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● Links 12/10/2008: KDE4 and Mandriva 2009 Raves Arrive

Posted in News Roundup at 5:50 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxCartika Offers Linux Cloud HostingFirst ALP Linux smartphone?On its website, Emblaze Mobile offers only a spinning 3D Flash image of the Edelweiss, along with a “coming soon” teaser. However, a number of sites have reported that the phone will go on sale in Russia by November. The rumor may have originated on the Russian mobile news site, Mobile Review, which has apparently taken down its initial story about the phone.The Second Great DepressionThe 10 Best Linux DistributionsBenefits of linux from a user point of viewWho Uses Linux?Linux Distro ‘User Levels’KDELearning to like KDE againIt was only a short matter of time after making that announcement before KDE 4.1 was released. And with that release have come new releases of distributions that use it. An excellent example of a KDE 4.1 DE/distribution release is, in my opinion, Mandriva 2009. The more I work with the latest version of Mandriva and KDE 4.1.2 the more comfortable I am with the entire distribution. I honestly haven’t felt this good about a Linux distribution using KDE since openSUSE 10.2 and KDE 3.Last.fm Player for LinuxMySQL in Amarok 2 – The RealityMandrivaMandriva 2009: Is It Better Than Mac Or Windows!PC users have never had so many choices ever before. All you are stuck with is Microsoft’s Windows XP, which is almost a decade old. Well, not a decade, but almost. And latest Vista — it’s just not working. So what should you do?Living with MandrivaShiny New Mandriva Linux 2009 Walkthrough and First ImpressionsFedoraFedora at Ohio Linux Fest, Day 0.Fedora 10 Snapshot 1 ReleasedAs part of our development schedule, we are releasing a snapshot of Rawhide in Live form. We are releasing these via bittorrent only as it is a much lighter weight method to get bits out the door than to go through our mirroring system. If you cannot use bittorrent we apologize for the inconvenience.UbuntuUbuntu 8.10 Has a Brand New WallpaperWubi-ing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid BetaScreenshotsForesight Linux Kids Edition 1.0 ScreenShotsKubuntu 8.10 Beta ScreenShots Intrepid Ibex10 Finger Licking Linux Desktop ThemesKernel SpaceKernel Developers, Wall Street to Come TogetherThe Linux Foundation is holding its first End User Summit beginning Monday in New York, in an effort to bring Linux kernel developers in closer contact with users at Wall Street institutions and other major companies.The Linux Plumbers Conference: a summaryA baby named LinuxReader Christian Nielsen wrote from Sweden to tell us he and his girlfriend have named their baby Linux, after the operating system, and attached this darling photo.The joy of X – master the Linux GUIIf you’re a Linux user you have no doubt heard of GNOME and KDE. These popular desktop environments are really the pinnacle of a deep iceberg of technology with the X-Windows graphical interface underpinning it all. Here are a couple of ways to tame X, kicking off a journey of unlimited ability to change the Linux look-and-feel.Events/LinuxfestsNOOSS @ OLFOntario Linux Fest on October 25Linux-Kongress: Corbet Presents New Kernel 2.6.27In the second keynote of the Linux-Kongress in Hamburg, Germany, cofounder of LWN.net and kernel developer Jonathan Corbet presented details on yesterday’s released Kernel 2.6.27, but also described some of the work Linux Torvalds and his group of hackers have been up to.F/OSSUK Developers Prep Open-Source Alternative To Illumina GA’s Primary Analysis SoftwareThe Open Learning Centre at the Woking Means Business showTop 10 Open Source Productivity AppsOne Size Fits All Versus The Right Tool for the JobThe bottom line is that open source software does a lot of things really well — and it is, in many ways, equivalent or superior to its proprietary counterparts. There are areas, however, that go beyond general desktop computing where it just isn’t there — yet. We need to break ourselves — and others — from the notion that it has to be all or nothing. Keep using that crucial proprietary application, if it is needed to do your job — but is that closed browser necessary? How about that office suite?Manage Your Finances With GNUCashDeluge 1.0.2 ReleasedFile Format Brouhaha Pits FOSS Against ProprietaryEconomicsTim Bray talkOpen Source Helped by RecessionOpen Source Prizes: Knight News Challenge gives away 5$ million a year!The Knight Foundation every year gives away up to $5 million for grants in digital, open-source innovation.Open source Plone 3.0 prove well worth the priceFree SoftwareStallman, a man the Free Software movement needsWhy DFEY? DFEY stands for “Digital Freedom in Education and Youth” – what that actually means in practise I’ll get to in a second.GPL Project Watch List for Week of 10/10RightsFSFE for Freedom not FearParis: French participation in “Freedom not fear”HardwareHP admits 38 desktops have defective Nvidia chipsApple notebooks have defective Nvidia chipsDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayAndrew Pitonyak, author and computer scientist 06 (2004)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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