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● Links 10/07/2008: wattOS Introduced; Church Moves to Free Software

Posted in News Roundup at 12:23 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxTop 4 New Feature Proposed for Fedora 10Intrepid Ubuntu plans outWith Intrepid Ibex, the next version of Ubuntu Linux, just a few months away the development team has released details of the most pressing issues for the 8.10 release. Among these are better 3G integration, tighter Firefox integration in KDE, and faster boot times.Opinion: Year of the penguinIt’s taken the confluence of several disparate but connected events to create the perfect breeding ground for desktop versions of Linux to finally flourish.Introducing wattOS – A Lightweight Ubuntu!wattOS… the last frontier, the lightweight Ubuntu-based operating system is now here! Faster than anything else out there, wattOS is not just another Ubuntu clone, it is powered by the Openbox window manager, a standards compliant, fast, lightweight and extensible window manager.Compiz Support For Multi-Pointer XIn May we shared that Multi-Pointer X (or MPX for short) was entering the mainline X server. While it was merged to master that month, X Server 1.5 was already branched out and therefore it won’t appear in X.Org 7.4, but it will appear in X Server 1.6 (X.Org 7.5) until next year.A Better Introduction to Linux User InterfaceWhy I am Leaning Toward DebianMeet the People Who Have Trillions Riding on Linux this FallNYSE Euronext and its family of exchanges which include the NYSE, Euronext, Liffe, Alternext and NYSE Arca Options, operating in the US and Europe, now run on Red Hat Linux and look to Red Hat for support and services. Put it another way, over 4000 public companies and over $141 billion in daily stock transactions depend on Linux. The Chicago Mercantile exchange at last count traded 1.403 Billion contracts valued at $827 trillion annually.Red Hat’s channel is a “multi-billion dollar opportunity”KDE 4 : The Lightest Desktop Yet ? My Experience with KDE 4.0.xBe super-productive with LinuxDSLDamn Small Linux 4.4.3Available Now: Damn Small Linux 4.4.3 – Contains a few system modifications!Damn Small Linux (DSL) 4.4.3, the versatile mini desktop Linux distribution, was announced today by its maintainer, Robert Shingledecker. This new version introduces a handful of system modifications…Have linux, will traveleGovernmentES: Open Source looks to eGovernmentAccess to EU documents: not enough transparency, says OmbudsmanF/OSSLinuxChix-India aims at free software access for womenArchana Raghupathy of Chennai started LinuxChix-India in 2005. It is the Indian chapter of the global women techies’ network Linuxchix.org, and “tries to empower Indian women to use, develop and contribute to the world of free and open source software (FOSS).”“Piggybacking” and the open-source trademark issueMicrosoft ditched as Anglicans go open sourceThe Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church has decided to cut the Microsoft umbilical cord by moving to open source, starting with Office which will be replaced in the next three years.Re-enforcing our Commitment to Free SoftwareMozilla/FirefoxFirefox developers shrink desktop apps11 Powerful Firefox 3 Add-ons That Can Replace Standalone ApplicationsPrism: bringing web applications to the desktopColbert Bump – Firefox 3 Proves its ExistenceFirefox is King 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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