● 07.17.08

● Links 17/07/2008: Acer’s GNU/Linux Laptops Are a Hit; Microsoft in Desktop Market Retreat

Posted in News Roundup at 12:57 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxOS Roundup: Looking Beyond UnixMono man accuses Mac Gtk+ fans of jeopardizing Linux desktopFreeRunner first impressionsMicrosoft loses market share; computer users gain better choicesOpen-Xchange Community Edition Now Available for Top Linux PlatformsAcer Aspire One: the new sub-laptop to beat?Mind you, the 120GB HDD-equipped One is only down as £30 more and comes with 1GB of memory rather than 512MB, though that’s plenty for Linux and do you really want a hard drive in a machine that’s going to be chucked around a lot? Well, at least you have the choice.Le défi posé par les Netbooks et Nokia à Microsoft Par Bernard Golden, Navica Software (en anglais)In fact, for netbooks, Microsoft is the functionally deficient product, not Linux. Windows’s bloated size and significant licensing fee render it unsuitable for netbooks, which emphasize software compactness and low cost.MIPS Hot Spot Analyzer for Linux Kernel ProfilingSCALE-RT – new Linux-based Real-Time Simulation Software developed by CosateqSymbian extends collaboration offer to Google, possibly AndroidNokia and the battle for open source’s soulReleasedBLAG 90000 Powered by the Linux-libre KernelThe First Release Candidate of KDE 4.1 Now AvailableLinuxConsole 1.0.2008 Announced by Yann Le DoaréOracle Is Indeed Shipping Enterprise Linux 5.2 and Unbreakable Linux SupportConcurrent RedHawk Linux 5.1 RTOSF/OSS[New Site:] What is FlossForge?FlossForge.net is an initiative aimed to promote and help develop Free/Libre and Open Source Software by providing a centralized place for exchanging information on users’ needs and ideas. Anyone can submit ideas on how to improve the existing software or tell about the software needed. Application developers, programmers, graphic artists — any volunteers willing to help can gather into groups and work on ideas submitted by FlossForge.net users.Software Freedom and Web ApplicationsRichard Stallman: Free Software and BeyondBug free software to come from EU open source Type Theory projectRapidMiner is now available as Small Enterprise EditionGrid.org Community Launches Major Site UpgradeMicrosoftMicrosoft eyes AOL takeoverBeware Microsoft’s Mistake: Looking DesperateVista: DOA in the EnterpriseMicrosoft revises DirectX security bulletinsThe revisions relate to holes that could allow an attacker to run code remotely on the machine or take control of it if a user opened a malicious media file.Microsoft Needs Its Mojo BackMicrosoft To Sit Out FCC Testing Of White Space PrototypeLeftoverAll Signs Point to Virtualization 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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