05.27.08
Links 27/05/2008: GNU/Linux-only ASUS Desktops Come Next Week, WAVE SDK Comes to GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux
- Asus to release [GNU/Linux-based] desktop Eee PC on June 3
- Twisted Pair Adds .NET and Linux to WAVE SDK; Company Broadens Unified Communications Developer Opportunities with Support for Linux Engine and .NET APIs
“This new SDK capability completes our developer ecosystem, allowing both Windows and Linux developers to build applications for WAVE, a framework widely proven in the most rigorous communications environments,” said Tom Guthrie, President and CEO at Twisted Pair Solutions.
- Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More
jebba: I did read his message. I follow gNewSense with one eye, but I haven’t looked into Gobuntu at all so I don’t have much to say there… Though, at a glance, a merge makes sense.
I published an article about this some time ago.
- Windows vs. Linux: Understanding the Difficulty Divide
- Introducing the Sugar Emulation Live Image 0.01
To create the USB key, you need Fedora — for now, anyway. Here’s a great article describing how to install an ISO onto a USB key.
- KDE4Daily – testing KDE 4.1 with daily updates
KDE4Daily, a virtual machine image of KDE 4 with daily updates was released for KDE 4.1. This gives anyone the opportunity to test the newest KDE 4.1 sanely inside a virtual machine.
- Linux
I have been a windows user from the start and I have fond memories of 3.1 and then 3.11 progressing through each new release until I find myself lumbered with Vista on my desktop PC.
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In the future I predict that Linux will be King, long live the King.
- The Wanky World of Windows
Lie #1: Nothing runs on Linux.
Answer #1: All the programs I need run on Linux. Ubuntu even has a ‘Add/Remove’ option in the ‘Applications’ menu. This lists hundreds of available programs you can download and install for Ubuntu. There is also something called ‘Synaptic Package Manager’, where you can install thousands of things. Anyways, the more people that use Linux, the more applications will be available to Linux users.
Lie #2: Linux is for gurus.
Answer #2: Ubuntu is for human beings! I’m not a guru, and I always use Linux.
Video
- News snippets & Big Buck Bunny aka Peach DVD released!
- Why Hiro is not my hero
Hiro’s approach is to prevent fast forwarding or rewinding during ads. Furthermore, the ads are dynamically inserted along with pieces of the show that were omitted from the original file. Once the Hiro software has collected these items, the file will play locally for a few days, after which a new set of ads fetched from the server before it can be played again.
Because everybody will love a good commercial. You will. You must.
- Google says Viacom’s suit ‘threatens’ Net
Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube “threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information” over the Web, YouTube parent Google said in a legal response to the suit.
- YouTube law fight ‘threatens net’
Leftovers
- Microsoft a distant third in mock debate on virtualization
VMware’s going to win the virtualization battle, and Microsoft won’t even be its nearest competitor.
- Facebook To Open Source Facebook Platform
gggggg said,
May 27, 2008 at 2:04 pm
You want something pretty:
http://lwb.lawnet.com.sg/legal/lgl/rss/legalnews/57100.html
Just read it. It’s hilarious…
“A SINGAPORE firm has threatened to sue websites that use pictures or graphics to link to another page, claiming it owns the patent for a technology used by millions around the world.”
“‘Website owners are just upset because they never had to pay for it before,’ said Mr Smith.
VueStar will begin enforcing its patent claims in Australia and the US ‘soon’, he said, and the firm is also working on invoices for Internet heavyweights like Google and Microsoft. ”
Hahahhaha
Thank AlexH, because he simply don’t care…
Roy Schestowitz said,
May 27, 2008 at 6:11 pm
The “JPEG on a site” patent forced Patent TrollTracker to take the JPEGs off his blog, IIRC.
It’s an insane world. Even the double-click is patented. The smiley too. With the current dysfunctional law, a default Apache installation is a crime.
Victor Soliz said,
May 27, 2008 at 10:15 pm
I doubt vmware is any better than MS. I do hope nobody wins the virtualization battle, so there is always sane competition, the IT world seems to have certain love with crowning champions and declaring them years of loyalty, I think that needs to change.
Victor Soliz said,
May 27, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Would this still be enslaved to MS by the xandros deal?
Roy Schestowitz said,
May 27, 2008 at 10:25 pm
The manager of Scalix told me at the time that ASUS is doing its own thing and is therefore independent from Xandros’ obligations. I don’t know what arrangements — if any — Asustek has. So the answer is that I don’t have a definite answer, but I hope to believe that ASUS pays Microsoft or Xandros absolutely nothing (which I doubt).
touch said,
May 29, 2008 at 1:30 am
I wonder what conclusion the DOJ came to in the Microsoft “investment” into Corel before Corel dumped Corel Linux to become Xandos and bend over for Microsoft with a new pact? I’m sure someone’s cock was sucked there, too, like always with Microsoft, someone takes money to look the other way and Microsoft dances away with another victory.