● 09.18.08

● Links 18/09/2008: Toshiba Starts Selling GNU/Linux PCs, Android for Just $199

Posted in News Roundup at 7:43 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/Linux Sub-notebooksToshiba releases Linux netbookNetbook sports 320GB hard diskCzech vendor Eltrinex has announced a netbook computer that runs Linux or Windows XP Home Edition, and sports a 320GB hard drive. The “MobilePC” includes a Via C7-M ULV processor, 10.2-inch display, 1GB of RAM, 802.11a/b/g WiFi, and a bundled external DVD writer, the company says.The $75, 1-watt laptopLinux Phones/HandheldsFirst Android phone to retail for $199Breaking News: Googlephone to Debut on September 23Nokia’s Linux OS to support 3GEventsCanonical CTO bites back at Linux Plumbers Conference keynoteMatt Zimmerman, CTO of Canonical, is unhappy with Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the Linux kernel maintainers, because of Kroah-Hartman’s keynote at the Linux Plumbers Conference. The keynote, described elsewhere as a reworking a June presentation, makes a number of claims about Canonical’s activity in the community, presenting various tables which showed Canonical not making many upstream patches and concluding “Canonical doesn’t give back to the community”.From Ghana to Wall Street: The Linux End User SummitAtlanta Linux Fest 2008GNU/LinuxLinux-based video analytics software debutsWhy GNU/Linux needs slick marketing$34 MIPS board has own Linux distroUK-based Omnima Ltd. is shipping a low-cost MIPS32 controller board with optional case. Booting the OpenWRT-based “Midge” distro from 2MB of flash, or a special “Squidge” Linux distro from a USB key, the eponymous “Omnima” controller has 16MB of RAM and a built-in four-port Ethernet switch.Unreal Tournament 3 Running On LinuxNext to the screenshots he says “Seriously, there’s no conspiracy…so stop sending me email suggesting that Microsoft is paying to block this.” These screenshots were made available on his blog last night. With Ryan finally talking about Unreal Tournament 3 now, it looks like the long-awaited Linux (and Mac OS X) client release may be imminent.Tangent Quattro is a solid Internet radioWorkbench Linux distro is a workhorse for software developersLinux alternatives to Windows SBS part oneHyundai Securities Selects Teradata for Next-Generation Enterprise Data WarehouseYuuguu launches Linux & Flash clients3-D virtual reality environment developed at UC San Diego helps scientists innovateEach pair of projectors is powered by a high-end, quad-core PC running on Linux, with dual graphics processing units and dual network cards to achieve gigabit Ethernet or 10GigE networking.Why use Ubuntu Linux?Myths of Linux – People don’t care about licensingAMD Catalyst 8.9 Gets WINE Fix, RandR 1.2 SupportF/OSSOpenOffice.org 3.0 Promises New Life for Office SoftwareRP to take part in global open source festivitiesRhythmbox, Gnome music awesomenessFree Software Shouldn’t Mean You Can’t Make a BuckBob Dylan using DrupalOn the road with Funambol 7LeftoversUpdate: Seinfeld ads end as Microsoft turns to reclaim ‘I’m a PC’ slur from AppleSEC cracks down on short sellingBreaking: Wikileaks MissingCongress eyes restrictions on exporting e-wasteGoogle Blames Microsoft for Yahoo! Deal ControversyTrojan masquerades as iPhone gameDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayLarry Augustin, GNU Linux business visionary 22 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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