● 06.26.08

● Links 26/06/2008: More GNU/Linux Laptops; XP’s Demise a Microsoft Mistake

Posted in News Roundup at 2:57 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxDear Microsoft, thanks for the help, LinuxOpen Source Consumer Electronics: Neuros OSDShuttle KPC K45 Barebones SystemHow Facebook WorksThe top tier of the Facebook network is made up of the Web servers that create the Web pages that users see, most with eight cores running 64-bit Linux and Apache. Many of the social network’s pages and features are created using PHP, a computer scripting language specialized for simple, automated functions.CentOS 5.2 releasedLiMo Foundation Says It Welcomes the Symbian FoundationKubuntu 8.04: Hello Old FriendI am now impressed with the smoothness and quickness in KDE performance. The project has put a lot of time in KDE and for that I am thankful. I can make KDE look as I want it too, much easier than I can in Gnome. While I am not much for eye-candy, I did install compiz to see how it fared on Kubuntu.Puppy Linux 4.0 on my old laptop: it’s getting betterPackageKit finds sweet spot in quest for universal package toolsReport: Open Source City in LiverpoolVirtualization In MeatspaceLaptopsGdium, another Eee PC competitorAn unique feature is the GKEY, a Linux “bootable” USB key, that fires up the Gdium and stores all your personal information.Linux laptop retailers fearlessly face name-brand competitionThe company’s customer list boasts the likes of Boeing, NASA, the US Army and MIT. But if recent trends are any indication, Linux Certified and similar companies that specialize in selling computers that run Linux are about to see some of the world’s largest computer companies warm up to the open source operating system. Major manufacturers have begun to take notice of Linux’s potential on the laptop.Even Easier to LoveGPUsxf86-video-ati 6.9.0 RC2 Driver ReleasedHow NVidia impedes Free Desktop adoption.Kernel space: drivers that don’t make the kernel sceneLinux supports most hardware “out of the box” without adding a driver. Most of the missing drivers are proprietary, from uncooperative manufacturers, but there are a few where the license is right but the actual code is still missing. Why?F/OSSaTunes: An Open-Source iTunes Alternative4 Little Known Thunderbird ExtensionsOpen source telephony new star at TV producerOpen sourcing Australia: OpenAustralia.org goes liveFree, open source-based online service opens Web to the blindabout:mozilla – 18 million downloads, Firefox 3 t-shirt, browser security, developer resource kit, Labs meetings, and more…Open source backup toolsLeftoverThe Pirate Bay moves to counter Swedish wiretapping lawDirect link 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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