06.27.08
Links 27/06/2008: Limo and Lips Joined by the Hips
GNU/Linux
- USB Linux systems expand
Calao Systems has started shipping half a dozen expansion modules for its tiny USB key-sized Linux computer.
- IGEL Technology Announces Availability of its Latest Linux Firmware
- A Cutting Edge Sugar User Interface Demo
- sidux 2008-02 [Released]
A little later than planned due to a number of library transitions in Debian/ sid, we now have the pleasure to announce the immediate availability of sidux 2008-02 “Έρεβος”, shipping in roughly ≈470 MB kde-lite flavours for amd64 and i386 (i686), a combined i386+amd64 release with ≈1.5 GB KDE for kde-full and, as usual, an xdelta to add initial localisations for all currently supported languages. Enhancing the sidux family, a roughly ≈420 MB large XFCE variant has been added for amd64 and i386 (i686) for the first time.
- Kernel log: New graphics drivers and stable kernels; details about Linux-staging
Mobile
- Openmoko ships Neo FreeRunner Linux phone
Openmoko’s Neo FreeRunner open-source handset has finally shipped to distributors, marking an attempt by the mobile Linux company to move towards the mass market.
- Mobile Linux Groups Join Forces
- More Competition Not Bad for Android
Red Hat
- Red Hat expects steady growth
Red Hat said on a conference call with analysts that it expected continued revenue growth, to between $162 million and $164 million, and flat earnings in the second quarter.
- What happened to Oracle’s Red Hat challenge?
F/OSS
- Open source tour of Europe: Italy
- Open source tour of Europe: Germany
Perhaps the most famous open source project of all is the move to Linux desktop in Munch. The city voted in 2003 to begin trials aimed at eventually moving 14,000 desktops to Linux and OpenOffice.org and drafted in IBM and SUSE Linux to help its efforts. In June 2004 it announced that the trials were a success and Munich would move ahead with the plan, which has a budget of €35m ($44m).
- Pushing the Glacier
- Portrait: Michelle Bisson balances consulting with Joomla! volunteerism
- McNealy: “We Invented Open Source, Gang”
- How Can We Harness the Firefox Effect?
- Alfresco-Adobe Pact Pushes Open Source Toward the Mainstream
- Eclipse Ganymede improves SOA tools
Clouds
Microsoft
- In a letter to shareholders, Yahoo defends its “no” to Microsoft and “yes” to Google
- Yahoo Rejected Microsoft Over Exclusivity Request
- No Surprise: Powerset Sells Out To Microsoft
- AVG disguises fake traffic as IE6
robert enderle said,
June 27, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Can you find out why Aaron Seigo’s blog is now invitation only?
KDE is getting a lot of flack for being what it is not and Id love to hear his defense but he closed his blog.
KDE4.04 is not a beta but an alpha , a framework for the apps in 4.1.
I blame KDE for not doing a good job of explain this, distros for jumping the gun and saying 4 could replace the 3.5 version and the people in the media who should know better like SJVN for saying things like ‘this was so bad I might not come back to KDE in a long time’.
I find it strange that he would close his blog now.
Woods said,
June 27, 2008 at 1:05 pm
Beranger has a summary (and analysis) of the situation ( http://www.beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/06/26/08/17/19-kde4-aseigo-troy-the-users-and-t )
Also see PlanetKDE ( http://planetkde.org/ ) mainly Troy Unrau’s rather harsh rant ( http://troy-at-kde.livejournal.com/17753.html ) and Jason Harris’ rather ridiculous (unless he was being ironic) follow-up ( http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3535 )
As far as I can understand, Aaron basically burned out with the avalanche of poisonous commentary from forums and mailing lists (regarding KDE4 et Plasma)
(disclaimer: I haven’t really followed it that much, hence the quick link-collection)
Roy Schestowitz said,
June 27, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Later on I’ll post a log of today’s IRC session. It’s was discussed there yesterday as well. Let me just grab the gist of it:
<schestowitz> Eruaran, see this when you get the time: http://beranger.org/index.php?page=diary&2008/06/26/08/17/19-kde4-aseigo-troy-the-users-and-t
<kentma> okay, will take a look
<schestowitz> Eruaran, more here http://www.ereslibre.es/?p=107 and here http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3534
They just need some privacy for development. It’s all fine. Use 3.5.x for the time being.