06.02.08
Links 02/06/2008: KDE Report and Screencast, Asustek and GNU/Linux in the News Again
GNU/Linux (General)
- A safe internet system
In my opinion, Linux is much more secure than any Windows system. But with the technical sophistication of hacks increasing and taking into account the technical skill level of the average computer user, you really have no certainty that any system has not been compromised.
- Ulteo Virtual Desktop: Running GNU/Linux in Windows
2008 is shaping up to be the year that GNU/Linux hit the Windows desktop. Already the year has seen the first working version of the KDE Windows project, Wubi, which installs Ubuntu to an existing Windows filesystem, and LiveUSB Creator, a wizard for installing the Fedora distribution to a flashdrive from within Windows.
- Screencast: Showing Off KDE 4.1
KDE 4.1, which is supposed to become the KDE4 version usable by ‘normal’ people, is coming at the end of July. When Ars reviewed the beta release, they were positive in that it was moving forward at an “extraordinary pace”.
- KDE e.V. Quarterly Report 2007Q3/Q4 Now Available
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue93
- Don’t buy any download accelerator
Downloading OpenOffice in a handful of minutes instead of half an hour and saturating your 5Mbit ADSL link? Great. Doing so without having to spend a dime. Priceless!.
GNU/Linux Laptops
- Asus laptops get ‘instant-on Linux’
- Asus to launch laptops with Linux Net software
- Tiny laptops easy to tote around
- Asus offers £10 high-capacity battery upgrade for Eee PC 900
- Review: Ubuntu on the Eee PC
If what we’re hearing in the trade sites is correct, the brand new ultra-mobile Eee PC 901 will be released in the next few days. However, the price point is supposed to be close to the $650 mark, which is a far cry from the sub-$400 sweet spot of the 701. Still, I’m eying that one carefully for my road kit, given how well my own 701 has performed.
- Atom-based Eee PC 901 pops June 3rd with Bluetooth for $650
GNU/Linux Distributions
- Litrix 8.5 | Brazilian Desktop GNU/Linux Distribution for Home Users
- Myah OS 3.0 Mouse Pro Released
- An Interview with Anurag Bhandari, the Founder of Granular Linux
- Mandriva 2008 Spring vs. Ubuntu 8.04 LTS … and how neither one wins
- Ubuntu Hardy Heron steps in to make Linux a proper desktop alternative to Windows.
- Linux’s friend – the Beery Badger?
Free Software/Open Source
- Sharjah school dumps high-cost software for open-source applications
John Nash, network manager and head of ICT for SIA, said: “This academic year, rather than using proprietary software, what we’ve done is be slightly different and use things like the GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) instead of Photoshop, Scribus for desktop publishing and InkScape, which is a full, scalable vector graphics program.”
- Yes, I’m Free, Said The Open Source Software Idea
- Andrew Keen on New Media
The peer-to-peer production of open-source information is increasingly becoming mainstream. Even traditional knowledge companies are integrating Web 2.0 tools like wikis, podcasts and blogs into their business and media strategies.
- First Look: OpenOffice.org 3.0 for Windows
In this article, we take a look at getting the latest OpenOffice.org 3.0 developer build up-and-running for Windows XP.
- firefox fastest growing browser in may
- Firefox 3: A Safari User’s Review
- IcedTea Bridges Open-Source Gap with OpenJDK
- Award for Open Source Application for Analysing Health Data
- Open Source for Open Systems – Follow up to ConnectivityWeek
- T2K Open Supercomputer Systems with Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) Processors Now in Operation
- GPL Project Watch List for Week of 05/30
- Firefox 3: Is this really Free Software?
Leftovers
- Crystal Ball Sunday #3: Distributed Computing in the Workplace
- Adobe Acrobat v9: Collaboration is King
- Yahoo Sued by Indian Music Company for Copyright Infringment
- YouTube enshrines Universal Studios’ lost attractions
- A quarter of US PCs infected with malware: OECD
