● 09.05.08

● Links 05/09/2008: Sub-$100 GNU/Linux Laptop, KOffice on Maemo

Posted in News Roundup at 11:07 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/Linux/UNIXRIPLinuX 6.4, DSL 4.4.5, and m0n0wall 1.235 have been released. Also:Scientific Linux 4.7 – i386 & x86_64Vista vs Linux – has the Penguin got the power?After answering several simple questions and making a cuppa, The Acer eventually restarted to display the Linux desktop. Everything on my previously slothful Acer not only worked, it worked much faster. System windows literally sprung open, and starting an app didn’t result in endless hard drive activity or hour glass pointers. In short Suse looked good and, compared to Windows Vista on my same notebook, ran like greased lightening.Do you want a notebook with that order?First $100 laptop runs LinuxIn October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar machine for $120, according to a video blog report from the Internationale Funkausstellunga (IFA) consumer electronics show in Berlin this week.Ubuntu Linux Netbooks: What Dell Can Learn From ZaReasonAdvent & Ubuntu, A Perfect Partnership?Pardus 2008 – Where were you?Pardus is a very good distro, and should really be much higher on the Distrowatch rankings. They really do know what beautiful is Smile and includes a plethora of applications. I highly recommend this distro if you are just starting out using Linux or want to introduce Linux to someone else.Tux3 Acting Like A FilesystemF/OSSSmile and Say ‘Cheese’KOffice on MaemoAs KOffice is supposed to be a lightweight office suite, I figured it would be nice to see how well it would run on maemo based devices. Thanks to Thomas Zander who replaced a lot of the double usage in koffice with qreals it was quite straightforward to get koffice to compile and packaged. Well, for the most part that is, I didn’t manage to get kspread to link as apparently the old gcc version I’m using has some problems with inner classes in templated classes and duplicate symbols. After fixing some trivial issues, I could install koffice on maemo and run it…Ubuntu Music Players: Better than iTunes/WMP?Open BlueDragonThe Open Source MovementStudents Help Humanity with Open Source SoftwareOffice Suites OnlineOpenGoo.org – Open Source Office ToolsZoooS takes OpenOffice.org to the WebZoooS Aims for Online Versions of OpenOffice AppsOffice Live, you’re no Google DocsNew Microsoft Office competition from Zoho, ZooosSharingTruth about textbooks | Open-source books provide digital deals[Old:] Alchemist Author Pirates His Own Books[Old:] Best-Selling Author Turns Piracy into ProfitMichael Moore plans Net-only film premiereGoogleGoogle Open Sources Skia Graphics EngineGoogle unveils Chrome source code and Linux portGoogle adds Android app for Flickr photosLeftoversThe Power of PerceptionHP Aims to Take the Sting Out of Virtualized StorageComcast files FCC impotence suitDocument startups in chaos as Adobe’s Flashpaper discontinuesDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayLarry Augustin, GNU Linux business visionary 03 (2005)Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating. 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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