● 12.03.08

● Links 03/12/2008: GNU/Linux Called Better Than Vista; Nokia Linux Phones Rumoured

Posted in News Roundup at 6:24 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxMicrosoft Should Worry Less About Live, More About LinuxWith news yesterday that the U.S. is formally in a recession, and with broad economic strife around the world, the fact that Ubuntu doesn’t cost anything to download, is easy to install, maintains higher performance numbers than Vista and is easy enough for kids to use could start to make a dent in Microsoft’s desktop OS business in the PC space.If that happens, even making Vista available for discounts on its Live Search Cashback site may not be enough to keep Ubuntu, and Linux, from getting beachhead.Linux and Mac OS X Killing Windows Bit by BitAustrian Linux for the AdministratorOlder Linux kernel is updatedLinux Gazette: December 2008 (#157)Welcome to the November issue of the Gentoo monthly newsletter!GamingLinux gains FPSSteam Linux on the way? Left 4 Dead carries Linux binariesValve’s Steam client for Linux confirmed?Distributions[Geek Review] Dreamlinux 3.5: Back to the RootsIn today’s article we review a fresh version of Dreamlinux, a linux distribution that promises to be good-looking, lightweight yet fully featured, with useful extras available out of the box – making it an attractive package for new users.With Ubuntu and CentOS support, rPath spreads its wingsAGPL and DebianRed HatRed Hat searches for mainstreet in the City of LondonRed Hat Spacewalk Expands Linux ManagementKVM virtualisation in Red Hat Linux next yearMichael Proper Gathers Another World Class Team of IT InnovatorsWebConfig currently integrates with CentOS, a popular Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. The integrated product creates the CentralPointe Server which provides the server and network gateway functions for small and distributed environments.FedoraTesting Fedora 10 KDE EditionOf course, both of those lists will probably grow as I use the distro more. But, using it exclusively for about 4 days now that is what I have found. Overall, I am finding it a pleasure to work with.Naming Fedora 11… Claddagh? Catania? Oxford?Red Hat’s new version of open source operating systemUbuntuA perfect Ubuntu upgradeIn other Ubuntu news, I’m considering giving my dad one of my Ubuntu laptops. He’s 88 years old and not technical. If he can adapt to it, I imagine anyone can. He never was able to figure out Windows, so on the one hand that doesn’t bode well for computer skills potential, but on the other hand there’s nothing to unlearn, either. Stay tuned.Back in the Ubuntu saddle again!Why Ubuntu Now Beats VistaLast month, Canonical launched Ubuntu 8.10 with significant new features and performance upgrades over previous versions. But what is becoming increasingly clear is that the free, downloadable operating system has in many critical ways caught or surpassed Microsoft’s flagship desktop operating system — and poses a significant threat to the software giant if the market catches on.eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Upgrading to Ubuntu 8.10, Intrepid IbexVibuntu 1.0EmbeddedConcurrent Introduces Low-Profile ImaGen Real-Time Visual ServerNokia spins open Linux home automation gatewayNokia announced a home automation system based on the open source OpenWrt Linux distribution. Due in late 2009, the Z-wave wireless radio-equipped Nokia Home Control Center will let users remotely control security, automation, and energy management applications via their mobile phones, says Nokia.PhonesNokia alludes to Linux phone plansAndroid phone launches in ChinaOpen source phone gains “fat” distroBarcelona, Spain-based Tuxbrain has released an application-rich Linux distribution for the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner phone called Fat and Dirty OpenMoko (FDOM). In addition, Openmoko announced that both Tuxbrain and French design firm FaberNovel have joined the company’s network of more than 20 distributors.Linux music phone boasts stereo mini-jackMotorola formally announced its MotoRokr EM35, a slider version of the EM30 music phone that runs MontaVista Linux. The phone offers Bluetooth, USB, a 3-megapixel camera, and a haptic scroll interface, as well as music playback that is said to include virtual surround effects.HardwareNo Longer Wireless-lessMadWifi HAL now open sourceiPhone Linux Hack: What It MeansInstalling Linux on the PlayStation 3Sub-notebooksReview: The Aspire One A110 NetbookJust how does the A110 hold up against the regular laptops? Well, when used with pre-installed Linpus Linux, it does live up to its advertised claims. On a cold boot, the machine fully logs into the Linpus Desktop in about 20 seconds. Wi-Fi connection is about 10 seconds. You can access all your e-mail accounts from Acer’s One Mail.Netbooks Dominate Cyber Monday on AmazonF/OSSA book about the software market is news?Reading the New York Times Bits blog story titled “A Microsoft Veteran Embraces Open Source,” I’m left with one burning question: Why is this news?Packing FOSSWhy Use Open-source Software?In conversation with Adam HydeSuccess StoriesSourceForge Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2009 Financial ResultsUp 17 Percent Year-Over-Year Record Media Revenue — Up 23 Percent Year-Over-Year and 14 Percent SequentiallyPartyGaming Bets on Open SourceLatin America Girds its (Free) LoinsFreedomDRM is always anti-userLong walk to freedomOpenStreetMap grows, spawns ecosystemInteroperabilityResearcher: IT vendors should fix interoperability messEgyedi, a researcher of standards at the Technical University in Delft, the Netherlands, this Sunday emailed a public letter to representatives at of IT venders Sun, Microsoft and HP, to standard organisations ISO, Oasis and ECMA as well as policy makers at the European Commission. “ISO’s approval of a second, overlapping standard will not have lessened government fears about interoperability in a multi-vendor environment. The market has become less rather than more transparent.”Unisys Exec Takes Helm of Open Solutions AllianceEuropeFI: Open Source resource centre joins Linux foundation working groupGuidelines on software tenders ‘useful’EventsQualipso Open World Forum4th International Conference on Geographic Information SystemsApplicationsOpenbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US40 Open Source Tools for Protecting Your PrivacyLyX – A mighty document processorFirefoxWhy I’ve got the browser bluesCustomizing FirefoxRecent Firefox extensions for tab addictsMozilla Foundation and 2010 GoalsLeftoversOpen-source Obama: Change.gov shines a light on Creative CommonsPrinciples for an Open TransitionSimilarly, if the transition chooses to make video accessible on YouTube, releasing the same video simultaneously in a standard, universal format will allow other video sites to syndicate that content as well. Ideally, that format should be nonproprietary. But so long as the content is freely licensed (Principle #1), and free access is secured (Principle #2), transcoding would not be inhibited. The transition would thus not be supporting one platform to the exclusion of others. Thomas signs on for YouTube symphony projectApple swings DMCA at Hackintosh makerJust two weeks after US District Judge William Alsup threw out wannabe Mac-clone vendor Psystar’s countersuit against Apple, the One True Mac-Maker has un-holstered another weapon in its campaign to crush the Florida-based upstart.AP Gets It Wrong Again: Wants To Restrict Certain Reports To 500 WordsUK Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Journalist Police Wiretapped 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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