● 10.20.08

● Links 20/10/2008: $175 GNU/Linux-based System, Free Software in Government

Posted in News Roundup at 8:15 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxLinux games – First Person Shooters – Part DeuxIn the last article, we have reviewed three excellent First Person Shooters (FPS) – OpenArena, Sauerbraten and Nexuiz – which offer you a good mix of solid graphics, fast-paced action and cross-platform compatibility, while being simple to use and configure, free, stable, and low on hardware demands. OpenArena and Sauerbraten allow you to test your fingertip skills against a range of monsters in both the single and multiplayer mode, whereas Nexuiz is geared toward online, multiplayer gaming only. Regardless which one you choose, you are in for some great fun, killing nefarious fiends from another dimension.Is CompUSA.com poised to become the Crazy Eddie of Linux?With its rock-bottom prices, CompUSA could be positioned to be the king of cheap Linux-based PC sales, if they take this to the next level, which would be to preload the OS on its bargain PC refurbs and get some value-added SystemMAX OEM whiteboxes out there with Linux pre-installed. CompUSA.com-branded $400 or less Quad Core PCs sans-monitor with 4GB RAM and 500GB hard disks running on Ubuntu? I can see it.Linux Ecosystem worth $25 billionThe Linux Foundation is set to release a report on Wednesday estimating that the Linux ecosystem is now worth $25 billion.Nintendo DS Sized Linux PC?Does Linux Need a $300 Million Ad Campaign?Linux Gains Flash, Ubuntu Gains Wikipedia – but Can They Change the World?On the other hand, “I think the more important news for Linux is that Wikipedia uses Linux!” yagu said. “While most people don’t really care, it’s something worth bragging about occasionally.”Most people assume “Microsoft runs the world,” yagu added, but many “would be surprised (and maybe even amazed) if they knew how much of their world is run on Unix. It’s worth noting that for really hard, really big and really important uses, Linux is well-represented.”For Ubuntu, meanwhile, “this is a great accomplishment, as it’s emerged as a favorite distribution,” he said. “Ubuntu demonstrates Linux can be easy to use and functional.”DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 275, 20 October 2008Sub-notebooksCall it a ‘sub-subnotebook.’ New ‘PC’ is small as a cell phone!The $175 Linux-based system has a Webcam built in, as well as a range of applications, including Web browsing, e-mail and IM.Get an Acer Aspire One Netbook for $309, shippedEmbeddedAlcatel-Lucent speeds up laptop securityThe NLG is a PCMCIA card with an embedded Linux operating system. It slots into a notebook and provides a range of features to help IT departments remotely secure, monitor, manage and locate mobile computers over 3G and protect the data if the device is lost or stolen.ADI Engineering Releases New Ready-To-Run Software and Turnkey Evaluation Kits for Its WISP and OEM Wireless ProductsVirtualLogix(TM) Virtualization Software is First to Deliver Real-Time Virtualization(TM) on Symbian OS(TM)Phones/Mobile DevicesMotorola Joins Google Android CrazegOS Announces Support of MoblinOpen Source in Mobile Phones: Challenges for Software VendorsACCESSDiscretix to Provide Media Content Protection for ACCESS Linux Platform‘Access Day’ highlights Linux wins, productsACCESS Extends Mobile Linux Solutions to Emerging Markets and Innovative ProductsAccess Linux Platform Kicks OffUbuntuYour mom runs Ubuntu? Join the team? She doesn’t yet? Help her. And join the Team!Hidebound blogger tries getting hip with new OSUbuntu Weekly Newsletter #113Ubuntu vs. XP From A Blogger’s PerspectiveI have an older Dell Inspiron 6000 that I recently decided to go true-blue dual boot with Ubuntu v8.04 and Windows XP Professional SP3. [...]Ubuntu happily churns along with the older processor and 1GB of RAM, so unless I have some major hardware failure with the Inspiron I’ll just go right on using it dual-boot style.And when (yes, when – not if) the time comes that XP gets so old that it’s unusable in modern computing, I can just format the drive and run Ubuntu full time on it.Believe me when I say it’s nice knowing that.Red HatRed Hat CEO: From the economic rubble, open source will emerge strongerQ&A: Red Hat CEO Jim WhitehurstRed Hat promises next generation open source virtualisation technologyRed Hat Upgrades JBoss, JON for Enterprise SOAFedora’s Cobbler project to automate Linux deploymentsKDEKDE 4 Is The New KDE 3 (Are You Ready?)So I have been wondering for some time “Is KDE 4 ready for me to use full-time?”. That coupled with me being totally institutionalised by my KDE 3.5 desktop has meant that I just haven’t made the switch. The truth is, KDE 4.1 rocks pretty damn hard. My mission at Linux Expo Live this week is to try a convert as many people as I can into KDE 4.1 users. The approach is not to convince people the KDE 4 is ready for them. It’s subtler than that; it is to convince them that they are ready for KDE 4.F/OSSThe industrious revolutionaryThe Calm Before the Open Source StormOpen University CampaignPeopleware and BitRock Collaborate to Make Systems Monitoring Easy to SetupWhere Would We Be Without Open Source?Intelestream Reveals Rise in Open Source Caused by Economy SlumpOptaros Responds to Increasing Demand in United Kingdom, Announces London Office SuccessVoice over IPDigium|Asterisk World Conference Web Site Launched, Online Registration OpenMiddle East/SunOpen up for the way aheadMideast e-gov’t falling behind on open sourceGovernmentGovernment Open Source Software Collaboratives debated at GOSCONPlone Conference – Consensus Comes Early to WashingtonOpen Source Government?GNU/Free SoftwareFree IgnoranceGLXP, Team Frednet – Slow Scan TV Transmission from the International Space StationPractical migration from 8-/16- to 32-bit PICGNU Smalltalk 3.1Emtec Movie CubesWeb BrowsersDillo 2.0 Gets Tabbed BrowsingMozillaMozilla Messaging releases new Thunderbird 3 alphaReview: Firefox 3.1 Beta Leaves IE in AshesHands on: Fennec alpha 1 puts Firefox on your handheldOpenOffice.orgOpenoffice 3.0 vs MS OfficeOpenOffice 3 – Nice! – ReviewRightsLegit free music site downedHere is where things hit a snag. Jeff has registered the label’s songs under the Creative Commons License, which is only available to see while the site is on-line. The host insists it requires the US Copyright Office forms from back in the daze where things were done by monks chained to desks.If that wasn’t enough, Jeff has also had his main storage drive crash on him and lost most of the material he had, which means all his website material is gone. He’s addressing the fans to send him whatever artwork and songs they have so he can rebuild from scratch.Sky and BBC in iPlayer deal [infectious Microsoft influence, Windows DRM]The Jesus Phone NDA – No one cares but youUK.gov says: Regulate the internetAs unemployment looks set to soar in the months ahead, quangocrat and soon to be outgoing head of Ofcom Lord David Currie appears to have discovered a cunning plan to find jobs for tens of thousands. The time for regulating the internet is nigh – and Ofcom could be the body to do it.Passports will be needed to buy mobile phonesEveryone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance.Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase. Privacy campaigners fear it marks the latest government move to create a surveillance society.Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayDigital Tipping Point: home audio video buff Marc Merlin 09 (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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