● 06.13.08

● Links 13/06/2008: GNU/Linux at Wall Street, Turkey

Posted in News Roundup at 7:05 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxWall Street becoming Linux strongholdWall Street firms increasingly are buying into Linux, but some still need convincing that open source licensing and support models won’t make using the technology more trouble than its worth.Open source tour of Europe: TurkeyPardus 2008 RC1 – Great Distro AheadPardus team has released RC version of their latest offering, Pardus 2008. This release has some noticeable features which made me to go back to Pardus.The Grumpy Editor’s Guide to distributions for laptopsLinux maintainers woo device developersLinux’s first-ever official “embedded maintainers” have invited device developers to get involved in the kernel development process. Doing so will pay dividends when it comes time to spin a product variant or firmware update, say Paul Gortmaker and David Woodhouse, in a stereo interview with Linux Weekly News.UbuntuUbuntu gets the Remix rightUbuntu Netbook Remix – Linux’s great white hope?Ubuntu is early favorite in initial OpenLogic open source survey returnsUbuntu 8.04 LTS still No. 1 for my laptopNew GNU/Linux ReleasesStartCom Enterprise Linux (AS-5.0.2) – Update ReleaseForesight GNOME 2.0.2 ReleasedMyah OS 3.0 BoxVoltalinux 2.1 is out !Elive 1.7.7 development releasedF/OSSFirefox 3 to Launch With a BangFunambol – AGPL’d, ad-supported mobile open sourceOrangeHRM Releases Version 2.3 of the Open-Source HR Management SystemMicrosoftMicrosoft Xbox Executive out Amid ReshufflingJeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, is leaving the company at the end of the summer to pursue other interests after only two years at the company, Microsoft said Thursday. Summer in the U.S. typically means the months of June, July and August.Yahoo! and Microsoft terminate talks, this time for goodAs Microsoft Walks Away, Yahoo Enters Google Ad PactYahoo Loses Another Top ExecSecurityWolf Reveals House Computers Compromised by Outside SourceUS Hacker Gets 41 Months for Running Rogue BotnetIntellectual MonopoliesCanada moots tough sanctions for DRM floutersRAF strafes Next in pirated duvet copyright rumpusIntel tries to spin its way out of USB 3.0 accusations 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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