for governments, and not just for the obvious reasons of up-front savings on license fees. As I heard said on behalf of the Brazilian government, open source is a matter of sovereignty. | http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/keeping_it_local | ||||
1205561094 | FreeBSD 7.0 review | It's probably going to be Linux and OpenBSD for me from here on in, barring some revolutionary change in FreeBSD. [bias warning: Matzan is with OBSD] | http://www.softwareinreview.com/bsd/freebsd_7.0_review.html | ||||
1205571093 | Lies, Damn Lies, and Steve Ballmer's Latest | A look at the latest role of Microsoft executives, consultants and analysts in the fight against GNU/Linux and FOSS | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/15/lies-damn-lies-linux-fud/ | ||||
1205598982 | Free/Open-source Word Processors | A word processor, as you may all know, is a computer application that is used for the production (including composition, editing, formatting, and possibly printing) of any sort 0f printable material. It is considered as one of the earliest applications for the personal computer in office productivity. | http://junauza.blogspot.com/2008/03/freeopen-source-word-processors.html | ||||
1205599165 | Kubuntu KDE4: Rock On! | For one, using the modified Kubuntu version of KDE4 is really nice. The Kubuntu developers have added applications that make the KDE4 experience complete, without having places where functionality is skipped, such as package management. | http://jonreagan.wordpress.com/2008/03/14/kubuntu-kde4-rock-on/ | ||||
1205599293 | Armada hands over 10,000 free school software distributives | ?According to the government contract we should provide no less than 50% of urban and 20% of rural schools with free software up to the end of 2008 in three Russian regions: the republic of Tatarstan, Perm and Tomsk Regions, - says Igor Gorbatov, deputy director general of Armada. | http://eng.cnews.ru/news/line/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F03%2F14%2F292072 | ||||
1205599427 | Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0r1 has been released | In updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.0 code name `Ramon` is available now. Parsix Ramon r1 contains updated packages, several fixes for the reported defects and introduces continent repository. Ramon r1 introduces continent apt repository along with the official supported Parsix repository. | http://www.parsix.org/html/News-article-sid-71.html | ||||
1205599532 | Parsix Linux - The "Prince of Persia" | And that pretty much brings me to the present. I'm writing this review in Parsix, using OpenOffice.org Writer, and I'm about as happy as I could be with my shiny new system. It's surprisingly quick, stable, packed with great software, and as stylish as anything I've seen. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=389 | ||||
1205599650 | "Printing converters" run embedded Linux | An industrial computing specialist in Erlangen, Germany has used Linux and a low-powered system-on-chip to build two legacy port servers. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6370486209.html | ||||
1205599797 | [Sarcasm] Top 10 Reasons not to Use GNU/Linux | 1. You Don?t Try Before You Buy...; 2. Installation of Software is Too Easy...; 3. Too Few Viruses/Too much security... [...] | http://socializedsoftware.com/2007/10/30/top-10-reasons-not-to-use-ubuntu/ | ||||
1205653876 | The Moore’s Law of open source | In proprietary systems code is often tossed out in great handfuls when someone finds a better way to go. In open source this code is available for re-use, and thus it is re-used. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2127 | ||||
1205654010 | How do you do "X" in Unix (Linux,Solaris..)? | So Windows users aren't prepared for choice. The same misunderstandings apply to naive Unix users who never understood that they had choices: a csh user suddenly transported to Linux bash may cry "How do I repeat commands in Linux?", a SCO user accustomed to DEL being his INTR character will complain "I can't get ping to stop!" | http://aplawrence.com/Basics/how_do_you.html | ||||
1205654124 | Confidence In An Open NVIDIA Strategy? | While NVIDIA has yet to publicize their intentions nor have we been able to get anyone at NVIDIA to confirm any of this information, something does definitely appear to be going on within their Santa Clara offices in regards to an improved Linux state. A seasoned industry insider had reaffirmed the information this week. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjM5Mw | ||||
1205654269 | Linux and Tom Sawyer | There’s one big factor in why Linux isn’t popular on the desktop. Linux is free. | http://sathyaphoenix.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/linux-and-tom-sawyer/ | ||||
1205683286 | Microsoft?s Plot to Use Mono/.NET to Punish GNU/Linux | This doesn?t sound reassuring, so why did he go down this path in the first place? The duty for moneyflow seems to have been his primary motivation. It is therefore only natural to consider Novell a Microsoft accomplice in this context. We previously explained why Novell does more harm than good here. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/16/novell-mono-dot-net-internet/ | ||||
1205684863 | The Microsoft-Yahoo merger: Yes, privacy is antitrust item | The same day that Microsoft announced it was about to offer $44.6 billion offer for Yahoo, Senator Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.), chairman of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, issued a statement | http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/archives/files/Microsoft-Yahoo%20Lande%20privacy_030220081748.pdf | ||||
1205684941 | Exponential Storage: Security Through Openness | Exponential Storage hopes to one day persuade the National Security Agency and other government bureaus to hire the company for its data storage network. | http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/62113.html | ||||
1205685035 | Open Source developer to bankroll ?Pinoy? startups | According to him, bankrolling the startups would jumpstart the building of a Morph Applications ecosystem in Asia with the Philippines as base area. This ecosystem would consist of developers, users and other venture capitalists, as well as other possible stakeholders. | http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/mar/17/yehey/techtimes/20080317tech1.html | ||||
1205685126 | Remember to FLOSS Daily | FLOSS is a disruptive technology - change in what had become a static world. Change is always disruptive. Look at the impact of automobiles on society. Or aircraft, or computers. Society seems to go through periods of change, followed by a plateau of status quo. | http://tycheent.wordpress.com/2008/03/15/remember-to-floss-daily/ | ||||
1205743310 | Social-networking site keeps Apache atop Web server market | Research firm says open-source software extended lead over Microsoft's IIS in February | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1569609646&rid=-50 | ||||
1205743410 | Meet Robot El-E (Runs Linux) | The computer runs Ubuntu GNU/Linux and the engineers have written most of the software with Python and occasionally C++. They also make use of a variety of open source packages including SciPy, Player/Stage and OpenCV. | http://www.newsoxy.com/robot-el-e/article10569.htm | ||||
1205743484 | Shuttle prices, specs up KPC Linux box | Shuttle without fanfare has rolled out the finished version of the KPC, its first Linux system targeted at the most basic of computer use. | http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/03/16/shuttle.kpc/ | ||||
1205743725 | Ken Starks and Larry Cafiero talk Lindependence 2008 | I am honored to have had a chance to interview two of the most dedicated Freedomware and GNU/Linux advocates. Ken Starks and Larry Cafiero answered a number of questions about Lindependence 2008, an ambitious, multifaceted new advocacy project they have started recently. So, let's get right down to it! | http://www.nuxified.org/article/ken_starks_and_larry_cafiero_talk_lindependence_2008 | ||||
1205743850 | Open source: world domination or world liberation? | Linus Torvalds used to talk about "world domination" as his goal for Linux. These days, though, while we seem to be making progress toward this end, we also appear to be increasingly complacent. We downplay the ideology that underlies open source in favor of "safe" rhetoric about lower sales and marketing costs and such. | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9895063-16.html | ||||
1205810959 | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, UK, uses a Debian cluster | Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, South Cambridgeshire, UK, runs a 640+ cores Debian GNU / Linux cluster with 320 Terabytes of "live data", like a giant virtual memory swap partition, out of its 1.5 Petabytes of storage. | http://times.debian.net/1225-Sanger-Institute-Debian-cluster-320-TB-swap-1.5-PB-storage | ||||
1205811027 | First look at PC-BSD 1.5 | Compiz Fusion is included in this release and worked really well. There's a menu entry which, when clicked, asks if you'd like to enable it at boot. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080317#feature | ||||
1205811224 | Using Full KDE: Almost There | KDE by far offers the best integrated experience. Just about all applications integrate into each other, which in many ways is good, although, there are problems. | http://jonreagan.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/using-full-kde-almost-there/ | ||||
1205811321 | Dell Launches Linux-Based Laptop in China | This week, Dell China launched a new model, Dell 500, to its laptop lineup in China. With price tag as low as 3,699 RMB ($520), the Dell 500 offers a Linux operating system, 512MB RAM, 80G hard drive and 15.4? screen. | http://www.redlinechina.com/main/?q=node/731 | ||||
1205811545 | Former Windows shop recalls path to GNU/Linux | "We had three nodes and 150 users, and we needed 300 connections [to the Oracle database], said Jim Draughn, the director of enterprise engineering. "We had 32-bit x86 boxes with 3 Gigs of memory, and Windows just couldn't keep up with our needs." | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1305889,00.html | ||||
1205811640 | KDE 4.1 to bring back Konqueror tree view, other goodies | When I wrote about file managers in my review of KDE 4.0, I noted that several important features had been removed from Konqueror, including the tree-based detailed view. Many power users regard the tree view as the most effective mode for advanced file management and mourned the loss of this feature. | http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2008/03/17/kde-4-1-to-bring-back-konqueror-tree-view-other-goodies | ||||
1205811776 | WUSB chip gains Linux-based dev kit | The Ripcord1 Development Kit includes an XScale PXA270-based SBC (single-board computer) running embedded Linux. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9379678248.html | ||||
1205811872 | Linux in the Mainstream: Why Does It Matter? | "I firmly believe that aside from being free software, GNU/Linux offers very few advantages over its restrictive counterparts (Windows and Mac OS, specifically)," Dean explained. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62142.html?welcome=1205796725 | ||||
1205843525 | Is Novell?s Strategy .NET Software on Top of GNU/Linux? | It?s worrying to find that Novell becomes somewhat of a .NET company, just as a few observers foresaw. It?s more or less about Linux at the bottom and Microsoft controlling the upper layers (proprietary applications) | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/18/novell-dot-microsoft-again/ | ||||
1205844568 | Ubuntu on My MacBook | I have recently acquired a brand new MacBook (2.2 GHz, 1Gb RAM). The first thing I did with it was to resize the OSX partition using Boot Camp to make space for Linux. Now my MacBook dualboots Leopard and Ubuntu. | http://www.stephencuyos.com/?p=359 | ||||
1205844727 | Is Linux Commoditizing the Desktop OS Market? | Those forces are as follows: * low hardware cost of the new ultra-portable computers such as the Asus Eee * low memory and storage requirements of many Linux distributions * increasing memory & storage requirements of Windows distributions * emergence of free web-based productivity applications | http://www.openlogic.com/blogs/2008/03/is-linux-commoditizing-the-operating-system-market/ | ||||
1205844814 | Linux on Wall Street (2008) | 2008 Linux/Open Source on Wall Street will focus on enterprise Linux and open source technologies, and their adoption in the datacenters of financial markets firms. | http://www.linuxonwallstreet.com/ | ||||
1205844942 | OLPC Here and Now | It looks like the OLPC program is well on its way here in the Philippines. | http://blogs.inquirer.net/m-ph/2008/03/18/olpc-here-and-now/ | ||||
1205845042 | Fedora 9 to remove pointers to proprietary codecs | The Fedora project board met on March 11 and decided to remove the pointers to the "non-free" Fluendo codecs from Codeina (aka CodecBuddy) for Fedora 9. This is a big change from the Fedora 8 behavior. | http://lwn.net/Articles/273710/ | ||||
1205888532 | OOXML vote in Romania, signs of committee stuffing | Today four have joined the committee, all of them seem to be MS partners (Fujitsu-Siemens is one of them, the others are local software companies). The sad thing is that these companies or people have not shown interest in the subject so far | http://janimo.blogspot.com/2008/03/ooxml-vote-in-romania-signs-of.html | ||||
1205888739 | SourceLabs Offers Self-Support for Linux, Java | Self-Support Suite includes diagnostic tools to scan a crash on a system and then dial into the SourceLabs Intelligence Engine, a knowledgebase with over 16 million previously described and categorized issues with Linux, Java, and related open source software. | http://www.itjungle.com/tlb/tlb031808-story06.html | ||||
1205911056 | Support Bruce Perens? Fight Against Invasion of the Borgs | He wants to keep Microsoft out of the OSI?s board as well, possibly preventing an effect akin to that of companies like Novell inside the Linux Foundation. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/19/perens-for-osi-board/ | ||||
1205936970 | Linux-based console servers boast software-configurable pin- | Avocent is shipping a new line of Linux-based console servers that are said to streamline reconfigurations for remote serially-attached devices. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2886888726.html | ||||
1205937072 | Meeting the Needs of the Mobile Workforce without Additional | Conclusion - Linux-based Exchange alternatives that use the Linux file system, which is proven to scale reliability into multiple Petabytes, can support large, even bottomless mailboxes and make it possible to eliminate Outlook access in cached mode from laptops and desktops. | http://www.wwpi.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3842&Itemid=44 | ||||
1205937145 | There?s Something About Pardus | I've tried so many distros already and only few have left a lasting impression on me. Pardus Linux is now one of the very few. I just love almost every vital part of it. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/theres-something-about-pardus.html | ||||
1205937271 | What is Linux and how does it work? | This year, he predicts, between 20 and 25 per cent of user expenditures allocated to Linux will be for mission-critical applications. | http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/eeebcc46-f557-11dc-a21b-000077b07658.html | ||||
1205937464 | Kernel space: How to use a terabyte of RAM | An experimental new design for Linux's virtual memory system would turn a large amount of system RAM into a fast RAM disk with automatic sync to magnetic media. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/031808-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1205937472 | Why major mobile handset makers are riding with LiMo | The LiMo Foundation was formed on January 2007 as a consortium of mobile industry companies joining together to create for handsets an open and standardized software platform based on Linux. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/031808-gillis.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1205937606 | Brazilian Enterprises Embrace Open Source | Linux and related open-source software has gained an increasingly important role among large local corporations in Brazil, according to a recent study. | http://www.crn.com/software/206904491 | ||||
1205937916 | Research centre for open source software | A research centre of international standard would be set up for the promotion and development of free software, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan informed the Assembly on Tuesday. | http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEO20080318234049&Page=O&Title=Thiruvananthapuram&Topic=0 | ||||
1205992444 | Interview with Ken VanDine of Foresight Linux | The deal with Shuttle appears to be a huge win for Foresight Linux. How did it come about? Who were the major players? | http://www.fsckin.com/2008/03/19/interview-with-ken-vandine-of-foresight-linux/ | ||||
1205992505 | AMD Releases Production Microcode For All Radeon GPUs | In the next step towards open-source 3D support for the R500 and R600 GPUs (Radeon X1000 and Radeon HD 2000/3000), AMD has just pushed its production microcode into the Mesa/DRM git tree. This is the microcode found in the fglrx driver and it covers the Radeon R100 to R600 product families. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_microcode&num=1 | ||||
1205992569 | Sun invites VMware to virtual desktop dance | These days, when you read about a company providing "seamless integration to third-party virtualization technologies," that usually means one thing: a vendor has added support for VMware's software to its own products. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/19/sun_vdi_two/ | ||||
1205992676 | Linux well-positioned in booming telematics market | In five years, 30 million cars or 44 percent of the global total will ship with telematics devices such as navigation computers, safety systems, and "infotainment" systems, a study claims. The ABI Research report also forecasts a vibrant outlook for after-market telematics devices, where Linux has seen some success. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3110875142.html | ||||
1205992752 | Red Hat to Appoint 100 Partners in Upcountry | To increase the adoption of open source solutions in the country, Red Hat has embarked on an aggressive channel expansion plan. The company plans to rope in 100 partners including solution providers, educational partners, system builders and ISVs. | http://www.crn.in/ITChannelMar19-08RedHattoAppoint100PartnersinUpcountry.aspx | ||||
1206026193 | Review: PcLinuxOS 2008 "MiniMe" | It's been nearly ten months since we last reviewed a PcLinuxOS release. This time around we have a brand new flavor to look at. The venerable "MiniMe" 2008 release. What's different about this version over the previous 2007 version? Let's have a look and find out.. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=391 | ||||
1206026374 | Linux vendor bags top Eclipse award | The Eclipse Foundation awarded its EclipseCon 2008 Technology Awards yesterday, and named Wind River Workbench (pictured at left) as the "Best Commercial Eclipse-Based Developer Tool." Other award winners included EclEmma, Cyrano, Xmind 2008, and MyTourbook. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7049989985.html | ||||
1206026464 | Rugged vehicle-mount computer runs Linux | Aaeon has introduced a fanless, Linux-compatible computer that runs Intel Celeron CPUs. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4321254157.html | ||||
1206026562 | Debian Installer Lenny Beta 1 released | The Debian Installer team is proud to announce the first beta of Debian Lenny's Installer. | http://times.debian.net/1227-Debian-Installer-Lenny-Beta-1-released | ||||
1206026778 | Linux powers Zigbee-based home monitor | A British startup called AlertMe.com has introduced a remotely managed security system that runs off a Linux-driven Hub. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7602396677.html | ||||
1206026863 | iPhone vs. Android : An Open Source Devs Perspective | According to Andrea Gazzaniga, software development manager at mobile open source vendor Funambol the answer is not entirely clear. In a rambling overflow presentation at AjaxWorld's iPhone Sumitt, Gazzaniga attempted to outline the differences and similiaraties between iPhone and Android. | http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/iphone-vs-android-an-open-sour.html | ||||
1206026985 | [KDE 4] magazine articles | On the cover is Tux the penguin with a superman cape and a KDE logo in a shield on his chest. The title: The Next-Generation Desktop: A Hard Look At KDE4. | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/03/magazine-articles.html | ||||
1206070875 | Who Voted “Yes” for OOXML in India Anyway? | To sum up, not a single “Yes” voter was not in Microsoft’s pocket.Is this voting? Microsoft virtually had 5 seats. It holds them by the money, the mutual favours, the incentives, the personal relationships. Shouldn’t an impartial panel be deciding on OOXML, based on the technical quality of the candidate alone? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/20/ms-votes-yes-by-all-in-india/ | ||||
1206079946 | One fifth of Freiburg city council migrated to OpenOffice | In the German city of Freiburg, four hundred of the two thousand PCs used by the city council are now running OpenOffice. | http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7538 | ||||
1206080054 | OOXML: Pakistan and Egypt stuffed? | We got indications that 2 P-members countries were stuffed with Microsoft Business Partners. Those two countries applied for P membership in late August and voted Yes without any comments. Don't be surprised if they are out of reach for the European Commission. | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-48053/pakistan-and-egypt-stuffed | ||||
1206080171 | OOXML Backwards compatible? One more lie by omission | So, due to the fragments being just another representation of the binary records, Office 2007 use of XML terminology is absolutely misleading. Press pass filled with the XML acronym all over the place are very appealing to CIOs, however. | http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/03/backwards-compatible-one-more-lie-by.html | ||||
1206080281 | Why Doesn’t Microsoft Buy Time Warner? AOL, Bebo, AIM | You could feel the testiness jump right over the phone from several people close to Microsoft whom I spoke to about Yahoo’s latest gambit to sell its blue-sky growth plan to Wall Street. | http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080320/why-doesnt-microsoft-buy-time-warner-aol-bebo-aim-and-harry-potter/ | ||||
1206080374 | GR: Open Source developers protest access restrictions | ERT is developing an archive of its broadcast material, digitising film, video, pictures and hosting them online. The archive is going to be developed in a 1.95 million euro project, the major part of which is funded by the European Union, the Open Source developers say. | http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7537 | ||||
1206080567 | Review: Zonbu Zonbook and gOS Cloudbook | The UMPC market certainly has appeal. The Via Nanobook design is quirky and appealing. | http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6425549202.html | ||||
1206080695 | A tiny revolution [with GNU/Linux] | These mini laptops have caused a stir in the education sector, not least because they offer many features found on full-sized laptops, including built-in wireless networking. | http://education.guardian.co.uk/link/story/0,,2266333,00.html | ||||
1206080792 | Sustainable computing for the masses | Dukker says about 40 per cent of NComputing's customers have chosen Linux (the company uses Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora or SuSE) and the remainder have gone with Windows on the host. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17254/1090/ | ||||
1206113273 | Fifteen years of NetBSD | The NetBSD Project celebrates its 15th anniversary! | http://lwn.net/Articles/274299/ | ||||
1206113680 | [Compiz Fusion] Freewins | Freewins is quite a simple plugin, just get some cursor movement events and rotate and scale some windows around. As you may recall, I added features like scaling, shaping and key-movement a while back. | http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2008/03/20/freewins/ | ||||
1206175073 | Fedora's advice on GPL compliance | The Fedora Project Board wants our project to remain in compliance with Free and Open Source Software licenses. We also want to make sure our Ambassadors are properly following those licenses when they distribute Fedora. | http://lwn.net/Articles/274000/ | ||||
1206175220 | Video: JBoss World wrap-up | Miss out on JBoss World in Orlando? Or are you still wondering how JBoss and middleware fit into the bigger picture? These and more curiousities are answered in our summary video. And if you’re wondering what the new CEO’s like, you can catch him here as well. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/03/19/video-jboss-world-wrap-up/ | ||||
1206175330 | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron Beta [Screenshots] | There's just about a month left until Ubuntu 8.04 is officially introduced, but the second to the last testing release is now available. The Ubuntu 8.04 beta came out last night and hardens up Hardy Heron on both the desktop and server ends for this first LTS (Long Term Support) release in nearly two years. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_804_beta&num=1 | ||||
1206175372 | Wine 1.0 On The Menu For Desktop Linux Users | It looks like Wine's time has finally come: Version 1.0 of the Windows emulation software is now slated for a June release. And Linux users almost certainly have Google -- or, at least, Google's money -- to thank for moving things along. | http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/wine_10_on_the.html | ||||
1206175615 | Windows is caught between Mac and Linux | ...while no one does a good job of tracking the still-new, pre-installed Linux desktop market, it's also clear that Linux is finally making impressive inroads into Windows' once unchallenged market share. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8541837412.html | ||||
1206175762 | SplashTop Adds Virtualization Support | Within seconds of turning on the PC you can be in this lightweight Linux desktop environment that comes with web applications such as Skype and Firefox. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjQwMg | ||||
1206175853 | What to do with a Terabyte of RAM | Come the day we get a terabyte of RAM in our systems, we'll find a need for it. After all, recall that great prophet Bill Gates who swore 640K of memory would be all we'd need. Real-time high-definition video editing anyone? | http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9012826400.html | ||||
1206175976 | Vendor-neutral Linux certs becoming popular | Linux Professional Institute President and CEO Jim Lacey told SearchEnterpriseLinux.com that he believes vendor-neutral Linux certifications are becoming more popular and signal a larger trend within IT of area specialization versus proficiency with a single product. | http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/03/19/vendor-neutral-linux-certs-becoming-popular/ | ||||
1206176084 | An Eye On The Prize: A Detailed Look At Foresight Linux 2.0 | Shorn of Conary (sorry, couldn't resist that) Foresight Linux would be just another fresh-faced, well-formed Linux distribution, and there are already lots of those, whether they be based on Debian, Slackware, RedHat or Ubuntu. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/03/eye-on-prize-detailed-look-at-foresight.html | ||||
1206176195 | EeePCLinuxOS: Custom PCLinuxOS build for Eee PC | First off, EeePCLinuxOS is easy to install even if you don't have a CD/DVD drive plugged into your Eee PC. You install it by downloading a disc image to any computer, burning it to a disc and restarting that computer to boot into a LiveCD. | http://eeesite.net/2008/03/eeepclinuxos-custom-pclinuxos-build-for.html | ||||
1206176420 | Review: Zonbu Laptop | Enter Zonbu. The company that has both a desktop model and a notebook model for you to choose from at a low cost. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=392 | ||||
1206176511 | Linksys NSLU2 - A Great Linux Box | I highly recommend the Linksys NSLU2 to anyone wanting to play around with Linux. It is so easy to get started with and they can easily be picked up for under $100. | http://www.thelinuxblog.com/linksys-nslu2-linux-box/ | ||||
1206176811 | Custom XML? What Custom XML? | "Custom XML" does not mean much, despite Microsoft ample evangelism of said feature. Technically speaking it has no merit within the enterprise space because you end up sharing corporate data. An interesting fact is that "Custom XML" is actually only implemented in Word 2007. | http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/2008/03/custom-xml-what-custom-xml.html | ||||
1206176919 | Belgium also stuffed with Microsoft Business Partners? | Today was the vote in the Technical Committee in Belgium. The room was full of people I had never saw before. But when it comes to vote, the Yes men are there. | http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-48345/belgium-also-stuffed-with-microsoft-business-partners | ||||
1206207313 | My Visit to Sun | Phipps went on to say that one of the main reasons prospects and customers are uncomfortable with this open source approach is that it fails to align with their expectations of how software is obtained. | http://advice.cio.com/bernard_golden/my_visit_to_sun | ||||
1206207396 | Free/Libre/Open Source Software: International Collaboration | The FLOSSInclude project aims to strengthen Europe's participation in international research in FLOSS and open standards, by studying what is needed to increase the deployment, development and societal impact of FLOSS in Africa, Asia and Latin America. | http://flossinclude.eu/ | ||||
1206259965 | [KDE] pretty cool Plasma stuff | I must say Slim Glow really is a favorite of mine, it always looks good. For those who wonder how hard it is to install Plasmathemes: ridiculously hard. Really. You have to through at least 3 mouseclicks on weirdly named buttons like "Get more themes", pick one yourself (the horror!) and click "install" | http://nowwhatthe.blogspot.com/2008/03/pretty-cool-plasma-stuff.html | ||||
1206260181 | Experts: Free Open Source Software Could Help Africans | In many African countries, few people have access to computers and the Internet. Experts say this is hindering development and preventing students from being able to compete for jobs. At a conference in Dakar this week, software experts, government officials and students came together to look at how open-source software | http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-21-voa47.cfm | ||||
1206260197 | Latch On To Linux | To help sort through the different Linux options, we downloaded, installed, and used 10 popular and somewhat-less-than-popular-but-worthwhile Linux distros, keeping in mind installation ease, features and functionality, ease of use, and performance. | http://www.computerpoweruser.com/editorial/article.asp?frm=NMAOL&article=articles/archive/c0805/40c05/40c05.asp&guid=C8BC7B60910B4E77BE77148C316DDD0B | ||||
1206260274 | Linux and Philosophy | What I found interesting about these people is their driving force. Writing about something that is free - in commercial terms - does not bring revenue. | http://dannybuntu.blogspot.com/2008/03/linux-and-philosophy.html | ||||
1206260370 | Mythbuntu 8.04 Brings MythTV Improvements To Fruition | The biggest improvements delivered in Mythbuntu 8.04 are the diskless client support and upgrading against MythTV 0.21. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=mythbuntu_804&num=1 | ||||
1206260456 | Rescuing Collectible Sun Equipment with Debian Linux | A while back, we bought a Sun Ultra 5 workstation with a winning bid of about $20.00 or so. It has a 360 MHz SPARC processor, 128 Meg of RAM, and an eight gigabyte harddrive. Most computers from Ebay are sold without operating systems, and this machine was no exception. | http://beginlinux.com/index.php/server_training/serv_admin_m/subnets_ipcalc/0/800 | ||||
1206260534 | What Gael Did Next - Ulteo Online Desktop | If you are interested, go to the Ulteo homepage and sign up and try it out. It?s still in it?s relatively early stages (the software included in the desktop is not current) but already you can see that you have much more than Google are offering. | http://www.lostaddress.org/index.php/2008/03/22/what-gael-did-next-ulteo-online-desktop/ | ||||
1206260662 | PCLinuxOS Gnome 2008 released today | PCLinuxOS just released their Gnome 2008 distro today. | http://kelver.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/pclinuxos-gnome-2008-released-today/ | ||||
1206260709 | Fedora is Everywhere | Today, while having a glance to my rss feeds, what do I find ? "Ubuntu Gets SELinux". I quickly flew over a few more words: "This is the result of the amazing work of the ubuntu-security and ubuntu-hardened teams." Ha, there is something wrong here ! | http://clunixchit.blogspot.com/2008/03/curse-fedora-everytime-and-everwhere.html | ||||
1206294562 | GPL Project Watch List for Week of 03/21, 2k Update! | The GPL v3 Watch List is intended to give you a snapshot of the GPLv3/LGPLv3 adoption for March 14th through March 21st, 2008. GPL v3 Has Reached 2000 Projects!!! | http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/03/gpl-project-watch-list-for-week-of-0321.html | ||||
1206294623 | Small Post, Tiny Footprint | The Ubuntu Server Edition JeOS 7.10 is custom tailored for independent software shops or anyone else with an itch to build a tiny, tiny virtual appliance. Again, the ISO is only 151 MB. (It took me less than a minute to pull down the current 99 MB 8.04 beta.) | http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/03/small_post_tiny.html | ||||
1206294702 | MySQL User Conference Registration Up 32% | I was interested to note that as of this morning, attendee registration numbers for the MySQL User Conference (which O'Reilly co-produces with MySQL) are up 32% over the same period last year. This seems to be a good sign that the community is energized by MySQL's acquisition by Sun. | http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/03/mysql-user-conference-registration.html | ||||
1206294780 | OpenOffice 3.0 Promises to Bash Office | Others maintain that the whole model of deskbound productivity applications is obsolete, foreseeing a future in which businesses and individuals instead use lightweight online applications such as Google's Docs . It is likely, however, that all models will flourish | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/143711/openoffice_30_promises_to_bash_office.html | ||||
1206346785 | Summary of Mono’s Danger to GNU/Linux and the Free Desktop | Let us quickly accumulate pointers to posts which summarise the problem and use this page as somewhat an index that makes it easy to understand for those unfamiliar with it. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/24/mono-danger-to-linux/ | ||||
1206348091 | QLogic Release Enterprise Linux Virtualisation Solution | Storage networking specialist QLogic has become the first HBA vendor to ship N_Port ID Virtualisation (NPIV) solutions for enterprise Linux. | http://www.idm.net.au/story.asp?id=9408 | ||||
1206348178 | Ubuntu and Fonts | In this short tutorial i discuss some handy fonts related tips that could improve user's desktop experience . The tips include installing Microsoft True type fonts enabling one to render documents and web pages created in Microsoft Windows properly in Ubuntu Linux, Installing a set of cool looking fonts released by RedHat | http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/03/ubuntu-and-fonts.html | ||||
1206348302 | Tux meets Amiga, part 2: Porting AmiKit to Linux | During my article on Amiga emulation on the Linux platform I had deliberately neglected to mention AmiKit as there appeared to be only MS Windows based executable installers and zip archives on the AmiKit web site. | http://slackworld.berlios.de/2008/amikit.html | ||||
1206348717 | Question to Dennis Howlett: Why are you so bloody stupid? | Oh my goodness! Safari running on my Windows XP SP2 system, with six tabs, consumes almost 400MB. Firefox 2, while by no means svelte, consumes in the high 200s on this system, and that's with considerably more tabs open to the same sites. Why is this? | http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2008/03/question-to-dennis-howlett-why-are-you.html | ||||
1206374096 | I?ve seen the light: GNU/Linux Does Not Matter That Much | We must put more effort into making people switch to open formats and open protocols, than the effort we put into encouraging them to switch to a freedom-respectful operating system like GNU/Linux. | http://gustavonarea.net/blog/posts/ive-seen-the-light-gnulinux-does-not-matter-that-much/ | ||||
1206374222 | Why Business Doesn't "get" Desktop Linux | How to solve this dilemma? Your guess is as good as mine. No one can force businesses to change their mind when it comes to value...it comes with time. There are some heads being turned by various open source programs such as OpenOffice and Firefox...but the tide is slow to roll. | http://linux-blog.org/index.php?%2Farchives%2F237-Why-Business-Doesnt-get-Desktop-Linux.html | ||||
1206374334 | Still pleased with KDE 4. | At this point though, I feel I?m more married to KDE 4 for the future than to Kubuntu - I?m hoping they pull through and keep me as a user, but I?m going to open myself up to try Fedora as well. | http://jaysonrowe.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/still-pleased-with-kde-4/ | ||||
1206374453 | KDE Commit Digest - Issue 102 - 16th March 2008 | The beginnings of a network management applet in Plasma, work on containments, and improvements in the "RSS" data engine and "Devices" applet. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-03-16/ | ||||
1206374521 | KDE and Amarok Present at the OpenExpo in Bern | A wide variety of talks grouped into three different tracks accompanied the fair. This year more than 30 OpenSource Projects took the opportunity to present themselves and their work to a wide audience. KDE | http://dot.kde.org/1206299965/ | ||||
1206374582 | DUF vs FUD | In mind, I am a strong supporter of Free Software, no doubt. But concerning the fight against FUD, I prefer the way of Taiji - conquering the unyielding with the yielding. Thus I invent the DUF (previously FUD when I commented on the article). | http://plmday.blogspot.com/2008/03/duf-vs-fud.html | ||||
1206374669 | Interview with Chris Hildebrandt, the sidux project | The sidux project has emerged as one of the star distributions of this year. With its methodical approach to stabilising Debian's unstable branch and turning it into a pleasant and fast desktop system, many users are discovering the pleasure of running a cutting edge development branch of a major distribution | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080324#feature | ||||
1206425806 | ISO approval: A good process gone bad | Allegations have been made that Microsoft encouraged new countries to join the JTC-1, or to upgrade their status (from O-status to P-status) to influence the vote. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/03/24/iso-approval-a-good-process-gone-bad/ | ||||
1206425848 | DIY embedded Linux service gains major distributor | A major global electronics distributor has announced that its U.S.-based operation has started reselling a software subscription service for embedded Linux developers. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4663612798.html | ||||
1206425936 | Ubuntu 8.04 beta: an agile upgrade | The latest build of everyone's favorite open source desktop OS features better performance, Active Directory integration, and seamless installation from Windows | http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/03/24/13TC-ubuntu-beta_1.html | ||||
1206426138 | ON COMPUTERS : Tiny Asus computer great for travel, delicate | The oddly named “Asus Eee PC” comes with the Linux operating system. This isthe best Linux implementation we’ve seen and we like it better than Windows. | http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Business/220773/ | ||||
1206426200 | NSA releases new version of Linux software | The U.S. National Security Agency has released its own version of the open-source computer operating system Linux, which offers enhanced security for users. | http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/03/24/nsa_releases_new_version_of_linux_software/67f0/ | ||||
1206426318 | What CAN?T Linux do? | [...] 11. Airplane black boxes. Montavista uses a Carrier Grade Linux to power in-flight recorders; 12. Brain surgery. Yep. This Linux-powered robot helps in brain surgery. | http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=186 | ||||
1206426480 | Months-Old Excel Exploit Goes Public | Microsoft labeled CVE-2008-0081 "critical" on Excel 2000, and "important" on Excel 2002 and 2003. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143786-pg,1/article.html | ||||
1206426543 | Teens Bring Laptops to South African Children | Two teenage sisters from Boston, along with their family and school, have joined forces with an American non-profit organization to provide laptop computers to underprivileged children in South Africa. | http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88922574 | ||||
1206426637 | PC-BSD 1.5 - Becoming More Usable! | There is no doubt that PC-BSD is has the aesthetics even without Compiz Fusion. It is also very easy to use. However, the small of number of the available PBIs has remained the Archilles' heel of PC-BSD. The number has to be increased exponentially and this will need more efforts from the developers and more commitments from the iXsystem. | http://linuxseekers.com/index.php/component/content/article/43-unix-like-reviews/44-pcbsd-15-review | ||||
1206426746 | Salasaga burns brightly at its start | Salasaga is a cross-platform effort available for GNU/Linux, BSD, Solaris Nevada, and Windows. You can install it on GNU/Linux from source code, or by downloading packages for Gentoo, Fedora, or Ubuntu. | http://www.linux.com/feature/129887 | ||||
1206426867 | Consultant hopes open source apps will "snap together" | Bachana recommends starting your company's open source journey at the Web level. "There's plenty of resources out there where you can get information on the different platforms available. Implement Web servers first. Hire a couple of really great developers that know the LAMP environment..." | http://www.linux.com/feature/129881 | ||||
1206456917 | Web-based application server ported to low-powered Linux dev | BarracudaDrive V3.9 is a Linux-compatible secure application server assembled from selected plugins used in the Barracuda Embedded Web Server. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6378137616.html | ||||
1206457058 | Xubuntu is a better Linux option for Asus Eee PC | The Asus Eee PC is nice and all, but not everyone likes the Xandros OS that comes out of the box. | http://www.htlounge.net/articles/5461/1/Xubuntu-is-a-better-Linux-option-for-Asus-Eee-PC | ||||
1206457132 | My experience with Mandriva (and 64 bit) | So after reinstalling windows, hunting down drivers, and setting everything up properly, I realized that all I really needed in windows was steam. | http://www.techsmartly.com/blog/?p=41 | ||||
1206457205 | Installing a modern Linux distribution | A modern Linux install should take no more than forty-five minutes for the initial install and maybe an hours worth of tweaking to get the missing bits running the way the user wants this may take longer with more complected setups like using ATI or NVIDIA cards with Compiz. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=393 | ||||
1206506394 | Russian Postal Service Wears Red Hat | Russian Post and American company Red Hat signed the Protocol of intentions on IT development based on open freeware earlier this month. Andrey Pogodin, Deputy Director General of FSUE Russian Post and Jim Whitehurst, President of Red Hat signed the document within the framework of meeting. | http://www.hellmail.co.uk/postalnews/templates/postal_global_news.asp?articleid=402&zoneid=11 | ||||
1206506525 | Shuttle KPC K45: £180 Linux desktop | Shuttle piqued our interest recently when it announced the KPC -- a low-cost Linux desktop PC you'll be able to buy for a paltry €199 (£180 including VAT), or for €94 (£85) in K45 barebones form. | http://crave.cnet.co.uk/desktops/0,39029426,49296161,00.htm | ||||
1206506606 | Hooray! Blu-ray BD+ hacked! | Hooray! Blu-ray BD+ hacked! | http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=306 | ||||
1206506960 | OSBC: Acquia to launch this fall “Carbon” social CMS | Acquia was founded in 2007 and received $7 million in Series A funding from North Bridge Venture Partners and others. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2161 | ||||
1206507043 | Fedora 9 Hits Beta | The first Beta for Red Hat's Fedora 9 (code named Sulfur) is now out. As expected it includes the latest and greatest in Linux technologies including new GNOME, KDE, Firefox and Linux kernel packages. | http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/03/fedora-9-hits-beta.html | ||||
1206507146 | Low-cost IP camera design comes with Linux | The DM355IPNC-MT5 design runs Linux on a $10 TI DaVinci RISC/DSP digital media processor, and has an eBOM under $40, the companies claim. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6319494218.html | ||||
1206509898 | Guess Who Invited Microsoft to the Open Source Business Conf | We ought to identify the village residents — so to speak — who open up the gates for Gates to enter. It’s a Trojan horse really. Microsoft just needs the key or the charmers with enough allure to tempt key figures to look the wrong way. Most destructive jobs are typically carried out from the inside, in an only seemingly friendly manner. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/26/osbc-gates-opening/ | ||||
1206527848 | Tux comes to Felton, California | With an estimated 30 to 40 million Linux Users world-wide, it would seem that funding might be the least of our problems. Remember, we're talking about the Linux Community here. | http://faq.fixedbylinux.com-a.googlepages.com/lindependence2008-bringinglinuxtothemass | ||||
1206528163 | Mark Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big | “On the [Linux] server side, the cloud is the big thing. It needs connectivity, mobility, and ability to scale up virtual instances,” he said. “The desktop has key value here. By having a desktop that is network aware, you get the best of both worlds.” | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2168 | ||||
1206588789 | Microsoft Partners in Charge of the United Kingdom? | No reason? That alone ought to raise suspicion. Perhaps the only reason is increased attendance of Gold-certified Microsoft partners. Even ISO has admitted such a failure. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/26/ms-stuffed-bsi-on-ooxml/ | ||||
1206595548 | Kernel as hypervisor: Andrea Arcangeli | A Linux kernel developer explains the key overlaps between the hypervisor and the OS kernel. The KVM architecture uses Linux as both, which puts new capabilities at the hypervisor's disposal. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/032408-kernel.html | ||||
1206595636 | CodeWeavers CrossOver Games Preview | With CrossOver Games being based upon WINE and tracking the latest developments closely, it's really to no surprise that CrossOver Games had performed well and in some cases even had a sharp lead over WINE 0.9.58. Meanwhile, with 3DMark01 Second Edition, Windows Vista was constantly in last place. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=crossover_games&num=1 | ||||
1206595813 | IT job strategies: Vendor vs. generic certifications | IT pros are divided on the value of brand-name certifications. On the one hand, vendor-neutral certifications seem a better fit today’s world of commoditized products. Then again, a Red Hat certification certainly appeals to majority of Linux-friendly employers. | http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/03/25/linux-pros-prefer-it-generalists-to-vendor-specific-certs/ | ||||
1206596132 | Linux in Healthcare – Elderly Products | With the rising costs of healthcare and increase in the elderly population, and the lack of resources for those with diseases like Alzheimer's, a company called Blue Heron Network is looking towards a Linux based device to alleviate some of this burden. | http://www.linuxworld.com/community/?q=node/3881 | ||||
1206596260 | Vyatta unveils open source appliance for SMBs | With Linux-based open source routing software on x86 commodity processing hardware, Vyatta claims it can offer functionally equivalent routing at a fraction of the cost of leading manufacturers. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1714872066 | ||||
1206596400 | Preview: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta | All in all, this release packs some interesting new features and frameworks, some of which should have been part of any Linux distribution three years ago. | http://www.osnews.com/story/19524 | ||||
1206635195 | Local Government Urged to Consider Open Source | The senior IT officer from a West Australian shire says open source software can provide a way forward for councils suffering budgetary constraints. | http://www.cio.com.au/index.php/id;546692901 | ||||
1206635341 | Open Source Business Conference: Great, we won. | That?s what I asked leading open source investor Larry Augustin (pictured left; he founded VA Linux, SourceForge, and backed many more) and Harold Goldberg, chief executive of Zend, at the InfoWorld Open Source Business Conference, which just wrapped up. | http://venturebeat.com/2008/03/26/open-source-business-conference-great-we-won-so-what-did-we-win/ | ||||
1206635375 | The Current State of Open Source Virtualization | We?ve started by looking back at a decade of Open Source virtualization, and in this second part of the series we?ll tackle today?s landscape (last updated in March 2008). | http://virtualization.com/guides-howto-whitepaper-explanation/2008/03/26/open-source-virtualisation-today/ | ||||
1206678966 | Vote for OOXML (Office Open XML) as an ISO illegitimate? | There is enormous overlapping jurisdiction between national standardization body responsibilities and those of antitrust regulators. There is a pretty fair argument that JTC 1 should put DIS-29500 on ice until the antitrust proceeding is concluded, in order to avoid the possibility of inconsistent decisions. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/27/ooxml-antitrust-barrier/ | ||||
1206687119 | Microsoft is OSBC’s First Sponsor Ever | So, Microsoft was the first to offer money to make this open source conference possible. That would seem to imply that Microsoft wanted OSBC created. In relation to the “business” slant of this conference (that’s the “B” in OSBC), the following publication once/only cited only by Asay, comes to mind again. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/28/open-source-the-microsoft-way/ | ||||
1206688499 | Red Hat cheerleading purges Q4 profits | For the full year, total revenue increased 31 per cent to $523m compared with fiscal 2007. Subscription revenue rose 32 per cent from the previous year to $449.8m. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/27/red_hat_q4_2008_earnings/ | ||||
1206688562 | Strong Growth for Linux Handsets - Report | Mobile Linux is well poised to take on the surging smartphone market according to a report from the Strategy Analytics Handset Component Technologies Service. | http://www.cellular-news.com/story/30153.php | ||||
1206688662 | Home automation system gains Linux-based controller | Control4 has added to its line of Linux-based, ZigBee-compatible home automation/media networking products with a new controller. The Control4 Home Controller HC-500 interfaces with home theater appliances, multi-room music access, lighting, thermostats, and security systems, and comes with a Linux software development kit (SDK). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9801882978.html | ||||
1206688807 | All About Linux 2008: Linux distros I?ve loved before | Starting to run Linux is like knowing owning a pick-up truck: you basically can do more stuff. Need a website? Boom. Need an easy desktop? Bang. Need a hug? Tux! Going through all these distros ? and I?m sure my experience is very limited compared to some of yours. | http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/all-about-linux-2008-linux-distros-ive-loved-before/ | ||||
1206688995 | Initiative helps farmers in rural India using OSS | Sandha says Linux has proved to be a viable choice for the project. "We are not only satisfied, but have proved that Linux is most suitable for reaching out to the masses -- whether you consider the TCO angle, reuse, or localization." | http://www.linux.com/feature/130224 | ||||
1206724868 | All About Linux 2008: An interview with Gerry Carr of Ubuntu | We’re of course looking to get a bunch of pre-installed partners, we’re working to make that happen, but that’s something for them to announce, not us. We’ll see it more with smaller vendors, some of which are shipping now. | http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/03/27/all-about-linux-2008-an-interview-with-gerry-carr-of-ubuntu/ | ||||
1206725016 | KDE’s Plasma Project aims to find out about users | Plasma is KDE’s way of making the ‘desktop’ a better user experience by letting users decide what ’shape’ it is. I think that KDE wants to empower its users by making the panel, the desktop and other components customizable in so many ways and yet make them work together seamlessly. | http://www.newlinuxuser.com/kdes-plasma-project-aims-to-find-out-who-their-users-really-are/ | ||||
1206725097 | Mandriva 2008.1 RC2 Brings ATI Radeon HD Support and KDE 4.0 | The second release candidate of the Spring edition of Mandriva 2008 was introduced a few days ago and includes some new fantastic features, such as KDE 4.0.2, ATI Radeon HD 3xxx series support, easy multimedia codecs installation system, a brand new Spring graphical theme and many more. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mandriva-2008-1-RC2-Brings-ATI-Radeon-HD-Support-and-KDE-4-0-2-81439.shtml | ||||
1206725290 | Calling All Distros | This event is going to receive national and international coverage. Ironically, a google search for LINdependence 2008 shows as much positive activity internationally as within our own borders or even in the Ubuntu LOCOs in California itself. | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/03/calling-all-distros.html | ||||
1206725569 | Battle of the Beasts: Wolvix vs. Pardus | Pardus won by quite a large margin mainly because in my own opinion it is more polished and complete than Wolvix. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/battle-of-beasts-wolvix-vs-pardus.html | ||||
1206770593 | UBI File System | "Here is a new flash file system developed by Nokia engineers with help from the University of Szeged. The new file-system is called UBIFS, which stands for UBI file system. UBI is the wear-leveling/ bad-block handling/volume management layer which is already in mainline (see drivers/mtd/ubi)," began Artem Bityutskiy. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/UBI_File_System | ||||
1206770671 | Impossible thing #5: Open hardware, from the LART to the C,m | Part of this myth is true, of course: you can?t really share physical products the way we do with free-licensed information products. That?s a fundamental property of information. However, the designs for physical products are just a special kind of information product, and they can be shared. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/mihrfc/impossible_thing_5_open_hardware | ||||
1206770776 | Arch Linux: Popular KISS distro | Draco Linux and similar distributions, are often referred to as KISS-distributions (Keep It Simple, Stupid!). One of the most popular KISS distributions to date is called Arch Linux which, compared to Draco, has a much larger community and number of developers. | http://www.hardware.no/artikler/aaron_griffin_english/49507 | ||||
1206797035 | Boycott Novell Contradicts Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics | Windows market share under 50%? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/29/bn-novell-reader-os/ | ||||
1206811887 | Linux in schools can save the planet | The fanless thin-clients use an embedded Linux and draw approximately 4 watts when combined with 7” LCD panels and optional laser keyboards. They are grouped in clusters of five inside a central cylinder and cooled by a natural thermal updraft. | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-in-schools-can-save-the-planet.html | ||||
1206812324 | SliTaz GNU/Linux, the Smallest “Desktop” Distro | “At 25 MB, it has to be the smallest desktop distro ever created”. These were the words of Ladislav Bodnar in the most recent issue of Distrowatch Weekly when he announced this fresh and minuscule distribution as a new addition to the waiting list. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/03/slitaz-gnulinux-smallest-desktop-distro.html | ||||
1206812396 | Linux Mint - The Distro to Fill the Missing Gap | Another thing that surprised me is the Ndiswrapper driver installation tool which they called it ?Windows Wireless Drivers?. I used a D-Link DWL-G132 Wireless USB Adapter to test it. | http://www.lebokov21.com/2008/03/27/linux-mint-the-distro-to-fill-the-missing-gap/ | ||||
1206812721 | Linux everywhere | Take yesterday as a case in point. I checked the order status of my Elonex One, and sent an email to see if my order for the One can be upgraded to the One+ (bluetooth, and bigger internal memory). | http://andyhollyhead.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/linux-everywhere/ | ||||
1206812794 | Open Source Software within the European Commission | European public administrations were among the early adopters of Open Source Software (OSS) and were already running OSS-based systems and applications in the late 1990s. | http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7389/5998 | ||||
1206861177 | Why can't I activate Windows XP? [Ask Leo Wants Linux?] | If it weren't for the job requirements, this laptop might just have ended up running Linux. | http://ask-leo.com/why_cant_i_activate_windows_xp.html | ||||
1206861267 | Red Hat And The Power Of Infinite Goods | The most interesting part of the article is where it talks about Oracle's effort to undercut Red Hat by offering the same software at a lower cost. Apparently, as we predicted, it hasn't been going too well. And it's not too hard to see why: Larry Ellison doesn't seem to understand Red Hat's business model. | http://techdirt.com/articles/20080327/195124677.shtml | ||||
1206861704 | Future Open Source Superstars | Open source gets a lot of flack for not having the open source billionaires club that exists in commercial proprietary software. I think what will be telling thing in the future will be be the number of profitable open source companies and their success rate relative to proprietary companies launched since 1990. | http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/03/29/future-open-source-superstars/ | ||||
1206899136 | KDE4 - Kalzium | KDE4 is the latest and greatest in Desktop Environment ( Yeah, I like to use that phrase). Its is not as user friendly or as stable as KDE 3.X but displays the promise to be the best in its class. KDE 4 has many usability and eye candy improvement over KDE 3.X and I hope to see a lot of them in KDE 4.1. | http://www.lazytechguy.com/2008/03/kde4-kalzium.html | ||||
1206899223 | What is the free software community? | In this video, I try to answer the question ?What is the free software community?? Comments, or even community posts in response to this, are most welcome! | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/what_free_software_community | ||||
1206899278 | Ulteo Application System Beta 1 - the FOSSwire review | Ulteo is no ordinary Linux distribution. It demonstrates incredible innovation. | http://fosswire.com/2008/03/28/ulteo-application-system-beta-1-the-fosswire-review/ | ||||
1206899340 | Fedora 9 Beta review | In one sentence: so far so amazing! It’s now stable and completely usable. I now have a workable F9 system ( rawhide ) which I use daily. No more F8!!! Though we have yet ( one week ) to see the final artwork, but it’s still amazing. | http://fengshaun.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/fedora-9-beta-review/ | ||||
1206899465 | How Open Technology Could Lead Us Out Of Recession | At the same time, the United States has not only lost its former dominance in world technology, it is rapidly achieving a status of "a nation of shopkeepers". We need to remove the barriers to entering the market. We need to be the innovators in science and technology again. | http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=how_open_technology_could_lead_us_out_of&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 | ||||
1206899584 | Webcams that just work with Ubuntu Linux | The GNOME Foundation Board asked me to buy a webcam for the GNOME Events Box, so we could show Cheese on our stands. This could be cool together with the box?s new projector. I also wanted a webcam for my own use so Liam?s grandparents can see him in motion more often. | http://www.murrayc.com/blog/permalink/2008/03/28/webcams-that-just-work-with-ubuntu/ | ||||
1206900298 | Will the real KDE Research Team please stand up? | I see the KDE Research Team working in three distinct areas: KDE Research can act as a forum for collaboration amongst KDE folk wishing share (and ultimately validate) their ideas and to make joint funding bids... | http://hemswell.lincoln.ac.uk/~padams/index.php?entry=entry080330-103100 | ||||
1206938509 | Why buying proprietary management software?!?! | With a forecasted reduction in total IT spending, open source technology better fits the fiscal realities of the times than proprietary offering... | http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=23099 | ||||
1206938676 | PERISCOPE SPECIAL: The peer pioneers - Times of India | Today, over a hundred million users of set-top cable boxes, Tivos, Motorola Razrs, and other home appliances use Linux, and over a billion people use it indirectly whenever they access Google, Yahoo, or myriad other websites. If you drive a BMW, chances are it's running Linux. | http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PERISCOPE_SPECIAL_The_peer_pioneers/articleshow/2912424.cms | ||||
1206956176 | Intellectual Insanity | In many ways, the human mind is like a computer ... it processes information and stores data. Are the memories we have of music; films and books in violation of copyright, because they are stored like computer files in our minds? Should we be legally prohibited from discussing this "content"...? | http://slated.org/intellectual_insanity | ||||
1206958964 | Microsoft's 'Letter from the Dead' Tactic is Back, for OOXML | And the most hilarious letter of support comes from a Singaporean secondary girl's school, Crescent Girl's School. That's right folks, that's how desperate they were to get their "Approve" vote, they actually got a school to submit a letter of support | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/microsoft-lobby.html?cid=108850772 | ||||
1206975756 | Asian Linux user groups aim wide | One public event the group organized last year was the Beijing Software Freedom Day. The grassroots version of the international event saw some 700 attendees and subsequently won the Best Software Freedom Day award from the international panel, alongside Nepal and Nicaragua. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62039551,00.htm | ||||
1206975905 | Increasing Linux Participation in China: Our Symposium | We regularly hold Linux Foundation Symposiums in Japan where key Linux developers meet with local developers to increase participation and encourage collaboration. These events have been very successful. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/amanda/2008/03/21/increasing-linux-participation-in-china-our-symposium/ | ||||
1206976090 | Secure doesn?t mean anything. | There are other security goals one can implement, these are only examples. The first two are probably the most important for most users. The main thing I want people who read this to take away is that there is no such thing as a ?secure system? or ?added on security? or ?baked in security?. | http://securityblog.org/brindle/2008/03/30/secure-doesnt-mean-anything/ | ||||
1206976152 | Zenwalk Live 5.0 | If you're still on the quest of finding the best desktop Linux distribution for your needs, one worthy contender that often goes overlooked is Zenwalk. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=zenwalk_5&num=1 | ||||
1206976270 | The open source dilemma and the IT sandwich | r0ml also outlined how he has taken steps to overcome this situation at Asurion by empowering staff to create their own solutions using commodity building blocks and a few simple rules. It was heartening to see how many other IT executives in the audience had also made moves in the same direction | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/03/31/the-open-source-dilemma-and-the-it-sandwich/ | ||||
1206976338 | Communicating With the Other Half: NTFS Support in Linux | Unfortunately, Microsoft has kept many of the internal details of NTFS secret, and the filesystem has changed with each new version of Windows. The secrecy makes it difficult for third parties, and particularly for open source developers, to write reliable NTFS drivers. | http://www.linux-mag.com/id/5523 | ||||
1206976360 | Shareware Report: GNU money versus old | GnuCash has enough financial bells and whistles to compete with the best commercial packages. Based on commercial accounting principles, its features include double entry, accounting, stock/bond/mutual fund accounts, and the ability to import files in the QIF, OFX and HBCI file formats. | http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080330/STYLE/530445018 | ||||
1207017463 | Microsoft and Novell Announce Departure of OpenSUSE Project | Novell concluded by assuring technical enthusiasts that their GNU/Linux* distribution will be stripped of most or all of Novell’s contributions to it, in order to avoid further legal damage and threat over frameworks such as Mono. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/03/31/opensuse-back-to-v4/ | ||||
1207032062 | First look at SliTaz GNU/Linux 1.0, the smallest GNU/Linux | I haven't been this impressed with a new Linux distribution for a long time. A compact package with basic applications, a web server and web development tools, an excellent package manager, remastering utilities and good auto-configuration scripts - all in a 25 MB download. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080331#feature | ||||
1207032122 | Open source increases its share | BUSINESS generated directly from open source software in Australia is worth about $300 million a year, with government a large contributor to the pie, a study shows. | http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,,23462470-5013040,00.html?from=public_rss | ||||
1207032401 | Microsoft painted into a corner with low-cost laptops | That leaves Microsoft executives with a choice: Do they extend the availability of Windows XP for low-cost laptops, or possibly concede this nascent market to Linux? | http://www.tamilstar.com/news/publish/article_7340.shtml | ||||
1207066069 | Linux kernel community grows, but elite group remains | Viro has contributed 1,571 changes to the kernel, which sits at the core of the Linux operating system, over the past three years, according to a new report from the Linux Foundation. That's more than any other individual developer, the report states. In contrast, Torvalds, the kernel's creator and steward, contributed 495 changes. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/040108-linux-kernel-community-grows-but.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1207066144 | The Glass Roots Revolution | There has always been an unhappy partnership between cell phone makers and carriers, especially in the U.S., where carriers often require makers to dumb down European or Asian phones so they won't do, say, | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/glass-roots-revolution | ||||
1207066274 | Study predicts strong growth for mobile Linux | Linux represents 15 percent of the smartphone market, but that figure should grow considerably, says a market research report. The study, from Strategy Analytics, found that Motorola will continue to drive the growth for mobile Linux, along with Google. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5710819221.html | ||||
1207066350 | Linux powers TV-enabled mobile phone | Motorola has used Linux to build a 3G, touchscreen-enabled mobile phone that can receive and record video broadcast in DVB-H format (digital video broadcast, handhelds). The MobileTV DH02 also boasts a GPS receiver and navigation software supporting advanced features, Motorola says. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2734059074.html | ||||
1207066462 | Splashtop ?Instant On? motherboard | So I have had on my desk for about week now a sweet little ASUS laptop containing one of the new Splashtop motherboards. | http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/opensource/?p=187 | ||||
1207108451 | The World Sighs as ISO Becomes Irrelevant | Microsoft has single-handedly redefined the meaning and significance of ISO. It rendered ISO moot. The aggressive lobbying (and at times even well-documented bribery) has not gone unnoticed. It has gone well over the fine line and even involved bullying, smear campaigns, and libel. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/01/iso-irrelevance/ | ||||
1207130420 | Linux kernel developers have tripled in number | The Linux Foundation (LF) has published a study on Linux mainline kernel development. According to LF, the number of Linux kernel developers has tripled since 2005, with many more companies contributing to the process (including, potentially, the latest new LF member, Adobe). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6925891609.html | ||||
1207130490 | ScaleMP touts cheap Linux multi-processors | Software company ScaleMP is claiming to have turned virtualisation on its head - instead of making one server look like several, it said that it can make a cluster of entry-level servers look like a single high-end machine. | http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11850&pagtype=all | ||||
1207130632 | Hands on: What you need to run Linux | Find out what type of hardware you need to run the open-source operating system | http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2213228/hands-hardware-run-linux | ||||
1207130732 | Techs and execs collaborate on Linux apps | In more and more Linux deployments at banks and brokerages, the business side of the operation is getting heavily into the act. Collaboration is becoming the keyword, and suddenly Linux developers find they're being joined by executives. | http://www.betanews.com/article/Techs_and_execs_collaborate_on_Linux_apps/1207090037 | ||||
1207130844 | The Asus Eee PC (Part Three): The Alternative Distros | Here is a list to date of the ones that have been designed to work with it to a lesser or greater degree: DebianEeePC (installs Debian Lenny), eeeXubuntu... | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/asus_eee_pc_part_three_alternative_distros | ||||
1207148758 | Kernel space: ELF prediction to speed application startup | A new technique might make it faster to get started with a large application, by giving the kernel advance notice of what are most likely to be the program's commonly used memory pages | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=369937208&rid=-219 | ||||
1207148837 | Comparing UBIFS And LogFS | Following the recent announcement that UBIFS is nearly production ready, it was asked how UBIFS compares to LogFS. LogFS author Jörn Engel suggested, "both share similar design goals. Biggest difference is that ubifs works on top of ubi and depends on ubi support, while logfs works on plain mtd (or block devices) and does everything itself. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Comparing_UBIFS_And_LogFS | ||||
1207148901 | Wall Street still likes Linux, but for new reasons | A few years ago, financial services firms tended to point to low cost and customizability of components as their major reasons for turning to Linux and open source. | http://www.betanews.com/article/Wall_Street_still_likes_Linux_but_for_new_reasons/1207083805 | ||||
1207149255 | Gentoo 2008.0 Beta LiveCD | Gentoo 2008.0 Beta 1 has been released. This is no April Fools' Day joke, it's really here. The Gentoo Foundation has had its share of problems as of late, there was never a Gentoo 2007.1 release, and this first beta is coming a bit late, but Gentoo 2008.0 Beta 1 is now available. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=gentoo_2008_beta&num=1 | ||||
1207149281 | Small Business on Ubuntu GNU/Linux | The business is Digital Printing Service. This small outlet serving consumer in printing matter i.e photo printing (from digital camera and/or mobile phone), business cards, invitation and other printing matters. The outlet also selling pin, T-shirt and mug. | http://opotumon.blogspot.com/2008/04/small-business-on-ubuntu.html | ||||
1207149500 | Open sourcing can tackle software piracy | Adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) as an alternative to copyrighted products is seen as a promising solution to software piracy in developing countries like Kenya. | http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6718&Itemid=5847 | ||||
1207284207 | First Impressions: Ubuntu 8.04 Beta | It was pretty easy to make a judgment about 8.04–it’s a great step forward for Ubuntu and the distribution is looking better than ever. | http://www.geek.com/first-impressions-ubuntu-804-beta/ | ||||
1207284967 | Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu 8.04 | Cloud computing? "We will be the window into the cloud," he said. | http://blogs.eweek.com/lundquist/content/mark_shuttleworth_and_ubuntu_804.html | ||||
1207285029 | Linux and FOSS - Are You An Advocate or a Zealot? | So, it appears I am not a Zealot although some would disingenuously call me a Zealot simply because I am an Advocate of Linux and FOSS. We in the Linux community see this type of supposed slander often in USENET news groups and in online forums. | http://blog.eracc.com/2008/04/01/linux-and-foss-are-you-an-advocate-or-a-zealot/ | ||||
1207285267 | Red Hat gets into the fast lane | At a time when all the talk is about economic gloom and doom and the subprime mortgage crisis, if a company comes out with figures which indicate the growth of services revenue by 29 per cent and subscriptions by 27 percent, it's no wonder that the financial analysts start singing hallelujah. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17471/1090/ | ||||
1207285376 | Insolvent SCO scraps its reorganization plan | SCO Group Inc., the Utah County-based bankrupt software developer that claims to own copyrights to the Unix operating system, has scrapped a $100 million reorganization plan after its financial sponsor asked for a new deal. | http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695266913,00.html | ||||
1207285683 | BE: French parliament Brussels considering more Open Source | The French-speaking Brussels Parliament (PFB) is considering to increase its use of Open Source, said Joël Tournemenne, director of the parliament's IT department, without giving more details. | http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7550 | ||||
1207285910 | ReviewLinux.Com: DreamLinux 3.0 in action | Quick tour of the latest DreamLinux 3.0 Linux OS. Check out the short flash video of DreamLinux 3.0 in action | http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=9926 | ||||
1207405335 | [Sarcasm] Why I Really Hate Linux: Substitute Applications | Kidding aside (I know I'm 3 days late), Amarok seriously does have all these features. In addition, I'm running 4 scripts (911tabs, Tag Clouds, BPM Calc, and amaKode), and it still takes up less RAM than iTunes did on Windows. | http://distrogue.blogspot.com/2008/04/why-i-really-hate-linux-substitute.html | ||||
1207405501 | Low-cost laptop wars: Vista, XP or Linux? | Moblin.org provides developers with resources to develop mobile versions of Linux, including efforts to improve power management and develop a Mozilla-based browser that relies on a touch interface. | http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=12598 | ||||
1207405727 | Flipping the Linux switch: Control freaks, meet KDE Kiosk | Linux is great to use at home. It can be handy at work. It's a great server operating system. But there's one other place that Linux is really worth its weight in gold: public, or semi-public, computers. | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/04/04/flipping-the-linux-switch-control-freaks-meet-kde-kiosk/ | ||||
1207472013 | Winmagic to Roll Out Encryption for Mac, Linux | WinMagicR Data Security, the innovative leader in endpoint security, will demonstrate innovative all-new encryption technologies at the RSA Conference 2008 (booth 2425). | http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=150138&WT.svl=wire_10 | ||||
1207495276 | Factors in Making Linux Happen | Without exception, each user balked at the fact that they were beginning their Linux use without the benefit of anti-virus or anti-spyware applications. Not one of them could immediately grasp the concept that they were imune to windows viruses. | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/04/factors-in-making-linux-happen.html | ||||
1207495364 | Introducing KBlocks | Yesterday I finally managed to finish the features I have planned for KBlocks, and it is now living in kdereview. If everything goes as planned, it could be in kdegames for KDE 4.1. | http://piacentini.livejournal.com/6809.html | ||||
1207633243 | Low-cost MP3 player gains fancy Linux port | The "Podzilla" open source application suite has been successfully ported to a relatively inexpensive line of flash-based mp3 players. Originally developed by the iPod Linux project, the software is now running on SanDisk's $100-$150 Sansa e200 devices, reports Sebastian Duell, chief developer for the SansaLinux project. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7695609943.html | ||||
1207671222 | Juniper's Linux IPS Hits 10Gb/sec | "These boxes run on Linux," Chopra explained. "It goes through the same discipline as JUNOS in terms of engineering and q/processes, so when we talk about a single core release and the rigors of regression testing it follows the same process." | http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3739091/Junipers+Linux+IPS+Hits+10Gbsec.htm | ||||
1207671405 | Ubuntu breathes new life into school's abandoned hardware | But according to Stefyn, the "huge amount of flexibility" offered by the Linux operating system was the primary motive behind its adoption. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=609377314&rid=-219 | ||||
1207671478 | You couldn’t do this with proprietary software | The response was pretty emphatic: you just couldn’t do what Ringside is doing with proprietary software, according to Bob and Rich. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2008/04/07/you-couldnt-do-this-with-proprietary-software/ | ||||
1207671577 | Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1 Screenshots | The first beta version of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 was released last week. Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1 Live CD includes Xfce, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Pidgin, Thunderbird, XChat, and so on. The following are some screenshots of Gentoo Linux 2008.0 Beta 1. | http://phorolinux.com/gentoo-linux-20080-beta-1-screenshots.html | ||||
1207671680 | LogFS, A Scalable Flash Filesystem for Linux | Jörn Engel posted the sixth version of patches introducing his new LogFS filesystem for flash devices to the Linux kernel. He highlighted some areas of the code that need some more work, and cc'd the appropriate people for further review. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/LogFS_A_Scalable_Flash_Filesystem | ||||
1207671755 | Ubuntu: Linux for humans | If you’re looking for a computer that you can use to surf the Internet, check Email, chat, listen to music and watch videos, Ubuntu is for you. | http://www.mid-day.com/web/guest/lifeatwork/itadda/article?_EXT_5_articleId=1078882&_EXT_5_groupId=14 | ||||
1207671817 | Lost weekend discovering the joys of eeePC | Now I'm a Windows user and my attempts at learning Linux have been pretty feeble to date. But the eeePC hides it behind a nice user interface that givesou access to useful stuff like Firefox, OpenOffice etc. | http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/IT-FUD-blog/2008/04/lost-weekend-discovering-the-j.html | ||||
1207671936 | Linux-VIA love match announced | VIA HAS HERALDED its strong desire to collaborate... | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/08/via-open-source-website-coming | ||||
1207726475 | Alfresco's sales up 320 percent, hits 30,000 active deployme | Frankly, even Microsoft could use this model - as Marc Fleury pointed out to me earlier this week - without skipping a beat. It could adopt Red Hat's model tomorrow without sacrificing its billions in profit. If anything, it should grow with a model that focuses on widespread, cheap distribution. | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9913953-16.html | ||||
1207726906 | Ubuntu Mobile and Moblin: just the facts | Dan shares a bit of his newfound knowledge and there's definitely some facts that I wasn't aware of. Things like: * Moblin isn't an operating system or a Linux distro; it's a project. * Ubuntu Mobile is built with Hildon and Gecko. * Both initiatives have some some Intel backing or sponsorship | http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/04/ubuntu-mobile-a.html | ||||
1207727042 | Red Hat taps Singapore schools for mindshare | Red Hat said it expects to train some 1,000 students under this program by 2009. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62039950,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw | ||||
1207727268 | Red Hat's business model | We hear a lot about this or that open source business model, but rarely does anyone explain in a simple, succinct way exactly how an open source company makes money. In this video, though, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst does exactly that. | http://www.linux.com/feature/131348 | ||||
1207727371 | Dual-core PowerPC chip gains DIY Linux support | Timesys has announced that its subscription-based service for embedded Linux developers now supports a networking processor with dual 1.5GHz PowerPC cores. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6120922459.html | ||||
1207727433 | VectorLinux SOHO 5.9 Preview LiveCD Launched | The VectorLinux team launched a LiveCD version of the DELUXE SOHO edition for their distribution. The VectorLinux SOHO 5.9 Preview LiveCD is offered for free so everyone can try the product ? VectorLinux DELUXE SOHO ? before buying it. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/VectorLinux-SOHO-5-9-Preview-LiveCD-Launched-82791.shtml | ||||
1207727512 | Red Hat wrestles with Linux apathy | They are sceptical because the market maturity is still lacking behind the US or Europe, and skill levels are not as sophisticated. As with anything technology driven, it's always received with scepticism. | http://www.itp.net/news/515638-red-hat-wrestles-with-linux-apathy | ||||
1207747563 | Spanish low-cost notebook including OpenOffice.org | According to this Spanish article, yet another low-cost notebook including a Fedora-based Linux distro as well as OpenOffice.org will be sold for about 300 Euro. | http://blogs.sun.com/dancer/entry/spanish_low_cost_notebook_including | ||||
1207747839 | CrunchBang Linux 8.04.01 Release Notes | This is the third release of CrunchBang Linux. This release is based on the current development version of Ubuntu, "Hardy Heron". As with the previous releases, I have developed CrunchBang Linux for personal use; however, I have released it as a download on the off chance that others may find it useful. | http://crunchbang.org/archives/2008/04/08/crunchbang-linux-8-dot-04-dot-01-release-notes/ | ||||
1207748178 | Embedded Linux to support Atom processor | "Devices have been successfully deployed using MontaVista Linux on Intel processors for many years," said Jonathan Luse, director of marketing, Low Power Embedded Products Division, Intel. "MontaVista's support of the new low-power Intel Atom processor Z500 series will enable many innovative new devices for the embedded market." | http://www.ciol.com/Operating-System/News-Reports/Embedded-Linux-to-support-Atom-processor/9408105113/0/ | ||||
1207790673 | Microsoft’s Secret Anti-ODF Deals | Our reader adds: “It looks like the hoops to jump through for OOXML include speed bumps for open formats like ODF. Could that a main reason Apple held back for two years on ODF?” | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/09/microsoft-dirty-fight-vs-odf/ | ||||
1207809080 | 10 things to consider when choosing a Linux distribution | Of course, times and opinions change. For nearly 10 years I road the Red Hat/Fedora wagon. And then, after considerable thought, I jumped over to Ubuntu. Why? Because it fit my evolving needs. Many will argue that one Linux distribution is just like another ? and I agree, on fundamentals. | http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=334 | ||||
1207809119 | UNESCO promotes use of free software in Latin America | UNESCO Office in Montevideo, Uruguay, in cooperation with the network of Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) in Latin America and the Caribbean, published the Guía práctica sobre software libre: su selección y aplicación local en América Latina y el Caribe | http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26405&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html | ||||
1207809248 | RSA: Security Experts Debate Linux Vs. Microsoft | Ford also took aim at Microsoft's past admission that it silently fixes vulnerabilities. Linux is more transparent, and this causes vulnerability data to be skewed, Ford argued. " I believe that vulnerability counting is inherently stacked against open source projects," he said. | http://www.crn.com/software/207100711 | ||||
1207809511 | A hint of what's happening at Linux Foundation Summit | Guest commentator Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of Ziff Davis Enterprise tells what, in his opinion, is important about the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit going on right now in Austin, Texas. | http://www.linux.com/feature/131922 | ||||
1207809596 | IT managers urged to dip their toes into community-based sup | At the Linux Foundation's second annual Collaboration Summit here, Reaves asked a panel of Linux kernel experts what he needed to do to get help from the kernel community to integrate code changes that would support Nortel's switches. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=development&articleId=9076301&taxonomyId=11&intsrc=kc_top | ||||
1207839395 | Can Linux Be This Good? | You might think that since I change my computer so much that it is no longer Ubuntu. It may not look the same, but it is pure Ubuntu at its heart. One of the things that I like about Ubuntu is that it is so flexible. It is simple enough for newbies, but complex enough for experienced users to tailor it as they choose. | http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/can-linux-be-this-good/ | ||||
1207839500 | ReviewLinux.Com: Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring GNOME | Here is a short screenshot tour of the latest from Mandriva Linux. Just released Mandriva One 2008.1 Spring GNOME and KDE Editions. Today we will show only the GNOME release | http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10005 | ||||
1207839575 | Review: PC-BSD 1.5 | PC-BSD, a strong contender for the top desktop distribution out there, has once again grown, going from version 1.3 to 1.5 in just under a year. In that time it's grown, prospered, and had it's fair share of growing pains as well. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=400 | ||||
1207890272 | MySQL: Sun acquisition will propel business | According to Stefonic, datawarehousing and Web 2.0 are currently two drivers for growth in the database market. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/041008-mysql-sun-acquisition-will-propel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1207890433 | Asterisk: More Than 'Just' a PBX Powerhouse? | Open source advocates have long pointed to Asterisk's ascendancy as one of the movement's great success stories. But for the founder of the open source PBX solution, Asterisk's success is just the beginning. | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3739841 | ||||
1207890636 | PC factory test tool runs Linux | The appliance is based on an unspecified hardware platform from MBX running Gentoo Linux, the Apache web server, PHP scripting, and the open source Firebird SQL database. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7542896830.html | ||||
1207890645 | Linux faithful see ray of light shining on client OS | “There is a huge market of people who can start out with Linux [and you don’t have to try] to get them to switch from Windows,” says John Hull, manager of the Linux engineering team at Dell. “And a lot of the opportunity is going to be in developing markets.” | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/041008-linux.html | ||||
1207890795 | Tightening up Linux board support | ?We use repositories of Ubuntu packages, and an Ubuntu kernel, and alternate kernels are also available,? said Lehrbaum, although he points out it?s not an Ubuntu ?remix? technically speaking. | http://www.embedded-computing.com/b/?p=250 | ||||
1207890861 | PCLinuxOS Gnome links two worlds | If you're looking for a GNOME desktop for the popular PCLinuxOS (PCLOS), then newly released PCLinuxOS Gnome might be for you. | http://www.linux.com/feature/131936 | ||||
1207891003 | Low-cost Linux-based NAS device supports RAID 1 | D-Link is shipping a two-bay, RAID 1-enabled networked attached storage (NAS) device that runs embedded Linux. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6050295985.html | ||||
1207910442 | Harvard starts teaching open source | As with all Harvard case studies, there is no resolution to the dilemma - just the open question (pun intended): To open source or not to open source? | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9916323-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1207910633 | Red Hat leads open source contributions to Linux Kernel | Linux distribution vendor Red Hat has streaked ahead as the leading corporate contributor to the ongoing open source project, the Linux Kernel. | http://www.crn.com.au/News/73673,red-hat-leads-open-source-contributions-to-linux-kernel.aspx | ||||
1207910780 | Interview: How a hacker became a freedom fighter | Is it true you used to live in your office? Yes it is. I lived there for half of the 1980s and most of the 1990s. | http://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19826511.900-interview-how-a-hacker-became-a-freedom-fighter.html | ||||
1207910979 | Shuttle's New $99 KPC Review | Shuttle's main marketing drive behind the KPC underlines four strengths; it aims to be user-friendly, customizable, expandable, and green. With Shuttle now delivering the KPC in limited numbers as a barebones or complete system, we decided to see if it can deliver on these features as promised. | http://www.tomshardware.com/2008/04/10/shuttle_ninty_nine_dollar_kpc/page9.html | ||||
1207911069 | The Indian Connection Behind Linux Mobile | Google, of course, is pushing Android, its software package that runs on top of Linux for mobile phones, and its Open Handset Alliance. Wrap it all together and it's basically LiMo--only controlled by Google. | http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/blog/bangaloretigers/archives/2008/04/the_indian_conn.html | ||||
1207911210 | Linux Replacements for Your Favorite Windows Apps | You may be intrigued by the idea of switching to Linux. But how will you get your job done without your favorite Windows programs? These 18 great open-source apps make life with Linux easier. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,143396-c,linux/article.html | ||||
1207911362 | Free/Open-source Optical Disk Authoring Software | Optical disc authoring software, most commonly known as CD/DVD burning application is computer software for authoring optical discs such as CD-ROMs and DVDs. An optical disc recorder is necessary to use such software. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/freeopen-source-optical-disk-authoring.html | ||||
1207988893 | ODF is now a Brazilian Standard: NBR ISO/IEC 26300 !!! | On the afternoon of last Tuesday (08/04), the final translated version of the ISO/IEC 26300 was approved by members of the ABNT’s committee responsible for that activity. | http://homembit.com/2008/04/odf-is-now-a-brazilian-standard-nbr-isoiec-26300.html | ||||
1207989048 | HP-UX Powered by Linux Development Tools? | Hewlett-Packard said it will offer a second interim update of HP-UX 11i v3, the company’s Unix operating system. HP said the latest update, code-named Versatility, offers improved performance, security certification and new bundled applications. | http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3740186 | ||||
1207989258 | Kernel space: Toward better direct I/O scalability | A new function in the kernel could reduce the need for a kernel lock that can be a bottleneck for high-end databases. Kernel hacker Nick Piggin posts some performance numbers. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/041008-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1207989409 | KDE Commit Digest: Issue 104 - 30th March 2008 | The menu item styles of the KDE 3 "Classic" menu return to Kickoff. GetHotNewStuff for KDE colour schemes. "Recently Visited" listings in Konqueror. A new simplified hotkeys configuration module. The ability to print a "cheat sheet" of shortcuts. Automation plugin for scheduling checks, and GetHotNewStuff support in KLinkStatus. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-03-30/ | ||||
1208016413 | Mandriva Linux 2008.1 - The Blooming Spring. | Mandriva Linux is a predominantly KDE-centric Linux distribution originating from France. This desktop-oriented Linux distribution which began its production in 1998 owes its popularity to its ease of installation and graphical productive draktools. | http://linuxseekers.com/index.php/component/content/article/38-mandriva-reviews/58-mandriva-linux-20081 | ||||
1208016527 | RadeonHD 1.2 Driver Released | It's been a long time in the making, but the xf86-video-radeonhd 1.2 driver has just been pushed out the door. RadeonHD 1.2 is the first new release for this open-source ATI R500/600 driver since December of last year. The RadeonHD 1.2 driver includes support for new AMD graphics processors, 2D XAA/EXA acceleration, and other changes. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=radeonhd_12&num=1 | ||||
1208072162 | Sun Tackles Video Codec | Looking to boost the Web, Sun is working on a royalty-free and open video codec and media system, company officials said Thursday afternoon. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144494/sun_tackles_video_codec.html | ||||
1208072263 | [Linux] 2.6.25-rc9, "I Really Don't Want To Do This" | "I really don't want to do this, and I was actually hoping to release 2.6.25 last weekend (which is why -rc9 is a few days late - just me hoping to not do another -rc at all), but I've done an -rc9," Linus Torvalds said, announcing the 2.6.25-rc9 kernel. | http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/2.6.25-rc9_I_Really_Dont_Want_To_Do_This | ||||
1208072409 | The Linux Preformance Advantage | What all this means is that Windows is becoming more and more resource reliant while Linux essentially maintains its requirements. Microsoft is already seeing the effects of their sloppiness in bad reviews of Vista and having to extend XP?s life, but unless they change soon, they will see it even more, and pay for it too. | http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/10/the-linux-preformance-advantage/ | ||||
1208072471 | SEH Print Server Serves Up Energy Savings | SEH Technology's Linux-based ISD300 print server runs on 12 watts of power, as opposed to the 100 watts of comparable models. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Printers/SEH-Print-Server-Serves-Up-Energy-Savings/ | ||||
1208102854 | Microsoft and Novell As a Joint Venture, Now Joint Staff | Those two partners, which some opine might be destined to become just one, are on the face of it starting to share staff. This workforce swap is not exactly new, but it marks a progression of this special relationship. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/13/microsoft-novell-closeness/ | ||||
1208104373 | NVIDIA 173.08 Linux Display Driver | The new NVIDIA products supported by this 173.08 binary driver update include the GeForce 8400, 8400GS, 9500M GS, 9600GT, 9800GTX, and 9800GX2. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia_17308&num=1 | ||||
1208104429 | BOSaNOVA Announces New and Linux Thin Clients | BOSaNOVA, Inc. has announced the availability of the new wireless 410XP BOStablet thin-client tablet, along with the newest release of BOSaNOVA's Linux thin clients. | http://www.mcpressonline.com/networking-news/wireless/wi-fi/bosanova-announces-new-ip53-compliant-wireless-tablet-and-linux-thin-clients.html | ||||
1208104489 | NixOS: A Purely Functional Linux Distribution [PDF] | We have implemented this model in NixOS, a non-trivial Linux distribution that uses the Nix package manager to build the entire system configuration from a purely functional specification. | http://people.cs.uu.nl/andres/NixOS.pdf | ||||
1208104614 | Can Linux Piggy Back Windows XP To Crack The Consumer Market | While this is probably one of the areas of Linux which has annoyed Microsoft, the Linux system allows information to be converted from Microsoft Windows XP and used within their own add-on operating system. | http://www.linuxsolutions.fr/can-linux-piggy-back-windows-xp-to-crack-the-consumer-market/ | ||||
1208104857 | A quick look at Kubuntu 8.04 Beta | As you can see in the gallery below, there is a lot to like. The latest Ubuntu family of distros now has support for partition encryption, provided that you use the alternate install CD rather than the graphical one. Users that chose this feature are prompted for the encryption password at boot time, making the system nice and secure. | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/04/11/a-quick-look-at-kubuntu-8-04-beta/ | ||||
1208104944 | GNU/Linux or open source? | It’s now quite easy to run a Windows box in which the only proprietary program you have is Windows. Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, The Gimp, and Google together make for a pretty nice office suite. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2276 | ||||
1208105066 | First Look: The GIMP 2.5.0 | The GIMP team announced today the first release from the 2.5 development series. It is true that this version is unstable, but a little bird told me to give it a try and see what's it capable of. First of all, let me tell you that its interface is quite redesigned and I think that some users will have problems adjusting with it.. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/First-Look-The-GIMP-2-5-0-83090.shtml | ||||
1208150136 | Free software is not politics: petition | I have been saying this for many years: free software must not be associated with an ideology or political party. Doing that would: 1. be an utter falsity; 2. damage our ability to advocate. | http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/free_software_not+politics_petitions_for_Italian_elections | ||||
1208150332 | Steve McIntyre elected Debian leader | The Debian GNU/Linux project will be led by Steve McIntyre from April 17 onwards after he was declared elected on Saturday US time in the 2008 elections. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17628/1148/ | ||||
1208150419 | What a Linux Mobile Device Needs | Linux has the opportunity to take this market by storm, with the only real competitor being Microsoft Windows Mobile. I probably will buy an Ubuntu Mobile device, just as long as it is in the $400 and under range. Think of it this way, would you want to buy a mobile device that is more expensive than the Eee PC($400)? | http://jonreagan.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/what-a-linux-mobile-device-needs/ | ||||
1208150603 | Scribus - Desktop Publishing for Penguins | When it comes to desktop publishing, a lot of people might think of big organizations producing newsletters, or your local boy scouts producing a fund raising flier.... | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=401 | ||||
1208185157 | Red Hat Introduces Asia Pacific-Wide Open Source Initiative | Red Hat officially introduced its latest Asia Pacific (AP) initiative, the Open Source Collaborative Innovation (OCSI), in Singapore last week, designed to advance and build a global open source community for collaboration innovation... | http://www.sda-asia.com/sda/features/psecom,id,1798,nodeid,1,_language,Singapore.html | ||||
1208185235 | Moodle - the open source software that's getting serious | One of the biggest outbreaks of open source software has been in the learning business and a clear leader is emerging - software called Moodle, now used for on-line learning on 40,000 web sites. | http://www.onrec.com/newsstories/21153.asp | ||||
1208185312 | Review : gOS 2.0 Beta | Conclusion : gOS is an extremely usable and user friendly Linux distribution. It actually brings much needed breath of fresh air to stagnant desktop Linux market (Dominated by Ubuntu and other distribution which are pretty similar with nothing radically different). | http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-gos-20-beta.html | ||||
1208185412 | Return From The Mountain | "It's not our job to advertise Linux." Yeah? Well maybe it's not and maybe that's the problem. It doesn't seem to be anyone's "job" to advertise Linux. Sure you use it and most assuredly you dump buckets of money into development and research | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/04/return-from-mountain.html | ||||
1208185615 | Pondering Windows' Bloated Demise | Indeed, Microsoft has realized what GNU/Linux users have failed to understand for a long time, which is that the desktop operating system is dead, Monochrome Mentality blogger Kevin Dean told LinuxInsider. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62562.html | ||||
1208185674 | Educational programs in GNU/Linux | What does education have to do with Linux, or free software in general, you ask? In this article, I am going to answer this question and describe available open source educational programs for your kids. | http://polishlinux.org/apps/educational-programs-in-gnulinux/ | ||||
1208185772 | Finding a Linux-powered laptop | I’ve always had good luck mating ThinkPads with Ubuntu. But if you have another laptop and want to use another distro, then you can find out more at Linux on Laptops or TuxMobil. And you can check to see whether your hardware is supported by Linux at the Hardware Compatibility List and the Compatibility Database. | http://scottnesbitt.net/ubuntublog/?p=151 | ||||
1208185855 | BitNami makes it easy for mom & semi-geeks to use OSS | The company is best known for its BitRock InstallBuilder cross-platform product that competes with the likes of InstallShield. While the product itself is not OSS, BitRock offers open source projects free licenses to the product. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/04/bitnami_makes_i.html | ||||
1208252879 | A year later, sales of Linux on Dell computers THRIVE! | Sales figures not released, but program is thriving, Dell says | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9077678&intsrc=hm_list | ||||
1208253205 | What do RMS and Naomi Campbell have in common? | With every release of OpenBSD, the project also releases a song, "to describe some event or controversy the project went through, or a stance that was taken, over the previous six months." | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17658/1148/ | ||||
1208253369 | A New Spin on the Xfce Window Manager | Xfce is a minimalist desktop Window Manager that is fast, fun, and efficient to use. Xfce is a viable alternative to other minimal desktop environments such as twm and Fluxbox. It is customizable but also has a kiosk mode for those of you who want to deploy a desktop environment that isn't customizable by end users. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6475/4/ | ||||
1208269057 | Linux XP 2008: Now with more Vista | I was surprised at the potential usability of this distribution. It has a lot of things included that will make an end-user happy. My only caveats would be support, software, price, and root. | http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/linuxxp2008.htm | ||||
1208269226 | FreeSWITCH, a Second-Generation Open-Source Platform | FreeSWITCH comes in two forms: a tarball containing just FreeSWITCH, and triXswitch, a bundle that includes FreeSWITCH, CentOS Linux, and WikiPBX, which is a sleek Web GUI control panel. triXswitch is the friendliest way to get acquainted with FreeSWITCH. | http://www.voipplanet.com/trends/article.php/3740621 | ||||
1208269375 | The making of Wine... for GNU/Linux | Flash forward to today. It's been the better part of a decade and Microsoft has not been toppled by anyone's reckoning. However it did release Vista - perhaps the most hated Windows operating system of all time (though it's hard to beat Windows ME on that count). | http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26915 | ||||
1208269525 | Top 10 Features to Expect in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron | The countdown for Ubuntu 8.04 finally begins today as now there are only 9 days to go for the official launch of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. But before Ubuntu lovers get their hands on Hardy, their biggest anticipation is about the new features and applications coming in Ubuntu 8.04. | http://www.sizlopedia.com/2008/04/15/top-10-features-to-expect-in-ubuntu-804-hardy-heron/ | ||||
1208269768 | Review: Mandriva 2008 Spring | The ease of installing Virtualbox alone is enough to make Mandriva 2008 Spring worth a look! | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/04/review-mandriva-2008-spring.html | ||||
1208269791 | Linux ready for real-time computing in financial services | Vinod Kutty, the distributed computing R&D head at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), now the CME Group, and a conference speaker, believes that Linux has become more mature as a platform and is ready for mission-critical, financial services workloads. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1309650,00.html | ||||
1208269950 | Open sourcing Web video with Kaltura | Interested? You can download Kaltura's GPL code on Sourceforge, and give it a spin here. Kaltura has a golden opportunity to dramatically reshape the Web, making video pervasive, compelling, and cheap. This is one of those open-source companies to keep a very close eye on. | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9918865-16.html | ||||
1208270088 | SitePen: Passing the Open-Source Torch | Open-source participation helps SitePen amass an all-star team of Web developers. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Application-Development/SitePen-Passing-the-Open-Source-Torch/ | ||||
1208270268 | Open Source Game Review: Alien Arena 2008 | For those who haven't played Alien Arena before, I recommend you get yourself a copy and give it a spin. It's really top notch and I loved it. In fact, it was so much fun this time that I had to force myself to leave the game. I was having too much fun to put it down! | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=402 | ||||
1208270338 | Video: Bela Ban [OGG] | Ban talks about the background of both projects, as well as upcoming developments, including increased throughput, persistence, security, remote accessibility, and other features. He also discusses the business needs that can be solved with these tools–just a small sample from his talk at JBoss World. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/14/video-bela-ban/ | ||||
1208327004 | Kate Developers Meeting | A Kate Developer Meeting was held last weekend hosted by basysKom GmbH in Darmstadt to great success. Developers interested in improving KDE's advanced text editor met to shape the roadmap of Kate. An impressive nine attendees turned up including several new faces. | http://dot.kde.org/1208269318/ | ||||
1208327088 | Putting Windows On A Diet ... To Compete With Linux | How scared is Microsoft of Linux? There's a hint or two of its fear in the fact that MS is preparing a special slim-and-trim version of Windows XP, within the next month or two, to run specifically on Asus's Eee PC. You'd think maybe it could have done this slimming-down sooner -- something that Linux already does without breaking a sweat. | http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/04/putting_windows.html | ||||
1208327198 | Who's afraid of embedded Linux? Microsoft | ...Microsoft is fighting a losing battle here. It's like gravity. Eventually you just stop fighting and learn to accept it. Even Microsoft. | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9919632-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad | ||||
1208327322 | Linux, Unix more reliable than Windows, Say Microsoft Shills | The Yankee Group claims to poll about 700 users hailing from 27 different countries. Preliminary findings from the report are published by the Institute for advanced Professional Studoes, here. | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/linux-better-windows-worse | ||||
1208327426 | Mandriva 2008 Spring Quick Install [Video] | 10 minutes guide on installing Mandriva 2008 Spring DVD using GNOME desktop | http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2008/04/mandriva-2008-spring-quick-install.html | ||||
1208327546 | A Video Overview of Ubuntu GNU/Linux 8.04 LTS | This was originally intended to be a single video, but neither YouTube nor Google Videos would host something that large, so I chopped it up into sections. | http://www.ibeentoubuntu.com/2008/04/overview-of-ubuntu-804-lts.html | ||||
1208327670 | Falling in Love with the XO All Over Again | The social aspects of Sugar are what make the XO so fun and so compelling. You just don?t experience it with a few XO?s in one place. David Cavallo is right when he says that the key to OLPC is saturation and integrating it into the fabric of education. | http://blog.olenepal.org/index.php/archives/248 | ||||
1208327762 | Linux is Good for the Elderly | I was surprised at some of his comments. Especially the perception that Linux appears “…for the younger or professional computer users…” and that he found Linux easy to use! I do remember though, when he first switched, there were an awful lot of “Where is this” and “How do I do that” questions. | http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/linux-is-good-for-the-elderly/ | ||||
1208327901 | Top 10 Linux FUD Patterns, Part 7 | The perception that Linux is behind the times, always playing catch-up, spawns from the fact that the development of Linux as a mainstream desktop environment has been, by and large, reactionary. | http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/top-10-linux-fud-patterns-part-7/ | ||||
1208341707 | Italian Elections: 100 Candidates signed the FOSS Letter | 100 Italian candidates signed Assoli’s letter engaging themselves to promote the use of free software. | http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/04/12/italian-elections-100-candidates-signed-the-letter-in-favour-of-free-software/ | ||||
1208341801 | Dishaa '08 Linux Event a big success | the first GNU/Linux Install Fest, organised here on Saturday turned out to be a big success... | http://keralafarmer.livejournal.com/3438.html | ||||
1208341887 | sidux-seminarix 2008-01 [Released] | sidux e.V. is pleased to present to you today the first version of sidux-seminarix here for download. This is a educational project that merges Seminarix with the base of sidux. Seminarix is aimed at schooling teachers as well as pupils with free and open software to make computer training in schools less costly and more effective. | http://sidux.com/Article422.html | ||||
1208342039 | Probe upgraded with Linux kernel analyzer | Semiconductor design firm MIPS Technologies is offering a kernel profiling tool that works with its EJTAG hardware probe. The Eclipse-based Hot Spot Analyzer (HSA) utility works the company's FS2 System Navigator EJTAG probes, and can be used to debug Linux kernels running on MIPS-based SoCs. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2437160791.html | ||||
1208342188 | [Linux/Windows] Strengths and Weaknesses | I asked Shuttleworth if Canonical has any plans to capitalize on the June EOL for XP, particularly since Ubuntu 8.04 LTS is set to be released sometime this month. To me, it seems a perfect opportunity to strike while the iron is hot. | http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2008/04/strengths-and-w.html | ||||
1208392688 | Microsoft Worried Over Linux Dominance In Embedded Space | Ninety percent of participants have Ubuntu, and about half are in the US (with an impressive and results-bending 33 percent from Finland). Two thirds of them are small businesses (ten to 49 people). | http://www.efytimes.com/efytimes/26010/news.htm | ||||
1208392780 | Linux for Grandma - Part III, Finale | For limited use, like browser based applications only, there is no reason not to use Linux. In fact, most people in her case wouldn't know the difference. The three main reasons to use Linux are that it works, it is free, and runs on low end hardware fairly well. Nor did I need the overhead of anti-virus and anti-spyware software. | http://technocrat.net/d/2008/4/16/39631 | ||||
1208392861 | Kernel space: memory allocation failures | If your production Linux system is logging memory allocation failures, it might still be able to keep running. But developers want to keep an eye on which code can survive a shortage of memory. | http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/041508-kernel.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news | ||||
1208399988 | OOXML Protests Are Back, Lots of ODF FUD Seen Abound | Watch out for such trails of manipulative deception. Someone in north-western parts of the United States (rumour mill extraordinaire) wants you to believe that ODF is dead and that the world is happy with OOXML. It?s a case of attempting self-fulfilling prophecies. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/16/ooxml-anger-odf-fud/ | ||||
1208412089 | Why Mac OS X Sucks and Linux Rocks | For now, I decided to quit using Leopard (except when I want to take funny and distorted pictures), and I am more determined than ever in making Linux (Xubuntu) fully compatible with my Macbook Pro. You may ask why I think Linux rocks. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/why-mac-os-x-sucks-and-linux-rocks.html | ||||
1208412256 | Bruce Perens tells how he got involved with Linux and FOSS | You've probably seen quotes from long-time Linux and Free Software advocate Bruce Perens, and you may have even have seen his picture a few times. Now, in this exclusive Linux.com video, you have a chance to "meet" him in a little more personal way. [OGG] | http://www.linux.com/feature/131346 | ||||
1208412349 | Web-based Linux benchmarking site debuts | Timesys has joined up with information services company TechInsights to announce an online service for Linux developers wishing to benchmark their software on specific hardware targets. BenchLab.com combines the TechInsights VirtuaLab online lab environment with the Timesys DIY LinuxLink development environment. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9679103762.html | ||||
1208412471 | KDE Commit Digest: 6th April 2008 [With Vids] | Vladimir Kuznetsov moved Step from kdereview to kdeedu. This means that KDE 4.1 will ship it! Last week Step was demonstrated to several of Carsten's students (7th and 10th grade) resulting in a little feedback. This feedback already resulted in several changes, including the ability to easily modify the speed of the simulation... | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-04-06/ | ||||
1208434449 | Computer professionals hold candlelight vigil against blobs | A group of individuals, comprising mostly software engineers and others, who oppose the use of proprietary software, got together for a candlelight vigil to raise awareness and give a human face to what has largely been a protest in blogs and on websites. | http://www.thehindu.com/2008/04/16/stories/2008041660721100.htm | ||||
1208434634 | FOSS and Option for the Poor | This is not an easy task, I know. But we will get there, one FOSS application at a time. As Christians we must never stop exploring and examining how software is developed and used, especially in terms of how they affect the poor. | http://www.stephencuyos.com/?p=382 | ||||
1208434699 | Linus Torvalds on Big Media | Me, personally, I think the RIAA and the MPAA is a shithouse. They are immoral. | http://commandline.org.uk/more/linus-quotes-2008-04-16-21-20.html | ||||
1208434786 | Canonical Rethinking Gobuntu | If that is the case, then I think it would be better to channel the energy from Gobuntu into gNewSense. | https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gobuntu-devel/2008-April/000650.html | ||||
1208434909 | GSA makes the case for open source | Casey Coleman, the chief information officer of the General Services Administration, spoke at a Federal Open Source Alliance Web seminar held earlier today. | http://www.gcn.com/blogs/tech/46132.html | ||||
1208435138 | My Interview With Richard Stallman. | 3. Is there any future at all for software that isn't free? That depends on you! Specifically, whether you value your freedom enough to reject proprietary software. If you want to live in freedom, that's the way. You need to escape from proprietary software that would take it away from you. | http://www.0x000000.com/?i=551 | ||||
1208442584 | Has Novell’s Deal with Microsoft Ruined Red Hat Desktop? | This happened after continued procrastination involving negotiations with Microsoft on the issue of codecs. Microsoft turned this into an extortion opportunity for software patent agreements. Red Hat won’t tell you this in public, but sources close to Red Hat knew about this at the time. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/17/red-hat-versus-codecs/ | ||||
1208477381 | RedHawk Linux Release 5.1 Now Available | Concurrent has released a new version of its RedHawk Linux real-time operating system, RedHawk Linux 5.1. RedHawk Linux is widely used in time-critical applications in simulation and training, data acquisition, imaging, financial services and process control. | http://home.nestor.minsk.by/networks/news/2008/04/1704.html | ||||
1208477439 | HP offers Linux home server | HP has unveiled a Linux-based home media server at half the price of its Microsoft-based MediaSmart model. | http://www.computeractive.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2214568/hp-offer-linux-home-server | ||||
1208477541 | OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta? | The real OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta is due April 30. With any version, you are welcome and encouraged to test to find and report bugs and to discover new features. The stable OpenOffice.org 3.0 release is still due September 2008. | http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/openofficeorg-30-beta.html | ||||
1208477731 | New Debian leader aims for better communication | In many ways the Debian GNU/Linux project is unique among all the distributions that dot the Linux landscape. Apart from putting out a high-grade distribution, it has served as the base for a number of others - Ubuntu and Knoppix, to name just two - which have had a big impact on the growth of the Linux ecosystem. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/17716/1148/ | ||||
1208492844 | Novell Promotes an Silverlight on Behalf of Microsoft | Novell carries on assisting Microsoft's fight against a member of the Linux Foundation (Adobe) by promoting an anti-Linux, anti-GPL Silverlight | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/17/novell-fights-for-silverlight/ | ||||
1208498180 | It’s Almost Official: ISO is Controlled by Microsoft | It’s almost as though the man handling OOXML at ISO and the BSI is a Microsoft pawn. And he’s probably not alone according to the previous convenor who fled to retire. ISO should come out of its bunker and make some confessions already. It’s its duty as a body that used to thrive in trust and integrity before getting captured by a predatory vendor | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/18/alex-brown-microsoft-bsi-iso/ | ||||
1208516610 | Linux-based diskless notebook costs under $300 | A British Columbia-based startup called InkMedia announced an under-$300 notebook that runs embedded Linux. Based on a Via chip, the Ink Mobile Computer (Ink MC) depends on flash-based storage and offers an 8.6-inch SVGA display, four USB slots, Ethernet, and WiFi. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3441111408.html | ||||
1208516724 | Microsoft Vista vs. Linux desktops: An IT pro sounds off | With the state of affairs as it is, software developers should move to open source in droves. They can still write proprietary code, and can still sell it at retailers and online. | http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/04/17/microsoft-vista-versus-linux-desktops-an-it-pro-sounds-off/ | ||||
1208516862 | Mickos: Sun may back off - a bit - on plan for MySQL add-ons | Caught in a firestorm of criticism in the blogosphere and online forums, officials at Sun Microsystems are now saying that some upcoming online backup features may not necessarily be made available only to paying users of the MySQL open-source database. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=781176607&rid=-50 | ||||
1208517050 | Confessions of a GNU/Linux newbie | This year my one-and-only New Year's resolution was to begin the transition to open-source software in general and Linux in particular. I thought I was just setting out to learn a new operating system. In fact, I was entering an entirely new world of computing. [be gentle] | http://www.cnet.com/8301-13880_1-9920995-68.html | ||||
1208517155 | Japan KDE Users Group Interview | How did the Japanese KDE Users Group start? It had its beginning when Junji Takagi made a patch for operating mulitibyte characters such as Japanese, when Qt's version 1.x was released. Qt 1.x couldn't operate mulitibyte characters, so we couldn't use Japanese in KDE 1.x previously. | http://dot.kde.org/1208472296/ | ||||
1208592505 | Linux looms large on portables | So why is Linux suddenly popular on the desktop, albeit on ultraportables? There are many reasons not the least of which is that Microsoft?s dropped the ball with Vista which is too humongous to run successfully on ultraportables that tend to be stripped down in terms of processing power, memory and storage. | http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20080421/edit01.shtml | ||||
1208592578 | Fedora 9 and Summit preview: Confining the user with SELinux | This one?s a two-fer! Dan Walsh covers the evolution of SELinux from Fedora 2 all the way to the upcoming Fedora 9 launch. Find out how it started and how user access controls will grow in the newest release. | http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/17/fedora-9-and-summit-preview-confining-the-user-with-selinux/ | ||||
1208592628 | Finally, Secure Real-Time on the Desktop | Finally, secure real-time scheduling on the Linux desktop can be become a reality. Linux 2.6.25 gained Real-Time Group Scheduling, a feature which allows to limit the amount of CPU time real-time processes and threads may consume. | http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/cgroups-and-rtwatch.html | ||||
1208619982 | Bored with Ubuntu Linux 7.10? Move to 8.04 Beta! | Well you know sometimes when you use an OS for as long as I have... One can get bored with it. Maybe it is just my personality but I was just sitting around the old computer the other day and well... I decided to upgrade Ubuntu 7.10 to the new beta release 8.04. | http://www.reviewlinux.com/?m=show&id=10125 | ||||
1208620045 | SymphonyOne 2008.1 Free Download Now Available | We are pleased to announce that our donate to download experiment was a great sucess overall though we have learned to have a more robust infrastructure in place for the next release. | http://symphonyos.com/cms/?p=11 | ||||
1208620134 | GPL Project Watch List for Week of 04/18 | Now onto our recently added license the AGPL v3. Last week our database contained 55 AGPL v3 projects. This week we are at 68 AGPL v3 projects, which is an increase of just over 20%. This is a significant increase percentage wise, even though it is only a 13 project increase. | http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/04/gpl-project-watch-list-for-week-of-0418.html | ||||
1208675839 | Understanding Infrastructure | FOSS code is pure building material. The free, abundant and practical nature of this building material gives it some qualities of commodities; yet its generative nature is exceptional to traditional economic constructs. It also inconveniences economic belief systems that anchor their perspective in the work of business, government, or both. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/understanding-infrastructure | ||||
1208675937 | Linux is at the heart of today's innovation. | I recently consulted with a company regarding various matters, one of which was IT. I advised them that they could substantially cut their IT costs by using Linux. I expected the usual resistance, but instead was greeted with a smile and an emphatic "Absolutely!". | http://lexlocilinux.blogspot.com/2008/04/linux-is-at-heart-of-todays-innovation.html | ||||
1208676150 | 20 Coolest Linux Distro-themed Wallpapers | Since my list of 25 Coolest Linux Wallpapers unexpectedly became a huge hit, I’m going to share to you some more to keep the Linux pride alive. This time, I have collected some of the coolest, high quality distro-themed wallpapers. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/20-coolest-linux-distro-themed.html | ||||
1208676349 | Move from Solaris to RHEL boosts performance for the Chicago | At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, the traders betting on future commodity price fluctuations aren't the only ones who know what it means to take a risk. Five years ago, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), now part of the CME Group, placed a hefty bet: that it could trust Linux with the heart of its business | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1309889,00.html | ||||
1208676494 | 19 new Debian GNU/Linux Developers!!! | I am very happy that 19 contributors who were waiting for their accounts, sometimes for a very long time, became Debian Developers today. This is great news for them, and for the project as a whole. | http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=287 | ||||
1208676609 | Off of windows, and feeling fine? | Loving the rediscovering of my PC, it?s like when I was learning DOS when I was 10 years old. New, fresh and fun. Heck?even Laura hasn?t minded the switch so far. | http://smooshspace.com/2008/04/19/off-of-windows-and-feeling-fine/ | ||||
1208676822 | Bradley Kuhn makes a better world through software freedom | Many consider him one of the most influential voices in the worldwide FLOSS community. Kuhn, formerly the executive director of the Free Software Foundation, took some time recently to catch us up on his latest work. | http://www.linux.com/feature/132573 | ||||
1208686592 | April, Avalanche of New Versions of Linux Distributions | Some of the most important and popular distributions of Linux are scheduled to release a final version of its new system for the month of April. A few days ago he left the new Mandriva, we Fedora 9 in just five days, and in less than two weeks we will see Ubuntu Hardy. | http://dailygadget.typepad.com/daily_gadget/2008/04/april-avalanche.html | ||||
1208686675 | New kernel puts a spotlight on memory hogs | After 2.6.21, which came out about a year ago, we started to be able to use PowerTOP to spot problem applications that wake up the processor and waste power. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1561812273;fp;4194304;fpid;1 | ||||
1208686778 | Open Source as An Easy Answer for Better Development | As a participant in an open source project, everything is in your control. You pick the project that you think is the most valuable, or in which you can develop the skills you need but can't justify on your r?sum?. In the universe of open source, you're judged only by what you contribute. | http://advice.cio.com/esther_schindler/contribute | ||||
1208738140 | Government Delegate Compares Microsoft to Scientology | It?s possible that the world begins to realise just what type of ?ecosystem? it?s dealing with. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/20/scientology-microsoft/ | ||||
1208760960 | Linux replacements for your favourite Windows apps | For many users, getting started with Linux is surprisingly easy. New, friendlier versions of the free operating system, such as Fedora and Ubuntu, feature straightforward menus and automated installations that make switching from Windows to Linux a relatively simple process. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/applications/how-to/index.cfm?RSS&articleid=1301 | ||||
1208761080 | Mandriva Spring 2008.1 | If you are a new Linux user, blindly go for Mandriva Spring 2008.1. It hand holds you and you would not require to open the dreaded command line for any normal task. Till now I have not opened it, except for my programming work. | http://www.lazytechguy.com/2008/04/mandriva-spring-20081.html | ||||
1208761176 | Debian 4 GNU/Linux with KDE | I then update my newly added repositories. Then I install the KDE desktop. The final result, a clean-and-pristine, easy-to-use and manage Debian 4 GNU/Linux with KDE. | http://agnustics.blogspot.com/2008/04/debian-4-gnulinux-with-kde.html | ||||
1208803244 | OpenOffice Desktop icons | In Windows or KDE (Linux), drag OpenOffice.org from the start menu to the desktop. In GNOME, right click the OpenOffice.org menu entry and then choose Add this launcher to desktop. | http://www.oooninja.com/2008/04/desktop-start-launch-icons.html | ||||
1208817087 | Will Hardy Heron Shine Where Red Hat Fears to Tread? | "The year of the Linux desktop isn't going to happen," peragrin added. "The year of the Linux mobile, the Linux server and the Linux hand-held computer, however, are fast approaching. Linux will take the desktop market through the back door. By getting in on every other device first." | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/62663.html | ||||
1208817318 | First look at Draco GNU/Linux 0.3 | Draco GNU/Linux is an interesting system. Once based on Slackware, it could be described as a Linux system using NetBSD package management. Version 0.3.0 was released last week and I realized I'd never tested it before, so I figured it was about time. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20080421 | ||||
1208838651 | Doin' It For The Noob - Takin' It From The Top | That folks, concludes our mini series on "Doin' It For The Noob." As I am not the Omni-Smart Advocate, there are probably many things I may have overlooked...but again, that's why I write. I don't do this because I think you need to know what I think. | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/04/doin-it-for-noob-takin-it-from-top.html | ||||
1208838718 | Linux Becomes a Serious Option for Business | Once relegated to the data center and the personal machines of IT pros who were the only ones able to use it, Linux has come a long way as an operating system. It's making its way into mainstream use, and it's a viable option for small businesses looking to keep their IT costs down. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Linux-Becomes-a-Serious-Option-for-Business-62667.html | ||||
1208838792 | eeePC Video With Compiz-Fusion | I’ll never go back to Windows in its present form. Next Month will mark two full years with a GNU/Linux operating system as my personal choice. | http://adventuresincomputing.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/eeepc-video-with-compiz-fusion/ | ||||
1208838857 | Tokamak Sprint Turns Plasma Upside-Down | Tokamak, the first International meeting of Plasma was held in Milano in northern Italy over the last weekend. 14 people joined the fun and spent some days hacking on the KDE 4 desktop shell. For the most part, it was like meeting friends, only that some had never met each other in person before. | http://dot.kde.org/1208785857/ | ||||
1208838963 | Piper Jaffray Starts Red Hat (RHT) at Buy | Piper Jaffray initiates coverage on Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) with a Buy rating and $26 price target, saying the company should benefit from global adoption of open source technologies. | http://www.streetinsider.com/New+Coverage/Piper+Jaffray+Starts+Red+Hat+(RHT)+at+Buy/3562655.html | ||||
1208839072 | I Sense Serious [Linux] Changes | Now, to Microsoft's credit, they have helped out as well. Their help has included: License enforcement in countries such as Costa Rica to help people realize they could only afford Linux prices; Some really bad political moves (such as the recent open document format fiasco) that make them look like scum. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/i-sense-serious-changes | ||||
1208839312 | Unlocking The Future: FOSS Opportunities In Systems | Where Maser sees opportunities for open source at Seneca is in the desire for customers to load operating systems based on Linux or Red Hat Inc.. "What we're starting to see customers coming to us to provide the installation we provide on the Microsoft side on the Linux side," he said. | http://www.crn.com/white-box/207100859 | ||||
1208863513 | Debian Weekly News - April 21st, 2008 | Welcome to the first issue of the Debian Project News, the newsletter for the Debian community! From now on we'll keep you informed about recent events and interesting developments in and around the Debian Community on a biweekly basis. But we could still use some help, so feel free to take a look at our wiki. | http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2008/01/ | ||||
1208863581 | Open-source students get mentoring help | Junior programmers are to get mentoring help, following the granting of nearly $600,000 in funding to set up an Open Source Learning Laboratory. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/2412A52CEA230C1DCC2574310081AF2F | ||||
1208863660 | Economic slowdown could boost open source | The economic slowdown in the US could boost demand for open source technology and services... | http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single10802 | ||||
1208918455 | Fedora goes to a community-dominated board | Since the Fedora Board originally formed in 2006, the Fedora Project has changed quite a bit. We now have about two-thirds of our packages maintained by volunteer community members. | http://lwn.net/Articles/279059/ | ||||
1208918522 | GNOME 2.24 Excitement Begins Tomorrow | GNOME 2.22.0 was only released last month, but being released tomorrow is the first development release in the path towards GNOME 2.24.0. This first development release will be dubbed GNOME 2.23.1, with GNOME 2.23 being the unstable branch. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjQ0Mw | ||||
1208918708 | Public embraces open source | Mark Shuttleworth, who leads the distribution of Ubuntu OS, told the BBC: 'We have seen a real shift in the last six months, from folks seeing open source as either a super-specialist thing for people who run data centres or as an enthusiast thing, to something which is energising a lot of the straight commercial PC industry.' | http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.18899 | ||||
1208950688 | T-Mobile tips broad push for open platforms | T-Mobile is expected to be the first carrier to field a cellphone using Google's Android platform when it launches a handset using the software later this year. Ultimately it will support many devices using the Linux-based software with links to Google's Internet services. | http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207401396 | ||||
1208950747 | 3K Comptuers debuts Linux-based “UMPC” | The 3K Longitude 400 weighs under two pounds and sports a seven-inch display. It runs off of a 400 MHz 32-bit single core mobile processor, 512 MB of DDR2 RAM and a 1GB internal flash drive for file storage. The operating system is Linux based as well. | http://www.slipperybrick.com/2008/04/3k-comptuers-debuts-linux-based-umpc/ | ||||
1208950831 | Damn Small 4.3: Damn fast, too. | DSL keeps its spot as my default option for old hardware. This release didn't change that. The team managed to throw in small improvements without completely changing the way the standard system works, which I liked | http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/damnsmall43.htm | ||||
1208950985 | Ulteo releases Linux desktop; bent on world domination | When we last left our favorite evil geniuses at Ulteo, they were diligently plugging away at making OpenOffice.org applications accessible through a browser. | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2008/04/22/ulteo-releases-linux-desktop-bent-on-world-domination/ | ||||
1208951091 | Why *I* like Linux and Unix (and Mac OS X too!) | But there's more. There's what we call the "Unix Philosophy", which is that small tools should do one thing and do it well, while being designed so that they can get whatever input they need from the output of something else and vice versa. | http://aplawrence.com/Linux/why-i-like-linux.html | ||||
1208951207 | Government, NGOs 'turning to Linux' | "It's extremely easy - basically anyone can install Linux now." Organisations such as the Shuttleworth Foundation, which help provide computers to underprivileged schools, use Linux instead of Windows to cut costs. | http://www.ioltechnology.co.za/article_page.php?from=rss_IOLTechHome&iSectionId=2883&iArticleId=4366559 | ||||
1209009225 | 300,000 Linux Ubuntu PCs set for sale in Russia? | Linux Ubuntu installation on PCs sold by Excimer and NT Computer is to be launched within the nearest month. Consequently, Ubuntu sales in Russia might reach 300 thousand units. Ubuntu 8.04 released on April 24, 2008 is more likely to be preinstalled. | http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F04%2F23%2F298333 | ||||
1209009269 | Embedded Linux Workshop Proves Big Attraction at Hi-Tech Dev | The organisers of this year's Embedded Masterclass have announced that their Embedded Linux Workshops are close to being completely sold out, weeks before the event. | http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/thames-innovation-centre/embedded-linux-workshop-proves-big-attraction-at-hi-tech-developers-event.html | ||||
1209009376 | Ten Years [with GNU/Linux] and Counting | Ten years ago this month (April 1, 1998, to be precise), I got hit with the Chernobyl virus. It wiped out my hard drive's partition table and boot blocks, leaving me with the computing equivalent of a cement block on my desk. | http://gus3.typepad.com/i_am_therefore_i_think/2008/04/ten-years-and-c.html | ||||
1209009412 | “Green” Open Source Technologies for Earth Day | Recycle Desktop Computers into Thin Clients - Rather than buy a bunch of new computers that use environmental resources and add carbon to the atmosphere during the manufacturing process you could recycle aging desktop computers by creating a thin client setup. | http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/04/22/green-open-source-technologies-for-earth-day/ | ||||
1209009491 | KDE SOC projects published | The list of the Google Summer of Code projects for KDE was published. The list has several interesting entries to make the life for KDE users much easier. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/kde-soc-projects-published/ | ||||
1209045322 | Webtop software development with LAMP and Prism (video) | Bridging the gap between the desktop and the Internet is becoming easier and easier. In this video I show you how to create an application that looks and feels like a desktop application but runs on a typical Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP stack. | http://www.linux.com/feature/132423 | ||||
1209045422 | KDE Commit Digest Issue 106: 13th April 2008 | Complete source rewrite, with many improvements, in KInfoCenter. Important work on the "Quick Launch", "Folder View", and "RSSNOW" Plasma applets. Initial work towards future support for a list of timezones tooltip for the digital-clock Plasmoid. KMoon is obsoleted by the Plasma "Luna" applet. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-04-13/ | ||||
1209045447 | Linux benefits for small businesses highlighted | ?I?m not a geek, but to me the best aspect of open source is the community aspect, the sharing,? Symons said. ?Linux is the largest volunteer project in the history of the world.? | http://www.bellinghamherald.com/business/story/389781.html | ||||
1209045820 | A coder practices multimedia journalism - with open-source | But Brian, on principle, is trying to do the work with open-source tools. Here's his (cross-posted) guide to open-source tools available for the multimedia journalist | http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2008/04/a-coder-practices-multimedia-j.html | ||||
1209188344 | Russian Post migrates to Linux for losses | Meanwhile, he told CNews, it was too early to speak about any definite choice regarding Linux distributives, as the Russian Post ‘was in the process of making an appropriate decision’. According to Mr. Kuzmin, ‘such a large enterprise as the Russian Post needs time to make the right decision’. | http://eng.cnews.ru/news/top/indexEn.shtml?2008%2F04%2F24%2F298514 | ||||
1209188394 | Red Hat Appears to Be Flying Friendly Skies with New CEO | Whitehurst, who looks every bit of 30, wowed the crowd at “CEO Conversation,” the annual leadership event put on by the North Carolina Technology Association. | http://www.wral.com/business/local_tech_wire/opinion/blogpost/2790751/ | ||||
1209188588 | Complete Linux design solution for MicroBlaze... | The folks at Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, the electronics distribution components group for the Americas region of Avnet, Inc., have released a new Xilinx MicroBlaze Processor Linux DVD and a MicroBlaze Processor Linux Starter Kit. They've also announced the launch of their Linux for MicroBlaze Processor SpeedWay Design Workshop. | http://www.my-esm.com/distributionnews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207402105 | ||||
1209188833 | Fedora is Dressed to the 9 | Also notable is the inclusion of compatibility packages ?to ensure that applications not yet ported to KDE 4 will continue to work,? according to the release notes. | http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2360.html | ||||
1209188922 | Red Hat out-marathons the pack in financial services | As if that weren’t enough, Crenshaw struck a blow to proprietary software. “We were 2.4 times faster than Sun Microsystems,” he crowed, comparing Red Hat’s 5.8 million updates with Sun Solaris’ record of 2.4 million updates. | http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/04/23/red-hat-out-marathons-the-pack-in-financial-services/ | ||||
1209220067 | Meet Monica Kumar, Oracle's senior Linux and open source rep | Oracle may be making a little less noise recently about Unbreakable Linux, but it's going strong -- and Monica Kumar is in charge of marketing for it. She's a consistent (and engaging) IT trade show speaker... | http://www.linux.com/feature/132426 | ||||
1209220179 | Something to Really Bake Your Noodle | The typical fallacy about KDE 4 when people look at it is "oh look, a pretty desktop" and form their opinions based on that. I admit, I had the same thought. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-04-25-017-26-OP-DT-KE | ||||
1209220247 | Mandriva 2008.1 Package Manager | Mandriva Spring 2008.1 is no doubt a great distribution. It has good collection of default software, has excellent hardware detection, has proprietary drivers and software and an overall great out of box experience. | http://www.lazytechguy.com/2008/04/mandriva-20081-package-manager.html | ||||
1209220340 | Interview: Steve McIntyre, Debian Project Leader | Steve McIntyre is the recently elected Debian Prioject Leader. He is a software engineer and a long-time Debian developer. His best known contributions have been in the field of creating Debian CD/DVD images; he is the Debian-cd team leader and is responsible for generating the official images. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&entryid=741 | ||||
1209220485 | Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Windows Vista Power Usage (Linux Wins!) | When the Lenovo ThinkPad T60 was idling with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS "Hardy Heron" it had quite an advantage over Windows Vista Ultimate. Ubuntu was consuming five less Watts, which equates to more than 10% less power, over Microsoft Windows Vista. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=hardy_power&num=1 | ||||
1209280424 | Red Hat sees sales abroad: CEO finds emerging economies | In the developing world, "there's a feeling of 'why would we ever go with command-and-control, proprietary software," he said. "Open source has demonstrated its ability to innovate more quickly and cheaply." | http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1443404/ | ||||
1209280503 | Girls Love Linux | LinuxChix was founded in 1998-99 by Deb Richardson, who was a technical writer and webmaster at an open source consulting firm. Her reason for founding LinuxChix was to create an alternative to the "locker room mentality" of other Linux User Groups and forums. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/04/girls-love-linux.html | ||||
1209280563 | How To Be a Linux/Free Open Source Advocate | The problem is that the majority of people are used to using Microsoft Windows, to doing things a certain way, and Linux does similar things, only in slightly different ways. So, there's a learning process which must involve reading as much as possible. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/04/how-to-be-linuxopen-source-advocate.html | ||||
1209314652 | Dare to try something different? | Recently I was asked by two IT industry reporters I’ve known for a long time whether I would continue to evangelize the use of Linux for knowledge worker desktops. | http://blogs.itworldcanada.com/insights/2008/04/26/dare-to-try-something-different/ | ||||
1209314768 | Build a 14.5 watt data center in a shoebox | The unit runs the SSD Linux operating system, which straps NetBSD userland functions onto the Linux kernel. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/27/small_data_center/ | ||||
1209314884 | FLOSS Best Practice for Business and Government | 2.1 Governments should contribute to FLOSS development; 2.2 Government contribution to FLOSS should at a minimum include voluntary contributions to nationally based FLOSS collecting societies calculated according to FLOSS usage... | http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/floss-best-practice-biz-gov-080423/ | ||||
1209317808 | What Ever Happened to the Boycott Microsoft Web Site? | Microsoft identifies critics and then turns to peers for pressure in silencing attempts. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/04/27/microsoft-critic-under-fire/ | ||||
1209366216 | FOSS in Brazil: An important shift in leadership | This is big news for Brazil’s Free Software movement. One of the earliest public officials to champion FOSS in the world, Mazoni has earned a widespread reputation as an effective administrator and a skilled manager of FOSS migrations. | http://fringethoughts.wordpress.com/2008/04/26/foss-in-brazil-an-important-shift/ | ||||
1209366533 | Ubuntu man says Microsoft to 'swallow a hand-grenade' | "The Microsoft and Yahoo thing is fascinating," he told me. "I think the ad game is lost. So, Microsoft buying Yahoo! now on search? Come on. Two failing operators will just continue to decline together. On search, I think it's totally a waste of time." | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/27/shuttleworth_microsoft_yahoo/ | ||||
1209366543 | Will Cute Factor Be Enough for Chumby? | "The device itself is a very good idea," Gaw said. "And I think it's a very good application and implementation they've got. It's certainly in the direction that the rest of the industry is going in general, having intelligent devices in the home that connect directly to the Internet." | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62758.html | ||||
1209396994 | Crystal Ball Sunday #1: Corporate Conversion to Linux | Virtualization will also play a large role in this cost-lowering shift. VMware, VirtualBox, Xen, KVM, Qemu, and other solutions will lose their niche status to become standard, mainstream staples in server rooms and data centers alike. Linux is the clear choice as a virtual host Operating System | http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2375.html | ||||
1209397081 | Ixonos releases digital TV reception for its Linux Platform | Ixonos has developed a television reception solution for its mobile platform. The solution enables reception of, among others, DVB-T and DVB-H transmissions and can also repeat them over a local area network. | http://www.swbusiness.fi/portal/news/news_from_software_business_cluster/product_news/?id=22102 | ||||
1209397205 | Debian: We're not looking for commercial fortune | The Debian GNU/Linux operating system continues to generate interest from developers around the world, keen to sign up and contribute code to the open-source project now in its 15th year. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39406494,00.htm | ||||
1209397271 | Warning: Hardy Heron May Cause Linux Addiction | The Linux blogs were abuzz with accounts of Ubuntu's newly released version, Hardy Heron. The distro has pushed the envelope of capabilities and appeal with nearly every release, and the latest version has Linux fans speculating that it will attract more users away from Windows. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/62763.html |