● 07.09.08

● Links 09/07/2008: Red Hat Reboots Graphical Boot, Yang Complains About Fifth Columnists

Posted in News Roundup at 10:59 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxNew versions of Absolute, Foresight, DSL, KnoppMyth, and Berry Linux were released.Red Hat Replaces RHGB With PlymouthProviding a graphical boot process going back to the old Red Hat Linux days has been rhgb, or Red Hat Graphical Boot. The Red Hat Graphical Boot process uses an X server to display information about services starting, etc. However, this Red Hat project is in the process of being discontinued. The successor to RHGB is called Plymouth, which is being engineered by Red Hat’s Ray Strode.Compiz Fusion Community News for July 9, 2008: The usual shipment of eye-candy and functionalityParallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity LineNoah Education to Embed Trolltech’s Qt to Develop Next Generation Learning DevicesBreaking the Camel’s BackMajor OEM makes notebooks and preloads them with Windows, but does NOT activate them. The notebook has one price and a sealed envelope with the OEM Windows Key Sticker, backup CDs, etc. has a different price.If the user wants to buy Windows for the notebook, they just pay the extra $ for the envelope too and when they first bootup the machine they enter the code and affix the sticker as per the EULA.Oh wait, what’s that other stack of disks next to the Windows envelopes? Ubuntu Linux disks? What’s that you say; they’re FREE? And Ubuntu can do pretty much everything Windows can and a few things it can’t? And if I don’t like it I can come back next week and still buy the OEM Windows disks? Hmm…Turn one PC into two for freePC Multiplier comes as a set of installable packages for Linux or as a LiveCD for non-Linux systems. It works with most graphics cards supported by X.Org/XFree86 and has been tested on most major distros running the 2.6 kernel, like Fedora Core, SLED, SuSE, Mandriva and Ubuntu (just to name a few).Linux is a tool.How to pick the right operating system for your businessMany small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) – hesitant to switch to Windows Vista from XP – are seriously considering Linux as an alternative operating system (OS).Installing applications in Linux (part II)F/OSSTroubleshooting tool for Java offeredPython backingAuroroa: the open source DJ mixerVirtual Worlds and StandardsIBM and Linden Lab Interoperability AnnouncementBeyond Second Life: Virtual Worlds’ Second WindMoreover, Google seems to have shot itself in the foot by requiring Lively users (Liveliers? Livelivers??) to be running Windows XP or Vista.Opera Web Standards CurriculumMozillaBank of America may finally embrace FirefoxFiguring out the meaning of “community”about:mozilla — Official World Record, Firefox 2.0.0.15, security metrics, Weave, JavaScript, and more…MicrosoftYang Denounces Microsoft, Icahn Over Proxy MovePost-Gates: Microsoft, Competition and the Semantic WebDefragging could save the planetOh Lord, make the banks pay for cybercrimeSymantec Warns of New Word AttackMicrosoft update kills ZoneAlarm 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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