● 12.24.08
●● Links Xmas Eve: OLPC in Colombia, Mandriva 2009.1 @ Alpha
Posted in News Roundup at 9:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
●●● GNU/Linux
TED follows Negroponte to Colombia to deliver GNU/Linux XO laptopsTED followed Nicholas Negroponte into Colombia to deliver 650 GNU/Linux-powered OLPC XO laptops to kids there. Interesting story with deployment numbers scattered all over.The video also addresses other areas in the world and ends with a Give 1 Get 1 plug.Linux and the PC MentailityWhy I do not use Windows as my primary OSThe top 5 Linux myths: Why you shouldn’t fear the penguinMplayer, FFmpeg Gain VA-API SupportAutodistroUsing Kernel Customization Tools[openmoko-announce] Om 2008.12 & BeyondA Brave New WorldWizzard launches AT&T’s Text-to-Speech version for LinuxGraphicsFirst There Was Compiz, Now There Is Compiz++First there was Compiz, a compositing window manager that brought very interesting desktop effects to Linux, and then Beryl came about as a fork of Compiz before it ultimately turned into Compiz Fusion. Today though, on Christmas eve, the world can now meet Compiz++.Compiz++ is a branch of Compiz that brings several new features to the table and there are huge changes. First off, the Composite and OpenGL layers to Compiz have been separated so that Compiz++ no longer is just a compositing window manager. If your graphics hardware or drivers don’t support Composite, you can now run Compiz++ as a normal window manager without compositing effects. Other rendering back-ends could be introduced to Compiz++ so that the windowing manager could render to say X Render or Clutter. Compiz++ also provides re-parented decorations.25 Best Linux Desktop Customization ScreenshotsOne of the advantage of using Linux is that you can choose the graphic environment you want to use and you can customize it as you want. This article offers you a list of the 25 best screenshots, found on the Internet, and which will give you inspiration to customize your desktop.DistributionsSabayon 4 & future EntropyUbuntuSingapore supports Ubuntu!Bullies of LinuxUnderstanding Canonical’s new Linux notification systemNotifications, Popups and UMandrivaMandriva Linux 2009 Spring Alpha 1Oh [Madnriva is] BeautifulThese were the exact words from my wife’s mouth when she saw my Mandriva 2009 install. I choose the KDE 4 desktop which is eye-candy in itself, but Mandriva devs have put in a lot of effort and made KDE look much more adoring. Every look is pleasing and speaks of the attention to details paid by devs.Mandriva Linux and your BlackberryRed HatAdvantage: Red HatSix Stages to SOA Evolution in the EnterpriseFricke cited a Red Hat customer, a passenger railway company with 100,000 daily passengers and $1 billion in revenue, that deployed JBoss applications server, reaping 700 per cent performance gain. Following that, ticket sales were integrated with eBay auctions to improve utilization of trains. “One of the beauties of SOA is it’s not a static deployment. It can be expanded to solve other business problems,” said Fricke, while stressing that as SOA deployment expands across an organization, governance becomes increasingly important.A Penguin Deathmatch? Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10I’ve talked about a lot of pros for Fedora. What Ubuntu has going for it is that it is a bit simpler to get installed and working for a basic setup on common hardware and getting common software packages installed is much easier. If you know what you are doing (aka you are a geek seeking fun and entertainment), Fedora is more efficient, can be hacked around with a bit more, and in my opinion is a better distro, but not by very much.Above all – you can’t really go wrong with either one of these fine software systems. They are easily better than MS Vista…I can’t comment on what Apple and BSD has to offer yet. Now I’m onto getting Eclipse 3.4, Seam, MySQL, and JBoss AS/Portal installed on my shiny new Fedora laptop. That should provide hours of geeky fun”.Boss by day, gamer by night: Tech leaders’ favorite video gamesDo you play now, and if so, what games and on what systems? I play occasionally, most often choosing a game at random from the selection available for the Fedora Linux distro. I tend to stick to variations on the classics but have to admit that Blob Wars is amusing.IntelAlan Cox and the End of an EraPC makers conservative about Intel Moblin open source software for AtomCenter for Moblin Linux Opens in Taipei
●●● F/OSS
December 2008 Web Server SurveyApache shows the largest growth this month, gaining a further 2.47 million sites.Mathematics Software SAGE Version 3.2.1 ReleasedThe future of open sourceSoftware for the recessionOpen Source Integration Challenges and SolutionsOpen source document management solutionsBring Open Source into Hedge FundsOpen Source Developers Want Sandy BackFSFThe bootable membership cards are (finally) here! The bootable membership cards are (finally) here!A Weekend with Eben MoglanStallman inaugurates Centre for Excellence in E-governance in IIT, New DelhiPresidencyChange.org: Free Software for the US GovernmentIs your toilet economically sustainable?Designing the Obama PresidencyEcuadorPresident of the Ecuador Rafael Correa Talks About Free SoftwareEcuador: Two Years After Correa’s Meeting With StallmanSunSun Executive Reveals More Open-source Plans for JavaFXA Word on Linux and Solaris SupportMozillaIE Loses European Market ShareFor November, IE’s share of Europe’s browser market was 59.5%, down a percentage point since June and off five points since April.latest numbers from xiti monitorIs Epiphany ready to replace Firefox?Mozilla: Chrome has “complicated” relations with GoogleBrowser for Linux devices hits second alphaTry Mozilla’s Fennic Mobile Browser on Windows, Mac or Linuxabout:mozilla – Fennec, Firefox, Impact Mozilla, Camino, Firebug, QMO, Videos, Design community, and more…
●●● MAFIAA
ACTA Negotiators Hold Closed Door Meeting To Say They Need To Be More TransparentRIAA Apparently Unable To Stop Lawsuits In MotionProsecuting Online File Sharing Turns a Generation CriminalReboot the FCC
●●● Knowledge
EU’s new online library reopensMobile Wikipedia officially launchedAn appeal from Wikipedia founder, Jimmy WalesWhat happened to Free and Open Knowledge?
●●● Censorship
Vietnam tightens rules on blogsChina Rebuilds its Great FirewallAussie government defends Internet censorship technology
●●● Leftovers
[Linux-apathetic] Foxconn to lay off 100,000US economy shrinks as IMF warns of Great Depression
●●● Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
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