1220751664 | [PHOTO] Linux Caffe, 326 Harbord Street | On Harbord Street considerably to the west of the former site of Henry Morgentaler's abortion clinic lies the Linux Caffe (326 Harbord Street). | http://rfmcdpei.livejournal.com/1602850.html | |||
1220751904 | 10 Fine-looking Icon Sets for KDE Desktop | Since plenty of you love our collection of icon sets for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop, I'll be sharing to you all yet another set of my favorite desktop icons. This time, I'll try to cheer up some KDE users by showcasing a few excellent and fine-looking icon sets that are specially made for the K Desktop Environment. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/09/10-fine-looking-icon-sets-for-kde_06.html | |||
1220826838 | The main problem with Windows Vista | In this regard at least, Linux shines. There is no marketing department or sales department at Linux headquarters pushing the operating system out the door before the programmers say it's ready. In fact, there are no Linux headquarters at all. | http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10034486-33.html | |||
1220826998 | Let's complain about Microsoft restricting choice | I strongly urge everybody who uses non-Microsoft operating systems on their computers bought from Dell or any other manufacturers to write in through the web interface and make an official complaint. Make your voices heard so that we can stop being forced to pay for software we don't use! | http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/09/lets-complain-a.html | |||
1220889178 | Stock Market.NET: Fail | Who is to blame? ?Everything Microsoft? CIOs like Richard Steel immediately spring to mind because they are very prevalent in the UK. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/08/lse-crashes-again/ | |||
1220905458 | Hacking the OLPC | Luckily, plenty of XO owners before me seem to have felt the same way. I quickly found some great step-by-step instructions for installing alternative versions of Linux, including Ubuntu, my choice for this project. | http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/print/6486 | |||
1220905481 | OLPC's Amazon Notebook Linux Only | ?Contrary to some media reports, it will be a Linux-based XO Laptop that will be offered as part of the global initiative and not a dual-boot machine running both Windows and Linux,? OLPC said in a statement. | http://blog.internetnews.com/dneedle/2008/09/olpcs-amazon-notebook-linux-on.html | |||
1220905871 | Dumb questions and simple answers. | Let's take for example, the question of "When will Linux be ready for the desktop?"Linux is on the desktop. It has been announced for several companies and government agencies around the world. This is a fact. | http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2008/09/dumb-questions-and-simple-answers.html | |||
1220906120 | MythTV Distro Roundup - Part 3: MythDora | Overall I loved the system. It's dead easy to setup, easy to use, and very flexible and expandable. If you ask which of the three distros I liked best, that would depend on what kind of person was using them (ie, newbie vs. experienced user) and how much they wanted to tinker. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=460 | |||
1220993802 | Brazilian government owned IT enterprise Goes Debian | The Servico Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO), (a US$ 1 billion annual revenue Brazilian government owned IT enterprise), announced during the Debian Day Brasil 2008 Porto Alegre that it has selected Debian GNU/Linux as the preferred distribution for its hundreds of GNU/Linux development and production servers. | http://times.debian.net/1272-SERPRO-chose-Debian-and-wishes-to-collaborate | |||
1220993906 | Intel, Nokia and Google do battle in mobile Linux market | This means the LiMo platform is also based on the Linux kernel, which has significant development resources behind it. | http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/09/44464/intel-nokia-and-google-do-battle-in-mobile-linux-market.htm | |||
1220994058 | Lego-like Linux modules ready to ship | Bug Labs will ship its tiny, open-source ARM11-powered BugBase and three add-on modules next week, and will soon switch to Poky Linux. Meanwhile, a recent review finds the hackable Linux-based platform to be intriguing fun for "bleeding edge developers," but too "flaky" for average consumers. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4590767260.html | |||
1220994255 | Sabayon 3.5: Fun, as a Live DVD | Sabayon has been an interesting distribution in the past. Their emphasis on including games, 3D drivers, and multimedia support out of the box has endeared them to me. | http://www.techiemoe.com/tech/sabayon35.htm | |||
1220994357 | GNU/Linux King of Uptime Wars | Four of this month's top hosting companies run Linux on their main sites, including Hurricane Electric. | http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/09/08/hurricane_electric_is_the_most_reliable_hosting_company_in_august_2008.html | |||
1220994443 | SystemRescueCd 1.1.0 Packed with New Utilities | The SystemRescueCd team has announced today the latest version of their Linux system. This new release brings important new features, such as advanced customization and kernel recompilation, as well as updates to some of the already present applications. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/SystemRescueCd-1-1-0-Packed-with-New-Utilities-93164.shtml | |||
1220994629 | Ubuntu is really boring me on my desktop | I miss not having to edit something, really. I even stopped developing on my desktop. Weird since many developers gave up Gentoo or other distros so they could have a stable system. | http://www.saigonnezumi.com/2008/09/08/ubuntu-is-really-boring-me-on-my-desktop/ | |||
1221059476 | Maritz and Tucci’s Microsoft Slog Against VMware | Microsoft’s partner of the year is appointing Microsoft leadership instead. It’s all about EMC and it’s some kind of war over the future direction at VMware. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/10/slog-against-vmware/ | |||
1221060683 | ISPs Set To Wage Privacy War on their Own Customers | And the impetus for this destruction of our democracy is ... paranoid and greedy media companies, a.k.a. the MAFIAA?, who "lobby" government to pervert our society for their own selfish ends. | http://slated.org/isps_wage_privacy_war | |||
1221081811 | Free Linux Laptop with every inkjet printer? | Such diversity in a such a small amount of shelf space. | http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/54600/free-linux-laptop-every-inkjet-printer | |||
1221081825 | QT 4.5 to understand GTK themes | Making the Linux desktop visually harmonious will become easier when Trolltech's QT 4.5 arrives in early 2009, with the announcement that QgtkStyle has been added to QT 4.5's development tree. | http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/QT-4-5-to-understand-GTK-themes--/news/111496 | |||
1221081888 | PC-BSD: Another Alternative To Linux As A Windows Alternativ | If PC-BSD is to be a serious contender alongside the Ubuntus, Fedoras, Mandrivas and OpenSUSEs of the computing world, there is still some work to be done on that proclaimed 'ease-of-use' issue. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/09/pc-bsd-another-alternative-to-linux-as.html | |||
1221125182 | Novell Keeps the Beast Happy | A couple of weeks ago, Novell’s CEO stated that the number of collaborations with Microsoft were expected to roughly triple. In other words, those who believe they have seen Microsoft and Novell getting closer have plenty left to witness. How long before Novell just becomes a part of Microsoft? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/11/keeping-the-beast-happy/ | |||
1221128648 | Acer Perspire One | Enough about me, let's get back to the sweaty business in hand. Of course, I decided that the installed Linpus Lite linux (based on the venerable Fedora), which works perfectly adequately, had to be ripped out and replaced with Ubuntu. | http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009281o-2000332346b,00.htm | |||
1221160659 | ASUS: Want GNU/Linux (Express Gate)? Buy Windows. | ?Our company has started offering systems with the new Asus mobo?s with Express Gate. Auus has provided no way of installing it without Windows already installed. [?] It?s on the Asus utilities disk. You can?t install it without Windows installed first because Asus only provides a Windows installer.? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/11/asus-express-windows/ | |||
1221173728 | KDE Congratulates CERN's Large Hadron Collider | We are pleased to see that like all world class physicists the first ever ATLAS results come from KDE. Their impressive control centre is also making excellent use of KNotes. Just as good, the world has not yet been sucked into a black hole. | http://dot.kde.org/1221087118/ | |||
1221173993 | Banging on about Ubuntu... | I don’t want to bang on about how great Ubuntu GNU linux is. Well, actually, I do. It’s great. | http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009284o-2000332346b,00.htm?new_comment | |||
1221174028 | GNU Planet! | You can keep up to date with all your favorite GNU projects, via their individual RSS news feeds, but if you'd prefer to see a wider view, be sure to check out the new GNU Planet. | http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/planet-gnu | |||
1221206599 | "A Whole Lot More Linux Than People Realize" | George Weiss, the vice president of Stamford, Conn.-based [Microsoft's] Partner Inc., said that there is probably "a whole lot more Linux [in use] than people realize" because so much is downloaded for free that is not counted in server shipments. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1329483,00.html | |||
1221206730 | "There's a lot of Linux out there," says Mcirosoft analyst | "There's a lot of Linux out there -- much more than Microsoft generally signals publicly -- and their customers are using it..." --Paul DeGroot, a Directions On Microsoft analyst. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/64232.html?wlc=1221206595 | |||
1221255291 | Tesco reveals unannounced Dell 12in netbook [Ubuntu Linux] | Tesco appears to have leaked details of Dell's next mini laptop. But while some sites a jumping for joy at the inadvertent bean spillage, we're not sure the suggested spec makes sense for a netbook. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/12/tesco_dell_netbook_leak/ | |||
1221255405 | Mandriva One 2009 - KDE4 - RC1 | With its complete hardware detection, out of the box support and all in one stop control center and no major bugs, this release is going to be another success story for Mandriva. | http://planetoss.com/detail.php?id=18 | |||
1221255423 | Satellite STB runs Linux | LyngBox Media is shipping a Linux-powered set-top box (STB) designed for European satellite TV enthusiasts. The IP-ready LyngBox combines an HDTV receiver/recorder, dual DVB-S2/DVB-T tuners, and a 160GB hard drive, and offers daily updates to LyngSat Network's worldwide satellite programming guide, says the Swedish company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3148788751.html | |||
1221255681 | Linux Foundation Expands Fellowship Program to Support Devs | LeftoversThe Linux Foundation, in concert with several well-known industry names (hint: they start with letters like I and G), has hired a key contributor to the Linux kernel development community, the system administrator for kernel.org. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/09/11/linux-foundation-expands-fellowship-program-to-support-kernel-developers/ | |||
1221257152 | Hiring Corporate Poison | There are other seniors from Microsoft inside Amazon, notably Valentine. Brian Valentine left Microsoft for Amazon and we have already seen how hard (even criminally) he fought GNU/Linux. He was also personally involved in ?planting? anti-GNU/Linux articles in the media. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/12/nuclear-poison-residue/ | |||
1221299476 | Microsoft May Be Buying Its Competitors (Xen) | For the record, Novell?s market cap is much lower than that of Citrix. Novell stands at $1.99 billion, whereas Citrix is valued at $5.29 billion. However, as stated earlier, Novell is more useful to Microsoft when people perceive it as an open source company, so they permit it to deform or poison GNU/Linux. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/13/microsoft-will-buy-citrix/ | |||
1221345891 | Microsoft Admitted Mono is a Patent Trap Back in 2006 | Here is a top Microsoft executive admitting that Mono is a patent problem for GNU/Linux. We also discussed the effects on OpenOffice.org back in 2006. Microsoft admitted this again on several occasions later on (even in 2008 when Brian Goldfarb accidentally confessed). | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/13/microsoft-admitted-mono-trap/ | |||
1221347571 | IP camera designs run Linux | TI is offering Linux camera application source code and free codecs with two new IP camera reference designs based on its RISC/DSP SoCs. The Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) model handles widely variable lighting, while a Video Content Analytics (VCA) model targets video analytics processing applications. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7726407381.html | |||
1221347635 | Linux device links TVs to Internet videos | Sony used Linux to build an IP set-top box (STB) that connects to its Bravia HDTVs, enabling them to display a regularly updated selection of Internet videos. Sony's DMX-NV1 Bravia Internet Video Link is equipped with Ethernet, HDMI, and proprietary USB-based DMeX connections. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8497272379.html?kc=rss | |||
1221347721 | Review: Pardus Linux | I wonder why Pardus is such an unknown distribution. It is easy to install, has a great configuration center, and a good package management system with plenty of packages to fulfill most peoples needs. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/articles/AT3075127327.html | |||
1221347805 | Why I Can't Wait for PCLinuxOS 2008 | PCLinuxOS, the hottest Linux distribution of 2007 have gone quiet for more than a year now. At the moment, a lot of PCLOS followers are probably anxiously waiting for their favorite distro's 2008 version (if there is any). --There's no definite release schedule, so we are left guessing. | http://www.junauza.com/2008/09/why-i-cant-wait-for-pclinuxos-2008.html | |||
1221347933 | Got Scripts? | Where?s the FUD? For years, Windows zealots have denounced Linux for being arcane, hard-to-use, and backward. Heavy reliance on the CLI for administration was cited as a failure to progress (through obstinacy, ignorance or both). | http://linuxfud.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/got-scripts/ | |||
1221347940 | Drivers? Don’t talk to me about drivers | Yet again, I butted up against the supposed ease of installation and configuration of Windows (in this case, XP). I passed a ThinkPad T40 on to a friend of mine and, because he’s all thumbs when it comes to computers (except for using certain software), I offered to help him install XP. | http://scottnesbitt.net/ubuntublog/?p=228 | |||
1221348022 | (K)(X)Ubuntu Alternatives | Mepis is has a long history compared to new distributions. This is a distribution that is based on Debian, supplying the KDE Desktop Environment. This distribution is friendly and easy to use. Mepis supplies all the positives of Debian providing a friendly and elegant system. | http://molom.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/kxubuntu-alternatives/ | |||
1221348140 | The 2008 kernel summit | The agenda for the 2008 kernel summit has been posted. The summit is an annual, invitation-only event which is typically attended by 70-80 developers. It is a rare opportunity to bring part of the kernel community together for focused discussions on topics which affect the kernel as a whole. | http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/lwf/2008/09/12/the-2008-kernel-summit/ | |||
1221394206 | CentOS 4.7 Release Notes | Welcome to the CentOS 4.7 release. CentOS is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by our Upstream OS Provider (UOP)1. | http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS4.7 | |||
1221394267 | Elive 1.8.8 development released | The Elive Team is proud to announce the release of the development version 1.8.8 | http://www.elivecd.org/Main/News/elive-development-1.8.8-released | |||
1221394302 | gOS 3 Google Gadgets Review | This weekend I decided to take the Linux distribution known as gOS 3.0 beta for a spin. The gOS is an Ubuntu 8.04.1 derivative that shows some promise with it’s integration of Web applications. Although they are not affilated with Google, gOS has incorporated many Google online tools into their desktop. | http://www.penguinway.net/?p=126 | |||
1221394395 | Unigine Tropics Sets Linux OpenGL Precedence | Some of its technical features though include a dynamic sky with light scattering, live water with a surf zone and caustics, special materials for vegetation, HDR rendering, parallel split shadow map for the sun, depth of field, and real-time ambient occlusion. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=unigine_tropics&num=1 | |||
1221394489 | A Week Working With Linux | After a short vacation during which I made a traveling test with Linux, which was very successful, I decided to continue the test by using it as much as possible for my work this week. | http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10008895o-2000498448b,00.htm | |||
1221394673 | KDE Commit Digest: Issue 127: 7th September 2008 | I've been working on Extenders for my Google Summer of Code project, and while there are still a couple of known (and probably also unknown) problems, they are basically ready for use. I'd like to take this opportunity to explain and show what this extender thing actually is, and why it is awesome. | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-09-07/ | |||
1221395949 | Newspaper exposes "Steve Barkto" as MS agent | Mr. "Barkto" is not a major customer of IBM, but an employee or agent of Microsoft. The account which this mole used, was paid for by the good old folks at MS. | http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.os2.advocacy/browse_thread/thread/64f04547e2784c20/ec1a6610141fd9b6?lnk=st | |||
1221435629 | mythtv: A personal TV recorder | No one likes to sit at home and wait for their favorite show to come on anymore and many have turned to buying hardware to record them for later viewing. Popular solutions to this problem include the expensive and proprietary TiVo and cable/satellite boxes with built-in TV recorders. | http://debaday.debian.net/2008/09/14/mythtv-a-personal-tv-recorder/ | |||
1221435676 | About that London Stock Exchange IT failure | All of which should have you wonder what Linux has to do with any of this - Microsoft’s headline, you’ll recall said that the LSE picked Windows over Linux for reliability. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1242 | |||
1221435836 | Clara Furse should not resign, she should be sacked | The farce of the London Stock Exchange not only crashing but failing to get its systems up and running again should surprise no one.Well, no one except LSE boss Clara Furse, who demonstrates little understanding that technology is crucial to her business. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/13/furse_lse_comment/ | |||
1221475927 | Companies That Fear GNU/Linux Versus Companies That Don?t | How often people forget what distinguishes Microsoft from virtually any other large company. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/15/companies-that-fear-gnu/ | |||
1221525070 | sidux 2008-03 preview 1 | sidux is a full featured Debian sid based live CD with a special focus on hard disk installations, a clean upgrade path within sid and additional hard- and software support. The ISO is completely based on Debian sid, enriched and stabilized with sidux' own packages and scripts. | http://sidux.com/Article450.html | |||
1221525213 | He's fighting to free us from Microsoft | Frields, of Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc., is a real player in the open source world, and he lives and works in Fredericksburg. Red Hat, founded in 1995, is a free and open source software company and a major Linux distribution vendor known for its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux. | http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2008/092008/09132008/410285 | |||
1221570417 | ?EnterpriseBuntu? Becomes a Reality | It was Shuttleworth himself who said that it?s important to keep the price of GNU/Linux low (preferably zero), so it?s ironic that he permits it to change now. Ubuntu PCs from Dell still have Microsoft paid and there?s no choice to opt out. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/16/x-buntu-with-ms-codecs/ | |||
1221571219 | SightSpeed to Announce Linux Version | I no sooner write about SightSpeed, and how things have been looking good for them, than I hear that there is going to be an announcement of a Linux version. Hooray! This is going to be very, very good news for a lot of people. | http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10009312o-2000498448b,00.htm | |||
1221571282 | Cisco taps Linux for agility, low cost in data center | By standardizing on Linux six years ago, Cisco could buy commodity servers, minimizing hardware and computing costs, and "blast through" the virtualization of 3,000 servers in two years, Morgan said. As a result, server utilization has grown from 20% to 68% and could go as high as 80%, he said. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1330364,00.html | |||
1221571328 | LeftHand sends in the clones | Storage is the Achilles' heel of virtualization projects, said LeftHand Networks Inc. as it announced a new version of its iSCSI SAN software, which it claimed could ease the task of rolling out virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI). | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9114699&source=rss_topic122 | |||
1221571442 | Cassidy: Linux devotee tries to spread the word | For his part, Cafiero is leading a revolution in the redwood-ringed town of Felton. He's been inspired by others around the country and with them he's dubbed the effort "Lindependence 2008,'' a scheme hatched to turn Felton into an all-Linux enclave. | http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_10470746?source=rss | |||
1221571582 | Open source phone goes to college | OpenLab will encourage students to develop their own projects based on Openmoko software and hardware, says Openmoko. Working with National Tsing Hua University, Openmoko has developed a curriculum for OpenLab that is being released under a creative commons share-alike license. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8959938447.html?kc=rss | |||
1221571594 | Open-Source Alternatives To Microsoft Office | Ten years ago, a tiny software community launched, for free, Microsoft-like programs for those with UNIX or Linux computer operating systems. A few months ago, this software community?known as KDE?rolled out its first free Office-style software for Windows users. | http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/818-Open-Source-Alternatives-To-Microsoft-Office | |||
1221611468 | Kahilo KU860 convertible Linux-based UMPC | Kahilo are hoping to drum up enough interest in their Linux-based KU860 convertible UMPC for someone to buy a few dozen crates and slap a company logo on them; the OEM is offering this 7-inch WXGA touchscreen device for bulk orders. | http://www.slashgear.com/kahilo-ku860-convertible-linux-based-umpc-1616384/ | |||
1221611583 | High-end developers choose commercial Linux | Developers are choosing commercial, rather than non-commercial, distributions of Linux when it comes to building high-performance or mission-critical systems, according to new research. | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2226144/developers-choose-commercial | |||
1221611692 | How to move from legacy OS to Linux in easy stages | Embedded Linux is rapidly encroaching upon application spaces once considered the exclusive domain of embedded kernels such as VxWorks, pSOS and in-house platforms. Industry analysts show embedded Linux and open source garnering up to one-third of 32 and 64-bit designs, more than twice the share of any other embedded OS. | http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/09/16/44513/how-to-move-from-legacy-os-to-linux-in-easy-stages.htm | |||
1221611807 | Debian Project News - September 15th, 2008 | Luk Claes reported on the progress regarding the release of the new stable release Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny. While there are still a lot of release critical bugs to be fixed, Lenny is in good enough shape to call for upgrade tests and work on the release notes. | http://www.debian.org/News/project/2008/11/ | |||
1221611909 | Local open-source developers go global | Viet Nam’s open-source developers have joined Moblin.org, an international open-source community by adding a Vietnamese interface on the website as well as launching a competition among Vietnamese coders. | http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=03BUS150908 | |||
1221660663 | Linux ebook does 9K pages per charge | China-based Jinke Electronics is shipping an upgraded version of its electronic book reader that runs Linux. The Hanlin eReader V3 offers an 200MHz ARM9 processor, and a six-inch 800 x 600 display that uses E Ink's power-sipping EPD (electronic paper display) module, says Jinke. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4825641289.html?kc=rss | |||
1221660910 | Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 2 | I've run out of space, but the screenshot in Figure 11 should give you an idea of Sonogram's capabilities. It's a very cool program, useful and interesting for more than its eye-candy, thanks to its wide variety of signal analysis algorithms. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/java-sound-music-software-linux-part-2 | |||
1221695198 | Cortex-A8 gaming handheld runs Linux | OpenPandora.org will start taking orders this month for its developer-friendly Linux-based handheld gaming device. Set to ship in November, the $330 device runs Angstrom Linux on an ARM Cortex-A8 processor with OpenGL 2.0 graphics and a 4.3-inch, 800x480 touchscreen. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2315196306.html | |||
1221695208 | [compiz] [ANNOUNCE] compiz-0.7.8 | New plugin "obs" that handles opacity, brightness and saturation bindings and matches. | http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/compiz/2008-September/003196.html | |||
1221695856 | Free software history was made at CONSEGI | In returning from CONSEGI 2008, North by South has been extremely busy keeping up with our schedules and lives here in San Francisco. But, tonight, we?ve taken the time to put together the attention due to CONSEGI here on our news site. | http://news.northxsouth.com/2008/09/15/free-software-history-was-made-at-consegi/ | |||
1221734288 | Portrait: LinuxToday managing editor Carla Schroder | Schroder says she admires FOSS hero Richard Stallman. "The man is brilliant. A lot of people don't really understand how important and influential he's been for the whole issue of freedom - the freedom to tinker is a good way to look at it. The GPL itself is a work of genius because it guarantees there's going to be an ongoing ecosystem." | http://www.linux.com/feature/147981 | |||
1221747747 | Nokia?s Maemo 5 open-source Linux OS promises faster, more p | Nokia?s little Linux-based, open-source darling has really blossomed into one fine looking platform. And, as the Maemo platform that powers Nokia Internet Tablets, like the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, again grows too big for its britches, Nokia will have to release newer versions of the Linux-based mobile platform. | http://www.intomobile.com/2008/09/17/nokias-maemo-5-open-source-linux-os-promises-faster-more-powerful-internet-tablets.html | |||
1221747835 | OpenOffice.org in Łeba | And now we’d like to turn your attention towards Mr Radoslaw Czyzewski, the IT manager from Łeba City Hall, who is campaining for the Free and Open Software in his city for years now, and has recently deployed the OpenOffice.org suite and other open-source applications in the City and District Office. | http://polishlinux.org/poland/openofficeorg-in-leba/ | |||
1221783494 | Netbook sports 320GB hard disk | Czech vendor Eltrinex has announced a netbook computer that runs Linux or Windows XP Home Edition, and sports a 320GB hard drive. The "MobilePC" includes a Via C7-M ULV processor, 10.2-inch display, 1GB of RAM, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, and a bundled external DVD writer, the company says. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7019963470.html?kc=rss | |||
1221783593 | Canonical CTO bites back at Microvell | Matt Zimmerman, CTO of Canonical, is unhappy with Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the Linux kernel maintainers, because of Kroah-Hartman's keynote at the Linux Plumbers Conference. | http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Canonical-CTO-bites-back-at-Linux-Plumbers-Conference-keynote--/news/111554 | |||
1221783716 | $34 MIPS board has own Linux distro | UK-based Omnima Ltd. is shipping a low-cost MIPS32 controller board with optional case. Booting the OpenWRT-based "Midge" distro from 2MB of flash, or a special "Squidge" Linux distro from a USB key, the eponymous "Omnima" controller has 16MB of RAM and a built-in four-port Ethernet switch. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4514239441.html?kc=rss | |||
1221783933 | 3-D virtual reality environment developed at UC Runs Linux | Each pair of projectors is powered by a high-end, quad-core PC running on Linux, with dual graphics processing units and dual network cards to achieve gigabit Ethernet or 10GigE networking. | http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/18585 | |||
1221830739 | A new GNU/Linux landscape | A FEW years ago, the open-source operating system Linux was well known to techies, and barely known to the person on the street. | http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/0919/1221689999236.html | |||
1221830750 | Red Hat tops list of corporate Linux code contributors | Right now, there is a very huge scarcity in developers who know how to do this kind of work. Lots and lots of companies are trying madly to train their internal engineers on how to work with the community, in this kind of very different development model. | http://www.sdtimes.com/RED_HAT_TOPS_LIST_OF_CORPORATE_LINUX_CODE_CONTRIBUTORS/About_LINUX_and_OPENSOURCE_and_CANONICAL_and_REDHAT/32870 | |||
1221830835 | KDE 32 times faster deleting your home directory | Yes, KDE-4.2 will be 32 times faster deleting a large number of files compared to KDE-4.1! | http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3683 | |||
1221830956 | Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 6 [screenshots] | for PAM authentication on both desktops and servers.Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 6 has been released as the final alpha build for Intrepid Ibex. This release ships with the latest GNOME 2.24 and Linux 2.6.27 bits along with X Server 1.5.0. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_intrepid_alpha6&num=1 | |||
1221844595 | Microsoft is a Major Patent Troll, By Proxy | The Acacia debacle had some many ?coincidences? around it (circumstantial evidence only), but Nathan Myhrvold is no coincidence. Him and his shell firm, Intellectual Ventures, are in part the creation of Microsoft?s former chairman, Bill Gates. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/18/patent-troll-by-proxy/ | |||
1221872195 | Review: gNewSense 2.1 | gNewSense, a Linux distribution put out by the Free Software Foundation, is designed and intended to provide you with a distro completely free of any and all proprietary drivers, software, or codecs. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=465 | |||
1221919810 | A Rainy Day in Redmond Town | ?Not just because it?s Software Freedom Day | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/20/rainy-days-in-redmond-wa/ | |||
1221955766 | Scientific Linux Fermi 4.7 i386 is now available | This is based on the rebuilding of RPMS out of SRPMS's that form Scientific Linux. Please read this entire document before installing. | http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0809&L=linux-users-announce&T=0&P=77 | |||
1221955801 | Energy Efficient eBook-Reader Runs on Linux | The Hanlin eReader V3 from Tianjin Jinke Electronics out of China claims to provide a month of use between battery charges. By then 10,000 pages of reading should have been possible ? provided you have the requisite time and patience. | http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/energy_efficient_ebook_reader_runs_on_linux | |||
1221955899 | Linux Can Do What Those Big Proprietary Innovators Can't | Our favorite software monopolist innovates new extremes of bullying, thuggery, and extracting top dollar for overlapping licenses and pooware, so I don't think that rates inclusion. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-09-19-034-35-PS-CY-SW | |||
1221956097 | Ubuntu-Hardy-Gnome: The Review | Thinking about giving the new Ubuntu-Hardy distribution of Linux a try? A. Lizard explains how it works and what it looks like. The article shows you how to install both native and Sun VirtualBox virtual machines. It walks you through setting up repositories, software installation, multimedia, and peripherals. | http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1245878 | |||
1221998445 | An Interview With Pamela Jones, Founder of Groklaw | In this Q & A, she explains how Groklaw operates, what its purposes include, and where it is likely to head in the future. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/21/interview-with-pamela-jones/ | |||
1222043181 | Neopwn, the World's First Pentesting Mobile Phone | What do you get when you cross BackTrack Linux apps with a mobile phone? This is the first ever publicly available mobile phone running a full custom Linux network auditing distribution, and it runs it surprisingly well. One can literally go from phone to pwn in 2 seconds. | http://mobile.slashdot.org/mobile/08/09/21/1730256.shtml | |||
1222043264 | Linux Pioneer stuffs opposition at awards bash | THE ASUS EEE PC has won the 'Gadget of the Year' gong at the 2008 Stuff Magazine Gadget Awards held at a swanky London hotel earlier this week. | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/09/19/eee-pc-stuffs-opposition-awards | |||
1222043388 | Details flow on Linux-based Porient H12 UMPC | Remember that Linux-infused H9 UMPC we spotted last year? Have a look at its proper successor, the Porient H12. The handheld packs a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, a 520MHz Intel XScale PXA270 CPU, 2GB of flash storage, an SD / MMC card slot, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS and DAB / DVB-H / DVB-T tuners. | http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/21/details-flow-on-linux-based-porient-h12-umpc/ | |||
1222043501 | X3 Reunion Still Actively In Development | Back in July we shared that X3: Reunion, one of the latest PC game titles being ported to Linux by Linux Game Publishing, was still in development. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjczNw | |||
1222043548 | Using G OS 3.0 to access Google programs | G OS 3.0 Gadgets is a Linux release, based on the pop/mainstream Ubuntu, that gives Google's various online strategies an opportunity to strut their stuff. | http://www.newsday.com/business/yourmoney/ny-bzdolinar5851085sep21,0,1492653.column | |||
1222043617 | Is Linux the greatest threat to Windows Vista? | The various distributions of Linux most likely pose the greatest threat to Windows Vista overall- why you ask? | http://vista.blorge.com/2008/09/19/is-linux-the-greatest-threat-to-windows-vista/ | |||
1222043780 | New Pint-Sized PC Packs a Punch | Although the company is playing close to the chest with its technical specifications, I was able to find out that the Xpack operating system is Linux-based and built around a fast processor with plenty of RAM and even some local flash storage. | http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry3214.html | |||
1222043807 | Eight Monitors With ATI Linux Graphics | With the most recent Catalyst 8.9 Linux driver release there is support for MultiView on FireGL and FirePRO graphics cards. This allows the user to use multiple graphics cards together in order to build a single X server that spans all of these displays. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjczNQ | |||
1222043925 | Why Don’t You Throw Your Cube into an Aquarium? | Sausagenmuff has created a jaw-dropping Linux desktop featuring a cube, saltwater and fish. Now all of us have seen cool Compiz screenshots/screencasts, but this one takes the cake. | http://hehe2.net/linuxhowto/why-dont-you-throw-your-cube-in-an-aquarium/ | |||
1222044177 | Interview with Walter Bender of Sugar Labs | I'm happy to tell you that Sugar is still being distributed with the OLPC. Sugar is now in the hands of a half a million children and teachers worldwide, Bender says. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080920181151638 | |||
1222044348 | Just what is up with PCLinuxOS anyway? | Much the same can be said about Apple computers, their community and users. Those who use Apple don't just "use' them, they embrace them. | http://linuxgeeksunited.blogspot.com/2008/09/just-wth-is-up-pclinuxos-anyway.html | |||
1222094962 | Microsoft is Falling Into Debt | Since the latest report is from Associated press, we cannot quote from it or discuss the content. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/22/microsoft-debt-ap/ | |||
1222108094 | Red Hat strengthens position in local market | IT products and solutions distributor MSI-ECS Phils. Inc. will be the distributor of Red Hat products in the country, as it recently signed a partnership deal with the open-source solutions provider firm. | http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/sep/22/yehey/techtimes/20080922tech4.html | |||
1222110443 | Microsoft Launches Anti-VMware Web Site | About a year and a half ago, Microsoft tore down a site called “Linux Persona,” which was an ad hominem attack against GNU/Linux advocates. And it’s just one anti-GNU/Linux site among many more. Anti-ODF campaigns seem to be forgotten by some people as well. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/22/anti-vmware-web-site/ | |||
1222129495 | Review: Linux Mint 5 - KDE Edition | Overall, I liked Mint 5 KDE, especially with the added speed and upgraded default non-compiz eyecandy. It's good and stable, and works well with everything I could throw at it from a new and normal user's collective standpoints. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=466 | |||
1222129528 | Arch Of The Penguins | THERE are those Linux distributions which will install in a coffee break, with little intervention required from the user. And there are those which demand plentiful reading beforehand, a thorough knowledge of one's hardware and a calm, clear mind. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/09/arch-of-penguins.html | |||
1222306977 | More ?Independent? Studies? Against GNU/Linux | Not a week goes by without yet another Microsoft-sponsored pseudo-study. Microsoft?s favourite acronym, TCO, is rearing its ugly head again. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/09/24/studies-from-vital-wave-consulting/ | |||
1222307882 | Displaying the price of Microsoft Windows to be decided | Most laptops are sold without the price of Microsoft Windows displayed before the consumer buys it. This is an issue if you want to use another piece of software on your laptop, such another version of Microsoft Windows, or Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD or OpenSolaris. | http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-86599/displaying-the-price-of-microsoft-windows-to-be-decided-by-the-ecj | |||
1222307953 | Dell launches monster quad-core notebook with Red Hat Linux | The weighty, from 3.88kg (with one HDD) machines come with a nine-cell "85Whr" battery. Operating system? Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS are the pre-load options. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/24/dell_launches_m6400/ | |||
1222308022 | User Dumps Mac for GNU/Linux | I’m living the dream, I tell you! I’ve swapped my MacBook for a Dell Mini and so far the experience has been pretty positive. | http://jonrob.wordpress.com/2008/09/23/dell-mini-inspiron-9/ | |||
1222308059 | Eee-Box: Mini Desktop Doubles RAM in its Linux Version | The Eee Box B202, with an Intel Atom N270 CPU at 1.6 GHz, is available at around $300 for the Windows XP version with 1 GByte RAM and an 80-Gbyte hard drive. The Linux/Easy OS version, for about the same price, has twice the power at 2 Gbyte RAM and a 160-Gbyte drive. | http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/eee_box_mini_desktop_doubles_ram_in_its_linux_version/ | |||
1222354260 | Digital piano adds Linux | Yamaha has added embedded Linux to the electronic "player piano" add-on it offers with some models. With version 3.0 of the Mark IV firmware, MontaVista Linux controls the 333MHz AMD Geode-based piano, enabling new interface possibilities, acoustic recording, and interaction with Web-based services. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8078223584.html | |||
1222354310 | Many happy returns of the day. [Fodora is 5] | If you haven?t seen the lovely and festive new banner on the Fedora home page today, check it out! Today is a celebration ? FIVE GREAT YEARS of Fedora so far. Yes, five years ago, fedoraproject.org was officially born, which is, I think, a great date to mark the occasion. Happy Birthday, Fedora community! | http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=1184 | |||
1222354480 | MIDs to outsell netbooks in five years? | Linux stacks such as Moblin and Maemo will dominate the mobile Internet device (MID) market, says a report by ABI Research. The firm expects Moblin to take 42 percent of the market in 2013, when it expects 86 million Linux-enabled MIDs to ship. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3596691272.html?kc=rss | |||
1222354568 | Italian LUG turns Pakistani school into a educational model | The students of a missionary school in Pakistan, from first graders to graduates, have become enthusiast Edubuntu users thanks to the cooperation between their administrator and an Italian LUG. | http://www.linux.com/feature/148311 | |||
1222354698 | Improving Ubuntu/Upstream Bug Workflow | This is just one of a number of projects that we are working on to improve how we work with other entities in the Open Source world. We are really, really keen to not only build a strong and effective Ubuntu community, but to also ensure we can work as effectively with other projects and contributors too. | http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=1302 | |||
1222354817 | The Netherlands Patent Office changes to Free software | The Netherlands Patent Office is the first government authority to implement the ?Nederland Open in Connection' action plan and to switch a large number of its ICT systems to what is known as open source software. | http://en.octrooicentrum.nl/ | |||
1222384308 | Nokia spreading software bets after Symbian buy | Nokia says Symbian plays a central role in its software strategy, but analysts say the role of Linux in the company's Nokia phones is also set to increase, reflecting a mindset shift for a company that has long shunned using software from multiple vendors. | http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSLL41029820080925 | |||
1222384411 | Trying Linux on your Windows system | A Windows user who wants to evaluate Linux, or any other alternative operating system, on their current system has a large number of options. In this article, we will look at those options for the busy Windows user who is evaluating Linux, wants to use open source applications, but doesn't want to lose access to their Windows system. | http://www.heise-online.co.uk/open/Trying-Linux-on-your-Windows-system--/features/111575 | |||
1222384530 | Linux triumphs in UK schools as hell freezes over | This post comes hard on the heels of an important piece of news... at least two Open Source companies have become part of the Becta's official list of suppliers to the education sector. The new procurement frame work under the aegis of the OGC relaunches the supply of ICT to education. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1323&blogid=17 | |||
1222792072 | Linux devotee tries to spread the word | "Where do you find a movement that doesn't have greed behind it?" says Bob Lewis, 68, a Lindependence foot soldier from Felton who stopped by Cafiero's office as we talked. | http://news.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=20&a=363582 | |||
1222792297 | ?229 Acer Aspire One Netbook, 1.6GHz, 120GB 8.9 Inch Display | The Aspire one is great for getting things done: whether you're checking your mail, managing your online bank account or chatting with friends, the Aspire one offers a simple, intuitive Linux interface that clearly organizes everything you need to surf, work or simply have fun | http://security.itproportal.com/articles/2008/09/28/229-acer-aspire-one-netbook-16ghz-120gb-89-inch-display-linux-os/ | |||
1222792307 | The future belongs to Linux | What caught my interest was the assertion by Zemlin that vendors such as Sun have their strength in ERP applications that are nearing the end of their "seven to 20-year life cycle." Increasingly, these customers are switching over to Linux as they reevaluate their next cycle of investments. | http://www.fiercecio.com/story/future-belongs-linux/2008-09-26 | |||
1222817753 | HUGHES Telematics selects Wind River for auto electronics | HUGHES Telematics is developing an advanced end-to-end telematics solution that will embrace a next-generation telematics architecture, which will be largely enabled by Wind River?s open operating system and hypervisor technology. Wind River?s solution will reduce development and hardware costs and increase the system?s functionality. HUGHES Tele | http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/hughes-telematics-selects-wind-river-for-auto-electronics/358959 | |||
1222817760 | Red Hat Linux trumps Unix on TPC price/performance test | HUGHES Telematics will begin rolling out its telematics solution in 2009. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1332534,00.html | |||
1222817827 | Linux SDIO stack targets ARM SoCs | Chennai, India-based EmbWise has ported its Linux SDIO stack to two ARM-based system-on-chips (SoCs). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8045352228.html | |||
1222873333 | IDC Once Again Throws FUD at Free Software and GNU/Linux | So there we have it. IDC says 13% (going by Microsoft?s definitions that keep them happy), but at times of frustration Microsoft concedes the truth. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/01/al-gillen-microsoft-fud/ | |||
1222881679 | Solar-powered wireless router for ASSET India | The solution runs on a Linux-based system and is powered totally by a battery that is charged through solar panels. | http://www.emqus.com/index.php?%2Femq%2Fpress_releases%2F31_year_old_texas_native_develops_solar_powered_wireless_router_for_asset_india_a_non_profit_organization_focused_on_educating_marginalized_children_in_india_in_technology_333 | |||
1222905717 | Interview with Richard Stallman, Founding Father of GNU | RMS: I was taught ideals of human rights growing up in the United States inthe 60s, and then was inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and theAntiwar Movement. So I have cared about issues of freedom sincebefore I began programming. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/01/rms-rss-interview/ | |||
1222907555 | Simply Mepis 8 is Looking Good | You should give Linux a try. If you are currently using MS Windows, you should download the .iso image, burn it to a CD, stick it in your optical drive and reboot the computer. | http://preacherpen.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/simply-mepis-8-is-looking-good | |||
1222959641 | The Microsoft-Stacked SC 34 Committee Hijackng ODF | In fact, I’d say it already has. Of the 19 attendees, 8 are outright Microsoft employees or consultants, and 2 of them are Ecma TC45 members. So 10 out of 19 are directly controlled by Microsoft/Ecma. | http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080825162905645 | |||
1222999646 | Linux-Gamers.net Release Live DVD Version 0.9.4 | The developers from Linux-gamers.net launched a new version of their Linux games-focused live distribution. | http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/linux_gamers_net_release_live_dvd_version_0_9_4 | |||
1222999688 | Spread Linux platform launched | The Spread Linux platform is officially launched! The idea is to provide a platform for people who are interested in Linux marketing. Our target is to spread the word to increase the market share of Linux. We invite you to share your marketing ideas. It's very easy - just create a free user account and join our community! | http://spreadlinux.com/?q=node/50 | |||
1222999829 | Elive The Age Of Enlightenment | ELIVE is a live Linux CD showcasing the Enlightenment window manager/desktop shell. The Belgian project's slogan, "Where Debian Meets Enlightenment", provides us with an early hint that here is a Linux distribution built on very strong, very deep foundations. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=470 | |||
1223046438 | A Question About Patents: IBM, OIN, and Linux Foundation | It emerged in a recent conversation that the Linux Foundation (LF) is not quite so isolated from the issue software patents. In fact, OIN seems somewhat close to this ‘umbrella’ establishment, which Jim Zemlin mentioned in his ‘letter’ published by BusinessWeek last year. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/03/an-issue-of-patents/ | |||
1223050544 | Review: Antix 7.5 | So, over all, I think Antix is the best, most fully featured Lightweight Linux distro I?ve tested thus far. It even beats out Puppy Linux 4.0. So my current recommendation list would be Antix, Puppy Linux, and then Feather Linux. | http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/10/02/review-antix-75/ | |||
1223051018 | Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing | Red Hat Thursday released a Linux software stack for compute-intensive IT environments that it said costs less than Microsoft's price for its comparable Windows offering. | http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/55586/red-hat-undercuts-microsoft-high-performance-os-pricing | |||
1223129101 | OOXML Leaked: The Stuff ISO Doesn?t Want You to Have | In light of the systematic abuse and the demise of ISO, which IBM loudly protested against [1, 2], we shall no longer let this process remain secretive. We finally have complete copies of the documents which the shenanigans keep behind passwords (unlike ODF which they attack). | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/02/ooxml-leaked/ | |||
1223176008 | Simply Mepis Linux and My Office | What I’ve described is a sample of tasks I get done using OOo and Linux. There’s much more to tell, but it will have to wait for another time. I am no expert on Linux, MySQL or OOo, but use them to take care of part of what I do in ministry. | http://preacherpen.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/simply-mepis-linux-and-my-office/ | |||
1223176121 | Inside 1&1's Giant Web Hosting Data Center | The rest run on a Debian-based flavor of Linux that Ziegler calls "Schlunix" (pronounced "schloooonix") -- after company cofounder Rainer Schlund. In Europe, 90% prefer Linux, Ziegler said. "There's a profound distrust of Microsoft in Germany," where the company is headquartered. | http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/data_centers/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=210604699 | |||
1223176162 | Marble: 'Googe Earth Lite' Comes Free With KDE 4 | And, finally, probably the best thing of all the good things about Marble: It is Free/Open Source Software, promotes the use of free maps... | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/10/marble-googe-earth-lite-comes-free-with.html | |||
1223176281 | Microsoft Promises New, Fluffier Version of Windows | Google?s vast data centers rely on a modified version of the open-source Linux operating system and the MySQL database. By going with open-source software, Google can tweak code to suit its needs. In particular, Google has been able to create lightweight versions of Linux and MySQL that spread well across myriad machines. | http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/microsoft-promises-new-fluffier-version-of-windows/?em | |||
1223235942 | The Free Software Foundation No Longer Interested in .NET | This warning comes at a good time because Microsoft has doctored and begun spreading GNU/Linux-hostile licences. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/05/dotgnu-mono-cloning-priority/ | |||
1223318740 | Another IKEA linux cluster | In a bit of serendipity, reader [Tim Molter] had decided on the IKEA Helmer cabinet for his new cluster right before seeing the previous IKEA cluster we covered. He and his coding partner recently completed building their own version of the IKEA Linux cluster. | http://hackaday.com/2008/10/04/another-ikea-linux-cluster/ | |||
1223318881 | True GNU | I switched back because, now, the situation is reversed. Since AMD bought ATI last year, ATI has been regaining market share. Moreover, while AMD?s behavior is far from perfect towards free software, it is still friendlier than any other manufacturer | http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/true-gnu/ | |||
1223318963 | Omega 10 Live CD Beta: Fedora With Added Multimedia | I wanted to run a couple of other multimedia tests on a more powerful desktop machine - it has an AMD Sempron 3800+ processor and 1.5GB of RAM with two DVD drives. On this machine Omega 10 loaded much quicker, the sound and screen resolution (1280x1024) were perfect and my wired network was automatically configured. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/10/omega-10-live-cd-beta-fedora-with-added.html | |||
1223319039 | OpenOffice.org in the City of Katowice, Poland | We have begun this series of articles focusing on Free Software deployments in Polish government departments with the article OpenOffice.org in Łeba. Today we are introducing yet another example of a well-done implementation of OpenOffice.org, in Town Council of Katowice. | http://polishlinux.org/poland/openofficeorg-in-the-city-of-katowice-poland/ | |||
1223319088 | GPL Project Watch List for Week of 10/03: Financial Crisis | We have noticed an increase in AGPL v3 numbers this week, which shows that the interest in the AGPL v3 is still growing. It is a relatively small license compared to the GPL v3, but is finding its niche in the market. | http://gpl3.blogspot.com/2008/10/gpl-project-watch-list-for-week-of-1003.html | |||
1223385379 | Threats Are Cheap | Let’s set the record straight: The OOXML saga has been corrupt from start to finish. Will anyone try to challenge the strong and extensive evidence? Good luck with all that. As a matter of fact, even the man on top of the process has already admitted that it had gone awry. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/07/threats-are-cheap/ | |||
1223440028 | Survey: Windows v/s Linux | Brand loyalty is the strongest amongst Linux users. 89 percent of existing users of RedHat Linux said they're likely to continue using it in the future also. | http://www.ciol.com/Developer/Operating-System/Feature/Survey-Windows-v/s-Linux/71008111283/0/ | |||
1223564419 | BoycottNovell Goes Shopping for Mono Patent ‘Protection’ | # If we do not receive an answer within 10 days, we shall resend the E-mail.# If no news arrives after 30 days, we shall send or recommend a letter to Microsoft UK. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/09/shopping-for-mono-protection/ | |||
1223629384 | Red Hat: It's the value, stupid | Microsoft urges us to "get the facts" about Windows performance. Don't worry, Microsoft: we got them. | http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10060334-16.html | |||
1223629602 | Twin POS systems for Linux | NEC announced two new POS (point-of-sales/service) computers that run Linux. The TwinPOS 5500 and 3500 feature integrated flat panel touchscreens, resistance against dust and liquids, and optional MSRs (magnetic stripe readers) and customer-facing displays, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3789466759.html | |||
1223629759 | Xtreme fuels expansion with open source-based video | Advertising intelligence company Xtreme Information plans to drop Ubuntu-based DVRs in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane to expand the reach of its monitoring. | http://www.itnews.com.au/News/86374,xtreme-fuels-expansion-with-open-sourcebased-video-recording.aspx | |||
1223630045 | Mandriva Linux 2009 'optimised' for mini laptops | Linux publisher Mandriva has released its latest distribution, Mandriva Linux 2009, offering a faster boot time and up-to-date versions of tools such as KDE, Gnome, OpenOffice and Firefox, plus an installer that optimises the platform for mini-laptops. | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2227937/mandriva-optimises-linux-mini | |||
1223657838 | Who's Afraid of MicrISOsoft? The European Commission | The room for abuse there is amazing. No wonder ISO is dead. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/10/microsoft-iso-stacking-roundup/ | |||
1223710081 | Linux-Kongress: Linux Foundation Declares OS X a Jail | As a director of the Linux Foundation and a Linux SCSI developer, James Bottomley opened the Linux-Kongress in Hamburg, Germany this week with a keynote investigating the commonalities and differences among the various Open Source operating systems. He describes Linux as the liveliest variant among them. | http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/linux_kongress_linux_foundation_declares_os_x_a_luxury_jail | |||
1223824313 | Microsoft/Novell Fork OpenOffice.org and Insult Sun | Novell has turned their downstream build system at OO-Build into a fork of OpenOffice.org into which they are pushing Microsoft’s OOXML support and in which they make improvements to OO.o which aren’t often upstreamed to the main project. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/12/microsoft-novell-hijack-openoffice/ | |||
1223849053 | First ALP Linux smartphone? | On its website, Emblaze Mobile offers only a spinning 3D Flash image of the Edelweiss, along with a "coming soon" teaser. However, a number of sites have reported that the phone will go on sale in Russia by November. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3782477708.html | |||
1223849128 | Learning to like KDE again | It was only a short matter of time after making that announcement before KDE 4.1 was released. And with that release have come new releases of distributions that use it. | http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2008/10/learning-to-like-kde-again.html | |||
1223849295 | Living with Mandriva 2009 | So far, nothing has crashed, Plasma has behaved itself and everything has ?just worked?. Mandriva has made me forget that I?m using KDE 4, which is actually a good thing! | http://jaysonrowe.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/living-with-mandriva/ | |||
1223849468 | Fedora 10 Snapshot 1 Released | As part of our development schedule, we are releasing a snapshot of Rawhide in Live form. We are releasing these via bittorrent only as it is a much lighter weight method to get bits out the door than to go through our mirroring system. If you cannot use bittorrent we apologize for the inconvenience. | https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-October/msg00004.html | |||
1223849584 | Kernel Developers, Wall Street to Come Together | The Linux Foundation is holding its first End User Summit beginning Monday in New York, in an effort to bring Linux kernel developers in closer contact with users at Wall Street institutions and other major companies. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/152170/kernel_developers_wall_street_to_come_together.html | |||
1223849983 | Open Source Prizes: Knight News Challenge gives away $5M | The Knight Foundation every year gives away up to $5 million for grants in digital, open-source innovation. | http://robertogaloppini.net/2008/10/10/open-source-prizes-knight-news-challenge-gives-away-5-million-a-year/ | |||
1223850051 | Linux-Kongress: Corbet Presents New Kernel 2.6.27 | the work Linux Torvalds and his group of hackers have been up to. | http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/linux_kongress_corbet_presents_new_kernel_2_6_27 | |||
1223911427 | Ministry says no as school opts for free software | The school is deploying the GNU/Linux operating system, aiming to have free software across the board by 2010, and the complete switch to Linux has been approved by the MoE, says the school?s principal, Nathan Parker. | http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/CACFF37F34DAE410CC2574E00029A68F | |||
1223911440 | Cool Ubuntu Screenshots | Cool Ubuntu Screenshots | http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/10/12/cool-ubuntu-screenshots/ | |||
1223911589 | Fedora 10's snapshot scramble begins | Fedora is also targeting a faster boot-up sequence, automatic installation of multimedia codecs, and better support for high-definition televisions and Apple Macintosh EFI hardware in the release, as well as a host of minor updates. | http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Fedora-10-s-snapshot-scramble-begins/0,130061733,339292602,00.htm | |||
1223938022 | Ubuntu Server: Cheap 'n' Cheerful, and Easy to Use | The absolute numbers or Ubuntu servers in use is impossible to come by as anyone can download, copy and install the software on multiple servers without any form of registration. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/newss/6554/1/ | |||
1223991100 | Convergence of Windows and GNU/Linux Since 2006? | Novell’s attitude remains both tactless and dangerous. It puts itself (and moreso others) in unnecessary danger of reliance and dependency, both from a technical and a legal perspective. Moreover, it does almost nothing to compete with Windows. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/14/convergence-of-windows-and-gnu/ | |||
1224031187 | Video and photos show Linux booting on brazilian voting | Just 10 days ago, 130 million brazilian voters were turned into users of one of the largest Linux deployment worldwide: the 400,000 electoral sections in all of the 5,563 brazilian municipalities were running electronic voting machines, and the Linux kernel was running in all of them. | http://br-linux.org/english/linux-voting-machines/ | |||
1224031241 | America?s Schools: Held Hostage by Microsoft | Schools in America are held hostage by Microsoft and are being choked one school at a time. We have allowed Microsoft and our State and Federal governments to force us into financing cycles that schools cannot afford. | http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/10/14/americas-schools-held-hostage-by-microsoft/ | |||
1224031398 | Buying A Netbook? Think Linux | Compare this to Ubuntu Linux, which ships on Dell's Inspiron Mini 9 netbooks, among others. Ubuntu issues a major update every six months, and it guarantees support for each of these releases for at least 18 months. | http://www.bmighty.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/buying_a_netboo.html | |||
1224031577 | Linux is the Klein Bottle of Economics | Code is cheap. But even in writing and speech, there is definitely a producer and a consumer. Those are the two sides of every known business model. | http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=linux_is_the_klein_bottle_of_economics&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 | |||
1224089852 | Iomega Pledges NAS Box Will Be a Platform | The ix2 software itself is based upon a Linux shell, called LifeLine, which has been localized in 11 languages, according to Iomega. | http://www.somgnu.org/amarok-2-beta-2-screenshot-review/ | |||
1224089976 | Kernel: Ext 4 Filesystem Moves Beyond Developer Status | Theodore Ts'o has renamed the Ext4 filesystem, for which he has been responsible for source and documentation, from extdev to ext4. Linus Torvalds has also incorporated the change into his personal source tree for the upcoming Kernel 2.6.28. | http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/kernel_ext_4_filesystem_moves_beyond_developer_status | |||
1224090102 | Linux Standards Base (LSB) 4.0 hits Beta | The overall goal of the LSB is all about portability - write once for LInux and have your app run on any distro. It's a worthy goal for sure though a difficult one. That said, the Linux Foundation is already claiming a degree of early success with the LSB 4.0 beta. | http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/10/linux-standards-base-lsb-40-hi.html | |||
1224091532 | Linux Vendors Increase Security Features | Analysis: Red Hat, Canonical and Novell are enhancing the security features in their Fedora, Ubuntu and OpenSUSE Linux distributions, which are all slated for release later in 2008. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Linux-Vendors-Increase-Security-Features/ | |||
1224091610 | Mandriva Linux Free 2009 | Once installed it offers a choice of desktops, including a 3D interface for those with a powerful enough graphics card and computer. If you are unsure which program replaces a Windows one, Mandriva has provided a list of major programs in both. | http://www.computeractive.co.uk/computeractive/downloads/2167110/mandriva-2007-free | |||
1224091692 | Jobs quashes dreams of netbooks and Blu-ray | The take up of Linux-powered netbooks shows many people aren't wedded to using the same OS on every computer, particularly if all their data is stored in the cloud. If punters take a gamble on a cheap Linux netbook and like what they see, they'll be more likely to try Linux on their other computers. | http://blogs.smh.com.au/gadgetsonthego/archives/2008/10/jobs_quashes_dreams_of_netbook.html | |||
1224144871 | RPM Fusion enters testing state | RPM Fusion, a merge of several former Fedora 3rd party repositories providing licence/patent problematic packages, has entered the public testing state. Fedora Rawhide users can now start using it, and the brave among the Fedora 9 and Fedora 8 users can also help testing. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/rpm-fusion-enters-testing-state/ | |||
1224144948 | Toshiba unveils HSDPA-ready Portégé trio: Linux the High End | Users will be able to choose between Windows XP or Linux on all three models. All three have integrated webcams too. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/15/portege_trio/ | |||
1224145031 | Mandriva 2009 Linux Review | Mandriva specifies a minimum of 512 MB memory to run Mandriva 2009 but recommends 1 GB if you want to turn on all the special effects. On my 512 MB machine, it ran flawlessly. The hard disk space requirement is a minimum of 2 GB with 6 GB recommendation. 3D acceleration is supported on most capable hardware. | http://linuxandfriends.com/2008/10/14/mandriva-linux-2009-review/ | |||
1224145221 | Livin? La Vida Linux | In the same way, I expect Free Software devices will ultimately mean more money spent on software and its development (which for a programmer is very good news), as more devices with diverse functionality become available to everyone living ?la Vida Linux?. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10436 | |||
1224169910 | Migrating to Linux: How and Why | Linux has gained a firm position in the embedded market. This raises the question of whether it is worth developing new products with Linux and replacing an existing operating system with Linux. | http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/2008/10/15/44714/migrating-to-linux-how-and-why.htm | |||
1224169964 | Gartner: Mini laptops keep PC market from sinking | Early in June, Acer dove into the mini-laptop market with the Aspire One netbook, which is designed to use Intel's Atom N270 chip. Acer's netbook runs either the Linpus Linux Lite operating system or Windows XP Home. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1725662592&rid=-50 | |||
1224185592 | Is Microsoft ?Hijacking? NComputing in Order to Tap Children | Then, a day or so later, it was announced that Windows somehow made it in, despite this national interest in GNU/Linux. What happened? Well, fortunately we have been tracking some rather mysterious moves in NComputing as of late, namely an appointment of a former Windows manager | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/10/16/ncomputing-in-india/ | |||
1224230445 | Asus breaks sub-$300 price barrier with Linux | As in 1.6 GHz Intel Atom. So it still comes with Linux pre-installed on the 4GB SSD drive and includes 1GB of RAM which is more than plenty. My original Eee PC was pretty zippy when running Linux with just half of that. | http://www.jkontherun.com/2008/10/asus-breaks-sub.html | |||
1224230505 | The Forecast Looks Good for OpenOffice.org | Things are definitely looking bright for OpenOffice.org – and not just in sunny Italy. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1406&blogid=14 | |||
1224402787 | Hands on: Revive an old PC with Linux | So what about computers more than just a few years old? Reader Graham Steel wrote to ask about his computer. He said: “I have an old IBM Thinkpad installed with Windows 98 and incapable of running newer versions of Windows, with just 96MB of Ram and a Pentium II CPU. | http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2227715/lease-life-4149236 | |||
1224402996 | Compiz-Fusion MPX Support is Complete! | I have now completed the first draft of the patches to add MPX support to Compiz-Fusion. These are only the first draft patches, so there are still tons of bugs to be fixed. After I fix those bugs, I’ll begin work on the Input Redirection patches for the rest of Compiz-Fusion. | http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2008/10/16/compiz-fusion-mpx-support-is-complete/ | |||
1224403149 | Debian as a Desktop GNU+Linux Distribution | Just that fact, alone, should be enough to convince anyone that Debian is, indeed, an end-user distribution. | http://gnulinuxfun.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/debian-as-a-desktop-gnulinux-distribution/ | |||
1224403208 | Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report | Ubuntu has taken some heat over the years for its relationship with upstream projects, but the distribution seems determined to change that impression. | http://lwn.net/Articles/301106/ | |||
1224403294 | Mandriva One 2009 - Kaptivating KDE | I can easily say that this is one of the best KDE 4 distros out there. openSUSE has the KDE 4 desktop as default for a while now, but I should say that nothing comes close to the polish that one can see in Mandriva Linux 2009. The OS is a pleasure to use. | http://pbs01.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/mandriva-one-2009-kaptivating-kde/ | |||
1224403442 | The netbook newbie's guide to Linux | Thanks to their design as appliances, you can get down to useful work straight away with any of the new breed of Linux-based netbooks. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/17/netbook_linux_guide_1/ | |||
1224466719 | Linux versus Windows: another fine Microsoft TCO Analysis | Almost a month ago, on September 24th, fellow zdnet blogger Mary Jo Foley filed a report under the title: Microsoft: Windows and Linux offer same TCO in emerging markets , which she introduced as: | http://blogs.zdnet.com/Murphy/?p=1273 | |||
1224466978 | If you sit out Vista, what are your alternatives? | I spend about half my day on a Linux box. About the only time I flip to Windows is when I have to do something that Linux can?t - like working with Exchange?s calendars conveniently for example. | http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/decisioncentral/?p=160 | |||
1224467259 | Join us in Jamaica next January for Camp KDE | In January 2008, the KDE community celebrated the release of the much anticipated KDE 4.0 in Mountain View, CA. When the event was celebrated by a packed house, we realised that there was a strong demand for KDE events in the Americas. | http://dot.kde.org/1224328840/ | |||
1224467306 | Laptop plan is not child's play just yet | But worse than its origins were the criticism of the software itself. Negroponte had opted for Linux and an entirely new user interface called Sugar (the rumours said that he had turned down an offer by Steve Jobs of free-to-ship version of MacOS). | http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2008/1017/1224108318538.html | |||
1224549161 | Linux games - First Person Shooters - Part Deux | In the last article, we have reviewed three excellent First Person Shooters (FPS) - OpenArena, Sauerbraten and Nexuiz - which offer you a good mix of solid graphics, fast-paced action and cross-platform compatibility, while being simple to use and configure, free, stable, and low on hardware demands. | http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/linux_games_part_2.html | |||
1224549370 | Linux Gains Flash, Ubuntu Gains Wikipedia | On the other hand, "I think the more important news for Linux is that Wikipedia uses Linux!" yagu said. "While most people don't really care, it's something worth bragging about occasionally." | http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/64864.html | |||
1224549593 | Alcatel-Lucent speeds up laptop security | The NLG is a PCMCIA card with an embedded Linux operating system. It slots into a notebook and provides a range of features to help IT departments remotely secure, monitor, manage and locate mobile computers over 3G and protect the data if the device is lost or stolen. | http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2228615/alcatel-lucent-speeds-laptop | |||
1224549781 | KDE 4 Is The New KDE 3 (Are You Ready?) | So I have been wondering for some time "Is KDE 4 ready for me to use full-time?". That coupled with me being totally institutionalised by my KDE 3.5 desktop has meant that I just haven't made the switch. | http://hemswell.lincoln.ac.uk/~padams/index.php?entry=entry081019-212704 | |||
1224637605 | Introducing Open Source to the World - Part 2 | One of the biggest things I've seen that powers the resistance of people to using Linux is the desire to stick with what's familiar. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=478 | |||
1224637749 | Building a Linux Small-Business Server | Linux oldtimers have known for years that it's not necessary to go into hock for expensive, proprietary networking gear, because Linux comes with a powerhouse networking stack. | http://www.smallbusinesscomputing.com/testdrive/article.php/3779396 | |||
1224637832 | Tiny clamshell PDA runs Linux | A startup called Imovio has announced a WiFi- and Bluetooth-enabled clamshell PDA that runs the Linux-based Qt Extended stack. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7136726850.html?kc=rss | |||
1224637874 | MiTac Netbook To Feature Linux Flavored gOS | gOS plans to work with Taiwanese netbook OEMs and go beyond the big brand names to get a foothold in the market, says Liu. | http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/10/mitac-netbook-t.html | |||
1224637964 | Worldwide 2009 Mandriva Linux Installfest | Mandriva rallies the community of Linux users in many cities across the globe on November 22nd, November 2008. | http://www.mandriva.com/enterprise/en/company/press/worldwide-2009-mandriva-linux-installfest | |||
1224638073 | Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny -- Blu-ray Disc images | Steve McIntyre posted some bits from the Debian CD team. With the upcoming release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 Lenny, Blu-ray Disc images will be available as well as CD and DVD images. For the first time in several years, users should be able to fit all of the packages for one architecture on a single disc. | http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2008/13/index.en.html | |||
1224729477 | Linux Creator Linus Torvalds, Others Honored | The Computer History Museum on Tuesday night honored three legends in the industry, including Linux creator Linus Torvalds, whose operating system became the catalyst for the open source software movement that challenged traditional concepts of intellectual property. | http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/linux/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211300484&subSection=News | |||
1224729591 | Linux's Next Victim | UNIX is a ship very slowly letting in water. The rats aren't about to abandon it quite yet, but they are certainly checking where the life vests are stored. | http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3779821 | |||
1224729648 | PCLinuxOS Magazine October 2008 Released | PCLinuxOS Magazine, Octobe 2008 (Issue 26) is available to download. | http://www.pclosmag.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=28 | |||
1224729967 | Linux powers thin MID | USI demonstrated a super-thin, Linux-based mobile Internet device (MID) that offers GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and either HSPA or WiMAX. The Intel Atom-equipped USI MID-160 sports a 5-inch 800x480 touchscreen, but lacks a keyboard, helping it keep a 0.6-inch profile. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5727829499.html?kc=rss | |||
1224730010 | Hands on: Toshiba NB100 netbook review | Prices for the NB100 are as follows: the Linux model is £259; the XP version is available with 1GB of RAM for £299. Look out for a complete review of the NB100 soon. | http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/hands-on-toshiba-nb100-netbook-review-478388 | |||
1224730077 | KDE Plasma is now feature complete? | Behold, new eyes plasmoid in all its scalable SVG greatness! | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/10/plasma-is-now-feature-complete.html | |||
1224837607 | Van Dam Iron Works vacillates between Linux and Windows | When Ben Rousch joined Van Dam Iron Works close to a decade ago, it didn't take him long to move off a proprietary network operating system and start experimenting with a Linux server. He changed horses again, to a Windows server, but today Van Dam is back in the Linux fold -- lesson learned. | http://www.linux.com/feature/150551 | |||
1224837667 | Mac OS is better than Ubuntu Linux: A myth | The myths: * Ubuntu does not have a good UI : This is absolutely rubbish, checkout the new KDE that comes with Ubuntu... | http://prosenjit23.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/ubuntu-vs-mac-os-truths-and-myths/ | |||
1224837748 | Introducing Open Source to the World | Now as you have seen, evangelizing FOSS and Linux is a very hands on proposition. You can't just hand them a CD and say "go for it". | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=479 | |||
1224837982 | iKit: Linux Netbook as Ultra-Mini | After the glut of netbooks on the market, Imovio, an offshoot of U.S. company Comsciences, presents the iKit Multimedia Messenger, a palm-sized netbook with Linux. | http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/ikit_linux_netbook_as_ultra_mini | |||
1224838089 | ARM Cortex- and GNU/Linux-based netbooks due soon | Rob Coombs, director of mobile solutions at the UK processor-design company, told ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday that Cortex-A8 - and Cortex-A9-based application processors would find their way not only into smartphones as with most ARM architecture but also into small, low-cost subnotebooks. | http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39527261,00.htm | |||
1224838277 | Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r2 has been released | The second maintenance release of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 code name `Viola` is available now. Viola r2 is synchronized with Debian testing repositories as of July 24, 2008. This version contains several bug fixes, several updated packages and updated kernel drivers. | http://www.parsix.org/html/News-article-sid-87.html | |||
1224838327 | KOffice 2.0 Beta 2 Released | The KOffice Team has announced the release of KOffice version 2.0 Beta 2, the second beta version of the upcoming version 2.0. The goal for the second beta is to show progress made since beta 1, as well as to gather feedback from both users and developers on the new UI and underlying infrastructure. | http://dot.kde.org/1224696725/ | |||
1224838446 | Support the Free Software Foundation’s high-priority list | How anyone who is the least interested in free and open source software (FOSS) could not support this cause is almost inexplicable to me. | http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/support-the-free-software-foundations-high-priority-list-campaign/ | |||
1224932051 | Linux PC auction benefits charity | Want to combine your love for robots and strange mini-ITX systems with your interest in furthering educational opportunities for U.S. schoolchildren? You, too, can bid on this strange, one-of-a-kind Linux system available only through a charity auction on eBay. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5620385920.html | |||
1224932184 | IPTV set-top runs Linux | NeuLion is shipping a Linux-based IPTV set-top box (STB) as a complement to its IPTV encoding and streaming platform. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6706106369.html?kc=rss | |||
1224932283 | Mac Clone Maker Psystar Offers $299 Linux PC | Psystar's OpenLite system ships with the Ubuntu Linux desktop preinstalled, running on a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron chip with integrated graphics support. Upgrading to a dual-core Pentium chip costs an additional $40. | http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=211600245 | |||
1224932369 | Dell readies small, cheap computer for small biz | Speaking of the Mini 9, while Dell did begin offering the cheaper, Linux version of the SCC earlier this month, readers report it's still taking the company around two weeks to ship orders. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/10/24/dell_readies_vostro_a90/ | |||
1224932510 | Five accounting apps for Linux | One of the most often heard complaints from users looking to migrate to Linux is that there are no good accounting applications. To be fair, there is a degree of truth in that concern. At least there was, until now. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3475 | |||
1224932586 | Eight-year-old picks Linux XO laptop over Windows | I have already created a dual boot XO with SugarOS and Xubuntu. No need for Windows XP, and Xubuntu comes with OpenOffice, Firefox, and many other applications. | http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/10/24/kid.picks.linux.xo.laptop/ | |||
1224932771 | Free and open source software lets you laugh at recession | As the economy tips into recession, there's never been a better time to take advantage of free and open source software (FOSS). It's better than proprietary software, and it won't cost a penny | http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/oct/22/software-open-source-linux-ubuntu | |||
1225183734 | Games : Icculus to release Prey demo for Linux | Today, Ryan C. Gordon alias "icculus", released a demo of Prey for Linux. Prey is a first-person shooter developed by 3D Realms and Human Head. | http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=2496 | |||
1225183881 | Review: 64 Studio 2.x | 64 Studio is a Linux distribution built upon Debian with both 64 bit processors, and the designer in mind. It takes the best of Debian, strips out the unnecessary extras, then rebuilds it as a one stop shop for those doing everything from print to web design. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=481 | |||
1225183989 | How to decide on your next KDE desktop | How do you feel about the current status, usability and stability of KDE 4? If the opinions of bloggers around the Internet are anything to go by, there are three groups of KDE users. | http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20081027#feature | |||
1225275160 | Germany: 'Cost of Open Source desktop lowest' | The Foreign Ministry is migrating all of its 11.000 desktops to GNU/Linux and other Open source applications. According to Schuster, this has drastically reduced maintenance costs in comparison with other ministries. "The Foreign Ministry is running desktops in many far away and some very difficult locations. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1279/4/lang,en/ | |||
1225275205 | BoycottNovell: just another website pushing a point of view | The author, Bruce Byfield, who styles himself as a "computer journalist", however, failed to tell his reading public that the piece was just a thinly disguised and veiled attack on the person who runs the BoycottNovell site. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21377/1090/ | |||
1225275343 | Linux Reaches Out To Portland - Lindependence 2008 | So a success? Yeah, I'd call it that. We can do better and we will. Next stop? Sometime after the holidays in a little place called Taos New Mexico. | http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/10/linux-reaches-out-to-portland.html | |||
1225275482 | Mom-compatible Kubuntu Intrepid with KDE4 | Overall a nice demonstration of how Mom-compatible both Kubuntu and KDE4 already are, enabling a computer newbie to use her computer without those "horrible beeps" and restarts she experienced before. She doesn't miss Windows at all and say that it's far more beautiful and not more difficult now than before :-) | http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/819-Mom-compatible-Kubuntu-Intrepid-with-KDE4.html | |||
1225357899 | Linux and Gmail Drove Microsoft to Windows Azure | We have said in previous articles that Microsoft and other brands cannot keep selling software for profit when there are alternatives for free thanks to open source in some cases. | http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/10/28/linux-and-gmail-drove-microsoft-to-windows-azure-ibm-already-there/ | |||
1225357914 | Acer Aspire One, Ubuntu 8.10 and Windows XP ULCPC edition | With Ubuntu Linux, I do not have to put up with Evil. A quick trip into system / preferences / keyboard, and CapLock is just another ctrl key. Bye bye evil. | http://on-being-open.blogspot.com/2008/10/acer-aspire-one-ubuntu-810-and-windows.html | |||
1225357985 | KDE4 - Making computers fun again. | The cool part was last night when one of them (who is not very technically minded at all) turned to me and said, "Dad, guess what? I figured out widgets. They are SO cool!". It's the first time I recall her excited about something she could do on the computer. Dad thinks that is "SO cool". | http://www.kitterman.org/ScottK/2008/10/kubuntu_intrepid_teenager_read.html | |||
1225358118 | Sabre Holdings: Red Hat Thrives in Place of Unix | The Linux/Intel combination was three times faster than the Sun Unix solution, and when both licensing and hardware costs were taken into account it worked out about 90 percent cheaper, according to Wiseman. | http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3781171 | |||
1225444248 | Linux Continues to Define the Future of Computing | We aren?t even half way through the week yet and Microsoft is either getting battered or following technical trends already blazed by Linux. In contrast, Linux is having a great week. | http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2008/10/30/linux-continues-to-define-the-future-of-computing-while-microsoft-follows/ | |||
1225444321 | Xfce 4.4.3 released | Just because we're gearing up to release 4.6.0, it doesn't mean we've forgotten the 4.4 branch. A bunch of bug fixes had accumulated since 4.4.2, so we have a new release for you. | http://www.xfce.org/about/news?id=17 | |||
1225444409 | Linux from the Amazonas | Given the fact that this is a young distro, plus the tested version was only the Release Candidate, I foresee a great future ahead. Dreamlinux is going to be a superb operating system, it just has to rough some of those beginners' edges. | http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/dreamlinux-1.html | |||
1225476247 | Why I don’t like Canonical | What Mr. Shuttleworth did with Canonical and Ubuntu was divebomb the distribution pool. | http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/10/28/why-i-dont-like-canonical/ | |||
1225528216 | Review: Acer Aspire One | So overall, I like the Aspire One. It's much better than the similarly priced Asus Eee PC 701, but I will be installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex on it this weekend already. | http://www.osnews.com/story/20465/Review_Acer_Aspire_One | |||
1225528280 | Booz Allen Leverages Red Hat Solutions | Red Hat, a provider of open source solutions, has announced that Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy and technology consulting firm, has deployed Red Hat solutions to deliver increased scalability and flexibility for its clients' mission-critical systems. | http://www.channeltimes.com/India/News/Booz_Allen_Leverages_Red_Hat_Solutions/551-94613-755.html | |||
1225528368 | New Qt Creator IDE from Qt Software | News emerged recently that Qt Software (formerly Trolltech) were working on their first IDE for Qt, code named Project Greenhouse. Today saw the release of the first technical preview under the name Qt Creator. | http://dot.kde.org/1225455418/ | |||
1225528435 | Seen on campus: 2 Ubuntu Laptop Success Stories | My sisters had both seen me using Ubuntu before so they had seen “what it looked like” but they never knew it wasn’t Windows. When I loaded it on their laptops, they actually didn’t know it wasn’t Windows. | http://www.michaeldolan.com/1341 | |||
1225706024 | Switching your kids to Linux | They all seem to like KDE4 in Intrepid. If you haven't tried KDE4, you really ought to give it a shot even if you're a true Gnome fan. I suspect you may be pleasantly surprised. | http://www.kitterman.org/ScottK/2008/10/switching_your_kids_to_linux.html | |||
1225706150 | When Android beats the iPhone | The community fixed the issue for T-Mobile... You have to love this one if you are a mobile operator. | http://www.funambol.com/blog/capo/2008/10/when-android-beats-iphone.html | |||
1225706218 | Building Online Success With Drupal | "There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of sites built on Drupal," Huber said. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/64996.html | |||
1225761526 | Public Procurement and FOSS | Given the scale of the disadvantage already present, why would any player want to make their position worse? In the report of the interview the Commission representative says: "There are sufficient ways for companies and other organisations to protect their rights." | http://blogs.sun.com/webmink/entry/public_procurement_and_foss | |||
1225761701 | Open Source Alarm Clock Transcends the Nightstand | Chumby runs a customized Linux distribution, and there are a few ways software developers can have some fun with Chumby from recompiling the kernel for added peripheral support to widget development (though Adobe Flash Lite 3.0 is used to deliver/develop widgets, Chumby has a list of open source Flash tools useful in widget development). | http://ostatic.com/176172-blog/open-source-alarm-clock-transcends-the-nightstand | |||
1225874913 | Florida Hospital Deploys Cloverleaf ion GNU/Linux | This new platform consisted of HP ProLiant "Blade" server, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Cloverleaf 5.5. | http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Florida-Hospital-Deploys-Cloverleaf-a/story.aspx?guid=%7B567DBE2B-D8DF-4949-A232-4AF79A5D41F8%7D | |||
1225875019 | Cambridge (F-10) Preview Release announcement | The Fedora Project is proud to announce the availability of the Fedora 10 Preview Release. The Fedora 10 Preview Release is our last pre-release offering before we let everyone taste the goods for real. | https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-November/msg00005.html | |||
1225875068 | RPM Fusion is now Available | The RPM Fusion team is proud to announce the public availability of our repositories that provide software which the Fedora project cannot provide as easy-to-install RPM packages. | https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-November/msg00003.html | |||
1225875151 | Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2009 Review | What we Like Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2009 is one of the best commercial desktop Linux distributions, and there is a lot to like about it. | http://linuxbsdos.com/2008/11/04/mandriva-linux-powerpack-2009-review/ | |||
1225875348 | IBM smells Sun red ink | Based on the methodologies developed at Sector7, IBM launched the Migration Factory service back in mid-2005, which aimed primarily at getting Solaris shops to move to IBM servers running Linux, but which has subsequently been expanded to cover migrations to AIX. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/03/ibm_chases_sun_shops/ | |||
1225875462 | OXID eSales Goes Open Source | The Community Edition is available for free download immediately under the GNU Public License version three (GPLv3). | http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/OXID-eSales-Goes-Open-Source/story.aspx?guid=%7BE8C175BD-D958-4691-A0DC-1E43FE36419D%7D | |||
1225875498 | George Wright responds to backstage questions | So we decided to catch up with one of the man behind the project, George Wright who is Portofolio Manager at Research and Innovaton. If Flash isn't your style we have the same video in Mpeg4, Ogg Theora and Ogg Dirac. | http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/news/archives/2008/11/george_wright_r.html | |||
1225965255 | ADSL routers gain updated Linux port | A MIPS-based system-on-chip (SoC) popular in ADSL modems and IADs (integrated access devices) has gained fresh Linux kernel patches and a port of the OpenWRT Linux router distribution. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8633530431.html?kc=rss | |||
1225965366 | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 beta boosts virtualization | Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc. has introduced the beta of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.3, which includes improvements in virtualization, clustering and file systems, along with support for the latest hardware drivers. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1337731,00.html | |||
1225965399 | Open source software helps govt save RM32mil | The government managed to save RM32 million in expenditure through the implementation of open source software (OSS) in government agencies and departments, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Sidek Hassan said. | http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/NewsBreak/20081105185802/Article/index_html | |||
1226054516 | Road-Tripping With Linux | Customers demand the latest technology from their vehicles, especially when it comes to entertainment. However, the development cycle for cars is much longer than that of electronics, so there's always a lag. Linux can help, writes Wind River Systems' Paul Tu. | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65057.html?wlc=1225996931 | |||
1226054609 | Download Free Linux Sticker Book For Your Laptop/Desktop | If you are a linux user, the ?Made for Windows Xp/Vista? Sticker on your Laptop or Desktop maybe of no importance to you. How about if it had a Made for Ubuntu or Linux Inside sticker on it? Well, get ready to flaunt your hardware with these cool stickers of several Linux distributions and free open source. | http://fabworker.com/2008/11/05/download-free-linux-sticker-book-for-your-laptopdesktop/ | |||
1226054767 | Redhat and AMD migrate VMs across CPUs | AMD AND REDHAT have just done the so called impossible, and demonstrated VM live migration across CPU architectures. Not only that, they have demonstrated it across CPU vendors, potentially commoditising server processors. Eeek! | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/06/redhat-amd-migrate-vms-across | |||
1226054803 | Fedora 10, a "Live" solution for One Laptop Per Child. | When One Laptop Per Child starts their next Give 1 Get 1 program on November 17th, there will be an option to purchase an upgrade that will allow users to run a standard Linux desktop based on Fedora 10, on their XO system (pronounced "ex - oh"). | http://on-disk.com/cms/index.php?wiki=Fedora_Live_on_One_Laptop_Per_Child_XO | |||
1226054922 | These lightweight, stripped-down netbooks can get the job do | This time last year, it seemed downright weird - take a laptop and shrink it to the size of a hardcover book, throw in wireless Internet access, throw out the battery-draining CD-ROM drive, and sell the stripped-down device for under $500. | http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2008/11/06/these_lightweight_stripped_down_netbooks_can_get_the_job_done/?p1=Well_MostPop_Emailed7 | |||
1226054928 | Tiny SBCs move to faster ARM9 | Calao Systems is offering a faster ARM9 processor option across its line of tiny USB and QIL (quad in-line) processor modules, which come pre-installed with Linux and U-boot. It also announced a "TinyCore" module measuring 1.4 x 1.6 inches, significantly smaller than its existing products. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4993473041.html?kc=rss | |||
1226055030 | No More Doom and Gloom, Please | Windows 7 has not been released yet. Reports on it range widely from sleek and fast to being a thinly disguised version of Vista. Spreading FUD is not a reasoned response. | http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/11/06/no-more-doom-and-gloom-please/ | |||
1226136810 | Open Source Software and Africa | The public should ask how a company like Microsoft can continue to justify to their shareholders creating needed changes to their software for people who can't pay for those changes? The answer is that they can't justify it. | http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122602569707107649.html?mod=googlenews_wsj | |||
1226136860 | Closing the Gap in the 21st Century Linux Style, Almost Free | The Linux thing always gets my motor running - I especially like it running for free.Linux is evolving into a great platform and the odds are probably stacked towards some flavour of Linux being a dominant O/S of the future. | http://www.finextra.com/community/fullblog.aspx?id=2104 | |||
1226136918 | Android apps market is a hit, Google says | The average user of the Android-based G1 phone has downloaded 14 applications, out of 200 now available on the Android Marketplace, a Google executive said Wednesday. | http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1240964184&rid=-50 | |||
1226137107 | GNU/Linux is user-friendly - and logical too | That's why people can reconcile themselves to using an operating system where you click on Start in order to shut the system down. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/21543/1148/ | |||
1226137220 | Recesion?? What Recession? Red Hat opens Dubai Office | The new office will provide support for its growing customer base in the Middle East and Africa and enable Red Hat to leverage experts with local knowledge to meet new business demands in the region. | http://www.cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx?scr=n&NID=2239&cat=LOCAL%20NEWS&pub=RESELLER%20WORLD%20MIDDLE%20EAST&k=Red%20Hat%20open%20source,%20virtualisation | |||
1226137324 | AIX v Linux | A guide to making the right choice for your environment | http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/opensystems/webexclusive/23022p1.aspx | |||
1226137404 | Barack Obama proves the power of Open Source | It would be a bit of a stretch to claim that Barack Obama won the 2008 election because his website ran open source software while John McCain's ran on proprietary software. | http://opensource.org/node/372 | |||
1226137537 | European Commission publishes guidelines on the procurement | First, they studied recent tenders and found that many explicitly mentioned proprietary applications. 16% of 3615 software tenders explicitly asked for products from top 10 software vendors, such as Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. | https://fossbazaar.org/?q=content/european-commission-publishes-guidelines-procurement-foss | |||
1226223976 | Russia and Cuba Unite Against Microsoft | Recently, Russia announced that it was pushing Microsoft out of its schools in favour of open source. Now, it's going even further by joining with Cuba to write free software that can be used instead of Microsoft's products in other areas... | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/11/russia-and-cuba-unite-against-microsoft.html | |||
1226224345 | Mandriva 2009 - Review | Currently I run Arch (Fluxbox) and Dreamlinux (Xfce), why?, speed, that's it, they are fast. Arch is for work, simple basic, with tools and work related apps. Dreamlinux is sweet, it just brightens up your day as soon as you boot it. The graphics and style are awesome. | http://the.linux-hardcore.com/node/10 | |||
1226224464 | Time to Take OpenSolaris Seriously? | It is difficult to say whether OpenSolaris is ready. It is essentially a development snapshot, and was not guaranteed to be stable and enterprise-ready until Sun recently announced that OpenSolaris would enjoy support contracts from Sun and a 6-month release cycle. | http://www.enterprisenetworkingplanet.com/netos/article.php/3783766/ | |||
1226224500 | Government plans for 'black box' web surveillance take shape | BRITISH GOVERNMENT plans to install black boxes at ISPs around the country, in order to log every email and web site visit its citizens make, are taking shape. | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/07/british-government-spy | |||
1226341323 | Netbook growth cuts into Microsoft's earnings | "You can't charge 100 bucks for an operating system on a machine that costs $299," O'Donnell said. But he added that Microsoft would probably prefer to cut its margins rather than cede ground to Linux. | http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/09/BU54140O0T.DTL | |||
1226341515 | It is Time to Stop Looking Over Our Shoulder | So Microsoft in its infinite wisdom has stuck it to the open source community, yet again. They have shut us out of Hotmail. Yawn. Like, who cares? Even Microsoft devotees hate the new Hotmail. Yet, to some people they see this as one more sign that Microsoft is out to get us. | http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/11/09/it-is-time-to-stop-looking-over-our-shoulder/ | |||
1226341582 | Crysis Wars Linux Server Released | Ryan Gordon (a.k.a. Icculus) has announced the release of a Crysis Wars (the multi-player version of EA's Crysis Warhead) server for Linux. Crysis Warhead is an expansion to the original Crysis game and was released for Microsoft Windows in September. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg0MQ | |||
1226341805 | Using UNetbootin To Get Puppy On A Stick | I am totally in love with my new Puppy flash installation. It does everything I need it to do, is fast and very stable and is tremendous fun to use. This is one Puppy that is definitely not just for Christmas - it is a faithful friend you will want to keep by your side all year round. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/11/using-unetbootin-to-get-puppy-on-stick.html | |||
1226341915 | How I kicked the Mac habit - with Ubuntu | After starting a new job this year though I was brought back around to Linux on the desktop. My first day at the office I was asked "so do you want Windows or Linux"? No brainer for me, even with my past pains on the desktop. Linux. | http://www.screaming-penguin.com/node/7621 | |||
1226341992 | Intel Bullies Small Companies Again | DAILY INTEL: The semiconductor giant Intel is aggressively pursuing trademark infringement lawsuits, hitting small shops with complaints, The Recorder reports. | http://legaltimes.typepad.com/blt/2008/11/the-morning-wrap-4.html | |||
1226397641 | New hardware is a first for Lotus [which Runs Linux] | The IBM Lotus Foundations Start server runs the Linux operating system and contains e-mail and calendaring programs, as well as the Lotus Symphony suite of office productiving software, like word processing and spreadsheet programs. | http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2008/11/new_hardware_is.html | |||
1226397746 | Linux fast-boot scheme targets TVs | Will the use of Linux void the manufacturer’s warranty of your computer hardware? This is one fear that prevents some people from making the leap to Linux, which is why it is on my Top 10 List of Linux FUD Patterns. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8282586707.html | |||
1226397892 | Flying high with open source | Robert Wiseman: We have about 5,000 servers across the world, probably two-thirds running open source. Close to 100% of our requests go through a server using open source technology at some point, primarily GNU/Linux. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/111008-your-take-sabre-wiseman-bomar.html?fsrc=rss-linux | |||
1226397949 | Ubuntu boss talks Jaunty Jackalope | Dell has started selling some of its machines with Ubuntu pre-installed, and Shuttleworth says that "the machines are selling well". | http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/19061/20085/Ubuntu-boss-talks-Jaunty-Jackalope.phtml | |||
1226398088 | On Politics, Porn Detectors and Linuxy Tricks | Politics found its way onto the Linux community's radar when a CNN commentator said Barack Obama would be an open source kind of president, which gave FOSS some much-needed mainstream publicity. What other changes are in store with the new administration? | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/65092.html?wlc=1226349106 | |||
1226497853 | Linux smartphone shipments up 49 percent | Other findings include big gains for Apple and RIM, and a 49 percent increase in sales of Linux smartphones. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4113228592.html?kc=rss | |||
1226497930 | HP 1000 With Linux Available in January | Though some would argue that Linux’s time has come and gone, it looks like netbook manufacturers aren’t giving up on the OS entirely. According to Liliputing, an HP Mini 1000 Linux edition is coming in January. | http://blog.laptopmag.com/hp-1000-with-linux-available-in-january | |||
1226498061 | Test Center review: Specialty Linuxes to the rescue | In this article, we examine three kinds of "Linux as tool" distributions that can help you in a pinch: | http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/11/11/46TC-specialty-linuxes_1.html | |||
1226498082 | Ubuntu vs OS X: The deathmatch! | As you may have seen from my recent posts I’m trying out OS X. There is no doubt that for the casual computer users viewpoint OS X kicks Linux’s ass. But I’m a open source computer programmer, and for us things are definitely not as clear cut. | http://regebro.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/ubuntu-vs-os-x-the-deathmatch/ | |||
1226498177 | X3: Reunion Finally Goes Gold On Linux | X3: Reunion is a game developed by Egosoft, and is the sequel to X2: The Threat, which is being ported to Linux by Linux Game Publishing. LGP has been working on porting this Microsoft Windows title to Linux since January of 2007. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg0NA | |||
1226498271 | University challenged to ditch Microsoft | The OU provides students with technical support, but only if they use Microsoft software. It advises students that if they don't use a Windows PC they "may have problems accessing the software and data files supplied with course materials". | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/11/11/university-challenged-ditch | |||
1226585315 | Cuba Opts for Linux to Guarantee Technological Independence | Assistance with the understanding and expansion of the Linux computer operating system was the main outcome of the Free Software Festival of the Youth Computing Club, which took place in the central Cuban province of Cienfuegos | http://www.cubaheadlines.com/2008/11/11/14364/cuba_opts_linux_guarantee_technological_independence.html | |||
1226585483 | SA brewer chooses Red Hat Linux | Like many companies United National Breweries (UNB) took a decision some time ago to lease its IT equipment instead of buying it outright. | http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=3610 | |||
1226585713 | Review: Dell Inspiron Mini 9 netbook with Ubuntu Linux | All in all, this is a well made, well-implemented netbook and I particularly like the way Dell have customised Ubuntu to work with the device. But would I buy one? Probably not for me, but my kids might find the Mini 9 useful - and that keyboard would suit their eight-year-olds' hands. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/11/review-dell-inspiron-mini-9-netbook.html | |||
1226663056 | Linux barcode scanner uses OLED display | An Estonian embedded design house has developed a data-collection barcode scanner and PDA with an OLED display. Billed as the first OLED-equipped mobile terminal device, Artec's Triskan TS8 Professional Mobile Terminal runs embedded Linux on an ARM processor, and includes Bluetooth and GSM/GPRS, with optional WiFi. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2278299037.html?kc=rss | |||
1226747435 | UNMSM migrating to Ubuntu | San Marcos University (UNMSM)’s Fluid Mechanics Faculty invite Ubuntu Peru representative to give a talk about Ubuntu , because they are fully migrating to GNU/Linux distro in this case Ubuntu. The students also research applications for their flied, I was amaze to know that this applications only run an gave exact results on GNU/Linux. | http://xander21c.wordpress.com/2008/11/13/unmsm-migrating-to-ubuntu/ | |||
1226747507 | Child’s Play: Linux Conversion Through Education | Successful and peaceful conversion of a population to any new concept occurs through its children. If you want to make people recycle plastic bottles, start a recycling program in Elementary School. | http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7181/ | |||
1226747606 | Open source market forecast - Linux - New Research | The market for Linux products and services will grow from $2.4 billion in 2007 to $7.7 billion in 2012. Growth will slow down from 36% in 2008 to 17% in 2012. | http://www.live-pr.com/en/open-source-market-forecast-linux-r1048223140.htm | |||
1226747692 | Is Proprietary Software to Blame for the World's Ills? | Whereas the international community and the U.S. can doubtless survive and flourish in a multi-polar world, it's less clear that anyone can succeed in the long-term using proprietary operating systems as part of their society's foundation. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/65148.html | |||
1227003754 | SAP and Microsoft, Watch Your Back | A lot of large companies are tapping these technologies to good advantage. Walt Disney (DIS), for example, uses Linux open-source software on its animated movies. | http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_47/b4109036621833.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_technology | |||
1227003783 | is there a long-term future for the netbook? | The retail impact of Linux in the netbook market has been huge, with many retailers reporting that Linux based netbooks were taking up 40% or more of their notebook class shipments. | http://zerias.blogspot.com/2008/11/is-there-long-term-future-for-netbook.html | |||
1227003937 | Linux Makes the Grade | In 2001, Indiana officials at the Department of Education were taking stock. The schools had an excellent network infrastructure and had installed significant numbers of computers for 1 million public school enrollees. Yet students were spending less than an hour a week on the computer. Why? | http://techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604800/ | |||
1227003991 | So you thought OpenOffice.org controlled ODF? Think again? | These news are a week old, but I thought it would be wise to have the dust settle a bit before writing about them. | http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/11/13/so-you-thought-openofficeorg-controlled-odf-think-again/ | |||
1227095391 | UH Manoa College of Education partners to build w/ Linux | The new lab runs Linux, a free operating system that is created and maintained by a worldwide community of programmers. | http://manoa.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/uhmnews2?20081115110058 | |||
1227182588 | Italians Vote: Give Us Linux on System z! | Region Calabria, one of the largest regions in all of Italy with more than 2 million people, today announced that it has gone live with a new IBM information infrastructure of servers and storage as a means to transform its data processing center. | http://www.mcpressonline.com/hardware-news/servers/italians-vote-give-us-linux-on-system-z.html | |||
1227182675 | Nova Makedonija: Internet, trigonometry and sexual advice | The schools are using the free OS Linux (Edubuntu), which has been localized into Macedonian. Media players and games are also installed on every computer. | http://www.metamorphosis.org.mk/content/view/1290/4/lang,en/ | |||
1227225234 | The Windows Software Development Minefield, and Mono | If Microsoft would pursue one of their own MVPs so viciously and tenaciously, over nothing more than a damned plugin, what do you suppose they’ll start doing once their “IP” has well and truly infested Free Software? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/20/windows-software-development-minefield/ | |||
1227262556 | Weapons Of Mass Collaboration | The dominance of Windows was questioned by 40,000 volunteer developers, with Linux, open source becoming a new way to innovate. The otherwise strangers became partners with sheer joy of sharing. The ?Linux philosophy? is being applied in large enterprises as well, which now feel even larger by including supply chains in their innovation. | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Corporate_Trends/Weapons_Of_Mass_Collaboration_/articleshow/3697268.cms | |||
1227262603 | With money tight, is it Linux's time to shine? | As Linux becomes easier to configure and maintain, open-source in the SoHo environment will become commonplace (as it is in data centers). As I'm a die-hard Mac fan, you may wonder how I feel about Linux. Well, my Lilliputian Asus kneetop came with Linux pre-installed and - surprise - I actually like it | http://blogs.computerworld.com/with_money_tight_is_it_linuxs_time_to_shine | |||
1227435596 | Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux | Red Hat's Fedora community Linux distribution has now tallied its user base, and it's a number that on the surface would make it the largest installed base of any Linux distribution, with at least 9.5 million users and possibly as many as 10.5 million. | http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3786726/Red+Hat+Fedora+Claims+Its+the+Leader+in+Linux.htm | |||
1227435704 | SoftMaker Office 2008 focuses on ODF | Softmaker Office 2008 for Linux offers good compatibility with the proprietary Microsoft Office formats. However, unlike OpenOffice.org, SoftMaker lacks macros, doesn't do OLE, and only supports the Open Document Format in its word processor. | http://www.linux.com/feature/153229 | |||
1227517372 | Tactical Linux computer muscles up | Eurotech subsidiary Parvus announced a more powerful version of its rugged tactical mission computer. The Parvus DuraCor 810-Duo runs Linux on a 1.5GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 2GB of DDR2 RAM, and targets "high reliability" military and homeland defense applications, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6510032182.html?kc=rss | |||
1227517414 | Compiz 0.8 Has Been Branched | Compiz 0.7 was released back in February and since then we've seen a series of minor updates. Now though we may have Compiz 0.8 to look forward to in the near future. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njg3NA | |||
1227517511 | Qualcomm?s Kayak ?PC alternative? pictured | The chipset uses an ARM application processor so it can?t run Windows applications, but like Linux-based netbooks, Kayak devices could run existing productivity suites and support some Office file formats. | http://blogs.zdnet.com/computers/?p=262 | |||
1227517586 | Web Browser Hero | For those of you who have been using KDE since its introduction, may remember the original file manager kfm. It was only around for the debut version of KDE. By KDE 2.0, it was replaced with Konqueror. | http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7186/ | |||
1227517661 | You know you've won! | How do you know you've won? When a Linux-based machine, easy enough to be be used by children all around the world, shows up on a kitchen counter next to blenders, mixers and washing machines as a recipe book, you know you've won | http://opensource.sfsu.edu/node/579 | |||
1227610273 | Intel Joins Giga-byte, Chunghwa to Launch Linux MID | Intel joined Taiwanese mobile phone service provider Chunghwa Telecom to launch Giga-byte Technology's Atom-powered M528 mobile Internet device on Monday in Taipei. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/154398/intel_joins_gigabyte_chunghwa_to_launch_linux_mid.html | |||
1227610436 | Letter to the Editor: Free Software Means 'Freedom' | As the founder of the free software movement and author of the GNU General Public License, I am writing to correct a misleading characterisation of free software presented in William Venema's article about open source. National Law Journal, Oct. 20. | http://www.law.com/jsp/legaltechnology/pubArticleLT.jsp?id=1202426086918 | |||
1227610488 | GIMP 2.6.3 Released | GIMP 2.6.3 is another bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.6 series. | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/32414 | |||
1227695393 | Why Not Mono | Novell wants to eliminate Red Hat competition with full battle guns, again, helping to give a very significant strategic gain to Microsoft. They also want to weaken the strategic advantages Sun gains from Java and OO.org, thereby making Microsoft?s path to holding and growing the lock-in that much more secure. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/25/jose-on-mono/ | |||
1227696867 | Closed Linux driver problems described | Why doesn't Linux aim to offer a stable kernel-level API? There has been debate about it in the past, but Welte explains that the current system has been kept so that "if there's a technical reason to change the ABI, we can do so." | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8224330236.html?kc=rss | |||
1227697154 | OLPC giveaway program hits Oz | "At linux.conf.au 2008 in Melbourne, about 150 XO laptops were handed out to open source developers, so there's been a lot of cool development work being done by Australians given that we've had some availability in the community", he said. | http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/OLPC-giveaway-program-hits-Oz/0,339028227,339293455,00.htm | |||
1227697494 | Robotic arm runs Linux | Zurich, Switzerland-based Neuronics has released an open-source embedded Linux version of its "Katana" robot." The Katana Robotic Arm runs Linux with Xenomai hard real time extensions on a Freescale MPC5200-based control board, and is aimed at industry, production, and research applications, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7876661673.html?kc=rss | |||
1227697657 | Linux powers free-to-air (FTA) satellite box | CaptiveWorks has announced a Linux IP set-top box (STB) and digital video broadcast receiver that offers FTA satellite HD video reception, and media center features. The CW-4000HD Linux Media Center is based on Gentoo Linux and other open source projects, says the company. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2130011311.html?kc=rss | |||
1227697825 | One million Googlephones expected in '08 | Google's Android platform appears to be a much hotter seller than first anticipated by HTC, maker of the T-Mobile G1 phone. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/25/htc_raises_g1_shipment_forecast/ | |||
1227697957 | BT Bans Talking About Phorm, Erases Earlier Discussions | Is it really so hard to allow open discussion on such a topic? If BT believes that it's reasonable to use the technology, then why not explain why clearly, responding to the critics? | http://techdirt.com/articles/20081123/1145582926.shtml | |||
1227698048 | Apple Levels DMCA on IPodhash Project | The worst thing about DRM? The things it makes people do. Take the iPodhash project, a group of coders dedicated to reverse-engineering Apple's database files on the iPod classic and iPod touch. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/154424/.html?tk=rss_news | |||
1227783018 | Obvious Mistakes Caused Europeana Site Failure | Europeana is built on a Linux Debian open-source operating system. The programming language is Java, and it uses Apache Tomcat web applications software. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/154519/.html?tk=rss_news | |||
1227783281 | Numbers, Downloads and Straws | Don?t open up the champagne, folks; this is just the beginning?. | http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2008/11/26/numbers-downloads-and-straws/ | |||
1227783379 | GNU/Linux Music or The Ubuntu Shuffle | I am pretty impressed with Ubuntu. I do use it for basic stuff but it has won me over completely. | http://homemadenoize.com/2008/11/25/linux-music-or-the-ubuntu-shuffle/ | |||
1227783460 | Redesign Gnome for a better looking desktop | Gnome typically comes with a bar across the top of the screen with the clock, notification icons and menu items and a second at the base of the screen containing window lists, workplace switchers and, in the Ubuntu incarnation, a trash can/recycle bin. | http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/redesign-gnome-for-a-better-looking-desktop-479135?src=rss&attr=news | |||
1227783628 | Review: PC-BSD 7.0.1 | Today?s distro has been described as the Ubuntu of the BSD world. | http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/11/26/review-pc-bsd-701/ | |||
1227861735 | Vladivostok Gives Free GNU/Linux Netbooks | I've written before about the increasing uptake of, and innovation around, free software in Russia. Here's another fascinating experiment, involving the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Services, which is giving students netbooks running the Mandriva distro... | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/11/vladivostok-gives-free-gnulinux.html | |||
1227861812 | Indamixx Studio offers Linux-based netbook | If you’re a big audiophile and are in the market for a netbook, we might just have something for you that fits the bill. The Indamixx Laptop offers up a ton of pre-installed audio software on a Linux-based OS and the entire system falls under $500. | http://www.slashgear.com/indamixx-studio-offers-linux-based-netbook-configured-for-music-2624369/ | |||
1227861900 | Linux Moves From Grazing to Gorging at the Unix Buffet | UNIX is being attacked by Linux from the top and bottom ends of the market. The signs are that it is losing the battle on both fronts. | http://www.serverwatch.com/eur/article.php/3787586 | |||
1227876144 | Novell Linux: Another Platform (as in Kernel) for Windows? | An analysis of the role of Mono in Novell's GNU/Linux distribution and possible Microsoft motives | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/28/novell-windows-mono/ | |||
1227957951 | Dolphin screencast. | So this first screencast walks us through a part of Dolphin's feature set. The different view modes, zooming functionality, tooltips, the cool selection mechanism (no ctrl-key!), shows how Dolphin integrates my USB stick... | http://vizzzion.org/?blogentry=837 | |||
1227958142 | Vector Linux 6 Beta And The Sticky Gui | I AM on record as being a big fan of Vector Linux, the Slackware derivative distribution with a worthy reputation for speed on older systems and great multimedia performance. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/11/vector-linux-6-beta-and-sticky-gui.html | |||
1227958316 | Acer Aspire One and Linux | I had my small "travel" laptop develop data-path errors just before a speaking trip, and decided to buy one of the new "small cheap" laptops, as all of the other laptops I've accumulated are larger than what I want to lug around. | http://technocrat.net/d/2008/11/27/54889 | |||
1227958351 | 2008 EuroPointless 100 | Interestingly, all of the four “partners” of this whizzo scheme either have Microsoft as a member or customer (ESA, AFDEL, BASDA, Pierre Audoin Consultants), but open source companies are conspicuously thin on the ground. Just thought I'd mention it. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1574&blogid=14 | |||
1228060213 | User Interfaces on the Linux Desktop Can Have Consistency! | The more extreme Mac users will go around and talk about how inconsistent Linux is and how the entire Linux community doesn’t give a hoot about consistency. | http://codingexperiments.com/archives/508 | |||
1228060249 | Mandriva's Netbook world summit | On December 1st, the first international conference dedicated to the Netbook market will be held in Paris at the Maison de la Chimie. The conference, organized by Mandriva, takes place within the scope of the Open World Forum. | http://blog.mandriva.com/2008/11/28/netbook-world-summit/ | |||
1228060380 | Tech Talk: Can’t afford Microsoft Office? No sweat ... | OpenOffice.org 3 is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write Microsoft Office files. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose. | http://www.sierrasun.com/article/20081125/NEWS/811259995/1066&ParentProfile=1051&title=Tech%20Talk%20Can%92t%20afford%20Microsoft%20Office%3F%20No%20sweat%20... | |||
1228060443 | BT In Trouble Over Secret Behavioral Ad Tests | Did BT illegally test a new online advertising system on their customers without consent? That's currently what British prosecutors are trying to determine. | http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/11/28/bt-in-trouble-over-secret-behavioral-ad-tests | |||
1228137189 | Home Automation the Nokia Way | Nokia has opened a home automation project based around a Linux platform. They say you will be able to control your home from a browser or tablet or a cellphone. Direct to the project page. | http://technocrat.net/d/2008/11/29/54957 | |||
1228137431 | KDE 4 Video Editor Kdenlive Released | The promising nonlinear video editor Kdenlive has made its first non beta for KDE 4, version 0.7 is on us. This closes another gap of the free desktop world: a usable open source video editor. | http://dot.kde.org/1228076951/ | |||
1228137661 | Open Source 'Fundamentally Superior': Red Hat CEO | We believe that open source will continue to take share away from proprietary alternatives, because it is a fundamentally superior development model. Open source develops better software faster and at a lower cost. Over time, this will pervade most areas of software. | http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/Open-Source-Fundamentally-Superior-Red-Hat-CEO-James-Whitehurst-65261.html | |||
1228137749 | Fedora 10 Review | Fedora is really aggressive about keeping up with bug fixes and security updates over the lifecycle of their products. With Fedora 9, they updated (and will continue to update) KDE every time the KDE folks did. As a result, the KDE that ships with Fedora 10 is very similar to the KDE that you have on a fully updated Fedora 9 system. | http://www.montanalinux.org/fedora-10-review.html | |||
1228137818 | KELLNER: Netbook or notebook: Valuable portability | On the Linux side, and especially for the smaller computer users in your world, the OLPC, or One Laptop Per Child, XO model - which runs on electricity and a hand-cranked battery - is a great choice at just under $400 at Amazon.com. | http://washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/01/netbook-or-notebook-valuable-portability/ | |||
1228137993 | Thumbs up for Android and the G1 | As much as I have lusted after an iPhone (my current plan would have been too expensive to dump) and longed to leave the clutches of T-Mobile (see my previous columns), having had the Android-based T-Mobile G1 in my sweaty hands for a couple of weeks has changed my mind about both staying with T-Mobile and wanting an iPhone. | http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/120108gearhead.html | |||
1228138117 | Scottish Open Source Awards 2008: And The Winner Is... | Being involved in the Scottish Open Source Awards has been something of an eye-opener for me. As a Linux enthusiast I am reasonably well-versed in Open Source as it impacts on the home user, but I had clearly under-estimated the impact that Open Source has had on the wider community, in business and in education. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/11/scottish-open-source-awards-2008-and.html | |||
1228138196 | Katowice Municipality: saving public money with OpenOffice | The administration of the Polish city of Katowice is successfully introducing OpenOffice.org on its desktop computers, replacing the previously used proprietary office suite. Compatibility issues are minimal, and the move is freeing up budget to be used for other investments, such as more powerful hardware. | http://www.osor.eu/case_studies/katowice-municipality-saving-public-money-with-openoffice.org | |||
1228171709 | Leaked: Microsoft Pays Companies to Recommend Windows | Microsoft informs computer shops that if they put some Vista advertising in their newspaper advertisements (or other forms of ads), there will be money in the bank for them, paid in the form of marketing money from Microsoft. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/01/leaked-oem-vista-ad-incentives/ | |||
1228212127 | Psystar Holds Cyber Monday Sale On Mac Clones | Psystar's OpenLite system ships with the Ubuntu Linux desktop pre-installed, running on a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron chip with integrated graphics support. | http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/retail/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212201069&subSection=E-Business | |||
1228212309 | Desktop Pattern reimplemented in Plasma | Those of you've been around desktop computers for a while know the calming effect of a simple desktop. One of the things I've missed is the ability to have a basic tiled pattern with user defined colours. | http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3781 | |||
1228212411 | The Open Source Year 2009 | While I already called 2007 the Year Of Open Source Graphics, 2009 can become a good candidate for it as well. In this post it got three paragraphs, and if everything comes true, 2009 will revolutionize the world of Linux graphics. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/the-open-source-year-2009/ | |||
1228300578 | Microsoft Should Worry Less About Live, More About GNU/Linux | With news yesterday that the U.S. is formally in a recession, and with broad economic strife around the world, the fact that Ubuntu doesn't cost anything to download, is easy to install, maintains higher performance numbers than Vista and is easy enough for kids to use could start to make a dent in Microsoft's desktop OS business in the PC space. | http://www.crn.com/software/212201323 | |||
1228300711 | A perfect Ubuntu upgrade | I’m considering giving my dad one of my Ubuntu laptops. He’s 88 years old and not technical. If he can adapt to it, I imagine anyone can. He never was able to figure out Windows, so on the one hand that doesn’t bode well for computer skills potential, but on the other hand there’s nothing to unlearn, either. Stay tuned. | http://www.dwasifar.com/?p=173 | |||
1228300784 | Why Ubuntu Now Beats Vista | [W]hat is becoming increasingly clear is that the free, downloadable operating system has in many critical ways caught or surpassed Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system -- and poses a significant threat to the software giant if the market catches on. | http://www.crn.com/software/212201252 | |||
1228300867 | Nokia spins open Linux home automation gateway | Nokia announced a home automation system based on the open source OpenWrt Linux distribution. Due in late 2009, the Z-wave wireless radio-equipped Nokia Home Control Center will let users remotely control security, automation, and energy management applications via their mobile phones, says Nokia. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3513779569.html?kc=rss | |||
1228300927 | Open source phone gains "fat" distro | Barcelona, Spain-based Tuxbrain has released an application-rich Linux distribution for the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner phone called Fat and Dirty OpenMoko (FDOM). | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2867771380.html?kc=rss | |||
1228301012 | Linux music phone boasts stereo mini-jack | Motorola formally announced its MotoRokr EM35, a slider version of the EM30 music phone that runs MontaVista Linux. The phone offers Bluetooth, USB, a 3-megapixel camera, and a haptic scroll interface, as well as music playback that is said to include virtual surround effects. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9940255320.html?kc=rss | |||
1228301155 | A book about the software market is news? | Reading the New York Times Bits blog story titled "A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source," I'm left with one burning question: Why is this news? | http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2008/12/a_book_about_th.html | |||
1228301191 | Review: The Aspire One A110 Netbook | Just how does the A110 hold up against the regular laptops? Well, when used with pre-installed Linpus Linux, it does live up to its advertised claims. On a cold boot, the machine fully logs into the Linpus Desktop in about 20 seconds. Wi-Fi connection is about 10 seconds. You can access all your e-mail accounts from Acer's One Mail. | http://www.toptechnews.com/news/Review--The-Aspire-One-A110-Netbook/story.xhtml?story_id=0020007DM1HO | |||
1228391506 | DSL - Damn Small Linux 4.4.10 review | As part of a survival toolkit, Damn Small Linux could be something of a saviour. | http://www.itreviews.co.uk/software/s682.htm | |||
1228391558 | Ubuntu or Fedora? | Ubuntu or Fedora? | http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Software/6214.html | |||
1228391851 | Review: Crunchbang Linux | All Windows Media, Quicktime *.mov, *.mp4, and Flash *.swf, *.flv files played without problem. I did note that Totem video frame transitions seemed a little lower quality than the TinyXS's mPlayer video, but the embedded Totem *.wmv videos loaded faster and with fewer hiccups than with the mPlayer plugin. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=497 | |||
1228391959 | German Federal Government to Support ODF | State Secretary Dr. Hans Bernhard Beus, Federal Government for Information Technology and chairman of the IT Council, described the decision as "a major step to increase competition among software vendors to promote the IT security and strengthen the interoperability | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/12/german-federal-government-to-support.html | |||
1228448294 | How Novell and Microsoft Cooperate Behind the Scenes | A detailed article showing how an actual voucher deal with Novell/Microsoft comes about | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/04/novell-microsoft-cooperation/ | |||
1228473229 | Utah company to market new software platform | Linux is a cheaper alternative than traditional commercial software such as Microsoft's Windows. CentralPointe also has put together a blend of open source and other software such as Google's free online programs to market to small businesses or larger ones that operate smaller offices in different locations. | http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_11130840 | |||
1228473383 | Spectrum ZX81 case-modded into Ubuntu GNU/Linux PC | This mod by Flickr user Unravelled smashes an entire Ubuntu PC into the chassis beneath the membrane keyboard of an old Spectrum ZX81, thanks to a wonderfully diminuitive VIA EPIA Pico-ITX motherboard. | http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/03/spectrum-zx81-casemo.html | |||
1228473586 | Mapping the mobile open source ecosystem | From Android's launch to the upcoming open-source Symbian, open source has emerged as a driving force in the world of mobile devices, writes VisionMobile's Andreas Constantinou in a whitepaper. Constantinou breaks down the major open-source technologies, using charts to help sort through the confusion. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3054092869.html?kc=rss | |||
1228473681 | Capitol Weekly [CIO] Interview | We’re going to be moving away from some of our older mainframe technologies, running on COBOL. We’re moving definitely towards greater use of open source, to either a dot-net of Java environment for development. We’re moving towards many more services as self-service. | http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_adctlid=v%7Cjq2q43wvsl855o%7Cxkd99m1j2h1shq&issueId=xkc1sme5m8ltbo&xid=xkc5gm8bw4dxei | |||
1228482769 | Down with Microsoft? in India | [T]he Indian university which decided to ?sell? its students to an abusive monopolist from another country. Well, protests have just taken place and there are lots of photos too. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/05/down-with-microsoft-children-protest/ | |||
1228559564 | GNU/Linux Market Share Exceeds Apple's? | Given that Fedora/Red Hat has roughly 10% and also roughly 10 million users together (which in fact seems like a at least slightly realistic data base, given the facts), the total number of Linux users world wide would sum up to 100 million Linux users. Nice. | http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/playing-the-numbers-game-2008-number-of-linux-installations-world-wide/ | |||
1228559737 | Will the NSW Govt put Linux in schools? | The NSW Government's release this week of an expressions of interest tender to give low-cost laptops to every senior public school student in NSW is a big step, but will these systems be Windows or Linux? | http://www.zdnet.com.au/blogs/under-the-microscope/soa/Blog-Will-the-NSW-Govt-put-Linux-in-schools-/0,2001098126,339293651,00.htm?feed=rss | |||
1228559751 | Linux Business Up 115% | In Q3, we had another excellent Linux quarter as bookings grew 115% over last year. We are well positioned to achieve sales in excess of $65 million in FY ?09. We continue to make progress with the execution of our strategy in the mobile handset and mobile internet device or MID Vertical. | http://seekingalpha.com/article/109303-wind-river-systems-inc-f3q09-qtr-end-10-31-08-earnings-call-transcript | |||
1228559839 | Hands on: Explore the KDE 4.1 Linux desktop | The aforementioned Plasma feature now works without a hitch, and ?Plasmoids? (Plasma applets) can be added, removed, scaled and rotated at will. The taskbar has had many improvements too, and its width and position can now be adjusted. | http://www.whatpc.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2232102/life-cutting-edge-4191983 | |||
1228559987 | Small Businesses Tips: Software Alternatives Can Trim Costs | OpenOffice, a project from Sun Microsystems, offers almost all of the same core functionality of Office, including spreadsheets, word processing and presentation software. | http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/technology/2008/12/2/small_businesses_tips_software_alternatives_can.htm | |||
1228560148 | Apple copies Microsoft tactics in Itunes row | Sam Odio, operator of bluwiki, did what Jobs' Mob demanded only because he said he lacked the money to take on the fruit-themed toymaker.He told AP that, when a lawyer calls you up and implicitly threatens litigation that would bankrupt your little project, you obviously have no choice but to comply. | http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/12/05/apple-copies-microsoft-itunes | |||
1228669681 | Loving KDE 4.2 | Now that KDE 4.2 beta1 packages are finally done we can start using KDE 4.2! I think the changes are absolutely great. Nothing too radical, but the KDE team packed in a lot of features everywhere and it really adds up! | http://jtechinda.blogspot.com/2008/12/loving-kde-42.html | |||
1228669756 | From the Post 2.0.0 Git Vaults, Amarok Urls and Bookmarks | Amarok 2.0.0 has been tagged! Short of any really bad bugs showing up the release will be upon us shortly, just as soon as the packagers from the different distros have had a chance to do their thing! | http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/843-From-the-Post-2.0.0-Git-Vaults,-Amarok-Urls-and-Bookmarks.html | |||
1228669794 | Amid Cannibalization Woes, Netbooks Eat Into Microsoft Sales | But most netbooks have less processing power than their full-featured cousins and can't run high-spec versions of Microsoft's Windows, the world's most-widely used operating system. | http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200812051742DOWJONESDJONLINE000966_FORTUNE5.htm | |||
1228669852 | Fedora 11 release schedule set | At today's FESCo meeting, the final schedule for Fedora 11 was approved. Now it's time for some reminders about the feature process for Fedora 11. We're changing a few things this time around to hopefully make the whole process run smoother than ever! | http://lwn.net/Articles/309678/ | |||
1228670026 | Happy metrics on community growth | The blue line is users, and the purple line is posts. In December 2005, there were 26,771 registered users. During the year 2006, there were around 87,000 posts to the forums. | http://www.happyassassin.net/2008/12/05/happy-metrics-on-community-growth/ | |||
1228670068 | A Mac Devotee Looks at Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex" | If Apple came out with a netbook, I'd be tempted to choose it over a Linux-based netbook for a variety of reasons. One of them is that it would slot into our Mac-centric home network (mostly in terms of syncing and existing software) more easily. | http://diderotsdiary.iannelli.us/2008/12/mac-devotee-looks-at-ubuntu-810.html | |||
1228670284 | GNU/Linux Takes Over Univrsity | So I was talking to my lecturer about Ubuntu in general (he?s a fellow user) and I found out that hopefully, by the start of the next academic year at the University (Sept/Oct 09) the entire University should be in a dual boot situation with Windows, and all linked up to the network. | http://joeb454.co.uk/2008/12/07/another-win-for-ubuntu/ | |||
1228741347 | Microsoft Chooses New Lobbying Director | Could it be a coincidence that he has “strong ties to Democrats”? Until recently, Microsoft, Gates and even Ballmer (at a personal capacity) invested heavily in some Republicans. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/08/ms-lobby-ties-to-democrats/ | |||
1228815427 | The future of climate change is in Linux's hands | A scientific project that will help govern how the European Commission tackles climate change is relying on Linux and the G?ant academic grid to complete its vital work. | http://hardware.silicon.com/storage/0,39024649,39360901,00.htm?r=1 | |||
1228815509 | HP Updates Desktop Virtualization Software | HP is also rebranding its desktop virtualization suite as the HP Virtual Client Essentials, and adding Linux support for its broker software, called Session Allocation Manager, which runs only on Windows today, HP said. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155105/hp_updates_desktop_virtualization_software.html | |||
1228815654 | Vietnam joins open source software alliance | Vietnam has officially become a member of Asianux, an organisation dedicated to the development of free software, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Tran Quoc Thang announced on Dec. 5. | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-vietnam-joins-open-source-software-alliance-/2008/12/06/3838095.htm | |||
1228815676 | NimbleX Linux - 94% satisfaction | Compared to Puppy, it delivers a mighty punch in beauty, but it is more than twice the size. However, Puppy has a greater assortment of programs and better overall functionality. Luckily, you can use both. | http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/nimblex.html | |||
1228815820 | Computer Central | A. It is interesting what is happening with the mini PC form factor. These sub $500 PCs, some of which run Linux to save money, were lighting the world on fire for a while. | http://www.timesdaily.com/article/20081208/ARTICLES/812080302/1004?Title=Computer_Central | |||
1228815896 | Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 120 | Below is a report submitted from the ICT Director of the Parliament of Zimbabwe on his presentation given at the e-Parliament Conference in Brussels. The Parliament of Zimbabwe has chosen to use Ubuntu on their desktops, and possibly on their servers too. The ICT Director is also a member of the Ubuntu Zimbabwe LoCo Team. | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue120 | |||
1228816005 | Xubuntu 8.10 - Review | Very nice, very nice indeed. I am not sure (after looking at Top) whether this would truly run well on a 128Mb Ram system, but it certainly runs well on mine. | http://linuxblogonline.org/archives/15 | |||
1228816092 | OpenOffice.org saves you ?30Million/day? | That looks to be a rough average of about 300,000 downloads of the free and open source OpenOffice.org application suite every day for the last 28 days, which means about 8.5Million downloads this month. | http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2008/12/02/openofficeorg-saves-you-30millionday/ | |||
1228816204 | Do not fall prey to software monopolies' | The extensive use of proprietary software will lead to digital colonisation, as it forbids people from sharing knowledge, founder of GNU Project and Free Software Foundation, Richard Stallman has said. | http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=%60Do+not+fall+prey+to+software+monopolies&artid=k4VW14tH7I0=&SectionID=lMx/b5mt1kU=&MainSectionID=wIcBMLGbUJI=&SectionName=tm2kh5uDhixGlQvAG42A/07OVZOOEmts&SEO= | |||
1228849504 | Installing Programmes in Linux vs. Windows: Which is Easier? | Whenever someone tells me that something is easier in Windows, I am immediately suspicious. I wonder what compromises they have made in their own mind. This is telling. | http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2008/12/08/installing-programmes-in-linux-vs-windows-which-is-easier/ | |||
1228849624 | Linux Maemo to be used in high-end Nokia mobiles | Despite snapping up Symbian only a matter of days ago, Nokia has revealed that in the future it plans to use a Linux-based operating system in its more expensive models. | http://noknok.tv/2008/12/09/linux-maemo-to-be-used-in-high-end-mobiles/ | |||
1228849707 | Will EU repeat US copyright error? | As I type this, members of the European Parliament are preparing to repeat one of the worst mistakes in copyright history — enacting a European version of America's reviled Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998. | http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/06/cory-doctorow | |||
1228910449 | Enterprise Open Source Thrives | Not surprisingly, Linux spearheads the enterprise open source push: nearly half (45.6 percent) of respondents say they've deployed Linux. The venerable Apache Web server -- which has nearly as much brand currency as Linux itself -- is second in Actuate's tally, in use by about 44 percent of respondents. | http://www.esj.com/enterprise/article.aspx?EditorialsID=3433 | |||
1228910486 | The Financial Crisis Cries for More Open Source | In the last major economic downturn, Linux established itself as a widely-accepted enterprise operating system, benefiting a lively ecosystem of vendors such as Red Hat and Novell. | http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/270104/financial_crisis_cries_more_open_source?fp=4&fpid=1968336438 | |||
1228910649 | Start-up debuts free, ad-supported Collab server | Unison Technologies Inc. is offering its Linux-based unified communications software at no charge to small and midsize companies that are willing to share their employees' eyeballs and attention spans with advertisers. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9123025&intsrc=hm_list | |||
1228910705 | Dear Mr. Obama - Small and Medium Business | Universities that receive federal grants and funds should not be teaching "software products" in their courses. They should be teaching software principles. I believe these software principles are best taught through the use of Free Software. | http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/blogs/paw_prints_writings_of_the_maddog/dear_mr_obama_small_and_medium_business?blogbox | |||
1228910870 | Only Linux can deliver 1 million school laptops within AU$ | Just as the world's economies started to tank, Australia's Governments got themselves into an economic bind by promising to supply public school children with laptops. However, a leading systems integrator has issued a blueprint for an affordable blanket laptop roll out using Linux and netbooks. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22209/1054/ | |||
1228910931 | From Netvibes to Netbooks: Tariq Krim readying Jolicloud OS | Former Netvibes CEO Tariq Krim has his sights set on Netbooks. According to TechCrunch, Krim will launch a Linux-based OS for Netbooks next year called Jolicloud. | http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10119581-1.html | |||
1228990436 | Vector Linux 6.0 Beta 2: An Update | All in all, Vector 6.0 is very promising. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/12/vector-linux-60-beta-2-update.html | |||
1228990478 | Fedora 10 a Solid Linux Choice for Workstations | Fedora, the Linux-based operating system, gives users a peek at what they can expect to see in future Linux distributions from Red Hat and other vendors. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Fedora-10-a-Solid-Linux-Choice-for-Workstations-Development-Servers/?kc=rss | |||
1228990548 | FreshRPMs and Livna Join Forces | If you use Fedora and you want to be able to do useful things like play MP3s or DVDs you need to add an external repository like FreshRPMs or Livna. | http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/12/10/freshrpms-and-livna-join-forces/ | |||
1228990678 | Euronext nears debut of Red Hat-based global trading | Despite the recent turmoil in the financial markets, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is on track to roll out its Universal Trading Platform in Europe late this year. The platform will create a single market exchange for equities, cash, derivatives and other commodities for the U.S., Europe and, potentially, other regions.. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1341867,00.html | |||
1228990714 | MIDs: The Wireless Future | I may install Ubuntu on it, as I'm standardizing on Ubuntu for all of the older PCs around here. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155212/mids_the_wireless_future.html | |||
1228990785 | Netflix coming to Linux desktops? | An alpha-stage "social" media center distribution is bringing Netflix video downloads to Linux desktops for the first time, says an industry blog. The Boxee software offers a unified gateway to a variety of social and media networking services, says Boxee. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8284021470.html | |||
1228990879 | On Linux for Netbooks | What I have learned from this experience is that tough as it may be, Linux can really be a substitute for MS Windows if you are willing to spend the time learning how it works. | http://blog.wificat.com/2008/12/on-linux-for-netbooks.html | |||
1228990974 | Open source USB key to $2bn laptop plan | Cybersource is proposing a variation of a model adopted by French schools , where students are issued with a 2-4 GB USB key that contains a self-booting Linux operating system ?and all the core applications they need?. | http://www.itnews.com.au/News/90863,open-source-usb-key-to-2bn-laptop-plan.aspx | |||
1228998956 | Mono Quote to Bear in Mind | “I saw that internally inside Microsoft many times when I was told to stay away from supporting Mono in public. They reserve the right to sue” –Robert Scoble, former Microsoft evangelist | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/11/mono-quote/ | |||
1229009324 | Linux Defenders: Obeying ? Not Challenging ? a Broken System | To address the Big Issues, one needs to spend less time pushing papers and more effort fighting Microsoft?s (and others?) expansion of software patent laws ? or alternatively back doors ? into more countries. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/11/linux-defenders-about-obedience/ | |||
1229077487 | Brazil Seeks 150,000 GNU/Linux Notebooks for 300 Schools | It will be interesting to see who wins this contract, since it could well influence others looking to roll out large numbers of GNU/Linux notebooks. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/12/brazil-seeks-150000-gnulinux-notebooks.html | |||
1229077650 | eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Upgrading to Fedora 10 | eWEEK Labs has been testing Fedora 10, the latest version of the community-supported Linux-based operating system that serves as a technology proving ground for future Red Hat software products. Here is a rundown on upgrading from Fedora 9 to the current version using the distribution's handy preupgrade tool. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/eWEEK-Labs-Walkthrough-Upgrading-to-Fedora-10/ | |||
1229077807 | Indian Court Wants To Ban Google Earth In The Wake Of Mumbai | You just knew this was going to happen eventually. Pretty soon after the attacks last month in Mumbai concluded, reports started coming out about how the terrorists made use of a variety of modern technologies to plan and execute the attacks. | http://techdirt.com/articles/20081210/0318383073.shtml | |||
1229083925 | Reader’s Take on Microsoft Open Source | One regular reader, SubSonica, shares his thoughts about what Microsoft is trying to achieve and how | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/12/microsoft-open-source-analysis/ | |||
1229166666 | Palm eyes a rebound at CES, maybe with Linux | Seeming to take a cue from Apple, Palm Inc. this week sent out vaguely phrased invitations promising "Palm New-Ness" to journalists at CES. Will Palm launch a new Linux OS at the show? Or will it even resurrect Foleo? | http://www.betanews.com/article/Palm_eyes_a_rebound_at_CES_maybe_with_Linux/1229022532 | |||
1229268632 | Lancelot, and the Knights of the Plasma Widget | As someone who is a stickler for usability and efficiency, this sort of project is really brilliant. The fact that there is competition between different menu systems is part of what gives open-source operating systems an edge over the commercial ones. | http://bushweed.blogspot.com/2008/12/lancelot-and-knights-of-plasma-widget.html | |||
1229268835 | Review: Mandriva One 2009 | Overall Mandriva One 2009 has a lot of polish. It is a very good KDE distro and it feels solid compared to Kubuntu. There are a few niggles that I think need to be corrected. They need to make it easier to navigate the file system. They need to bring back some sort of “My Computer” and/or “My Home Folder” back. | http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2008/12/13/review-mandriva-one-2009/ | |||
1229268999 | CDC takes its epidemiological software open source | Nieves said CDC has tested Epi Info Community Edition on Ubuntu, a Linux-based operating system. He said the software has not been tested on any other Linux distribution. ?The reason we use [Ubuntu], is it?s one of the most popular Linux distributions and one of the most user friendly,? Nieves said. | http://www.govhealthit.com/online/news/350715-1.html | |||
1229349139 | GNU/Linux Prettiness: KDE 4.2 Beta++ | The Beta1 of KDE 4.2 Desktop Environment has been released at 26.11.2008. So it’s been there for a while - let’s take a look at the revision 893046. | http://polishlinux.org/kde/kde-42-beta/ | |||
1229419407 | IT@School - Kerala's successfull mission! | We met Anvar Sadith Sir ,he cleary explained us about the project IT@School .More than 2500 schools were using only GNU/Linux. | http://ithinkless.blogspot.com/2008/12/itschool-keralas-successfull-mission.html | |||
1229419555 | Red Hat gives away JBoss to APAC | Sanitizing user input is a critical part of secure software development, but software can be made more secure by avoiding having to sanitize input altogether. | http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62049301,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw | |||
1229419559 | Teaching Teachers About Linux. | The price of the system with all this software ballooned to about $2500.00. The young woman was a bit shocked by this, but said she needed to have all this on her system. After she was given this final price, she thanked the salesman and told him she would think it over. | http://www.oneclicklinux.com/2008/12/teaching-teachers-about-linux.html | |||
1229419642 | A Quantum of FOSS | Therefore, I believe it is important for every parent and taxpayer to contact their school district?s superintendent and/or IT department and voice their frustration over the money spent on a fairly useless education tool like MS Office when entirely sufficient free replacements exist. | http://ubuntukids.org/blog/?p=148 | |||
1229419787 | Software as a Subversive Activity | The boys are still in Windows most of the time. But they think Tux the penguin is cute, and that's a start. | http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2008/12/software-as-subversive-activity-part-5.html | |||
1229420008 | The 2008 State of My Linux Address | One year ago, I was looking at turning away many years of experience and comfortable knowledge. I moved cautiously, but enthusiatically from one Ubuntu machine, to dual-booting my laptop, to finally relegating Windows to a virtual machine for those unpleasant necessities. | http://meandubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/the-2008-state-of-my-linux-address/ | |||
1229420150 | Ubuntu vs XP | Ubuntu is small and fast and it?s getting easier all the time. With all the resources on the Internet, if you have a question about how to do something, google it and the answer is probably there. Linux used to only be used by the Super Geek. Unix as a whole is still pretty geeky, but with the graphics interface they are trying to change that. Ubu | http://adventuresintrucking.com/ubuntu-vs-xp/ | |||
1229420240 | Android takes on medical diagnostics | A remote medical diagnostics application that integrates a Linux server and an application running on an Android cellphone is heading for a trial in the Philippines. The "Moca" software was developed by an open source project that grew out of an MIT Media Lab class. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9966198917.html?kc=rss | |||
1229420333 | The Top 10 Stories of 2008: Not Business as Usual | Meanwhile, Symbian, the platform which has the largest market share, was opened up midyear and the LiMo mobile Linux group has a loyal membership. Mobile communications will never be the same. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/155477/top_2008_stories.html?tk=rss_news | |||
1229420432 | No operating system is an island | However, the packets flowing through BIG-IP are not "touched" by Linux in any way. Every important system aspect is contained within TMOS and optimized for high-speed, high-volume traffic-management applications. TMOS has its own microkernel, the Traffic Management Microkernel (TMM). | http://www.embedded.com/design/212200179 | |||
1229509284 | 7Desk: Linux-based Intel Core i7 Desktop | eRacks Open Source Systems announced a new desktop model using Intel Core i7 (Nehalem) processor. | http://www.techtree.com/India/News/i7Desk_Linux-based_Intel_Core_i7_Desktop/551-96623-581.html | |||
1229509348 | Vista OOBE Part 2: the horror, the horror | Stopping people who aren't authorized (or thinking clearly) from making system adjustments works great in Linux, but stinks in Vista, because the UAC doesn't actually stop an idiot from being an idiot. Yes, that's a hard job, but it can be done. Just not by other idiots, like idiot vice presidents in huge software companies. | http://www.itworld.com/small-business/59242/vista-oobe-part-2-horror-horror | |||
1229509506 | Switching to KDE | There are a few reasons why I'm trying out KDE. Firstly I've really only got experience of GNOME, my KDE knowledge is limited to using Knoppix a few years ago, so when people ask KDE questions I am unable to help. | http://popey.com/Switching_to_KDE | |||
1229509593 | 2008's top three PMPs [Linux tops] | It's taken a long time for anyone to successfully combine a good video player and a good internet tablet, but Archos has cracked it. Solid as a rock, and with superb video playback and a decent web browser - Opera - all plonked on top of a stable Linux OS with a faultless GUI. | http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/16/koy_pmps/ | |||
1229509728 | Ubuntu Eee?s new name! | The script back in 2007 was downloaded about 3 000 times, the first release of Ubuntu Eee was downloaded about 60 000 times and Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 has been downloaded over 225 000 times! | http://www.jonramvi.com/ubuntu-eees-new-name/ | |||
1229509802 | IBM Lotus Strategist Sees Linux on Netbooks Making Inroads | Heintzman, who admitted to being won over when one of his colleagues let him play with it, predicted that as more and more people begin to use netbooks for play, more robust netbooks and even desktops based on Linux will rise up as more cost-effective, secure and durable machines. | http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/IBM-Lotus-Strategist-Sees-Linux-on-Netbooks-Making-Inroads-Vs-Windows-in-2009/ | |||
1229509846 | "Open Source" plant watering... | In this case, the houseplant waterer is controlled by a Linux PC in his den. A freeware application for Linux allows the computer to control the X10 device. Then Cron, a built-in application in Linux, lets him run scheduled tasks. The script tells the air pump to turn on for five seconds every day. | http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/12/open_source_plant_watering.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890 | |||
1229510081 | Note to Obama: Consider the Open Source Way | The product will be much better in the end, and the development process will be much more pleasant for all of us. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Note-to-Obama-Consider-the-Open-Source-Way-65502.html | |||
1229510086 | Konop: $4M cut could pay for college plan | Under the proposal, which was announced during a Toledo Bar Association luncheon at Georgio's Restaurant in downtown Toledo, all county departments would go to a four-day workweek, the county would adopt energy efficiency measures and open source software, and adopt a privatized emergency medical ambulance service. | http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081216/NEWS16/812160344 | |||
1229510210 | Energized by open source: Ditching closed apps | BlueStar's open-source push has been driven by Tom Keen, the company's chief technology officer since June 2006. | http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyId=14&articleId=330528&intsrc=hm_topic | |||
1229518427 | Gentle Warning About OSBC 2009 and OSCON 2009 | May contain Microsoft agenda | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/16/osbc-2009-and-oscon-2009/ | |||
1229552090 | OpenDocument Gains Traction, So the Redmond Bully Returns | This whole charade is geared towards one single goal: To sell more Microsoft Office based on some label that says ?ODF? and helps the Microsoft lobbyists/boosters pressure governments against/away from Free software | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/17/eee-bully-returns-to-odf/ | |||
1229598640 | HeliOS founder says sorry to Windows teacher | Anyway he is using the situation to show Karen how wonderful Linux is. At one point he was going to pop around and install it on her computer. | http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/074/1050074/helios-founder-says-sorry-to-windows-teacher | |||
1229598740 | Linux games - Lots of great choices | As you can see, the Linux user has a plenty of choice when it comes to enjoying computer games. Compared to the Windows arsenal, the selection is still somewhat thin, but it's getting fatter (and better). | http://www.dedoimedo.com/games/linux_games_all.html | |||
1229598901 | Marooned in KDE and Lovin’ It | After installing my initial thought was, “WTF!!!… where is my desktop!” I had no desktop anymore! I had always used my desktop to organize projects before. What was KDE doing ruining all this space? Then I learned about plasmoids. :-) | http://linuxtidbits.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/marooned-in-kde-and-lovin-it/ | |||
1229599012 | Announcing Omega 10 | I am pleased to announce the general release of Omega 10, a Linux based operating system and a community Fedora Remix for desktop and laptop users. | http://lwn.net/Articles/311650/ | |||
1229599116 | MIPS-like 32-core SoC runs Linux | Tilera is shipping a 36-core version of its 64-core Tile64 SoC (system-on-chip). Aimed at graphics-intensive embedded applications and networking devices, the TilePro36 clocks from 600MHz to 900MHz, consumes 9-13 Watts (typical), and runs Linux on each, some, or all cores. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7365437861.html?kc=rss | |||
1229652221 | Eight Hosts Top Netcraft Survey - GNU/Linux a Winner | Linux is used by four of November's most reliable hosting companies, including Montreal-based iWeb, which has been providing Internet hosting for 12 years and most recently agreed to host a major ice hockey team, the Canadiens. Also using Linux was WestHost, which was bought by the UK2 Group in November. | http://www.thewhir.com/marketwatch/121708_Eight_Hosts_Top_Netcraft_Survey.cfm | |||
1229652281 | Back to the future and back again with Tux 2000 | ...mission was to prevent the infamous meeting in Number 10 Downing Street between the then newly elected Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and the then CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates. It was here their Memorandum of Understanding was to be signed. | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/back-to-the-future-and-back-again-with-tux.html | |||
1229652328 | Linux's '09 Outlook: Everywhere, Even On Windows Machines | It sounded like a wild hook for a story, to put it mildly: In 2009, it is said, Linux will ship on more PCs than Windows. So I sat down with Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation to explain his reasoning behind such a statement. He did, and I learned about great many other forward-looking insights for Linux in '09, too. | http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/12/linuxs_09_outlo.html | |||
1229652487 | Pimp your Linux satellite box & get TV on your PC! | You may have seen reviews of several satellite receivers claiming to be 'Linux powered'. So what does it mean for you? | http://www.techradar.com/news/television/pimp-your-linux-satellite-box-get-tv-on-your-pc--492020 | |||
1229653029 | Checking out the Neighbors, Part IV | Yes, installing things in Gentoo takes much longer than installing a binary and yes, the procedure is more complex. The trade-off is you get only what you ask for, exactly tailored for your system. | http://meandubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/checking-out-the-neighbors-part-iv/ | |||
1229701009 | Microsoft & Paid Lobbyists Attack Open Source in Europe | Yes, that?s how Microsoft writes the law. It does not need to do this directly. It just hires lobbyists to do the writing ?on behalf? of ?the software industry? and ?on behalf? of ?small businesses?. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/19/microsoft-vs-eif-v20/ | |||
1229738776 | The Flying Penguin: Linux In-Flight Entertainment Systems | The touchscreens that are beginning to replace those clunky old air phones on the backs of airplane seats have something in common -- they mainly run on Linux. | http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/The-Flying-Penguin-Linux-In-Flight-Entertainment-Systems-65541.html | |||
1229738928 | Analysis: Is Microsoft's IE Flaw The Last Nail? | Fierce competition in the desktop and end-user application space is looming large over Microsoft. Google continues to develop knockout, Web-based apps like Desktop, Video and Docs. OpenOffice is going mainstream -- the new Ubuntu distro makes Linux easier than ever for the layman. | http://www.crn.com/software/212501235 | |||
1229739125 | Deals on Electronics this Christmas | Acer's aggressive marketing for their netbook is clearly evident. The leading netbook seller has decided to sell the Aspire One at a very affordable price of Rs. 17,499 for Linux, while the Windows XP variant will go for under Rs. 20,000. | http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Deals_on_Electronics_this_Christmas/551-96792-643.html | |||
1229739186 | New Linux distro targets device resellers | An open source project has released a new, more "hackable" Debian-based Linux distribution for the Openmoko NeoFreerunner phone. The Hackable:1 group hopes to build a well-maintained, developer-friendly codebase for use by VARs (value-added resellers) building products on top of Openmoko's open hardware designs. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8495134030.html?kc=rss | |||
1229739263 | Android Diary I | Around noon today, I picked up my unlocked Android G1 dev phone, and as of now it’s my main phone, plus I’m trying to write an app for it. I suspect that my experiences are going to be shared by quite a few people in the not-too-distant future, so why not record them? | http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2008/12/18/Android-Diary | |||
1229739439 | Amarok 2 Brings Fresh Changes | Overall, majority of the changes in Amarok 2 are refreshing. The interface has become more elegant, much simpler and more user-friendly without losing any of its functionality. | http://maketecheasier.com/amarok-2-brings-fresh-changes/2008/12/18 | |||
1229860147 | Stocks in focus for Monday [Red Hat to Impress?] | Red Hat RHT is estimated to report a profit of 17 cents a share excluding stock option expenses in the third quarter. | http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=%7BD7D1B572-2EC5-4735-9E05-EDA212504366%7D | |||
1229860238 | Week 51: Desktop? What Desktop? | But see, here's the thing: whether Linux succeeds on the desktop is simply the wrong question to ask. The better question is where Linux has succeeded now and it will succeed in the future? | http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/week-51-desktop-what-desktop | |||
1229860404 | The Future of Virtualization: Six Predictions | A full range of offerings must be available. These will largely run on Linux as it is much more prevalent in this space. | http://opensource.sys-con.com/node/785054/print | |||
1229860488 | A glance at KDE 4.2 beta 2 | So that would be what all I could notice in a day. With added stability, beta 2 is a must try. It has so much more than the 4.1.x releases that you will definitely be surprised and more importantly, pleased! It works like a charm on this old laptop of mine with a GMA900 onboard :D Now I?m eagerly waiting for the final release ;) | http://blog.sayakbanerjee.com/?p=95 | |||
1229860607 | KDE 2008 fly-by. | So what's up next year? Personally, I'm hoping, actually being confident that in 2009 we see the rise of new technologies such as Akonadi, Decibel, integrated desktop search and the semantic desktop. | http://vizzzion.org/?blogentry=838 | |||
1229860697 | Review: PC/OS OD 2009 | So, that's PC/OS 2009. if you're not sick to death of Ubuntu spin-offs it's well worth a look, if only for its web-centric approach. | http://reddevil62-techhead.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-pcos-od-2009.html | |||
1229860814 | Puppy Linux for Old PCs | As I?ll probably say here 100 times, it is much better to rescue an old computer and make it useful than to simply toss it out into the garbage. | http://greentechgirl.com/e-waste/puppy-linux-for-old-pcs/ | |||
1229970515 | Noted: The Microsoft-Abramoff Connection | How Microsoft is associated with the Seattle-based lobby/law firm Preston Gates & Ellis (Bill Gates' father), which employed the infamously-criminal Jack Abramoff | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/22/microsoft-gates-abramoff-connection/ | |||
1229998581 | Explaining Linux to my Mom | My mom is smart, but no computer expert. She?s a teacher, and of course uses Windows. We?re on an international cell phone call. I?ve mentioned Ubuntu to her before - specifically Edubuntu as she is interested in kids and computing. We?re talking about getting Skype set up and she asks me why I don?t use Windows. | http://meandubuntu.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/explaining-linux-to-my-mom/ | |||
1229998704 | Linux Approaching Tipping Point | If I were Microsoft, I?d be worried. And I drank the Redmond Kool-Aid many years ago when Steve Balmer gave me a free copy of all of Microsoft?s business-related software in order to help my fledgling book publishing company. In return, I helpd convert 2 companies into Microsoft shops. | http://hennessysview.com/2008/12/21/linux-approaching-tipping-point/ | |||
1229998715 | I'm *Not* Linux | One of the most powerful aspects of free software is that its entire approach and mindset is orthogonal to proprietary software. It's not just better, it's profoundly different. That's one of the most important reasons that *everything* Microsoft has thrown against free software has not just failed, but failed dismally. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?RSS&entryid=1670 | |||
1229998842 | Wow! Kubuntu looks very nice! | If you?ve never used KDE on your PC before, it will take some time to load all the way to the desktop on the very first run. I believe it sets up all the menus and shortcuts for all the installed software. If you log off and log back into KDE, all the logins (and the splash screen) will load a lot faster... | http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/12/22/wow-kubuntu-looks-very-nice/ | |||
1230111404 | Open source software cheaper option for government bodies | Linux Professional Association on Kenya, a group of local software developers, has embarked on a sensitisation programme among government bodies with the aim of wooing them to use Free Open Source Software (FOSS). | http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11880&Itemid=5847 | |||
1230111657 | They say when you start something…. | I’ve implemented a sort of Mac OS X ’sheets’ animation in the simple-animations plugin. It is designed to work with dialog boxes so that they appear to ‘roll out’ of the top of the window. | http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/they-say-when-you-start-something/ | |||
1230111774 | GNOME 2.25.3 released ! | Wow we are so late this time -- probably some Debian blood is still flowing through my veins -- but this is really worth it, 2.25.3 is here and there is goodness overflowing. | http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2008-December/msg00071.html | |||
1230111828 | Ubuntu Enrolls At Cornell College | No doubt, Ubuntu will spill over from college IT departments out to student populations as more and more Netbooks (preloaded with Ubuntu) arrive on college campuses. | http://www.workswithu.com/2008/12/22/ubuntu-enrolls-at-cornell-college/ | |||
1230111975 | Garmin Confirms Android Handset | Garmin's first cellphone, the n?vifone, has yet to see the light of the day. But the personal navigation devices maker is already working on its second handset--a Google Android mobile operating system-powered device. | http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/12/garmin.html | |||
1230156989 | Dell Makes GNU/Linux More Expensive Than Windows | inferior hardware to that of similar Windows PCs and for the same price ? | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/24/market-delltortion/ | |||
1230169121 | Oh [Madnriva is] Beautiful | These were the exact words from my wife's mouth when she saw my Mandriva 2009 install. I choose the KDE 4 desktop which is eye-candy in itself, but Mandriva devs have put in a lot of effort and made KDE look much more adoring. Every look is pleasing and speaks of the attention to details paid by devs. | http://www.lazytechguy.com/2008/12/oh-its-beautiful.html | |||
1230169160 | Six Stages to SOA Evolution in the Enterprise | Fricke cited a Red Hat customer, a passenger railway company with 100,000 daily passengers and $1 billion in revenue, that deployed JBoss applications server, reaping 700 per cent performance gain. F | http://www.cio.com/article/472613/Six_Stages_to_SOA_Evolution_in_the_Enterprise | |||
1230169391 | December 2008 Web Server Survey | Apache shows the largest growth this month, gaining a further 2.47 million sites. | http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2008/12/24/december_2008_web_server_survey.html | |||
1230258610 | Windows vs Linux mk 2 | A short while ago, I installed Windows XP on one of my computers. *horror*. It’s not so bad. It does some things quite well. Even after bloating it up with about 50 open source apps, it still seems to chug away quite merrily. I gor rid of the antivirus software, as it slowed the system down. | http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2008/12/26/win-vs-lin/ | |||
1230258700 | The G:Micro 3.0.beta01 is Released | The g.Micro is available as an ISO image of the CD, you just need to download and burn it with your favorite cd-writing software and then boot from cd-rom. For USB is distributed as a ZIP archive. | http://www.goblinx.com.br/en/?p=768 | |||
1230258778 | Indian-made OS to be released | E-Swecha is based on the Debian OS which is a variant of Linux, the most popular open source OS. Unlike proprietary software like Microsoft Windows, open source software allows the original source code to be modified and distributed. | http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Indian-made+OS+to+be+released&artid=wEKoZ13uuA8=&SectionID=xAV59odivTs=&MainSectionID=xAV59odivTs=&SEO=stallman+open+source+software,+e-swecha&SectionName=BUzPVSKuYv7MFxnS0yZ7ng== | |||
1230258878 | Intelligent camera uses Linux-based OS | LeanXcam is an intelligent color camera that combines a CMOS sensor, 500-MHz Blackfin ADSP-BF537 digital signal processor, tailored Linux-based operating system, and OSCAR image-processing framework. Memory includes 54-Mbyte internal SDRAM and 2 x 4 Mbyte flash; microSD cards up to 2 Gbytes are optional. | http://www.vision-systems.com/display_article/348602/19/none/none/PRODD/Intelligent-camera-uses-Linux-based-OS | |||
1230288045 | We Live in Interesting Times | As the classic saying goes, ?may you live in interesting times.? Red Hat?s results, which came out on Monday, were impressive. The other publicly-traded company that sells GNU/Linux is Novell, and it continues to lose money because of its dependency on proprietary software. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/26/interesting-times/ | |||
1230358890 | Former Microsoft Shill Openly Confesses | A person whom Microsoft employed to train shills (TEs) spills the beans on Microsoft; People who are responsible also named | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/27/microsoft-shills-aka-te-secrets/ | |||
1230453615 | The good news about open source, Cobol, and mobile jobs | Demand for Linux server skills grew by only 18 percent -- but as you'd expect, that segment has far more postings than any other. Similarly, JavaScript and Perl, which have been popular for some time, grew slowly but from a large base. | http://weblog.infoworld.com/tech-bottom-line/archives/2008/12/journalists_are.html | |||
1230453715 | Linux group to discuss free software in schools | Kochi: The Indian Linux Users’ Group (ILUG), Kochi chapter, will discuss various aspects of free software education in schools in the State at its monthly meeting at the Internet Club in Broadway Enclave on Sunday. | http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/26/stories/2008122650810200.htm | |||
1230453848 | KDE 4.2 counter | I made a small KDE 4.2 counter. The small icons in the counter indicate (left to right) a great interface, security (good ol? *nix), ease of usage, customizability and support that KDE offers. | http://blog.sayakbanerjee.com/?p=140 | |||
1230453964 | [Sabayon 4 Released] | On the behalf of the Sabayon Linux team, we are pleased to announce that "the next big thing" is coming on your computers on Christmas '08. | http://www.sabayonlinux.org/ | |||
1230454074 | Group: 2008 Progress Shows ODF Will Prevail | It was a good year for Open Document Format (ODF), which gained support from governments across the world in 2008 as its backers continued to promote it as an international standard for XML-based document exchange, according to the ODF Alliance. | http://www.pcworld.com/article/155999/group_2008_progress_shows_odf_will_prevail.html | |||
1230465703 | I?m a GNU/Linux | "I'm science" | http://boycottnovell.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/gnu-pc-mac.png | |||
1230544631 | What’s On Tap at Google for 2009? | So we get to wonder: why won’t the Linux-based Android OS attract as many consumers as the Ubuntu-EEE operating system on ASUS does? Rogers added that Google will lead the deals for the release of computer OEMs for Chrome. In addition, he said that Chrome will experience some little problems with a "significant chunk of the browser market." | http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Whats_On_Tap_at_Google_for_2009_32151.html | |||
1230544641 | Splashtop: boot into Linux in just five seconds | I have a quad-core CPU, super-fast hard disks and heaps of RAM ? Linux is already pretty darn nippy if you ask me! | http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/splashtop-boot-into-linux-in-just-five-seconds-486831 | |||
1230544747 | RedHat?s new oVirt virtualization host looks promising. | I just stumbled upon some screenshots of RedHat?s oVirt project. I hadn?t heard of it before, but now I can?t wait to see the finished product. oVirt is a new frontend for KVM which provides libvirt service and hosts virtual machines and a web-based virtual machine management console. | http://omegamormegil.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/redhats-new-ovirt-virtualization-host-looks-promising/ | |||
1230544859 | [KDE] passing between years | The ability to balance the business with the community, the ambition with the empathy, the determination with the acceptance and the hope with the realism is what, personally, strikes me as amazing and vital to our little community of people. | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/12/passing-between-years.html | |||
1230544919 | OpenOffice.org 3.0 Passes 25 Million Downloads | John McCreesh noted that OpenOffice.org 3.0 reached its 25 millionth download on Christmas Day, December 25. (See the bouncer statistics for the latest number, which is already well above 25 million, though it’s just a few days later.) | http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/943 | |||
1230563573 | What Samba Can Teach Us About Mono | Microsoft wants volunteers who lead it to API domination. Then, Microsoft can knock them out of the way. | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/29/cifs-and-dot-net-lesson/ | |||
1230567347 | KDE Forum: Kourse 1 in Progress! | KDE Forum Klassroom Kourse 1 is in progress! This kourse is being led by msoeken & the topic for this is “Fixing KSnapshot bugs”. The Kourse started with 5 bugs as aim. Students would be required to fix them and will be guided by msoeken while doing so. | http://blog.sayakbanerjee.com/?p=165 | |||
1230567503 | Linux vs Windows . . . TomTom GPS | My wife gifted me with a TomTom ONE 125 GPS navigator. On charging it up and connecting it to my computer, I discovered that Microsoft had struck again. | http://tycheent.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/linux-vs-windows-tomtom-gps/ | |||
1230567521 | New toy or new best friend? | The program to connect the device to the computer was Windows ONLY. How barbaric. No, not even that, for even barbarians were civilized in their own fashion, and had an advanced culture and so | http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2010 | |||
1230567607 | What's in a Number? | The figure of less than 60% for Internet Explorer is certainly impressive, given the fact that it held close to 100% of the market a few years ago. One question is: what is the breakthrough point for Firefox? The current 30%? 50%? Something else? | http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1674&blogid=14 | |||
1230588353 | Sun Responds — Gently — to Novell’s OpenOffice.org FUD | Sun explains the importance of quality assurance in OpenOffice.org | http://boycottnovell.com/2008/12/29/sun-responds-to-novell-fud/ | |||
1230629949 | Open source makes its way into educational institutions | Richard Stallman, the founder of the Free Software Foundation and GNU Project, will launch the e-Swecha initiative, on Wednesday, wherein about 21,000 computers will see migration from present OS to e-Swecha across the state in the next one-month, they said. | http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Open_source_makes_its_way_into_educational_institutions-nid-50452.html | |||
1230630072 | "Open standards improve efficiency and transpancy" | He described how the Russian military has been working on its own version of GNU/Linux, parts of which have recently been declassified by the All-Russian Scientific and Research Institute of Control Automation in the Non-Industrial Sphere (Vniins). | http://www.osor.eu/news/lv-minister-open-standards-improve-efficiency-and-transparency | |||
1230630150 | The six-figure Linux job | A Savannah, Georgia-based job placement firm called Hot Linux Jobs works exclusively with companies seeking open source experts., and its director, Brent Marinaccio, says the positions they work for pay at least high five-figure and end up in the $150,000 base salary range. | http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/career/?p=466 | |||
1230630303 | KDE Digest Issue 136 [Only Just Released] | Merge of the KMail Summer of Code project (including a reworked folder tree and a new message list) to trunk (in time for KDE 4.2). | http://commit-digest.org/issues/2008-11-09/ | |||
1230630390 | Google Watchers Strike Down Google Netbook Notion | Now, I've already said I agreed with many who believe an Android netbook isn't farfetched. Linux distributions such as Xandros and Ubuntu have proliferated on netbooks, causing some folks to opine that 2009 could be the year we see a crack in Microsoft's Windows hegemony. | http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/crystal_ball/google_watchers_strike_down_google_netbook_notion.html | |||
1230660308 | Hats Off Strangers! The Fedora Board Arrives | Though it has been nearly two months, it seems as though it was just a few days ago that we reported the beginning of the Fedora Project's election season. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/hats-strangers-fedora-board-arrives | |||
1230660537 | Enterprise Linux 2008: The year in review | Whether between competing distributions and vendors or with that big Redmond, Wash., company the Linux wars were great spectator sport for open source devotees in 2008. Virtualization and the cloud were hot topics, with rollouts from the major players like Red Hat. Novell and Ubuntu throughout the year. | http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid39_gci1343743,00.html | |||
1230660630 | Thoughts on KDE4 | I think KDE4 has the potential to be really good in about 6 months time, and I?d certainly recommend it to anyone coming to Linux from Windows. | http://teknostatik.co.uk/?p=474 | |||
1230660818 | MSI Wind | First thing I did was remove FreeDOS and a hidden partition containing Windows XP (possibly used for demo purposes by the shop?s technician - no, i didn?t get it sealed). | http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=61 | |||
1230724009 | Great Linux Innovations Of 2008 | Last year we had looked at The Greatest Linux Innovations Of 2007, and as this year ends, we have compiled a similar list of what we believe were some of the greatest Linux innovations or achievements of 2008. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=great_linux_innovations_2008&num=1 | |||
1230724092 | The November Cornucopia: One Month In Linux Audio | This week I'm your straight reporter bringing you news of of updates, upgrades, and new releases in the world of Linux audio software. Development in this world is continuously productive, so I'll present only a selection of the Linux sound and music applications and utilities announced in the month of November in the year 2008. | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/november-cornucopia-one-month-linux-audio | |||
1230724208 | Linux Confiscation At School. | What concerns me here is that schools tend to be teaching kids that using computers is about learning to use microsoft products such as word, powerpoint etc, all very well, but how about introducing elements of computer science into the classroom and not just leaving it as an option for further education. | http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10011760o-2000578623b,00.htm | |||
1230724342 | Ubuntu Linux on the laptop | You may not have gotten up this morning wondering; ? What is Linux up to these days??? But while we weren? t looking, it began seriously kicking windows? ass.? Or at least Windows XP; my laptop doesn? t meet the minimum requirements for Vista. | http://www.decrepitoldfool.com/index.php/weblog/ubuntu-dec08/ | |||
1230724399 | Odds and ends | My forecast: netbooks are going to get even hotter in 2009 as buyers turn to affordable PCs with decent performance during an economic downturn. An alliance to watch: Acer and Canonical. | http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business5_dec30_2008 | |||
1230724461 | EMTEC bringing 10-inch Gdium netbook to America for $400 | The Linux-based machine will come loaded with loads of open source software as well as a G-Key, which is described as "a bootable USB key on which the Linux operating system, applications, and personal data are stored." Expect it to ship in white, black and pink sometime between January and the end of time for $400. | http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/emtec-bringing-10-inch-gdium-netbook-to-america-for-400/ | |||
1230801612 | India gets its own operating system | Father of free software Richard Stallman is visiting Hyderabad to oversee the migration of thousands of computers to a new "Indian" operating system. | http://www.itexaminer.com/india-gets-its-own-operating-system.aspx | |||
1230801714 | Linus Plays Prince of Persia - Again | It somehow seems appropriate that as well as continuing to devote himself to the development of the Linux kernel, Linus is still playing the games that occupied him at the time of its birth. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/toolbox/open-source/blogs/index.cfm?blogid=14&entryid=1677 | |||
1230801818 | PCLinuxOS N1PTT-TR5 | Recently PClinux annouced that their new beta distro for 2009. I have downloaded the OS and tested on my new Aspire One 150. right from the start the OS recognized the atheros wifi card installed and within a minute I'm good to surf. | http://segalanya-disini.blogspot.com/2008/12/pclinuxos-n1ptt-tr5.html | |||
1230854053 | Editor's Note: Linux Needs Fewer Friends | Linus' disdain for Richard Stallman, the Free Software Foundation, and enforcing the GPL in regards to the kernel is well-known. Now we have another high-ranking kernel developer dissing on Free Software. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2008-12-31-022-35-OP-DV | |||
1230854070 | The New Mexico Linux Corp gets off the ground | We finally have all the board members and officers appointed. While a good chunk of the NMLC consist of members of the New Mexico Ubuntu LoCo I?m very please that we have others involved as well , even someone that is primarily a Windows users. | http://dthomasdigital.wordpress.com/2008/12/31/the-new-mexico-linux-corp-gets-off-the-ground/ | |||
1230854203 | PortableApps in Puppy Linux | Puppy Linux can be installed on your USB stick. So can PortableApps, a collection of cross platform open source software that can run on Windows. Interestingly, nearly all of the apps also run perfectly in wine, except for a few issues. So, I got an idea. Why not try and integrate the two. | http://aronzak.wordpress.com/2009/01/01/portableapps-in-puppy/ | |||
1230854212 | Windows 7 in 2009? I don?t think so? | Then, of course, there?s Linux. Netbooks work just brilliantly with Linux and Linux on the desktop has matured to a point that it?s far easier to justify installations in an educational setting than it was even a year ago. An increasing number of Windows-only applications run under Wine, as well. | http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2013 | |||
1230854431 | An Open Secret | Last November, Openbravo, an open-source software (OSS) company in business for less than three years, celebrated the one-millionth combined download of its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and point-of-sale applications. | http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/12835201/c_12838677 | |||
1230914403 | Planting Seeds of Doubt in Microsoft’s Future | Finally, although not wanting to become a “futurologist”, I think there is a strong possibility that Microsoft may file for the north American Chapter 11 — bankruptcy protection. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/02/microsoft-seeds-of-doubt/ | |||
1230938931 | Energized by open source: Ditching closed apps | Six-year-old BlueStar Energy Services doesn't have the kind of systems-baggage that saddles many older organizations. Still, the company found itself hindered by the rigidity of its core systems, which constrained its efforts to expand its customer | http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/270963/energized_by_open_source_ditching_closed_apps_spurred_growth_utility_says?rid=-219 | |||
1231039168 | Top 5 Free First-Person Shooting Games for Linux | At one time, asking if Linux could play games elicited laughter and disappointment. Games were basic and lacked the graphics and game play that Windows offered. However this is starting to change and dozens of high quality games have been released to run on Linux platforms. | http://www.crowdedbrain.co.uk/games/top-5-free-first-person-shooting-games-for-linux.html | |||
1231039235 | It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Super Ubuntu | We are pleased to announce yet another Ubuntu-based Linux distribution, this time... with "super powers," called Super Ubuntu. The "super powers" of Super Ubuntu can be translated into the inclusion of applications, tools and technologies that are missing from a standard Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) installation. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/It-039-s-a-Bird-It-039-s-a-Plane-It-039-s-Super-Ubuntu-101085.shtml | |||
1231039285 | Giving life back to an OLD laptop | This laptop belongs to a good friend and she loved it when I told her that we can give a new life to her laptop using GNU/Linux. This is an Toshiba Satellite Sro 435CDS built around 12 years ago. Specs? Pentium 120, 32 MB ram, 4 GB Hard. Yes this laptop has been upgrade a few years ago to highest supported specs. | http://jadi.net/2009/01/giving-life-back-to-an-old-laptop/ | |||
1231082006 | Is Microsoft ?Pulling an EDGI? on Kerala? | Finally ? solid proof of targeted Microsoft dumping against GNU/Linux and Free software (Microsoft dumps non-Free software on Kerala to block GNU/Linux; more antitrust exhibits unveiled) | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/04/microsoft-edgi-secrets/ | |||
1231112019 | Major Win for ODF in Brazil | As ever, Brazil's decision is doubly significant: important in itself, given the size of the country, and important as an example to others. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/major-win-for-odf-in-brazil.html | |||
1231112293 | First impressions: Sabayon Linux Four Oh! | Two years ago I ran into Sabayon Linux for the first time. Version 3.2 was about to be released and I gave Sabayon a spin on my laptop. The article on my Dutch website about my experiences is still attracting a lot of readers, which indicates a consistent and growing interest in this Linux distribution. | http://www.ruminationsonthedigitalrealm.org/2009/01/04/first-impressions-sabayon-linux-four-oh | |||
1231186319 | Gaming on Linux: I’ll Stick With Wine, Please | In general, there are a lot of reasons to avoid wine and promote native Linux software instead. But when it comes to gaming, I think that developers are best off relying on wine as a vehicle to the Linux desktop. | http://www.workswithu.com/2009/01/04/gaming-on-linux-ill-stick-with-wine-please/ | |||
1231186381 | Becoming a Linux user, pitfalls and experiences | Today I might be seen as a Linux guru from the point of view of a starting user, from the point of view of a Linux guru I'm probably more seen as a starting user. | http://www.theothersolution.nl/blog1.php/2009/01/03/becoming-a-linux-user-pitfalls-and-exper | |||
1231186678 | Kochi to have centre for training in free software | A Centre for Advanced Training in Free and Open Source Software (CATFOSS) will be opened in Kochi soon. The new centre will be a joint venture of Kerala State IT Mission and Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT). It will be opened before 20th of this month, according to officials. | http://www.hindu.com/2009/01/05/stories/2009010552901500.htm | |||
1231207872 | Linux provides affordable alternative for Honda | It's no secret that the UK's car industry is suffering badly in the economic downturn. Whilst giant US car manufacturers face bankrupcy and the UK government considers providing emergency credit to Jaguar-Landrover, other industry players must look at innovative solutions to remain competitive. | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/linux-provides-affordable-alternative-for-honda-car-dealership.html | |||
1231207927 | Linux: this year's silver lining? | The key word in that sentence is "new". Like many watching the PC business, Zemlin thinks 2009 will be a year when netbooks really take off, and Linux is doing well on these platforms. "Linux is taking share from Windows in this new playing field, and we think Linux will be the dominant platform for netbooks," explained Zemlin. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/05/linux_in_2009/ | |||
1231208113 | Call for Organisation of KDE 4.2 Release Parties | On January 27, a year after the release of the first KDE 4 version, KDE 4.2 "The Answer" will be released. This release will feature stabilisation and feature completion and is likely to be taken up by a wide audience of users. | http://dot.kde.org/1231109318/ | |||
1231208315 | Fedora 11: Blarney? Duchess? Zampone? | In early December we shared that it was time for the Fedora community to come up with the Fedora 11 codename. Following that many different names were proposed for Fedora 11, but then after each name was evaluated and went through Red Hat's legal department, the list became much shorter. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njk2OQ | |||
1231426217 | Microsoft’s Highly Confidential GNU/Linux Share Figures-2003 | Microsoft calls this “Linux Heat Map.” It pretty much contradicts claims that Microsoft is not bothered by desktop GNU/Linux. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/08/microsoft-2003-linux-intelligence/ | |||
1231532035 | Interview with OpenOffice.org's Charles-H. Schulz | “We want to take OpenOffice.org to the next level, because we don’t use office suites the same way were using them five years ago.” | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/09/interview-with-charles-h-schulz/ | |||
1231555261 | Biting into the Linux Sandwich of 2009 | On the bottom, at the low end of the IT and electronics industry, we see Linux prominent in netbooks, where it is generally agreed the OS has about 30% market share. | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/01/08/biting-into-the-linux-sandwich-of-2009/ | |||
1231555375 | Available Now: Absolute Linux 12.2.1 | Paul Sherman, father of the Absolute Linux, announced on January 8th, a new bug fix release of his Slackware-based operating system. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Available-Now-Absolute-Linux-12-2-1-101559.shtml | |||
1231555514 | Kubuntu 8.10 vs Mepis 7.9.94 vs Puppy 4.1.2 | Okay, how about a smack down between 3 of my favorite distros? Okay, Kubuntu is not my favorite as this is the first time I?ve tried it, but it is a biggy. I have ragged and ragged on Ubuntu even though I have tried to like it. | http://desktoplinux.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/kubuntu-810-vs-mepis-7994-vs-puppy-412/ | |||
1231641103 | Open source firmware for Broadcom wireless adapters | we have been involved in the past few months in testing modifications to the standard 802.11 MAC for research purposes. During this time we did some tests with Broadcom 802.11b/g boards and we wrote down a simple 802.11 compliant firmware that we used as a starting point for the modified MAC algorithms. | http://lwn.net/Articles/314313/ | |||
1231680959 | Microsoft on “Maintaining Gap vs Linux” Using “Patents“ | In page 29, the section “Maintaining Gap vs. Linux” appears. This part of the presentation talks about “children’s software” and patents in file formats as an anti-GNU/Linux weapon. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/11/ms-maintaining-gap-vs-linux/ | |||
1231730577 | Even Better: Linux to *Be* on More Desktops than Windows | With apologies to my boss, a story in today's Wall Street Journal has me thinking that the future of Linux deployment might perhaps be even better than he predicted. | http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/even-better-linux-be-more-desktops-windows | |||
1231730652 | Is it GNU/Linux or Linux? | It is Debian GNU/Linux, but it is Linux Mint and just plain old Ubuntu. But Canonical says Ubuntu is a Linux-based distro, not a GNU/Linux based distro. It is also PCLinuxOS and not PCGNU/LinuxOS. Redhat calls it Redhat Linux and the list goes on. So what is it GNU/Linux or Linux? | http://linuxcanuck.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/is-it-gnulinux-or-linux/ | |||
1231730683 | Linux 2.6.29-rc1 | The merge window is over, and while it is quite possible that I missed a few merge requests in the crazy week that is behind us, apart from those we should now have most of the bulk of 2.6.29 merged up. And now it's just a small matter of making sure it's all stable and ready to go. | http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=123163282323725&w=2 | |||
1231730750 | Vista is a failure and GNU adoption is ramping up | Today is one of those days that starts with a sweet taste. The FSF has declared another victory for its BadVista campaign : Vista is a clear failure for Microsoft and for FSF it’ s time to devote energy to something else. (btw: did you donate to FSF ?) | http://maffulli.net/2009/01/09/vista-is-a-failure-and-gnu-adoption-is-ramping-up/ | |||
1231783325 | Bill Gates: “Where Are We on This Jihad?” (Against Linux) | The second exhibit about this is concerned with “getting Intel to dogfood Windows,” to use Microsoft’s own words. Bill Gates inquires, “Where are we on this Jihad?” Yes, Microsoft has used the term “Jihad” — albeit internally — on quite a few occasions. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/12/bill-gates-jihad-vs-linux/ | |||
1231816381 | Wireless Linux Terminal Services | Schools like terminal servers. How else can you explain the popularity of Microsoft's RDP server to provide file-sharing and controlled Internet access to it's laptop owning students? | http://www.siriusit.co.uk/myblog/wireless-linux-terminal-services.html | |||
1231816510 | Google Chrome Dumps WinHTTP, Linux Version Inevitable | The preview (alpha) version of Google’ s browser, Chrome, was released last week with a number of new features including an update to the V8 Javascript engine, form autocomplete, and experimental user script support that they are calling “ similar to Greasemonkey.” | http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7222 | |||
1231816540 | KDE 4.2 ?The Answer? - My Experiences So Far | 2009 will definitely be an important year for KDE. If you?re already using KDE 4.2 like me, what are your experiences so far? | http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=86 | |||
1231816823 | Dragon and SMPlayer | Kaffeine was the most used Video Player on KDE 3, however, for KDE 4.x it's in a pretty early stage, but fear not, the SMPlayer (which is technically a Qt application, not a KDE one) and Dragon Player came to fill this hole. | http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/dragon-and-smplayer.html | |||
1231933837 | Microsoft?s Internal Presentation on How to Fight GNU/Linux | This exhibit contains a draft presentation (?need a slide? placeholders and empty summary at end) for the July 16-22, 2002 MGB (Microsoft Global Briefing) meeting in New Orleans (15,000 Microsoft employees + selected partners/contractors, no journalists) explaining how to combat GNU/Linux in government. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/14/ms-presentation-against-linux/ | |||
1232037030 | Microsoft’s EDGI in India: Fighting GNU/Linux in Education | It explains why Sun and GNU/Linux were left out. Microsoft abused its monopoly and dumped software, then signed a memorandum of understanding which is essentially a competition-excluding contract. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/15/ms-edgi-in-india-vs-staroffice-linux/ | |||
1232143773 | Microsoft’s “Linux Compete Squad” in Education | THIS IS likely to be the last post in this series which explores Microsoft’s initiative against GNU/Linux in government and education. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/16/edgi-linux-compete-squad/ | |||
1232158957 | Russia to create "National OS" Based on GNU/Linux? | Although the proposal is still in its early stages, the attractiveness of the proprosal to a government keen to assert its independence at all levels is obvious. It will be interesting to see how this develops. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/russia-to-create-national-os-based-on.html | |||
1232295871 | Microsoft’s Jim Allchin: “I am Scared [of GNU/Linux]” | Among those involved in this correspondence we find Paul Flessner, who wrote about Dell’s GNU/Linux dealings: “We should whack them, we should make sure they understand our value.” Brian Valentine is there too and so is Bill Veghte of the anti-GNU/Linux initiatives. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/18/allchin-scared-of-gnu-linux/ | |||
1232329746 | Apache Wins Big | Apache's market share grew by more than 1 percentage point this month, extending its lead over Microsoft IIS, which has fallen to less than a third of the market. In total, Apache gained 1.27 million sites this month. | http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/01/16/january_2009_web_server_survey.html | |||
1232382654 | Gartner Group Corrupted by Microsoft (Analysts Cartel) | Today’s antitrust exhibit, Exhibit PX02817 from 1998 [PDF], shows Microsoft stating that “[it] successfully lobbied and changed the Gartner Group TCO model to show Windows as providing the lowest overall TCO”. Note the financial details on the last page. The Gartner Group was paid almost half a million dollars this time around. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/19/gartner-corrupted-by-microsoft/ | |||
1232417284 | What's up in OOo 3.1? | At the weekend the upload of DEV300m39 build started. This is the first developer milestone after Feature Freeze for OOo 3.1. To bring it into a final status the community projects can start their work. The L10N team can take this version to check new strings for translation. | http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/what_s_up_in_ooo1 | |||
1232417458 | Google portable device runs Debian Linux | This is the first time since switching to Linux that I have given serious thought to changing distributions. I really like Ubuntu; it?s still the most comprehensive desktop distro I know. But I don?t know if I want to be part of a community that can rise up on a moment?s notice and band together to become one giant mega-jerk. | http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-portable-device-runs-debian.html | |||
1232491308 | Jim Allchin: “We Feel a Huge Threat from Linux” (Analysts Ca | Says one reader: “It’s my belief that this vendor meeting shows the beginning of what became “Get the Facts.”" On page 32 we find Microsoft’s Jim Allchin casually mentioning the as-yet unpublished IDC study. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/20/ms-huge-threat-from-linux/ | |||
1232513025 | Linux Outlaws 72 - Gotta Bloody Stick o' Gelignite | Yeehaw! Get the show freshly delivered. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS. Either with the mp3 or Ogg feed. You can also use iTunes . | http://linuxoutlaws.com/podcast/72 | |||
1232513165 | Gallery: Desktop Linux KDE 4.2 RC1 | The latest version of the KDE desktop environment, mostly used on Linux, arrived last week (4.2 RC1), with the final product due on 22 January. ZDNet Australia's Alex Serpo had a peek inside to see what this overhaul offers. | http://content.zdnet.com/2346-9595_22-262941.html | |||
1232557914 | Microsoft : ?There?s Going to Be a Patent Lawsuit on Linux" | Potential smoking gun from a private Microsoft meeting before the SCO lawsuit | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/21/patent-lawsuit-on-linux/ | |||
1232643194 | Microsoft “Taskforce” lobbied Wal-Mart to drop Linux | Microsoft assigns "taksforces" to fight GNU/Linux adoption (Wal-Mart in this case) | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/22/microsoft-taskforce-vs-walmart-linux/ | |||
1232746069 | Microsoft's struggle to compete with 'free' | Was Allchin just speaking of probabilities, or was he hinting that Microsoft was going to help ensure a certainty? Well, as we later found out through Groklaw, Microsoft was hard at work all this time supporting SCO's lawsuit against the integrity of Linux and its patent rights. | http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10148928-16.html | |||
1232797820 | Linux leader on Microsoft woes | Microsoft today laid off 1,400 workers, with another 3,600 on the block within 18 months. We asked Linux Foundation Director Jim Zemlin what if any role Linux played in Microsoft's misfortunes, how Microsoft will react, and what it could mean for Linux and the open source community. | http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8154244993.html | |||
1232797974 | Laid-off Microsofties offered Linux servets | UPDATE: A technology vendor who saw Koss' post on the Seattle startup list now is joining the effort, offering free access to 512 MB linux servers to those who join the incubator. | http://www.techflash.com/venture/38158639.html | |||
1232798017 | KDE 4.2 Review From Inside Out. Part 2: Applications | While writing this review I caught myself repeating the same things about every KDE application, namely excellent performance, usability and great features. | http://adymo.blogspot.com/2009/01/kde-42-review-from-inside-out-part-2.html | |||
1232815019 | The History of Microsoft’s Multi-boot Sabotage | Insight into antitrust archives (Comes, 2007) shows Microsoft's predatory treatment of "alien" operating systems | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/24/ms-multi-boot-sabotage/ | |||
1232893475 | Adventures in Novell?s Moonlight | Also, when can I expect to see a prebuilt package of Moonlight, built against Free Software codecs rather than Microsoft?s proprietary software, in my distro?s repo? | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/24/adventures-in-moonlight/ | |||
1232915662 | Editor's Note: Joe Sixpack Must Die | A fair bit of so-called advocacy seems to be taking its cues from the poor quality of most Linux news reporting. | http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-01-24-001-35-OS-CY-OO | |||
1232915788 | Review: Sabayon Linux 4.0 | Overall, I really enjoyed Sabayon 4. It's a nice improvement from 3.5 in that it fixes many of the issues that existed (what few there were) and noticeably increased speed and performance. The entire distro is standing by and ready to perform for you in whatever way you want. | http://www.raiden.net/?cat=2&aid=517 | |||
1232915913 | Straight from KDE 4.2.60 (KDE 4.3 trunk) | I guess this is everything for this week, as you can see KMail is pretty useful, easy to set up (if you use the first run wizard) and, with some tweaks here and there, you can get a impressively clean, uncluttered, yet, useful interface :-) | http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/kontact-kmail.html | |||
1232916005 | CrunchEee: CrunchBang Linux for the Eee PC | CrunchEee: CrunchBang Linux for the Eee PC - Lightweight Linux for your tiny ASUS Eee PC | http://news.softpedia.com/news/CrunchEee-CrunchBang-Linux-for-the-Eee-PC-102764.shtml | |||
1232934136 | Wrap-Up of Microsoft’s Demise; Units Shut Down | Remember the rule of thumb: things are much worse than Microsoft needs us to believe. It’s not unique to Microsoft, either (remember Enron?). | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/25/microsoft-demise-q1-09/ | |||
1233015274 | UK Schools forced to go open source | I think we can take it as read that there is a shortage of money as credit withdrawal directly impacts on the major school refurbishment programs and the BSF (Building Schools for the Future) programs. | http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=1783&blogid=17 | |||
1233058944 | Why DotGNU is Wrong | The pragmatists ignore this criminal behaviour, for the sake of convenience, because they are more moved by their own selfishness than by Microsoft's outrageous business practises. | http://slated.org/why_dotgnu_is_wrong | |||
1233101612 | Microsoft debunks Linux myths | My conclusion: We are not on a path to win against Linux We must change some things and we must do it immediately. ; I have more and more clients asking me about it. ; Is it something to worry about? I believe so. ; We feel a huge threat from Linux. ; I am scared. | http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/01/microsoft-debunks-linux-myths.html | |||
1233101699 | Monopoly Freedom Day | * Dell Inspiron 530 with Microsoft Vista/Microsoft Office = $818.00 * Dell Inspiron 530N with Ubuntu/OpenOffice = $428.00 | http://www.robweir.com/blog/2009/01/monopoly-freedom-day.html | |||
1233101774 | Desktop distros inch closer | News, views, and articles on using Linux on enterprise and end-user desktops. | http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3934545870.html?kc=rss | |||
1233171764 | ?GNU/Linux ALREADY Kicks Windows to the Curb? | Rebuttal to unsubstantiated attacks on GNU/Linux | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/28/gnu-kicks-windows-to-curb/ | |||
1233182061 | Antitrust: How Microsoft Schemes to Derail Dell GNU/Linux | Antitrust case produces a document (set of E-mails) which shows how Microsoft reacted to Dell's GNU/Linux fever | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/28/derail-dell-gnu-linux/ | |||
1233226194 | Are we really wasting $1T USD annually? | Last week I was quoted by the BBC saying that taken as a whole, the world wastes $1 trillion (with a 'T') dollars on information and communications technology. | http://opensource.org/node/384 | |||
1233226248 | KDE 4.2 Is The Answer | Overall, KDE 4.2 is used happily on all of my comptuers and I look forward to further developments from the KDE team. | http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=167 | |||
1233226339 | KDE has big day | In that same time, The Dot got a great new look and KDE 4.2 was released.Exciting times indeed! | http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2009/01/big-day.html | |||
1233311467 | Open Access Astro-Observatory Runs GNU/Linux | Montegancedo Observatory is the first free open access astronomical observatory in the world. It is located in Building 6 of the School of Computing. The dome is equipped with a computer-automated, robotized 10” telescope, and several computers operating as a web applications server. | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/open-access-astro-observatory-runs.html | |||
1233311537 | Linux 2.6.29-rc3 | It's out there, and while it's a bit larger than I'd wish for, that size is pretty understandable considering that it's closer to two weeks than one in between -rc2 and -rc3 (due to LCA, obviously). | http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/1/28/277 | |||
1233311713 | S&P Endorses Linux, Raising Red Hat (RHT) | You do not see too many upgrades in corporate credit ratings during this part of the business cycle, let alone in technology and software. But Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) was just raised by Standard & Poor's ratings today. | http://www.247wallst.com/2009/01/sp-endorses-lin.html | |||
1233311772 | Netbooks: Emtec moves from peripherals | Emtec, a company which has in the past been more focused on delivering laptop peripherals, is moving into the increasingly lucrative netbook market with the Gdium. Steering clear of Microsoft, this device uses the Madriva version of Linux and comes in at a small size - just ten inches. | http://www.cclonline.com/news2/newsArticle.asp?articleid=18999220&tid=cclnews | |||
1233317878 | Google Kills Bambi | Those of you who are old enough to remember when it was all fields round here and have spent years searching for an answer to the Sex Pistols' perennial poser Who Killed Bambi? will be delighted to learn that the question has finally been answered. | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/30/who_killed_bambi/ | |||
1233325628 | Microsoft Admits Novell is Its GPL Proxy | Microsoft acknowledges that Novell may already be used to bypass its GPL 'allergy' | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/30/novell-as-ms-gpl-proxy/ | |||
1233346360 | Microsoft on Intel's Anti-Linux: “This is a Nightmare” | Microsoft's dirty secrets about a fight against GNU/Linux at Intel are finally revealed | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/30/microsoft-intel-anti-linux/ | |||
1233368735 | bMighty Says It's Time To Embrace Linux | As the bad economic news continues to accumulate, Linux offers hope to cash-strapped businesses everywhere. | http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2009/01/bmighty_says_it.html | |||
1233408591 | Novell Lays Off Around 1,000 Employees | Accomplishment of a boycott might be important, but we need to untangle the patent deal without reducing the might of the Linux development muscle. Tell Novell to escape its Microsoft deal to regain community trust. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/31/novell-layoffs-2009/ | |||
1233417381 | Bill Gates on Linux@Intel: This Huge Driver Group Scares Me | Why was Gates so concerned about Linux despite the fact that it was not mentioned in the report? Let’s not forget his attempt to sabotage ACPI for Linux. Also, what’s so wrong with “cross OS”? Can Gates not tolerate competition? Is he interested in making microchips Windows-only? | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/01/31/huge-driver-group-billg/ | |||
1233484070 | $10 [Linux] laptops on anvil for students | The Human Resource Development Ministry is in the final stages of bringing out a $10- $20 low power device to take the laptop right into the villages and into the hands of practically every student across the country. | http://www.indianexpress.com/story_print.php?storyid=416687 | |||
1233484147 | Linux Today: Money is Not Wealth | Why would anyone work for free? I could list a whole lot of reasons, but I think they can all be summed up as "To be who we really are." Coders code. Writers write. Artists make art. Etc...you get the idea. | http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-01-31-002-35-PS | |||
1233601551 | How Music DRM Was Conceived at Microsoft Over a Decade Ago | A S we pointed out last month, Microsoft is actively fighting for music DRM while the rest of the world seems to be abolishing it. Thanks to Comes vs Microsoft court exhibits, we are able to go back in time and put together the pieces, then show how DRM came about and what role Microsoft played in it. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/02/microsoft-drm-made-here-tech/ | |||
1233654206 | Adding more power to emergence of Linux in Gujarat India | We have been finding the footmarks of people loving Linux here in Gujarat. There were many whom we came accross but all had Linux for part time. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22955/545/ | |||
1233654298 | 10 reasons to Switch Over to Linux from Windows | 1. Free: Linux is an open source project. As they say, it is free as in free beer. All you need to install Linux is an Internet connection to download the iso files and a CD where you can burn the iso. Compare this with Windows which costs a lot! | http://pcsplace.com/linux/10-reasons-to-switch-over-to-linux-from-windows/ | |||
1233654368 | Two weeks of Ubuntu | I think the same Ubuntu installed on a faster PC switches on some eye candy, so during the installation it's able to tell slow from fast PCs, this is good. | http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/75749.html | |||
1233762746 | Microsoft and Apple Pay Linux-hostile Net Applications | Linux-hostile Web 'statistics' turn out to be sponsored in a way by Microsoft and Apple | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/04/microsoft-apple-net-applications/ | |||
1233826942 | Benchmarked: Ubuntu vs Vista vs Windows 7 | In depth: A lot of people have been chattering about the improvements Windows 7 brings for Windows users, but how does it compare to Ubuntu in real-world tests? We put Ubuntu 8.10, Windows Vista and Windows 7 through their paces in both 32-bit and 64-bit tests to see just how well Ubuntu faces the new contender. | http://www.tuxradar.com/content/benchmarked-ubuntu-vs-vista-vs-windows-7 | |||
1233827049 | Mandriva Announces Pulse 2 v1.2 | Mandriva announced the immediate availability of version 1.2 of their Pulse 2, an Open Source tool for managing workstations, mobile computers and servers. Mandriva Pulse 2's purpose is to make managing of information systems much easier for those who choose to use it. | http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mandriva-Announces-Pulse-2-v1-2-103550.shtml | |||
1233860299 | How Microsoft (with Novell) Subverts Linux Virtualisation | Microsoft pried VMware from the hands of GNU/Linux. It is is using its money and its partners to rob parts of the industry of GNU/Linux and impose Microsoft?s rules. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/05/microsoft-emc-vmware-for-patents/ | |||
1233972335 | Linux runs my life | Here are my current Linux systems: 1. Desktop - Arch Linux * Gentoo/Funtoo (OpenVZ) * CentOS (VirtualBox) 2. IBM Thinkpad T60 Laptop - Sidux Linux 3. Acer Aspire ONE Netbook - Ubuntu EEE 4. Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook - CentOS 5. T-Mobile G1 - Android 6. Motorola Rokr e6 - MontaVista | http://www.saigonnezumi.com/2009/02/01/linux-runs-my-life/ | |||
1233972432 | Proof that Microsoft Now Fears for the Desktop | Hmm, lookee here: Microsoft wants to hire a Director, Open Source Desktop Strategy | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/02/why-microsoft-wants-director-os-desktop.html | |||
1233972730 | Camp KDE Continues And Finishes | Camp KDE, the KDE community event of North and South America, has finished. Similar to the European KDE meeting, Akademy, the first two days were based around a series of talks on various topics. After that we moved towards BOF sessions, local discussions and programming. | http://dot.kde.org/2009/02/06/camp-kde-continues-and-finishes | |||
1233972783 | Why Debian release schedules don't matter | We all love it when things run on time. There are certain things which need to happen when the clock strikes the hour - buses and trains need to arrive, a cron job on your server needs to spark some script or the other to life, your kids need to be at school. | http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23082/1148/ | |||
1234090676 | Science and KDE: rkward | rkward is a nice frontend for the R programming language, which adds a GUI with the power of KDE to R. Unfortunately the program is still somewhat unstable (also shown by a warning when you run it) and its main developer has currently very little time to work on it. In case you may want to help, you can hop to the rkward-devel mailing list. | http://www.dennogumi.org/2009/02/science-and-kde-rkward | |||
1234090819 | PCLinuxOS-N1PTT-TR6 FINALLY RELEASED! | ON BEHALF OF TEXSTAR, The Ripper Gang is pleased to announce the third public beta ISO release of what will ultimately become PCLinuxOS 2009. Due to some very personal issues, Texstar has taken a temporary leave of absence, but not to worry folks, he'll be back very soon. | http://www.pclinuxos.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=58&topic=53635.0 | |||
1234108288 | How Microsoft Fights GNU/Linux, Apple, Others | Internal Microsoft presentation reveals many of the company's dirty -- if not illegal -- tricks | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/08/microsoft-evilness-galore/ | |||
1234113814 | The history of GNU/Linux/Free software eye candy | Simple chart with so much information. | http://smspillaz.googlepages.com/Compiz-AnInterestingHistory.png | |||
1234213689 | Ballmer: ?We cannot let intel do chip design on Linux ever" | Insight into Microsoft's fight against Intel's GNU/Linux on the desktop | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/09/ms-vs-intel-linux-on-desktop/ | |||
1234235261 | Linus Renames Linux "Linus", bu Accident | Title/subject says: "Linus 2.6.29-rc4" | http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/2/8/129 | |||
1234281203 | Impressed by OpenOffice, Bill Gates Schemes Patent Attack | "At some point we will have to consider the patents they violate." --Bill Gates | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/10/bill-gates-patents-vs-free-office/ | |||
1234354427 | OpenCV webcam head tracking + KDE4 | Using the integrated webcam and opencv it's possible to track the position of the viewer's head and tweak the 3d-rendering of the window manager (KWin) to display what appears to be a "true" 3d environment. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLz3IscAT38 | |||
1234356956 | Bill Gates et al Lean on Other Companies to Derail GNU/Linux | Microsoft executives appear to be muscling 'independent' OEMs to drop GNU/Linux support (antitrust evidence from 2007) | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/11/bill-gates-et-al-vs-linux-ibm-hp-compaq/ | |||
1234410422 | Plasma Team Looks at the Future | Over the last weekend, the Plasma team held their second meeting in Porto, Portugal. The meeting was organised by Akademy Award winner Nuno Pinheiro inviting the Akademy Award-winning Plasma team to his home country. | http://dot.kde.org/2009/02/11/plasma-team-looks-future | |||
1234455333 | Bill Gates: “Intel should not just treat us as one of many” | Bill Gates "feel[s] strongly about" Intel not even supporting anyone but Microsoft [Highly Confidential Antitrust Exhibit] | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/12/bill-gates-on-windows-only-intel/ | |||
1234495702 | Belarus Opens Free Software Laboratory | [Via Google Translate: Belarusian State University opens lab to study the freely distributed operating systems (open systems standards). It was established at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Informatics in cooperation with the Belarusian company "Clear Code" - a business partner of leading representatives of Linux-solutions.] | http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/02/belarus-opens-free-software-laboratory.html | |||
1234495758 | KDE 4.2 | I now use KDE 4.2 and haven’t looked back.Why? Keep reading. | http://linuxowns.wordpress.com/2009/02/11/kde-42/ | |||
1234495893 | Review: Fedora 10 | LXF gave Fedora 10/10 and I think I?d probably give it a 9/10. So check it out - if you?ve been burned by unstable Fedora releases before, you?ll be pleasently surprised with Fedora 10. And now, I?m going back to Xfce?. | http://server.ericsbinaryworld.com/blog/2009/02/12/review-fedora-10/ | |||
1234627565 | Moonlight 1.0 is NOT News, So Why All the Hype? | It’s just a bunch of old news repackaged to fool reporters and pressure users to install this poison. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/14/moonlight-hype-analysis/ | |||
1234688919 | Windows vs Linux. | Well its been a while since i posted last. These next couple posts is going to be about the great Windows vs. Linux debate. I know its ? controversial? and been done many times. | http://richyfish.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/windows-vs-linux/ | |||
1234743466 | Another desktop test for Linux | I?m also encouraged, as well, to see Dell offering this hybrid line of computer that put Windows and Linux side by side with capable hardware support for both. Don?t think it means much for Linux to be a quick-boot option? | http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2009/02/14/another-desktop-test-for-linux/ | |||
1234743570 | Air and KDE 4.3. | Air was the wallpaper we introduced in KDE 4.2, but that is just the beginning of something larger. Air is supposed to be different than what Oxygen is, something that tries to appeal to a user base looking for a more "sexy" experience than Oxygen (yeah I know you are out there :) ), but to still have the capability of merging nicely with what we h | http://pinheiro-kde.blogspot.com/2009/02/air-and-kde-43.html | |||
1234743712 | Cuba joins the Linux bandwagon with Sabayon Tech | Today is a good day, the University of Informatics Sciences - Havana, Cuba, released Nova Linux, the Official Cuban Linux distribution and guess what, it uses Entropy, the most promising Sabayon Linux technology. | http://planet.sabayonlinux.org/?p=225 | |||
1234743757 | Top 5 Netbook Linux Distributions | Hi there! Have you already jumped onto the netbook bandwagon? I currently own a MEDION PC, a MacBook and a Nokia E71, but my inner-geek still craves for a cool little Linux netbook. Sub-notebooks are great stuff: they are, like Linus Torvalds said in a recent interview, “laptops done right”. | http://www.internetling.com/2009/02/14/top-5-netbook-linux-distributions/ | |||
1234823211 | Red Hat-Microsoft Agreement Not Malicious, But Was It Smart? | Microsoft reiterated the threats against Red Hat some months ago. Microsoft has not changed with regards to FUD and it is actively looking to spread more such fear, to this date. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/16/was-rht-ms-collab-smart/ | |||
1234835773 | Linux Monday: The repository is your new best friend | Our word for the day this fine Linux President's Day Monday is ?repository.? I admit, it was one of those alien words that buffaloed me when I first started learning. | http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2009/02/software-as-subversive-activity-part-13.html | |||
1234924010 | How Linux Helped Adopt My New Daughter | If you noticed that LDN was a little quiet last week, it was because my wife and I were out of town last week--way out of town. Our destination was Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, where we were to bring home our new seven-year-old daughter. | http://ldn.linuxfoundation.org/blog-entry/how-linux-helped-adopt-my-new-daughter | |||
1235138420 | Patents Roundup: Linux, Acacia, Microsoft, Samsung and More | Highlight : Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/20/linux-acacia-microsoft-samsung/ | |||
1235159654 | Novell Promotes ASP.NET, Demotes OpenSUSE | Our private sources indicate with great certainty that Novell is set to announce layoffs next week and that the layoffs will be focused on Germany (but not only Germany). The executives have meanwhile enjoyed their vacation in a prestigious Mexican resort like a bunch of drunken gamblers in some bachelor?s party. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/20/novell-promotes-asp-net/ | |||
1235442676 | NASA's MMO Video Game To Have A Linux Port? | Phoronix is the leading technology website for GNU/Linux and Solaris hardware news, distribution screenshots, interviews, and computer hardware reviews. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzA4NA | |||
1235660783 | SFLC: How Friendly Microsoft is to Open Source Software? | "Microsoft could have just opened a Pandora?s box. [The] SCO case went south when more interested parties came out the woodwork ? [parties] that SCO didn?t know what to do with.? | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/26/tomtom-preliminary-assessment/ | |||
1235927579 | Why Microsoft is Likely to Lose the TomTom Case | Based on Microsoft?s FAT specifications, there is actually a promise not to sue. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/01/tomtom-case-summary/ | |||
1236209758 | GNU/Linux Market Share: Why Gartner and IDC Must be Ignored | In one of the documents disclosed in Comes vs Microsoft, Microsoft was seen explicitly asking IDC to remove signs of its sponsorship of a study. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/02/gartner-and-idc-linux-share/ | |||
1236394629 | Driver comparison Linux vs. Vista (Chrome 400/500 Series) | After two released Linux drivers, I decided to compare those drivers to the current Windows Vista driver. Here are the first results, there are more to come! | http://www.chrome-center.net/index.php/en/articles/211-driver-comparison-linux-vs-vista-chrome-400500-series | |||
1236553239 | Microsoft Wants to Make Something Out of Nothing vs Linux | Microsoft is still in its earlier stage of demise where the customers are being bullied or sued. Unable to counter what it calls “Linux infestations”, Microsoft is hopelessly trying to create artificial scarcity inside ‘its’ software market, using software patents that pertain to thought alone | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/08/making-something-out-of-nothing/ | |||
1236795226 | Bruce Perens Calls Novell a ?Highly Paid [MS] Mouthpiece" | Backlash against Novell; Ubuntu is rumoured to be considering abolishment of Mono | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/11/bruce-perens-on-novell-ms/ | |||
1236800355 | Video Editing Made Easy with Kino! | This article will help you take the very first step toward creating a movie by using the very simple storyboard video editing program called Kino to create a story. | http://blog.worldlabel.com/2009/kino-was-born-to-tell-stories.html | |||
1237236721 | India Moves to Free Software, So Microsoft Fights Bribes | Highlight : Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/16/india-moves-to-free-software/ | |||
1238090269 | Why Microsoft Has Already Crashed OSBC 2009 | It’s not enough to just woo Free software developers away from GNU/Linux; Microsoft is also trying to scare them using lawsuits against Linux. It is a sort of aggressive strategy whose core is suing GNU/Linux while calling developers to escape and find shelter in Windows, so Microsoft is behaving a bit like a thug, a pirate. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/26/microsoft/ | |||
1238164073 | Jonathan Zuck and ACT: What is It Anyway? | As the lobby for software patents in Europe intensifies, we identify and dissect the culprits | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/27/primer-jonathan-zuck-and-act/ | |||
1238332115 | Red Hat, Microsoft, EU Lobbyists, and Software Patents | A roundup summarising important developments pertaining to software patents | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/03/29/red-hat-microsoft-eu-lobbyists/ | |||
1238769477 | Microsoft Uses Pseudo ?Open Source? to Fight Against Linux | Microsoft deceives on ?open source? and uses it to exclude or to poison (with software patents) GNU/Linux | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/03/microsoft-pl-vs-the-gnu-gpl/ | |||
1238843630 | Fight Over FAT Can Hurt Microsoft | A detailed overview of TomTom/FAT highlights and events which occurred in the past week | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/04/tomtom-case-is-concluded/ | |||
1239436453 | How Microsoft Changes the Prices at OEMs to Block GNU/Linux | Antitrust exhibit shows how Microsoft changes its pricing to suppress interest in GNU/Linux | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/04/11/lds-church-considering-mandrake/ | |||
1242214033 | Dell sells Microsoft Ubuntu | Here we go, again. Dell’s configurator displays something bizarre, as the screenshots below show. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/13/dell-windows-mindset/ | |||
1243180495 | If Microsoft Removes 3-App Restriction, Linux Still Wins | The coming year will be hugely interesting and John Dvorak, a recent Ubuntu GNU/Linux migrant, has just predicted over at MarketWatch that GNU/Linux would continue gaining on the desktop. it is already quite prevalent. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/05/24/ms-removes-3-app-restriction/ | |||
1244056864 | Mono: An Infectious Disease — An Article by Chris Smart | What else can you do? Vote with your feet. Let your distributions know that you don’t want Mono tainting free software. You’ll also get the added benefit of a computer which runs faster! Microsoft’s number one goal is to keep the world using their software. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/02/mono-an-infectious-disease/ | |||
1244527945 | Testing Out ATI Kernel Mode-Setting On Ubuntu | Kernel mode-setting for Intel graphics hardware can already be found in the mainline Linux kernel and will be included by default in the release of Ubuntu 9.10 later this year. While Intel's kernel mode-setting support has been maturing in a steadfast manner, this support has not been moving along quite as fast for ATI and NVIDIA hardware. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_ati_kms&num=1 | |||
1244528118 | Palm's Linux smartphone debuts | As promised, Palm's Linux-based smartphone went on sale Saturday, available exclusively for Sprint networks, says eWEEK. Early reviews have been favorable, although analysts worry about the lack of software and the ability of Sprint to effectively market the Palm Pre (pictured), says the story. | http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3083599217.html | |||
1244528236 | Why Mono (and Moonlight) is Microsoft’s Embrace | Microsoft is trying to embrace, extend, and extinguish GNU/Linux, largely with the help of Novell. Moonlight is already called "Microsoft Moonlight" in the Novell/Microsoft Web site | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/08/microsoft-mono-embrace-extend-extinguish/ | |||
1245241455 | Steve Ballmer (and Colleagues) Deliberately Sabotaged OS/2 | While IBM and Microsoft were still officially ?partners? on OS/2, Microsoft got someone to write a ?bad app? to crash on OS/2. Steve Ballmer then took this ?bad app? on the road to demonstrate that OS/2 was unstable. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/17/steve-ballmer-crimes-vs-os2/ | |||
1245757364 | Gates: Our Most Potent Operating System Competitor is Linux | In today’s exhibit, Exhibit PX08256 (2001) [PDF], a revealing memo from Gates is shown publicly, probably for the first time at least on the Web. | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/06/23/bill-gates-afraid-of-gnu-linux/ | |||
1247675610 | Leaked Microsoft Slides (2003): How to Win Against GNU/Linux | Microsoft’s recognition of the GNU/Linux threat as shown in its internal, confidential presentations | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/07/15/ms-how-to-win-vs-linux/ | |||
1249207369 | Comes Antitrust: Microsoft's Attack Plan on GNU/Linux | A new antitrust exhibit ties together documents that show how Microsoft planned to attack GNU/Linux | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/02/halloween-and-lessons-2009/ | |||
1251198934 | Microsoft's Anti-GNU/Linux Presentation | Microsoft's Delta Force presents an attack plan on GNU/Linux adoption | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/25/microsoft-anti-linux-presentation/ | |||
1251307289 | Bill Gates Called Linux a Threat Back in 1997 | Even then, back when Linux was a 6-year-old kernel, Microsoft feared it enough to be listed as a top threat. A few years later (four to be precise), Gates wrote that their ?most potent Operating System competitor is Linux.? | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/08/26/joachim-kempin-lunix-full-text/ | |||
1256340626 | Linus Loves It! | Eureka in Japan! | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/10/23/linus-loves-fsf/ | |||
1256473823 | OEM Documents Which Microsoft Labels "MICROSOFT SECRET" | Microsoft's OEM watch list is out in textual form, with interpretation | http://boycottnovell.com/2009/10/25/msft-oem-watch-list/ | |||
1275472111 | Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx (Netbook Edition) | Review of !Ubuntu GNU Linux 10.04 LucidLynx (Netbook Edition) | http://hulllug.org/2010/05/29/ubuntu-10-04-lucid-lynx-netbook-edition/ | |||
1282741615 | Entertainment,technology | Smart, Qualified People Behind the Scenes Keeping America Safe: 'We Don't Exist' | WASHINGTONMembers of the brilliant, highly trained, and dedicated team of elite professionals who work tirelessly behind the scenes to protect our nation and keep its citizens out of harms way announced Tuesday that they do not exist. | http://www.theonion.com/articles/smart-qualified-people-behind-the-scenes-keeping-a,17954/ | ||
1284029336 | technology,technology | KDE 3 appears in 'The Social Network' movie? - TildeHash | ... in [The Social Network]'s official trailer, you can see what appears to be an old version of the KDE Desktop Environment. This particular still image is from a scene in the movie taking place in 2003, so KDE 3 would be an accurate version for the year. | http://www.tildehash.com/?article=kde-3-appears-in-the-social-network-movie | ||
1284035316 | technology,technology | Mozilla Labs Launches Gaming Initiative - Linux Magazine Online | Mozilla Labs announced its newest initiative, a gaming platform appropriately named Mozilla Labs: Gaming. The goal of the platform is to create browser-based games built on Open Web standards. | http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Mozilla-Labs-Launches-Gaming-Initiative | ||
1284038773 | technology,technology | Thoughts on Technology: The Key to a Successful Linux Conversion | People are resistant to change. This is a fact and it is not going to change any time soon. Because of this they will not want their entire computer to change on them all at once. An important fact that a lot Linux Advocates miss is that the conversion to Linux starts on Windows or OSX. | http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/09/key-to-successful-linux-conversion.html | ||
1284048316 | world_news,technology | Burning Everyone's Koran | SUBSCRIBE: http://www.youtube.com/saturninefilms <br><br>Even Obama has taken a stand against freedom on this issue: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/09/obama-g... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4XJQO3qol8 | ||
1284050643 | technology | Broadcom releases an open-source driver for its wireless chipsets [LWN.net] | Broadcom would like to announce the initial release of a fully-open Linux driver for it's latest generation of 11n chipsets. | http://lwn.net/Articles/404248/ | ||
1284051759 | technology | Links 9/9/2010: PlayStation 3 Shuts Again | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/09/playstation-3-shuts-again/ | ||
1284051760 | technology | Broadcom releases an open-source driver for its wireless chipsets [LWN.net] | Broadcom would like to announce the initial release of a fully-open Linux driver for it's latest generation of 11n chipsets. | http://digg.com/news/technology/broadcom_releases_an_open_source_driver_for_its_wireless_chipsets_lwn_net | ||
1284051760 | technology | New: OOo-DEV 3.3.x Developer Snapshot (build OOO330m7) available - GullFOSS | http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/new_ooo_dev_3_35 | |||
1284051760 | technology | Despite Naysayers, Android Is Definitely Linux-based | Read about trends, technologies and best practices covered by experienced Giga Omni Media editors and writers. Participate in daily blog discusions and post your thoughts and opinions. | http://ostatic.com/blog/despite-naysayers-android-is-definitely-linux-based | ||
1284057735 | technology | Sakshat, the Laughed-At $35 Indian Tablet, Reportedly Set for Early 2011 Launch | Defying skeptics everywhere, the gadget with the funny name and an absurdly low price will reportedly arrive in India this January. Rumors concerning the Sakshat -- a minimally priced, government-endorsed Indian Android tablet -- have circulated for more than a year. The device, which was designed for students and folks typically unable to afford a computer, reportedly has a manufacturer, a price, a release date and detailed specs.
The Indian Human Resource Development committee plans to unveil the gadget, priced at a paltry and incredibly enticing $35, on a pretty cool date for numerologists: January 11th -- or 11/1/11 by Indian standards. HCL Technologies reportedly owns the contract to develop the device, and the company hopes to initially release 1 million 7-inch models, each of which will be equipped with Android OS, 2 GB of RAM memory, Wi-Fi capabilities, a camera and a USB port. Reportedly, 5-inch and 9-inch units are to come. The cynics and naysayers will undoubtedly disparage the device or doubt its actualization. With some U.S. tablets commanding as much as (or more than) a home mortgage, though, we'd gladly drop $35 -- just for a chance to reserve one.Sakshat, the Laughed-At $35 Indian Tablet, Reportedly Set for Early 2011 Launch originally appeared on Switched on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink|Email this|Comments | http://www.switched.com/2010/09/09/sakshat-the-laughed-at-35-indian-tablet-reportedly-set-for-ea/ | ||
1284061004 | technology | Android Market Growing Exponentially Now with more than 80,000 apps | Android Community | Googles Vice President of engineering, Andy Rubin, was quoted in the press release announcing the G2 that the Android Market now boasts 80,000+ applications. | http://androidcommunity.com/android-market-growing-exponentially-now-with-more-than-80000-apps-20100909/ | ||
1284061007 | technology | BBC News - NHS IT costs to be cut by 700m | The government has announced 700m of savings in the national IT programme for the NHS in England, cutting the overall cost to 11.4bn. | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11243977 | ||
1284062735 | technology | Das U-Blog by Prashanth: Review: Kubuntu 10.04 Trinity "Lucid Lynx" (Idea by Candid of Linux Today) | http://dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com/2010/09/review-kubuntu-1004-trinity-lucid-lynx.html | |||
1284092270 | technology | As Windows XP Officially Dies, Linux Will Rise | Techrights | The worst nightmare of GNU/Linux on the desktop starts walking the plank (6 weeks to go) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/09/winxp-walking-the-plank/ | ||
1284092270 | technology | Last chance to get XP - Computerworld Blogs | Microsoft wants -- really this time, no fooling -- to pull XP from store shelves. So get your XP while you can! | http://blogs.computerworld.com/16913/last_chance_to_get_xp | ||
1284092271 | technology | Links 9/9/2010: Debian-based Linux Mint in Review, Android Passes 80,000 Apps | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/09/debian-linux-mint-reviews/ | ||
1284092272 | technology | Windows Presentation Foundation is Dying/Dead, Silverlight Might be Too, So Microsoft Tries to Bastardise HTML5 | Techrights | Microsoft's attempt to override the Web with its proprietary software has failed, but now it is trying to hijack HTML5 and make it proprietary | http://techrights.org/2010/09/09/wpf-declared-dead/ | ||
1284092351 | technology | The Ultimate Pisshead! | Must watch! Too Funny! | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yg7KL4v1w0&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284092352 | technology | Gizmodo Glorifies Patent Trolls, Oracle Nods to Software Patents | Techrights | Gizmodo sells out to Microsoft's patent troll; Oracle pays NetApp for alleged software patents relating to the Open Source (ish) ZFS | http://techrights.org/2010/09/09/gizmodo-sells-out-iv/ | ||
1284092354 | technology | Digg - Technology - The Latest News Headlines, Videos and Images | The best news, videos and pictures on the web as voted on by the Digg community. Breaking news on Technology, Politics, Entertainment, and more! | http://digg.com/news/technology | ||
1284102789 | technology | Readers Article: Microsoft Windows Hoses Homeland Security | Techrights | DHS and Windows - affair revisited | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/dhs-and-windows-affair/ | ||
1284104094 | technology | Microsoft President Quits, But is Nokia the Next Victim? | Techrights | Finland is calling Microsoft's Elop, whom Ballmer intends to use to make Nokia more Windows-oriented (at the expense of Linux) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/elop-leaves/ | ||
1284105804 | technology | The Only Remaining Competition to Mobile Linux is Software Patents | Techrights | Microsoft, Oracle, and Apple are attacking mobile Linux using software patents, which may be their last resort in stopping world domination by mobile Linux | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/mobile-linux-now-suffers-swpats/ | ||
1284106744 | technology | Another New Example of Microsoft Homophobia | Techrights | Fort Gay is too gay for Microsoft; customer of Microsoft is therefore blocked | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/fort-gay-incident/ | ||
1284106780 | technology | Red Hat Site Remarking on Fake Blogging/Reviews (Like Microsofts and Apples) | Techrights | Microsoft and Apple talking heads deserve federal scrutiny for deceiving the public and Rebecca Fernandez writes about the subject | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/federal-scrutiny-for-shilling/ | ||
1284113929 | technology | Techrights on Digg | Techrights | Techrights will start sharing links to sites of interests (including itself) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/techrights-links-in-digg/ | ||
1284113929 | technology | Embedding Microsoft Tax in Linux, Using Mono | Techrights | Advice to those wishing to free Linux and remove all Microsoft tax from it (hint: avoid vendors that pay Microsoft for Linux) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/avoiding-linux-tax-vendors/ | ||
1284113930 | technology | KDE and the Expansion of the Desktop Datamation.com | New KDE features are designed to make desktop icons more efficient and reduce the clutter when using multiple windows. | http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3902721 | ||
1284113931 | technology | schestowitz: #FSF lashes out at Oracle over Google Java lawsuit http://ur1.ca/1ko25 "The FSF said it is against all software patents" Yup! | schestowitz: #FSF lashes out at Oracle over Google Java lawsuit http://ur1.ca/1ko25 "The FSF said it is against all software patents" Yup! | http://ur1.ca/1ko25 | ||
1284113930 | technology | Fact or Fiction? Top 8 Linux Myths Debunked - PCWorld Business Center | Think Linux is just for experts, or that it's less secure than Windows or Mac OS? It's time to dispel such false perceptions once and for all. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/blogs/linuxline/205147/fact_or_fiction_top_8_linux_myths_debunked.html | ||
1284113932 | technology | [Reviews]: Linux Mint 9 Fluxbox Review Isadora LinuxNov | I have been using Linux Mint since Linux Mint 5 Elyssa always was interesting in Linux Mint Fluxbox editions because it does not require high hardware | http://www.linuxnov.com/reviews-linux-mint-9-fluxbox-review-isadora/ | ||
1284122622 | technology | Links 10/9/2010: Source Code for Linux-based Dell Streak Released, $35 Indian Linux Tablets Claimed Imminent | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/cheap-linux-tablets-rumours/ | ||
1284122623 | technology | Google Chrome OS is for Netbooks, Android for Smartphones & Tablets | ITworld | Puzzled by what Google has planned for its two operating systems? Here's what's what. | http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/120153/google-chrome-os-netbooks-android-smartphones-tablets | ||
1284122624 | technology | TinyOgg - Watch: LibrePlanet 2010: Eben Moglen on the current state of free software 5/5 | http://tinyogg.com/watch/6h6cu/ | |||
1284122771 | technology | Eben Moglens LibrePlanet 2010 Talk | Techrights | Video from the conference of the Free Software Foundation this year | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/free-software-foundation-talk/ | ||
1284122770 | technology | Site report for www.patentlyapple.com | http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.patentlyapple.com | |||
1284122771 | technology | Is Steve Jobs Motto Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal? | Techrights | More information than Apple wants the public to know about its attitude towards copying and its latest patent lawsuit against Linux/Android | http://techrights.org/2010/03/04/shameless-about-stealing-great-ideas/ | ||
1284122772 | technology | Project OpenIndiana | http://openin.org/ | |||
1284124263 | technology | A Picture Emerges What I Couldn't Say | http://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/pictoh/ | |||
1284124264 | technology | From Vista and 7, to Ubuntu and Jolicloud without a Mac deviation - New Europe | People either use a Mac because they are in love with Apple, or Windows because thats what theyre used to. Then theres that group of people who really know about computers and can make an informed, knowledgeable choice about what | http://www.neurope.eu/articles/From-Vista-and-7-to-Ubuntu-and-Jolicloud-without-a-Mac-deviation/102524.php | ||
1284126906 | technology | The Commodore 64 Lives Again - as a Modern PC Running Ubuntu | NetworkWorld.com Community | Son of Carpet Cleaner PC - another crazy project is finished | http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/66023 | ||
1284126908 | technology | schestowitz: @joabj Google should drop its #swpats on this algo http://techrights.org/2010/05/03/google-calls-the-shots/ | schestowitz: @joabj Google should drop its #swpats on this algo http://techrights.org/2010/05/03/google-calls-the-shots/ | http://techrights.org/2010/05/03/google-calls-the-shots/ | ||
1284151810 | technology,technology | Foxconn's Founder Opens Up About Making iPhones | eldavojohn writes "Bloomberg Businessweek has an article of interest resulting from a three-hour interview with Foxconn founder Terry Gou (single page), whose company manufactures 137,000 iPhones a day. The article profiles Gou's rise to Foxconn but also offers some interesting tidbits you might not know. On why he is not opening factories in the United States, Gou frankly states, 'If I can automate in the US and ship to China, cost-wise it can still be competitive. But I worry America has too many lawyers. I don't want to spend time having people sue me every day.' If you're interested in how a modern day Henry Ford thinks, you can read the rest about the man steering the ship of the world's largest producer of electronics components and China's largest exporter. This unprecedented transparency was part of an agreement Gou made with his customers during his delayed response to an increasing number of Foxconn suicides." Read more of this story at Slashdot. | http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/09/10/207259/Foxconns-Founder-Opens-Up-About-Making-iPhones?from=rss | ||
1284157423 | technology | Matthew Garrett files case with US Customs against Fusion Garage [LWN.net] | http://lwn.net/Articles/404450/rss | |||
1284157421 | technology | Links 10/9/2010: APLcomp Joins The Linux Foundation, Invitation-only Linux Summit Planned | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/linux-summit-planned/ | ||
1284157422 | technology | What's It Like To Be A Linux Journal Blogger? | Linux Journal | http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/whats-it-be-linux-journal-blogger?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+linuxjournalcom+%28Linux+Journal+-+The+Original+Magazine+of+the+Linux+Community%29 | |||
1284157423 | technology | GNU/Linux Desktop Market Share in the United States Not the Global Share | Techrights | A quick response to operating system surveys which are predominantly US-oriented | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/us-oriented-operating-system-surveys/ | ||
1284157424 | technology | Links 10/9/2010: Linux 2.6.36, Google Caffeine Moves System Further Onto BigTable | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/mapreduce-to-bigtable/ | ||
1284157455 | technology | Quote of the Day: Microsoft-sponsored Lobbyists and Lawyers Forming Groups to Initiate a Variety of Cases Against Google | Techrights | Words of value from someone who was relatively close to regulators and a word about SCO against Linux | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/regulators-and-dirty-tricks/ | ||
1284157456 | technology | APLcomp Joins The Linux Foundation | %26nbsp;The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that APLcomp is its newest member.%26nbsp; APLcomp is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software vendor that primarily serves the financial services industry. An increasing number of its customers are deploying applications in the cloud and are recognizing the advantages of using an open operating system | http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/APLcomp-Joins-The-Linux-Foundation-1316003.htm | ||
1284157457 | technology | Apple is Still Attacking GNU Linux and the GPL | Techrights | Apple is said to be blocking contributions to GCC (which is GPL-licensed unlike LLVM and Clang); antitrust pressure on Apple causes change | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/apple-may-block-gcc-contribs/ | ||
1284157456 | technology | The End of Bloglines is Nigh - Will Close October 1 | RSS is not dead, but with Bloglines, one of the most venerable web-based RSS readers is about to close shop next month. According to a report on TechCrunch, ... | http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bloglines_closes_shop.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+readwriteweb+%28ReadWriteWeb%29&utm_content=Google+Reader | ||
1284162867 | technology | Microsoft is Open Like a Bear Trap, Partners Worry | Techrights | Windows continues to show that Microsoft is far from open and actually very hostile towards anything that's near Windows | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/windows-partners-fret/ | ||
1284162868 | technology | 01 Communique Uses Software Patents Against Dell, LogMeIn; IBM Still a Mockery of the USPTO Its Employee Runs | Techrights | The headache which is software patents continues to ruin US-based businesses; the FSF has another opportunity to ask IBM to end software patents rather than promote them | http://techrights.org/2010/09/10/software-patents-from-canada/ | ||
1284162873 | technology | If Sarah Palin Has Someone Else Doing Her Facebooking, Is She A Criminal? | Techdirt | http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100909/21161010962.shtml | |||
1284164766 | technology | Donations - FFII | http://www.ffii.org/Donations | |||
1284164768 | technology | KOffice.org Blog Archive Last Week^WMonth in KOffice August | http://www.koffice.org/news/last-weekwmonth-in-koffice-august/ | |||
1284172662 | technology | Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes | European Commission | http://blogs.ec.europa.eu/neelie-kroes/ | ||
1284172665 | technology | Patrick Durusau (patrickDurusau) on Twitter | OpenDocument Format, ODF, Topic Maps, standards editing, XML, overlapping markup, history of ideas. | http://twitter.com/patrickDurusau | ||
1284172665 | technology | "Instant Elements" using Google Instant Search | Let's start a lyrical Google Instant Search meme! | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgFh6IAQoDA&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284172666 | technology | Scrap the ACTA Internet chapter! Christian Engstrm, Pirate MEP | http://christianengstrom.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/scrap-the-acta-internet-chapter/ | |||
1284174264 | world_news,technology | Interview with Pastor Jones' Daughter: 'Papa, Don't Do It' - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International | It remains unclear whether Pastor Terry Jones will burn Korans in Florida on Saturday. His daughter Emma has begged him not to go through with it. In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, she describes a man who became a victim of his own delusions. | http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,716858,00.html | ||
1284258130 | technology | With More Windows Worms and No More XP, Time is Ripe for Installing GNU/Linux on Peoples PCs | Techrights | Two themes or factors for convincing peers, colleagues and family to make a move to GNU/Linux, a natural upgrade from Windows XP | http://techrights.org/2010/09/11/natural-upgrade-from-win-xp/ | ||
1284287830 | technology | Microsoft Forces Linux Phone Users to Use Bong [sic] Just Like it Forces Linux Users to Buy Windows With a New PC | Techrights | Microsoft's strategy against rivals like Google and GNU/Linux is removal of choice, patent extortion, and public ridicule | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/removal-of-choice-as-strategy/ | ||
1284287831 | technology | The Man Who Brought Software Patents to the US Nicely Demonstrates Why We Shouldnt Allow *Hardware* Patents Either | Techrights | Martin Goetz thinks that those who oppose software patents are diehards and that all software patents are about machines rather than about mathematics, or a mathematical formula, or an algorithm, or an abstract idea | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/martin-goetz-patent-spin/ | ||
1284287831 | technology | Microsoft Would Have Helped Stalin, Too | Techrights | Microsoft is enabling tyranny in Russia (to borrow words from the US Senate) by crushing political dissent and other humanitarian movements in the great country | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/microsoft-enabling-russian-tyranny/ | ||
1284287832 | technology | Why End Users and Developers Need to Shun Apple | Techrights | Apple's snubbing of users and developers alike poses a threat to computing and people should therefore reconsider relationships with Apple | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/apple-as-threat-to-computing/ | ||
1284293125 | technology | Feedback for the OASIS office TC | http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/index.php?wg_abbrev=office | |||
1284293129 | technology | Google Translate | http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//cuarto.informe.calderon.presidencia.gob.mx/foro/read.php%3F24%2C1096&hl=en&langpair=auto | |||
1284293161 | technology | Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property | http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/paris/trtdocs_wo020.html | |||
1284304526 | technology | Links 12/9/2010: KDE Coverage, Salix Review, Other Free Software/Open Source News Items | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/kde-coverage-salix-review/ | ||
1284306419 | technology | Open Tech Exchange | EDIT_HERE | http://mxc.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=632863 | ||
1284306419 | technology | Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. - Cookie absent | http://www.liebertonline.com/cookieabsent.html | |||
1284308512 | politics,technology | The CIA Should Kill Julian Assange | Right Wing News | Dugg for stunning leaps of logic and complete lack of humanity. And, it's 'hanged', not 'hung', you idiot. | http://rightwingnews.com/2010/07/the-cia-should-kill-julian-assange/ | ||
1284311923 | technology,technology | India's $35 Android 7-inch Tablet to Hit in January | India's $35 Android 7-inch Tablet to Hit in January : We've been hearing about India's plans for a $35 computer for a few months now, and for a while we thought it might be all talk. However, it seems India is pushing ahead with plans for the educational tablet. | http://www.tomshardware.com/news/india-android-tablet-35-indiapad,11255.html | ||
1284316599 | technology | Dr. Roy Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Sunday, 12-Sep-10 16:58:06 UTC - Identi.ca | http://identi.ca/notice/50118454 | |||
1284324047 | politics,technology | http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/activists-are-not-criminals/blog/26381 | http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/makingwaves/activists-are-not-criminals/blog/26381 | |||
1284350429 | entertainment,technology | xkcd: Password Reuse | http://xkcd.com/792/ | |||
1284368482 | technology | The Difference Between Florian Mller and Hugo Lueders (Pro-Microsoft Lobbyists) | Techrights | Microsoft Florian resorts to name-calling (Moglen compared to Fidel Castro) and demotes standards and Free software while claiming to do the opposite | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/lobbyists-as-pretenders/ | ||
1284368484 | technology | AstroTurfer Against Google Wants to Buy Google Real Estate, Old Anti-Google AstroTurfers (Hired by Microsoft) Recalled | Techrights | AstroTurfing group 'Consumer' 'Watchdog' tries to throw slime at Google's CEO on his own platform and whines when blocked from doing so; LawMedia Group, an AstroTurfing group which helped Microsoft crush both Yahoo! and Google, helps show how far Microsoft would go | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/edelman-lawmedia-astroturf/ | ||
1284368525 | technology | Displaying FAILURE - The Daily WTF | http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Displaying-FAILURE.aspx | |||
1284368525 | technology | COMPIZ Showcase: Whats coming up in 0.9.2 SmSpillaz Blog | http://smspillaz.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/compiz-showcase-whats-coming-up-in-0-9-2/ | |||
1284368528 | technology | WIPO and WTO Are Not International | Techrights | China's monopolies office (SIPO) and the EPO sign a new deal and Africa is hurt by moves made with WIPO endorsement | http://techrights.org/2010/09/12/pseudo-international-and-unconstitutional/ | ||
1284373759 | technology | Microsoft-funded IDC (IDG) Attacks GNU/Linux in Russian Schools, Accused of Using Corrupt Data | Techrights | IDG is still selling bias and lies to customers, agreeing on how to present data in a way that's favourable to the client, even if it's Microsoft Russia, which is attacking citizens of Russia and supporting a suppressive/corrupt regime | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/idg-propagada-vs-gnu-linux/ | ||
1284374963 | technology | Microsoft Passes More of Its Executives to the MSBBC. What About Nokia? | Techrights | The known dangers of entryism are revisited now that Microsoft has another manager put inside the BBC and Nokia's CEO gets thrown out, only to be replaced by a Microsoft president | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/microsoft-entryism-bbc-nokia/ | ||
1284379268 | technology | Microsoft Tax Comes in More Than One Form | Techrights | 'Microsoft tax' now applies to Linux-based products from companies that sold out to Microsoft, but it also applies to new PCs and to all taxpayers, who increasingly take the bill for cleaning up the mess left by Bill | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/taxpayers-help-microsoft/ | ||
1284380567 | technology | Microsofts Clippy Voted Most Hated Mascot Ever | Techrights | News about Clippy and about Apple's 'antennagate', which are said to have caused damage to Microsoft's and Apple's reputation, respectively | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/clippit-and-antennagate/ | ||
1284382745 | technology | Apple patenta Spiral, una nueva visualizacin de contenido para iTunes | Apple es muy conocida por saber cmo crear unas interfaces eficientes y usables, con unos efectos que tienen detrs un buen motivo para estar ah y... | http://www.applesfera.com/apple/apple-patenta-spiral-una-nueva-visualizacion-de-contenido-para-itunes | ||
1284385302 | technology | Novells Decline, OpenSUSE, Ballnux Tax, Proprietary Software and Fog Computing Obsessions | Techrights | A comprehensive look at one week of Novell news, which ought to help show the company's sad direction (which decreases emphasis on freedom over time) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/novell-decreased-emphasis-on-foss/ | ||
1284387387 | technology | Gmane Loom | http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1035069 | |||
1284396515 | technology | Geist: Significant new costs loom for students | Digital Copyright Canada | http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/5211 | |||
1284396515 | technology | PDFreaders - Free Software PDF Readers - FSFE | http://www.fsfe.org/campaigns/pdfreaders/pdfreaders.en.html | |||
1284405385 | technology | Citizen Linus [LWN.net] | http://lwn.net/Articles/404729/ | |||
1284405384 | technology | Facebook CEO Admits To Calling Users 'Dumb Fucks' | Mark Zuckerberg admits in a New Yorker profile that he mocked early Facebook users for trusting him with their personal information. A youthful indiscretion, the Facebook founder \ says he's much more mature now, at the ripe age of 26. | http://gawker.com/5636765/ | ||
1284405385 | technology | Mathematica and free software@Everything2.com | http://everything2.com/title/Mathematica+and+free+software | |||
1284409278 | technology | Reality distortion field remains strong with Steve Jobs after antennagate | iPhoneiPhone4Apple founder Steve Jobs have been busy defending the iPhone 4, which has been mired in problems since ... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-YesqzvNk&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284409279 | technology | Who's using free software? Free Software Foundation working together for free software | http://www.fsf.org/working-together/whos-using-free-software | |||
1284419956 | technology | Russian Officials Abusing Copyright Law -- With Microsoft's Help -- To Intimidate Gov't Critics | Techdirt | http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100912/12440610969.shtml | |||
1284419957 | technology | PIB Press Release | http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=63417 | |||
1284421658 | technology | Links 13/9/2010: Linux 2.6.36 RC 4, Kongoni 1.12.3, Sidux Becomes Aptosid | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/kongoni-1-12-3/ | ||
1284425079 | technology | Weird Video About Apple Bullying, Sweatshops, Antennagate, and Damage Control | Techrights | The video above captures some embarrassing moments of Apple which are fairly recent | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/embarrassing-moments-of-apple-2010/ | ||
1284425321 | technology | Next Mono is Coming With Microsoft Code, Microsoft Licences | Techrights | Mono is no longer a Novell-only product; now it contains Microsoft copyrights and Microsoft software licences | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/microsoft-mono-copyrights/ | ||
1284477136 | technology | PR Disaster: Discussion With Bill Gates Turns to Death Panels | Techrights | Memories of the Connie Chung interview return to haunt as Bill Gates faces tough questions | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/tough-questions-teachers/ | ||
1284477136 | technology | Microsofts and Apples GUI Patents (e.g. Start Menu and Dock) Show Why the USPTO is Seen as a Farce | Techrights | Some new examples and a new discussion about Microsoft and Apple innovations that were not | http://techrights.org/2010/09/13/discussion-microsoft-and-apple-swpats/ | ||
1284477136 | technology | Links 14/9/2010: Linux Graphics Survey Results, KDE 4.5 Reflections | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/linux-graphics-survey-2010/ | ||
1284477137 | technology | KDEMU Sebastian Kgler | http://webbaverse.com/media/kdemu-0x0011 | |||
1284477136 | technology | The Blue Mint: KDE Wordpress Users Unite: You Now Have a KDE Air Theme | http://www.thebluemint.net/2010/09/kde-wordpress-users-unite-you-now-have.html | |||
1284477138 | technology | Lightspark 0.4.4.2 released | Technology Temple | Another week, another bugfix release for Lightspark! Apart from restoring the support for YouTube this release features the new plugin based audio framework | http://allievi.sssup.it/techblog/?p=597&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sssuptech+%28Tech+%40+Allievi+SSSUP%29 | ||
1284477139 | technology | Falsifying Phylogeny II: Evolutionary Law | This is the 2nd in a short series of [hopefully] educational videos intended to explain the process and purpose of systematic phylogenetic classification, as... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH8LOQAu-5I&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284477141 | technology | Jonathan Jones Acknowledges He is in Monsantos Pocket (Updatedx2) | Techrights | Proponent of food monopoly (using controversial patents on misunderstood seeds) remarks on the lack of disclosure, namely his paychecks from Monsanto | http://techrights.org/2010/07/21/conflict-of-interests-jonathan-jones/ | ||
1284477142 | technology | Das U-Blog by Prashanth: Reflection: KDE 4.5 | http://dasublogbyprashanth.blogspot.com/2010/09/reflection-kde-45.html | |||
1284477142 | technology | Najarian Says Red Hat May Be Acquired (RHT) | Najarian Says Red Hat May Be Acquired (RHT) | http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-najarian-says-red-hat-may-be-acquired-rht-/2010/09/13/5004344.htm | ||
1284477143 | technology | www.outlookindia.com | Open Sesame | http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?266988 | |||
1284482523 | technology | Lord Sainsbury is Pushing Monsantos Agenda in Europe | Techrights | The world's monopolist of food, which also puts people at risk while it acquires this monopoly, is connected closely to Lord Sainsbury | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/sainsburys-monsanto-and-gmo/ | ||
1284482522 | technology | Jean-Luc Godard Says There is No Such Thing as Intellectual Property and Microsoft Lobbyist Jonathan Zuck Shows Up in IGF | Techrights | Just as the movement against intellectual monopoly is growing, lobbyists continue to find their way into public events and patent trolls thrive | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/lobbyists-in-igf/ | ||
1284513101 | technology | British teenager banned 'FOREVER' .... | .... from ever entering the United States. Here's why ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1311701/Brit-17-banned-America-sending-Barack-Obama-a | http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/international-politics/81562-british-teenager-banned-forever.html | ||
1284513101 | technology | Obama Administration Funds the Tobacco Patent Lobby and Goetzs Pro-Software Patents Piece Vanishes, Reappears, Debunked | Techrights | Drivers of the counter-productive patent law in the United States are named; why the patent system in the US is also a curse to hardware/software companies in other countries | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/curse-counter-productive-patent-laws/ | ||
1284513101 | technology | ()20100914 | NTT | NTT | http://www.nttcom.co.jp/news/pr10091401.html | ||
1284513101 | technology | Microsoft Still Profits From Its Software Being Broken | Techrights | Child rape case cannot have a verdict served because of Microsoft Word problems, which Microsoft specialists are called to help with | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/child-rape-and-microsoft-word/ | ||
1284513145 | technology | Microsoft Turns From Assisting Political Suppression to Suppressing GNU/Linux Adoption in Russia | Techrights | Microsoft has begun dumping against GNU/Linux in Russian non-profits after getting exposed for its role attacking those very same non-profits | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/dumping-against-gnu-linux-russia-ngo/ | ||
1284513145 | technology | Links 14/9/2010: Kubuntu 10.10 [P]Reviewed, Transcript of Zuckerberg Cursing His Clients | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/kubuntu-10-10-previewed/ | ||
1284513145 | technology | Talk for Cloudconf Got Refused Because Microsoft Gets to Approve Every Speaker | Techrights | Yet another revelation that Microsoft uses pressure and blackmail to throw competitors out of conferences that it does not run; more evidence surfaces which shows that WPF and Silverlight are dying | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/cloudconf-wpf-and-silverlight-fail/ | ||
1284540625 | technology | First MeeGo tablet to hit market next week | IT PRO | The WeTab is set to introduce the MeeGo operating system to the tablet market. | http://www.itpro.co.uk/626908/first-meego-tablet-to-hit-market-next-week | ||
1284540625 | technology | Open Tech Exchange Explains How Microsoft Derailed GNU/Linux in Governments, Using Corruption | Techrights | Some very revealing details from people who are close to bad Microsoft affairs and speak about it in audio rather than dare publish it in writing (in blunt form) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/14/mark-and-darlene-on-microsoft/ | ||
1284545346 | technology | Pandora Linux Handheld Gaming Console Back on Pre-Order After Sell Out - DeviceMAG | The Linux-based Pandora handheld gaming console, which is a cross between a handheld game console and a subnotebook, is back on pre-order. | http://www.devicemag.com/2010/09/14/pandora-linux-handheld-gaming-console-back-on-pre-order-after-sell-out/ | ||
1284545346 | technology | Palm designer poached by Nokia for MeeGo experience | Electronista | http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/14/nokia.exacerbates.palm.state.by.hiring.design.vp/ | |||
1284545346 | technology | DeviceVM Splashtop to use MeeGo Linux | A news and information web site covering low cost ultraportable laptops, or netbooks. | http://liliputing.com/2010/09/devicevm-splashtop-to-use-meego-linux.html | ||
1284556086 | technology | Links 15/9/2010: WeTab With Linux is Coming, Pandora Linux-based Handheld Sells Out | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/wetab-with-linux/ | ||
1284570990 | technology | Gmane Loom | http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.devel/139817/focus=139886 | |||
1284570990 | technology | Sources: Novell Being Sliced and Sold | Techrights | Novell is said to have reached a two-part sale deal | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/two-part-sale-deal/ | ||
1284570990 | technology | schestowitz: First MeeGo set-top box emerges http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Amino-Freedom/ How hackable? | schestowitz: First MeeGo set-top box emerges http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Amino-Freedom/ How hackable? | http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Amino-Freedom/ | ||
1284572795 | technology | VMware Eyed As Strategic Buyer of Novell's SUSE Linux - WSJ.com | http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100915-709902.html | |||
1284572795 | technology | Help us to prevent Internet filters in Europe! : netzpolitik.org | http://www.netzpolitik.org/2010/help-us-to-prevent-internet-filters-in-europe/ | |||
1284585585 | technology | Microsofts Negligence in Patching (Worst Amongst All Companies) to Blame for Stuxnet | Techrights | Stuxnet caused by flaws without patches to address them and some are still unresolved | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/stuxnet-cause/ | ||
1284585585 | technology | Links 15/9/2010: More MeeGo Wins, DEAct Debate Reactivated | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/more-meego-wins/ | ||
1284585585 | technology | Microsofts Patent Trolls at Intellectual Ventures and Acacia Are Attacking Again | Techrights | Patent trolls of very large scale (with some Microsoft staff in them) are using their patents offensively, again | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/uspto-enables-trolls/ | ||
1284585585 | technology | Novells SUSE Believed to be Bought by Former Microsoft Executives | Techrights | Several former Microsoft chiefs (now running VMware) may soon own the second-largest server distribution/product built with GNU/Linux, which is also a source of revenue to Microsoft | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/novell-suse-said-to-be-bought/ | ||
1284585585 | technology | Novell Announces More Proprietary Software, Promises It Reduces Lock-in | Techrights | Novell Cloud Manager is just another example of Novell lock-in pretending to be the opposite of lock-in | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/saying-cloud-reduces-lock-in/ | ||
1284587310 | technology | SCO Owes $10,000 to Woman (Pretend Journalist) Who Attacks Groklaw | Techrights | Groklaw has some interesting new details about SCO and there are also questions about a post-acquisition Novell trial | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/sco-novell-and-money/ | ||
1284588055 | technology | Nathan's Journal - The importance of default backgrounds | http://nhaines.livejournal.com/55723.html | |||
1284591067 | technology | Privacy and Safety Questions Loom Over Federal Program to Track Preschoolers | San Francisco - The ACLU of Northern California (ACLU-NC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are calling for answers to critical privacy and safety questions that loom over a controversial federal program to track preschoolers with radio fr... | https://www.eff.org/press/archives/2010/09/13 | ||
1284591067 | technology | Linuxaria Testing Debian MINT 201009 : Linuxaria | Everybody talks about the new baby of the Linux family Debian Mint, and everywhere I read enthusiastic | http://www.linuxaria.com/pills/test-con-debian-mint-201009?lang=en | ||
1284591478 | technology | Australian e-tax software unjust: Stallman - Software - News | Richard Stallman, president and founder of the Free Software Foundation, has said that the Australian Taxation Office's e-tax software is "unjust". | http://www.zdnet.com.au/australian-e-tax-software-unjust-stallman-339305999.htm | ||
1284621963 | technology | Deleted Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn Accounts! | http://perens.com/blog/d/2010/9/14/36/ | |||
1284621963 | technology | Token Attempt: The Misrepresentation of Website Privacy Policies through the Misuse of P3P Compact Policy Tokens | Token Attempt: The Misrepresentation of Website Privacy Policies through the Misuse of P3P Compact Policy Tokens | http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/research/techreports/2010/tr_cylab10014.html | ||
1284621963 | technology | More Fox News Bias for Rich on Bush Tax Cuts? | 130+ MORE examples of Fox News Bias at http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A3BD2524FE99BD4DWhen President Barack Obama held a news conference last Friday... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8ukqOdf-5w&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284621963 | technology | SUSE Proponents Guess Whos Buying SUSE | Techrights | Increasing consensus that Novell's SUSE is being bought and VMware is a likely buyer | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/vmware-a-likely-suse-buyer/ | ||
1284621963 | technology | Choice is Messy (Free Software Likes It That Way) Datamation.com | Once again we hear calls to better organize Linux software, yet once again they fall on deaf ears. | http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3903701 | ||
1284621963 | technology | The Linux Experience: Preview: GIMP 2.8 | http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/2010/09/preview-gimp-28.html | |||
1284621963 | technology | Links 15/9/2010: Linux Mint Coverage, Best Buy Uses Drupal | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/15/best-buy-drupal/ | ||
1284621963 | technology | Sabayon KDE 4.5.x ? | What's Going On? | http://wolf911.us/wgo/?p=478 | |||
1284621963 | technology | OpenOffice.orgODF15 - ITpro | NTT42010914OpenOffice.org OpenDocument FormatODPG15 | http://itpro.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/NEWS/20100914/352029/ | ||
1284621963 | technology | Red Hat tops list of hottest IT security certifications | Interest in IT security certifications is booming, as more U.S. companies tighten up the protection surrounding their critical network infrastructure and as a growing number of employees view security expertise as recession proof. | http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/091510-red-hat-security-certifications.html | ||
1284621963 | technology | FlashVideoReplacer :: Firefox Add-ons | https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/161869/ | |||
1284621963 | technology | Default Wallpaper | tuxmachines.org | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/47786 | |||
1284627357 | technology | Dilbert comic strip for 05/08/2008 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive. | The Official Dilbert Website featuring Scott Adams Dilbert strips, animation, mashups and more starring Dilbert, Dogbert, Wally, The Pointy Haired Boss, Alice, Asok, Dogbert's New Ruling Class and more. | http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/2008-05-08/ | ||
1284627357 | technology | More faces than Mount Rushmore Microsofts about turn? No alliance with Russian Government? OpenBytes | http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/more-faces-than-mount-rushmore-microsofts-about-turn-no-alliance-with-russian-government/ | |||
1284628733 | technology | [Phoronix] X.Org Is Looking For A New Logo | Phoronix is the leading technology website for Linux hardware reviews, open-source news, Linux benchmarks, open-source benchmarks, distribution screenshots, interviews, and computer hardware tests. | http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODYwMw | ||
1284631028 | technology | Links 16/9/2010: Compiz 0.9.2, 64-bit Adobe Trash GNU/Linux Support, PlayOnLinux 3.8.1, Diaspora Public | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/diaspora-now-public/ | ||
1284632176 | technology | Full Lobbyists Lineup From Association for Competitive Technology | Techrights | The Association for Competitive Technology, a Microsoft-funded front group, was exceptionally active at the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/internet-governance-forum-and-act/ | ||
1284635068 | technology | Microsoft Will Sell More Debt, Buy Back Its Stock | Techrights | Curious new moves are made by Microsoft to elevate its stagnant stock | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/stagnant-stock-and-borrowing/ | ||
1284644239 | technology | The Latest Novell News is Important | Techrights | Rebuttal to Dana Blankenhorn and expansion on an important point about the 'invisible' share of GNU/Linux (where no money is ever paid or an installation registered) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/novell-and-invisible-shares/ | ||
1284644239 | technology | Microsoft Pulls a Russia in Brazil | Techrights | Microsoft Latin America takes additional steps to crack down on adoption of GNU/Linux in the region (e.g. in all Brazilian schools), using old FUD and indoctrination/brainwashing of journalists | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/microsoft-latin-america-vs-freedom-sw/ | ||
1284644239 | technology | Linux-powered Android Attacked by Skyhook Patents and Evidence Increases That Software Patents Should Be Abolished | Techrights | Skyhook sinks its hooks into Google with a multi-million-dollar (in claims) lawsuit over software patents; Another call is made for such patents to be altogether abolished | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/skyhook-lawsuit/ | ||
1284644245 | technology | Mozilla fixes startup bug, Firefox auto-updates are go! | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/16/mozilla-fixes-startup-bug-firefox-auto-updates-are-go/ | |||
1284644245 | technology | My big idea for the Digital Agenda | Europa - Information Society | http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/events/dae/2010/index_en.htm | |||
1284644245 | technology | Richard Stallmans Introduction to Software Freedom Day | Techrights | Founder of GNU explains what Free software is and why it should be defended, even celebrated | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/software-freedom-day-introduction/ | ||
1284644245 | technology | Sarah Palin Revisited: Why Terms of Use Shouldn't Be Enforced Through Computer Crime Law | Last week, we questioned whether Sarah Palin may have violated Facebook's terms of use by using a ghostwriter to update her profile. We also criticized Facebook's attempts to enforce those terms with state and federal computer crime laws which ca... | http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/09/sarah-palin-revisited | ||
1284646110 | technology | Against Monopoly | http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000003494 | |||
1284647497 | technology | Yea Wired Magazine is Dead! | GHABUNTU | Helping everyday people make the most of technology using Free and Open Source Software. | http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/09/yea-wired-magazine-is-dead.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+luqman+%28GHABUNTU%29 | ||
1284647845 | technology | The 60 Plus Association: A Corporate Assault in "Good-for-Seniors" Clothing | Center for Media and Democracy | http://www.prwatch.org/node/9458 | |||
1284655565 | technology | Dr. Roy Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Thursday, 16-Sep-10 15:04:15 UTC - Identi.ca | http://identi.ca/notice/50786106 | |||
1284655565 | technology | Bradley Manning Support Network | http://www.bradleymanning.org | |||
1284661327 | technology | Gmane Loom | http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1036870 | |||
1284669645 | technology | New IDC/BSA Propaganda for Microsoft and Other Proprietary Software Companies | Techrights | IDC/IDG is working for Microsoft again, via the front group known as BSA (Business Software Alliance) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/idc-idg-bsa-lies-re-jobs/ | ||
1284669645 | technology | Links 16/9/2010: Debian GNU/kFreeBSD Now With Graphical Installer, Linux-based ViewPad in India | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/viewpad-in-india/ | ||
1284678868 | technology | Microsofts Patent Lobby and Scott Cleland as Anti-Google Weapon | Techrights | Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) exposed for more Microsoft lobbying this week; Scott Cleland's latest attacks on Google neglect to mention his financial relationship with Microsoft | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/lobby-vs-google-and-msft-rand/ | ||
1284678868 | technology | SCO is Selling UNIX Assets and Novell (UNIX Owner) is Selling Too | Techrights | Novell's allegedly imminent announcement of a sale is debated and SCO is meanwhile raising funds by selling virtual (invisible) assets | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/imminent-sale-announcement-and-unix/ | ||
1284678868 | technology | Why Google Should Have AstroTurfer Consumer Watchdog Investigated (or Sued) | Techrights | 'Consumer' 'Watchdog' is being exposed in more and more Web sites for its real agenda, which is not sincere scrutiny of Google | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/astroturfing-via-watchdog-exposed/ | ||
1284678868 | technology | Bill Gates Called a Strong Eugenicist | Techrights | Gates' recent remarks on death panel still cause a storm among those who accuse him of having a eugenics agenda | http://techrights.org/2010/09/16/death-panel-remark/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Links 17/9/2010: The ZFS Linux Module, XDS Toulouse Reports | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/xds-toulouse/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Corporate Terrorism From Patent Monopolists | Techrights | Patents impede scientific progress, Monsanto uses patents in addition to spies from a Blackwater subsidiary to impede its competitors, and resemblance to Microsoft is shown | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/monsanto-and-blackwater/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Philippine government to make $75 tablet PC for schoolchildren - International Business Times | The Philippines' science and technology agency announced on Wednesday that it is developing a low-cost tablet PC to replace textbooks used by schoolchildren. | http://hken.ibtimes.com/articles/63079/20100916/philippine-government-to-make-75-tablet-pc-for-schoolchildren.htm | ||
1284774173 | technology | Microsoft Attacks Android With Software Patents, This Time Verbally | Techrights | Microsoft adds a bark to its bite in the fight against the freedom and zero-cost of Android | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/adding-bark-to-swpats-bite/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Romania to develop national open source IT policy | The government of Romania is considering to develop an IT strategy to increase public administration's use of open source, ICT Minister Valerian Vreme said Tuesday in a press conference. | http://www.osor.eu/news/romania-to-develop-national-open-source-it-policy | ||
1284774173 | technology | The Style of Techrights | Techrights | Techrights wants to make you happy, so help us help you better by remarking on the site's style | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/remarking-on-site-style/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Microsoft Obeys Neither Open Standards Nor Open Source Software Doctrine | Techrights | Microsoft is preaching about standards and open source again, having just had managers vilify both (sometimes resorting to outright corruption); IE9 another new example of harming Web standards and snubbing Open Source | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/vilifying-a-standard-routine/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Bug 60936 Too many people leaving | https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60936 | |||
1284774173 | technology | Influence Explorer | Influence Explorer is the central source for information on money and influence in politics. From here you can explore who the big donors to a politician are, how companies and whole industries spend their political money, and who politically connected individuals have given money to. | http://influenceexplorer.com/ | ||
1284774173 | technology | Motorola Planning a Tablet Device for Early 2011, Jha Says - Bloomberg | Motorola Inc. , maker of the Droid smartphone, is aiming to introduce a tablet device early next year to challenge Apple Inc.s iPad, said Co-Chief Executive Officer Sanjay Jha . | http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-16/motorola-planning-a-tablet-device-for-early-2011-jha-says.html | ||
1284774173 | technology | Pseudospeciation: Entertainer, Communicator, Alligator | Indeed. | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH7DO2URr84 | ||
1284774173 | technology | Augen brings $190 Android netbook to Kmart | Electronista | http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/09/15/augen.now.shipping.180.android.netbook.at.kmart/ | |||
1284774173 | technology | schestowitz.com Blog Archive More Research | http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2010/09/17/research-return/ | |||
1284779356 | technology | Momonga Linux 7 review LinuxBSDos.com | http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2010/09/16/momonga-linux-7-review/ | |||
1284779356 | technology | Firefox 4 update moves link previews to awesome bar | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/17/firefox-4-update-moves-link-previews-to-awesome-bar/ | |||
1284779356 | technology | Red Hat looks out of area for HQ-size space - Triangle Business Journal | http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/09/20/story1.html | |||
1284779390 | technology | Firefox 4 Preview - Foxy, sharp and fast! | Review of Firefox 4 beta toward the upcoming release, including testing on Windows (XP and 7) and Linux (Ubuntu Lucid and openSUSE 11.2), both 32-bit and 64-bit machines, with main topics covered including new looks, tabs on top, tab grouping, sync, feedback button, HTML5 features, revamped addons manager, performance, responsiveness, speed, memory usage, and more | http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/firefox-4-preview.html | ||
1284779390 | technology | Taking Over Linux, by Proxy | Techrights | A glimpse at the latest news from Nokia, VMware, Novell, and SCO | http://techrights.org/2010/09/17/nokia-vmware-novell-and-sco/ | ||
1284780835 | technology | lefty.crupps' GNUski bacon: Android lockdown: Thanks Linus | http://gnuski.blogspot.com/2010/09/android-lockdown-thanks-linus.html | |||
1284780835 | technology | Dr. Roy Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Saturday, 18-Sep-10 03:13:20 UTC - Identi.ca | http://identi.ca/notice/51040560 | |||
1284780835 | technology | High-end Avaya Android-powered Table PC Unveiled | TechSource | Hacks, News, Tutorials, Reviews about Linux, Open Source Software, Ubuntu, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Programming, Gadgets, and everything related to Digital Technology. | http://www.junauza.com/2010/09/high-end-avaya-android-powered-table-pc.html | ||
1284780835 | technology | VMWare wants Novell for Mono, not Linux | tuxmachines.org | http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/47855 | |||
1284780835 | technology | 4 Ways to Give Desktop Linux a Test-Drive - PCWorld Business Center | If you're not sure you're ready to install Linux, there are still several ways you can test it out without affecting your Windows computer. | http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/205640/4_ways_to_give_desktop_linux_a_testdrive.html | ||
1284782139 | technology | An Explanation Of My Views On Copyright Part Four The Sky Is Falling Through the Looking Glass | Right now in Canada (and in other places worldwide) we are seeing the Chicken Little School Of Copyright Law attempting to take over the copyright debate... | http://madhatter.ca/2010/09/17/an-explanation-of-my-views-on-copyright-part-four-the-sky-is-falling/ | ||
1284782139 | technology | Millions at Stake in Education Copyright Battle | Dr. Michael Geist is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa., access copyright tariff | http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/5306/135/ | ||
1284790317 | technology | 2010-08-31 | http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/news/2010-08-31.html | |||
1284790317 | technology | Kaufman Says `Something Rotten' in Commodity Markets: Video | Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Frederick Kaufman, a professor at College of Staten Island, Alexia Howard, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Dennis DeLau... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o87ZuMVGZnA&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1284804334 | technology | Links 17/9/2010: Software Freedom Day, Firefox 4 Preview Raves | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/18/firefox-4-preview/ | ||
1284804334 | technology | What exactly is Lexmark "tracking" when I install their print driver? : linux | http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/dfflv/what_exactly_is_lexmark_tracking_when_i_install/ | |||
1284812736 | technology | Government 'committed' to open source - Public Service | Open source software will be favoured where there are no significant cost differences Francis Maude has said | http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=14156 | ||
1284812736 | technology | American Chronicle | Watchdog Groups Request Criminal Fraud and Money Laundering Investigations against The U.S. Chamber | We are an online magazine for national, international, state, local, entertainment, sports, and government news. We also provide opinion and feature articles. | http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/185296 | ||
1284812736 | technology | Amazon Customer Puts "Toxic Sludge" on Top Ten Must-Read List | Center for Media and Democracy | http://www.prwatch.org/node/9461 | |||
1284864587 | technology | WikiLeaks founder Assange free to leave Sweden | Raw Story | http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/09/wikileaks-founder-assange-free-leave-sweden/ | |||
1284864587 | technology | Links 18/9/2010: GNU/Linux in Dell China, Wine 1.3.3, Mageia (Mandriva Fork) Launched | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/18/mageia-launched/ | ||
1284864587 | technology | UBS: IBM, Oracle could bid to buy Red Hat - Triangle Business Journal | http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2010/09/13/daily71.html | |||
1284864587 | technology | Medical ghostwriters who build a brand | Comment is free | The Guardian | Ben Goldacre: There are no rules against this, just traditions, good faith, and leaky regulations | http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/sep/18/bad-science-medical-ghostwriters | ||
1284864598 | technology | Mageia - A New Linux Distribution | Mageia is new community-based Linux distribution. | http://mageia.org/ | ||
1284864598 | technology | Library information desk | Recyclart | This desk is made of recycled books. These pictures don't do justice to how lovely it looks : very tactile and appealing. TU Delft architecture | http://www.recyclart.org/2010/09/library-information-desk/ | ||
1284864598 | technology | Jack of Kent: Why the Paul Chambers case matters | http://jackofkent.blogspot.com/2010/09/why-paul-chambers-case-matters.html | |||
1284864598 | technology | Thoughts on Technology: Linux Out Performs Windows in OpenGL | http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/09/linux-out-performs-windows-in-opengl.html | |||
1284864598 | technology | Mageia - a Mandriva fork [LWN.net] | http://lwn.net/Articles/406058/ | |||
1284864598 | technology | Dell.com.cn at Robert Pogson | One man. Closing, all the windows. | http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/09/18/dell-com-cn/ | ||
1284902066 | technology | Gates Funds Guardian News Site, Which Then Profiles Melinda Gates? | Humanosphere | http://humanosphere.kplu.org/2010/09/gates-funds-guardian-news-site-which-then-profiles-melinda-gates/ | |||
1284950285 | technology | Another Dead Microsoft Product: Vine | Techrights | Microsoft Vine is pronounced dead, but almost nobody is there to mark the event (because Microsoft does not matter so much anymore) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/19/microsoft-vine-is-kaput/ | ||
1284950285 | technology | Links 20/9/2010: Sent Using Ubuntu, OpenOffice.org Succeeds at Fullerton India | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/19/openoffice-india-success/ | ||
1284950285 | technology | How Heathrow's lawyer has made a career of opposing right to protest - Home News, UK - The Independent | To his many enemies, Timothy Lawson-Cruttenden is the establishment solicitor who gags their protests. To his clients, he is legal barbed wire - an expert who can hold back a rabble. | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/how-heathrows-lawyer-has-made-a-career-of-opposing-right-to-protest-460233.html | ||
1284950285 | technology | Cuil, once touted as a 'Google killer,' appears to be dead | http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/09/19/cuil-once-touted-as-a-google-killer-appears-to-be-dead/ | |||
1284955520 | technology | Microsofts Internet Explorer 9 Marketing Comprises Lies, Angers Mozilla, Mocked by Analyst, and Bound to Fail | Techrights | Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) is marketed using misleading claims that Microsoft has not corrected and the decision to make it incompatible with Windows XP is insanely stupid | http://techrights.org/2010/09/19/insanely-stupid-ie9-decisions/ | ||
1284955520 | technology | Microsofts Most Profitable Windows (Vista) is Already Dead, Microsoft Camp Urges a Rush to Vista 7 | Techrights | Windows XP is declared clinically dead (although it's not), Windows Vista has totally vanished from the news, and the shameless PR for Vista 7 continues despite relatively low adoption | http://techrights.org/2010/09/19/vista-vanishes-win7-slog-is-on/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | Silverlight is Dying Not Just Because of HTML 5 But Because of Adobe Trash Too | Techrights | Silverlight is sliding down the toilet, but Flash continues to be a major barrier to reliance on Web standards alone; Nokia's new CEO (Macromedia COO and then Adobe executive, Microsoft president) seen as a threat to the Web, too | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/silverlight-and-flash-vs-web/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | As Microsoft Moves to the East, Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is Shrinking Significantly | Techrights | Professional Developers Conference (PDC) takes a big hit as the company no longer bases many of its activities around Redmond | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/fewer-activities-around-redmond/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | Playing Favourites for Microsoft | Techrights | Microsoft has its partners build its castle of dominance and examples are given from the news to explain how that works | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/dominance-with-partners/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | Centrify and Microsoft Grow Closer With a Software Patents Agreement | Techrights | New evidence of the patent trouble which is Centrify | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/centrify-swpats-msft/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | Readers Article: HPV Vaccination Experimentation on Children Backed by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | Techrights | An explanation about the drugs (patents) Bill Gates is investing in and promoting in populations too poor to legally fight back when something goes awry | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/promoting-drug-patents/ | ||
1284986950 | technology | Ninja Steve Jobs Tells Young Journalist: Leave Us Alone. | Techrights | The rudeness of Steve Jobs helps show that even after his near-death experience the Apple superstar patronises his surroundings | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/steve-jobs-arrogance/ | ||
1284992168 | technology | MSMobiles.com is Dead, Microsoft Mobile Business Abandoned by Staff (Entering Yahoo! Management), Future Grim | Techrights | The dark future of Vista Phone 7 is shown with the backing of many news articles and explanations about the suicidal gambles Microsoft made | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/mobile-marketing-frenzy-fails/ | ||
1285023502 | technology | For the record Censorship and OpenBytes OpenBytes | http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/for-the-record-censorship/ | |||
1285023502 | technology | Linux Mint, Debian Edition | ZDNet UK | A couple of weeks ago Linux Mint announced a new distribution - based on the Debian Testing branch, rather than Ubuntu. Like most users, the announcement took me... | http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jamies-mostly-linux-stuff-10006480/linux-mint-debian-edition-10018681/ | ||
1285023502 | technology | Hartes Ringen um russisches Windows - Kommersant | Industrie/Landwirtschaft | RIA Novosti | http://de.rian.ru/industry_agriculture/20100907/257235976.html | |||
1285023502 | technology | GNOME 2.32.0 Release Candidate (2.31.92) Released! | http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2010-September/msg00055.html | |||
1285023502 | technology | Boomerang Effect: Firefox 4 is 7x Faster than IE9 | Boomerang Effect: Firefox 4 is 7x Faster than IE9 : ... at least if we believe Mozilla. Mozilla has published new benchmark results that aim to prove that IE9 is not quite as fast as Microsoft claims. In fact, Firefox has gained the edge again. | http://www.tomshardware.com/news/firefox-internet-explorer-safari-opera-chrome,11327.html | ||
1285023528 | technology | Amarok 2.3.2 "Moonshine" released | Amarok | http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.3.2 | |||
1285023528 | technology | Greenspan@CFR Freaking Doomed Skne Oke | http://arebentisch.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/greenspancfr-freaking-doomed/ | |||
1285023528 | technology | Linux Grandma: Amarok New stuff - 2.3.2 Release, Insider 15 | http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com/2010/09/amarok-new-stuff-232-release-insider-15.html | |||
1285023528 | technology | PCLinuxOS Magazine: KDE 4 SC Special Edition Released PCLinuxOS | http://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=820 | |||
1285023528 | technology | PCLinuxOS - Rolling on a river | IT PRO | Richard Hillesley charts the trials and tribulations of PCLinuxOS. | http://www.itpro.co.uk/627031/pclinuxos-rolling-on-a-river | ||
1285028804 | technology | ARM Chips May Spread Into Everyday Items - NYTimes.com | ARM, which designs low-power chips, commands a prime position amid one of the next technological revolutions. | http://www10.nytimes.com/2010/09/20/technology/20arm.html?_r=5 | ||
1285028804 | technology | Links 20/9/2010: Oracle Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel, Amarok 2.3.2 Moonshine, PostgreSQL 9.0, Firefox 4 Claimed Very Fast | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/oracle-unbreakable-enterprise-kernel/ | ||
1285028804 | technology | LinuxPlanet - Reports - 6 Open Source Projects for 802.1X Network Authentication - FreeRADIUS, wpa_supplicant | The 802.1X authentication protocol is crucial for securing Wi-Fi business networks. Eric Geier rounds up six powerful open source 802.1X implementations for your business network. | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7176/1/ | ||
1285028804 | technology | imgur: The Simple Image Sharer | Imgur is used to share photos with social networks and online communities. You can also view the funniest pictures from all over the Internet. There's no limit to how many you can share or upload, and uploading only takes seconds. | http://imgur.com/hRvAb | ||
1285059788 | technology | Job Openings at Microsoft: More GNU/Linux and FOSS Attackers | Techrights | Microsoft is hiring more people to stifle the adoption of its #1 competition rather than create better products that can practically compete; updates about Microsoft's latest open attack on Open Source and from Switzerland too | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/anti-linux-gurus-and-switzerland/ | ||
1285059788 | technology | VMware May Ruin SUSE and Harm GNU/Linux at Large If Acquisition Goes Through | Techrights | More people are afraid of VMware, Groklaw suspects that VMware only pretends to compete with Microsoft, and there are reasons to believe that VMware would abandon free elements such as OpenSUSE | http://techrights.org/2010/09/20/fear-of-vmware-with-microsoft/ | ||
1285059788 | technology | Gates Foundation Purchases Famous Events, Newspapers to Brainwash the Public | Techrights | A comprehensive view on Gates PR from the past fortnight, including the purchasing of the Guardian and TED platforms, which convey trust | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/purchasing-main-events-for-pr/ | ||
1285070301 | technology | The Vapoursoft on the Surface | Techrights | Vapourware is all that Microsoft has to show when it comes to hardware ideas; in terms of actual products, Microsoft lags behind the competition | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/the-vapoursoft-on-the-surface/ | ||
1285071405 | technology | Attack of the Microsoft Lobbyists, Talking to House Judiciary Committee Panel About Google | Techrights | Microsoft is unleashing the lobbyists and AstroTurfers in more desperate attempts to cause Google trouble with the law | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/unleashing-the-lobbyists/ | ||
1285081057 | technology | Steve Ballmer Lobbies to Pay Less Tax | Techrights | Microsoft's poor CEO has no choice but to lobby Washington lawmakers (some of whom are from Microsoft) so as to pass the burden of taxation to the public | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/steve-ballmer-and-taxation/ | ||
1285081057 | technology | Asset Sales at Linspire and SCO Show the Similarity Between Those Two | Techrights | The many things that SCO and Linspire have in common; the verdict is in regarding the Kevin Carmony vs. Michael Robertson case | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/kevin-carmony-vs-michael-robertson/ | ||
1285081057 | technology | BSA Under Fire for Misleading the Public, Raids Show Harms of Proprietary Software | Techrights | Bad publicity for the BSA following some of its latest propaganda; International Talk Like a Pirate Day is reached | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/bsa-debunked/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | FBR Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley Both Cut Microsoft Estimates While Microsoft is Hiding the Losses and Layoffs Are Rumoured for Next Month | Techrights | Analysts take a close look at Microsoft and they don't like what they see; Microsoft is apparently trying to hide losses by merging units; alleged Microsoft employees are suggesting that more layoffs are weeks away | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/hiding-losses-by-merging-units/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Novell and Affiliates Turn to Software Patents While US Senators Make Things Worse, Not Better | Techrights | A roundup of news about software patents in the United States, hopefully demonstrating that matters are unlikely to improve because people who are in charge fell into the pockets of monopolies and truth matters hardly at all | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/swpats-pockets-of-monopolies/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Linux Battle in Mobile Phones Becomes Primarily Legal, Not Technical, Due to Software Patents | Techrights | With broken patent law in the United States and in far east Asia, winners in the mobile space are determined in the courtroom rather than the market | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/swpats-software-monopolies-vs-competition/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Increasing Microsoft Embedment at Facebook and Yahoo! | Techrights | Facebook is giving Microsoft even more power and more user information for search profiling; Yahoo is meanwhile dying in Microsoft's arms, perhaps serving as a cautionary tale to Facebook | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/facebook-and-yahoo-search-sellout/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Many Microsoft Downtimes in September, Microsoft Issues Credits to Angry Customers | Techrights | People and whole businesses that relied on Fog Computing from Microsoft for software as a service are unable to access their software and their data; Microsoft tries to keep things under control by compensating for the damage caused (but poorly) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/bpos-software-as-a-failure/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | IRC Channels | Techrights | The main channel is #techrights at irc.freenode.org (there are other channels such as #boycottnovell and #boycottnovell-social). Ensure JavaScript is | http://techrights.org/irc-channel/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Liberty Enlightening the World | Techrights | The old image is being replaced | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/image-of-torch/ | ||
1285111685 | technology | Bad September for Microsoft Security, Symantec Buyout Rumours | Techrights | As loads of security problems occupy the world of Windows, Microsoft resorts to seeking help from security firms it competes with and more botnets thrive nonetheless | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/windows-botnets-thrive/ | ||
1285138605 | technology | schestowitz: Slatedroid community firmware brings the 85 Android tablet to life http://ur1.ca/1q82i85-android-tablet-life | schestowitz: Slatedroid community firmware brings the 85 Android tablet to life http://ur1.ca/1q82i85-android-tablet-life | http://ur1.ca/1q82i£85-android-tablet-life | ||
1285138605 | technology | Halo Coverage (Hype) is Fake, Largely Paid For; Xbox 360 (Slim) Sells Just 700 Units in Japan in Debut Week | Techrights | A sobering look at the iffy launch of Halo: Reach, which left some buyers upset; Xbox 360 hype is compared to a relatively disappointing reality outside the United States | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/halo-goodbye-many-placements/ | ||
1285138605 | technology | Microsoft KINect Has Problems and Its Behind the Competition (Buttonless) | Techrights | Microsoft is outspending the competition in an effort to overhype KINect, but the competition is technically superior and Microsoft's product is still defective, even shortly before its launch | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/defective-overhyped-kinect/ | ||
1285138605 | technology | No Sex and No Gay on Microsoft Xbox 360 | Techrights | Microsoft's policy when it comes to barring words and content is seen as objectionable and Microsoft is even led to apologise for a mistake | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/microsoft-apologises-to-fort-gay/ | ||
1285138605 | technology | If Kissinger Can Get a Nobel Peace Prize, Then Microsofts Inside-Trader Bach Can Also be Honoured | Techrights | How an inside trader became recognised for charitable work after departure from Microsoft | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/robert-bach-whitewashing/ | ||
1285138605 | technology | Marketing and Entryism, the One Microsoft Way | Techrights | Microsoft makes marketing moves in Great Britain, StorageCraft adds Microsoft influence, and former Microsoft staff becomes CEO of the Final Fantasy maker | http://techrights.org/2010/09/21/entryism-storagecraft-final-fantasy/ | ||
1285165068 | technology | Stevie Wonder urges U.N. bring light to the blind | Entertainment | Reuters | GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. pop and soul music legend Stevie Wonder told diplomats from nearly 200 nations on Monday to stop squabbling over copyright and agree on a pact bringing hope and light to blind people | http://ca.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idCATRE68J33920100920 | ||
1285165068 | technology | Partners www.copyrightgetitright.ca | http://www.copyrightgetitright.ca/partners/ | |||
1285165068 | technology | Novell Does Not Want GNU/Linux Choices | Techrights | Very poorly-put PR response from Novell, which fears Oracle's attempt to sell its own 'version' of Linux | http://techrights.org/2010/09/22/novell-hypocrisy-vs-diversity/ | ||
1285165068 | technology | New Video Explains What ACTA Means | Techrights | Uploaded to YouTube earlier this week and now converted to Ogg, too | http://techrights.org/2010/09/22/acta-primer/ | ||
1285165109 | technology | Links 22/9/2010: Linux 2.6.36 RC5, Gallo Threat | Techrights | Links for the day | http://techrights.org/2010/09/22/gallo-threat/ | ||
1285165109 | technology | schestowitz: HP unveils printer with detachable Android tablet http://ur1.ca/1qmpw Not #WebOS ? | schestowitz: HP unveils printer with detachable Android tablet http://ur1.ca/1qmpw Not #WebOS ? | http://ur1.ca/1qmpw | ||
1285165109 | technology | Goodbye Ubuntu, hello Fedora! - Linux Magazine Online | Many times people come up to me and ask me what distribution I use on my notebook (due to my traveling my notebook is my main "produ... | http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Paw-Prints-Writings-of-the-maddog/Goodbye-Ubuntu-hello-Fedora | ||
1285165109 | technology | Qt 4.7.0 now available | http://labs.qt.nokia.com/2010/09/21/qt-4-7-0-now-available/ | |||
1285256268 | technology | Dr. Roy Schestowitz (schestowitz)'s status on Thursday, 23-Sep-10 14:01:15 UTC - Identi.ca | http://identi.ca/notice/51985561 | |||
1285256268 | technology | Stallman crashes European Patent session - Software - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au | GNU founder protests Australian software patents. | http://www.itnews.com.au/News/232825,stallman-crashes-european-patent-session.aspx | ||
1285256268 | technology | Liste Eurocinma - La Quadrature du Net | http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Liste_Eurocin%C3%A9ma#L.C3.A1szl.C3.B3_Kov.C3.A1cs | |||
1285256268 | technology | Fedora 14 Beta Declared GOLD | http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel-announce/2010-September/000690.html | |||
1285256268 | technology | Survive a Dog Attack - Wired How-To Wiki | http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Survive_a_Dog_Attack?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wired%2Findex+%28Wired%3A+Index+3+%28Top+Stories+2%29%29&utm_content=Google+Reader | |||
1285264947 | technology | New Richard Stallman Interview About Software Patents | Techrights | ITNews has just published an interview where Richard Stallman speaks about software patents | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/richard-stallman-software-patents-au/ | ||
1285264947 | technology | Answer from Mr Yoshihiro Takeda regarding consultation during ACTA negotiations in Tokyo - Act-on-ACTA | http://en.act-on-acta.eu/Answer_from_Mr_Yoshihiro_Takeda_regarding_consultation_during_ACTA_negotiations_in_Tokyo | |||
1285286868 | technology | Like Teaching Children to Smoke Safely to Reduce Risk of Cancer | Techrights | National Cyber Security Awareness Month is being exploited by a programme that receives the support of Howard Schmidt from Microsoft (now Cyber Security Czar); In it, children aged 11-14 would be taught cyber 'security' rather than insecure parts of the systems simply removed | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/national-cyber-security-awareness/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | Another Microsoft Product is Dying: Oslo Modeling Platform | Techrights | Microsoft is shedding off failed parts of its portfolio as financial stress grows and layoffs/offshoring become an ordinary reality | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/oslo-modeling-platform-kaput/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | Linspire/Ballnux in Tablets; HP Possibly Experiments With Vista 7 in Slate After Abandoning It, Then Hiring From Microsoft | Techrights | Microsoft tax in tablets is recalled now that Linspire meets MeeGo and Vista 7 allegedly meets the HP Slate again | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/linspire-meego-and-tablet-pc/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | Main Page - Techrights | http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page | |||
1285298190 | technology | Buying a Mac First ,Then Deciding to Leave GNU/Linux (on the Mac) | Techrights | A protest against GNU/Linux comes from an unexpected place -- someone who already bought an Apple Mac and then decided to try GNU/Linux on it | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/macbook-and-kde/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | Key Microsoft Figure (Internet Explorer Platform Architect) Quits Microsoft, Joins Google | Techrights | A 15-year Microsoft veteran who is a public face of Internet Explorer and Microsoft at the W3C is quitting Microsoft before IE9 is tactlessly released (only to Vista 7 SP1 users) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/chris-wilson-quits/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | Todays SCO Bankruptcy Hearing is Called Off, Potential Suitors Named | Techrights | Not much is left of SCO, the bankruptcy hearing is reportedly cancelled, and a buyer for its assets has not been found yet | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/sco-bankruptcy-hearing-and-assets-sale/ | ||
1285298190 | technology | More Microsoft Debt. This Could be a High-class Ponzi Scheme. | Techrights | As Microsoft returns to buying its own stagnant stock, Microsoft boosters view it as an admission of failure and Pogson, a Microsoft critic, says it could be a high-class Ponzi scheme. | http://techrights.org/2010/09/23/buying-ones-own-shares-again/ | ||
1285323059 | technology | CRN Tracks Microsofts Management Exodus | Techrights | The departure of many key people from Microsoft is now a slideshow | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/departures-slideshow/ | ||
1285323059 | technology | G-WAN Shows That Microsoft Cannot Compete Against Free Software | Techrights | An overview looking at a project that benchmarks different stacks but cannot get the word out without attempted suppression | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/gwan-overview/ | ||
1285326197 | technology | schestowitz: #Novell Down 7% Today, Buyers Deemed Unsuitable, and Sale Value Estimated at $2.8 Billion http://ur1.ca/1rbdu | schestowitz: #Novell Down 7% Today, Buyers Deemed Unsuitable, and Sale Value Estimated at $2.8 Billion http://ur1.ca/1rbdu | http://ur1.ca/1rbdu | ||
1285338313 | technology | 2010: July - October Political Notes - Richard Stallman | http://www.stallman.org/archives/2010-jul-oct.html#23%20September%202010%20%28Gates%20Foundation%20funds%20news%20organizations%29 | |||
1285338313 | technology | Studio Access: Metric- Fantasies - Album Remix - Indaba Music | Indaba Music is a networking and collaboration platform for an international community of musicians. | http://www.indabamusic.com/studio_access/metric | ||
1285338313 | technology | Alliance for Education [Used] to Fabricate the Astroturf Our Schools Coalition [For] Reforms That the Gates-puppet Alliance is Pushing | Techrights | Bill Gates' lobbying in schools is taken up a notch, with more PR stunts, more AstroTurfing, and gains to be made also in Microsoft-based employment (libraries too) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/bill-gates-schooling-astroturfing/ | ||
1285346137 | technology | Michael Tiemann Explains How Free Software Grows Revenue and Increases Innovation | Techrights | Improving your company's total cost of ownership, reinvesting the savings to improve collaboration, and driving user innovation, based on Red Hat's VP of Open Source Affairs | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/red-hat-vp-tripleplay/ | ||
1285359966 | technology | Who Needs Windows Back Doors When Its So Insecure? | Techrights | Stuxnet is allegedly part of a plan to infect computer systems in Iran for political reasons, according to an increasing body of evidence | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/stuxnet-iran-theory/ | ||
1285363035 | technology | Escaping Microsoft Lock-in, Ditching .NET | Techrights | Lessons in document formats and also a lesson to be learned about programming, especially the associated lock-in costs | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/lock-in-costs-lesson/ | ||
1285365666 | technology | Intel's HDMInsult | DefectiveByDesign.org | http://www.defectivebydesign.org/intel-hdminsult | |||
1285375247 | technology | Apple, Oracle, and Software Patents of Convenience | Techrights | Rumours and speculations that Oracle might prepare to buy ARM Holdings may arouse the suspicion that Android is Ellison's target | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/on-swpats-and-buying-arm-holdings/ | ||
1285375247 | technology | FSF and EFF Challenge Software Patents at the USPTO, Nature (Journal) Wants EPO to be Like USPTO, and Patent Trolls Roam Free in Land of the Free | Techrights | News about patents, ranging from action against software patents in the United States to patent trolls and their use of software patents to terrify US-based businesses | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/swpats-chilling-us-based-businesses/ | ||
1285375247 | technology | Who Put Vista 7 Back in HPs Slate Strategy? | Techrights | Former Microsoft staff seems like a possible reason for HP Slate running Vista 7 (even just in a prototype phase, assuming the new video is authentic) | http://techrights.org/2010/09/24/slate-prototype/ | ||
1285386112 | technology | I Love America. Do You? - Six Bananas! | I want to start by saying that I love America. I could not imagine trading the freedoms I've grown to enjoy and the standard of living that I hope to achieve for the standard life of any other nation. It is because of my love for this country that I write about where we can do better. If you believe this is unpatriotic, I'm sorry for you. The United States became a great nation in 1776, when we laid down the principles which we felt every people should live by. The Declaration of Independence set us in the direction which... | http://lnxwalt.typepad.com/blog/2010/09/i-love-america-do-you.html | ||
1285386112 | technology | Foam Printer | Huge amounts of letters made of foam flying above our heads at IFA Berlin. How they're made? A foam printer... | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN-mfQsno2g&feature=youtu.be&a | ||
1285386112 | technology | schestowitz.com Blog Archive Grace Hopper Interview (1986) | http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2010/09/25/grace-hopper-interview-1986/ |