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● Links 22/10/2008: More GNU/Linux-based Sub-notebooks, Dell’s Fast Boot Coming

Posted in News Roundup at 10:24 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxHey, Dad…Can I have Linux back?Instant-on Dell Desktop to Debut Next WeekConsumers will get their first look at Dell’s new instant-on system for Optiplex desktops next week, a company executive said Wednesday in Shanghai.[...]Clarke previously disclosed some details of the system in August, saying it will run on a Linux OS and a separate, secondary chip, in order to extend battery life.204.5-Million lines of code equals one great Linux distributionLinux Creator Linus Torvalds, Others Honored In Silicon ValleyLinux’s Next VictimUNIX is a ship very slowly letting in water. The rats aren’t about to abandon it quite yet, but they are certainly checking where the life vests are stored.DistributionsMinisys Linux: Puppy on steroidsThe Goal of FuntooPCLinuxOS Magazine October 2008 ReleasedPCLinuxOS Magazine, Octobe 2008 (Issue 26) is available to download.DebianDebian Etch on The Self-Reliant Thin ClientElive 1.9.10 ScreenShotsThis is our first ScreenShot review of Elive Linux! I just want to say congratulation to the Elive Linux team for making such a sweet desktop OS. I have used Enlightenment in the past but not as much as I have used Gnome. From trying out Enlightenment just a few seconds ago it was amazingly fast and quite east to navigate, with just clicking once on the desktop the Enlightenment menu appears.UbuntuShipIt now accepting free orders for Ubuntu 8.10 discsRelease your creative side with Ubuntu StudioObama UbuntuPeople from the Obama campaign have said that they use Ubuntu 8.04. It seems to be used nationally.Does anyone know any more about the use of Ubuntu by the Obama campaign and can provide us with more details?InstitutesLinux Foundation Reports on First End User SummitUK gains LPI affiliateMoneyLinux and your worth in the Job MarketWhat is a Linux distro worth?Fedora 9 valued at $10.8BWho Are The Real Friends of Linux and Free Software? Or, Linux Is Still a Dirty WordSo it all comes back to the same old story– don’t trust the suits because their business models are based on exploitation, and even when they profit handsomely from Linux it’s shameful and not mentioned in polite company.Why should Microsoft fans want (even help!) Linux to succeedIn these trying economic times will Linux be the answer.AppliancesEVO Smart Console: Playstation Competition?Linux powers thin MIDUSI demonstrated a super-thin, Linux-based mobile Internet device (MID) that offers GPS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and either HSPA or WiMAX. The Intel Atom-equipped USI MID-160 sports a 5-inch 800×480 touchscreen, but lacks a keyboard, helping it keep a 0.6-inch profile.Indamixx sound box plays on Linux baseHands on: Toshiba NB100 netbook reviewPrices for the NB100 are as follows: the Linux model is £259; the XP version is available with 1GB of RAM for £299. Look out for a complete review of the NB100 soon.Eye Candy[KDE's] plasma is now feature complete?Behold, new eyes plasmoid in all its scalable SVG greatness!Compositing With Metacity – An Early LookServerActual chickens win Plat’Home’s “Will Linux Work?” contestIBM aims for Linux customers with ‘baby’ mainframeIBM is targeting midsize business customers that use Linux with a new “baby” mainframe that costs just a fraction of the amount charged for the high-end mainframe IBM released in February.ProprietaryFlash 10 on Linux: Better, not great, betterActive Directory-based soln for UNIX & LinuxRed HatSalt River Project Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM MainframesJBoss selects Magnolia for CMSLack of IT knowledge begets ‘lock-in’Open source will gain during recessionRed Hat: Financial crunch will spur business for open sourceMobileMobile ISVs face open source pressureAndroidMotorola Android phone due Q2Wind River touts Android win, toolsGoogle Launches Android MarketCoders get 70 percent of Android Market revenueF/OSSGIMP 2.6 changes are mostly internalFree software offers cheaper long distance callsOpen Source Text Publisher Gets More FinancingOpen Source Gets Into Wall St. Back OfficeZimbra co-founder invests in Dimdim’s open source web meetingsTalend Says Its Open Source Approach for Integration Tools Has Been ValidatedBluenog’s Unconventional Open Source StrategyOpen source – it’s all about choiceCustomers begin to question enterprise software valueEnea to Deliver Open Source Software SolutionsLawsSo, that’s how GPL Violations finds it out!Hold your politicians accountable for PRO-IPAdministrationOpen source software proves affordable, flexible for NIH, DoDOpen Source GIS for HIV/AIDS managementFirefoxHands on with Firefox’s mobile browserWeb Developer Toolbar–A Firefox Add-On Devs Shouldn’t Live Without10 Fun Firefox Add-onsDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayRobert Pearsall, editor of Hentzenwerke Publishing 02 (2004)Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. 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