● 05.31.08

● Links 31/05/2008: Free Software and GNU/Linux in Europe, Asia, Brazil

Posted in News Roundup at 3:34 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxNew Life for an Old PCIf you and your friend do not want to spend a lot of money, putting the Linux operating system on the old PC is a much less expensive option. Many versions of Linux have a graphical point-and-click interface these days, but they still may have a learning curve for new users.Subnotebook Blues: Lightweights in More Ways Than OneVoting 2.0, Part 2: The Open Source PropositionAs designed, however, the Ubuntu-based system is also voter-verifiable because the public can review in advance the screens they’ll see on Election Day, presented as pre-rendered picture files.FR: Education Ministry encourages Open Source useThe discount agreement with Mandriva is valid for the next four years. How many of France’s postgraduate schools and universities today use GNU/Linux distribution Mandriva is not recorded, said Verez.DE: Munich GNU/Linux desktop selects European Open Source licenceThe LiMux developers are not changing licences of existing software, but they are releasing their own additional applications using the EUPL.10 Reasons to Love Debian[Full Circle Magazine:] Issue 13, out nowF/OSSFirebird 2.1 in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid IbexKDE starts testing version 4.1Plasma has “matured” in version 4.1 compared to its initial introduction in KDE 4.0, the developers said in the announcement of the test version.KDE releases first beta of new open source desktopSun pushing open source storageVerific Design Automation OKs Synopsys’ VMM Open Source ReleaseOpen Source is Entering the Enterprise Mainstream, Survey ShowsOpen-source solutions used to be adopted quietly by company boffins who snuck in an Apache Web server or an open-source development tool suite under the philosophy “It’s easier to get forgiveness than permission” (not to mention “It’s easier to do it with open-source tools than to get an IT budget”).Open Source CEO Shoot-Out at CIO MagazineCebu to host Asian open source summit in OctoberPublic and private sector representatives from 21 countries will sign an open-source agreement at a regional summit in Cebu this October.Brazilian government lists preferred Open Source applicationsThe “Instruction for Contracting IT Services” was published last week by the Secretary of Logistics and IT, part of the Ministry of Planning. The instruction is intended prevent equivalent software solutions from being developed several times.LeftoversVideo: Google Docs attracting more developersStudents crack Microsoft CardSpaceMicrosoft urges Windows users to shun ‘carpet bombing’ Safari Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink  Send this to a friend

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