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● Links 16/06/2008: GNU/Linux Releases, BECTA Under Heavy Fire

Posted in News Roundup at 12:32 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/Linux3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows UserSoftware installation woes on LinuxCrystal Ball Sunday #5: Operating System InteroperabilityMid-year mini-laptops under scrutinyOff Topic: I got an Asus EEE 701iContact’s co-founders, Red Hat’s Szulik take home E&Y entrepreneur awardsUbuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 95Lucas Nussbaum: Ubuntu information on the Debian Package Tracking System and the Developer Packages OverviewMirror, mirror for my updatesThe Bizarre Cathedral – 9The Coming of the Nerdettes and Linux’s Big ChanceUltimately, “Linux has to keep on doing what it’s been doing, continue to improve on an excellent base, attract commercial development for products consumers can’t live without, and cultivate followers outside the geek community,” yagu concluded.Windows, Linux, thoughtsPC/OS – the BeOS of the Linux worldPC/OS is a recent new entry into the Linux distribution world. Based on Ubuntu, it uses Xfce as its default desktop and offers a variety of user-friendly enhancements, such as out-of-the-box support for popular multimedia codecs. It also includes a collection of software development tools.ClarkConnect: Open source gateway options for the remote officeNew GNU/Linux ReleasesAUSTRUMI-1.7.2(R)ecovery (I)s (P)ossible Linux 6.0Greenie 3.0.2HClonezilla 1.1.0-5DevicesWind River readies virtualization stackWind River will enter the virtualization software market, focusing on networking, consumer electronics, and industrial automation, it said. The company will in August begin beta-testing a hypervisor and tools aimed at letting customers flexibly deploy Linux, VxWorks, and other RTOSes symmetrically or asymmetrically on one or multiple physical processor cores.MontaVista Provides First No-Cost Evaluation of Commercial Linux for Freescale QorIQ™ P4080 Multicore ProcessorNetflix Player from Roku Uses Linux TechTrolltech announced today that the new Netflix player from Roku utilizes its Qt for Embedded Linux. Qt for Embedded Linux was formerly known as Qtopia Core. The application is designed to allow manufacturers to build devices for one specific purpose.BECTA Fiasco RevisitedOpen Source UK attacks schools quangoRow erupts over schools open-source projectThe Groklaw effect hits Becta. And yes, I am coining a new termF/OSSFree software heroes: from Stallman to Google, a list of inspiring individuals who made[info-GNUnet] GNUnet 0.8.0 releasedPlug in for electrifying week of celebrationsNewport News, Virginia Goes Open SourceWeb BrowsersShort Review: Epiphany Browser 2.22.1.1Top 4 Browsers for Linux ReviewedFirefox 3 inflames the browser wars, but why should we care?IE8 development: Microsoft should learn from Apple, Mozilla[Parody:] Microsoft Abandons Internet Explorer 8 Development for Firefox 3As the Mozilla Foundation releases Firefox 3 and tries to set a record for most downloads in a day, they will be receiving help from an unlikely source: Microsoft.Firefox extensions to bring back the deadFirefox 3 won’t have ‘private browsing’Google to Nix Browser Sync Firefox ExtensionMozilla prepares for Firefox 3 release and plans for 3.1Eclipse projects squeeze into record Summer fun packWindowsVista’s big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring itYa need XP Service Pack 3? Yeah buddy. I got ya servicepack3 right here!Hey Microsoft! Pull that dog off the rack and send it back to be re-worked! SP3 as far as I’m concerned is trash.If you can’t get a Service Pack to work right for a software product that is supposedly at least 7 years old, how are we to believe that you can do it right with Vista? Why should we trust you? 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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