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● Links 01/12/2008: North South Wales for F/OSS or GNU/Linux, OpenMoko Expands

Posted in News Roundup at 5:29 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxMicrosoft on the outer of schools fundingNSW wants to offer 197,000 secondary school students wireless-enabled netbooks that would possibly run on open-source software such as Linux.Apple eats video editing jobsStep forward Object Matrix and its MatrixStore. It’s a clusterable set of nodes, three at a minimum, with each node having up to 24TB of SATA disk storage (1TB drives) and Linux x86 server running the MatrixStore software.Another tale of Open SourceryBinghamton Simulator Company Wins US Military Contract Using Concurrent ProductsGood OS Cloud: Linux as Quick Start for Web and WindowsPsystar Holds Cyber Monday Sale On Mac ClonesPsystar’s OpenLite system ships with the Ubuntu Linux desktop pre-installed, running on a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron chip with integrated graphics support.TotalView Technologies Announces TotalView® Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3Bivio Networks Announces Strategic Partnership With Leading Systems Integrator to Meet Japan’s Demand for DPIDistroWatch Weekly, Issue 280, 1 December 2008Linux Outlaws 66 – RamrodCrossOver Games for Linux Running Diablo 2KernelNon-free “blobs” in the Linux kernel?Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical PhenomenonPhones8 of 2008′s Latest Linux-Powered Mobile PhonesJust how ubiquitous has Linux become? You’ve probably read about the 10 Linux-powered e-book readers. And of course you’ve heard about the Google Android G1 handset. Now, have you ever wondered if the G1′s the only phone that runs on Linux? There are actually more out there. Let’s see if we can come up with 8 of the latestOpenmoko Expands Distribution Network Across Europe: Tuxbrain, Creator of FDOM, Added to Distribution PartnersOpenmoko Adds Strategic Innovation Company, faberNovel, as Distributor for FreeRunner in the United StatesDesktop EnvironmentCamp KDE 2009 Takes Shape: Presentations Announced6 of the Best Lean Linux Desktop EnvironmentsDesktop Pattern reimplemented in PlasmaThose of you’ve been around desktop computers for a while know the calming effect of a simple desktop. One of the things I’ve missed is the ability to have a basic tiled pattern with user defined colours. So since I wanted to learn a bit more about Plasma wallpapers for another project, I rolled up my sleeves, had a look at the old kdesktop sources, and reimplemented it using the latest technologies.DistributionsWhat’s new in Fedora 10New ReleasesBerry 0.9329 November 2008 : GParted 0.4.1:Parted Magic 3.2Untangle 6.0.0Poseidon Linux – The Scientific GNU/Linux [Version 3.1]Announcing the formal release of Caos Linux NSA 1 for x86 and x86_64!Foresight 2.0.6 x86 (32-bit) DVDUbuntuUbuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 119StudioDave Does A Hardware Review And Meets Ubuntu 8.10I am satisified with this machine, and Ubuntu 8.10 is an excellent fit for the hardware. AVSynthesis runs nicely in realtime, and the rtirq script has eliminated xruns from JACK’s performance. The apt system has made it easy to update the system and set up a full-featured development environment, and of course there’s the whole UbuntuStudio apps collection for me to explore. I’ll have more to say about my new machine and its performance with Linux audio software, so be sure to check in again soon.F/OSSThe Open Source Year 2009While I already called 2007 the Year Of Open Source Graphics, 2009 can become a good candidate for it as well. In this post it got three paragraphs, and if everything comes true, 2009 will revolutionize the world of Linux graphics. This will, however, happen mostly under the hood. The users will not notice several fixes, but not the large underlying changes, which is different to 2007.Commissioned Study Shows Open Source Paves the Way for the Next Generation of Enterprise ITNepal pushes for FOSS adoption: Will the world follow?Why Use Open-source Software?How can open source programmers make money?Open Sourcerers go with yucky drawsAGPLMail – A new horizon?WebUnlock the Web with Open SourceOW2 Consortium Launches its Web Platform in ChinaLeftoversNvidia heat causing Macbooks to failEven child welfare groups don’t want web censorship 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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