09.15.08
Links 15/09/2008: Google Phones Out Shortly, New GNU/Linux Software
New Releases
- Greenie 3.1H
- sidux 2008-03 preview 1
sidux is a full featured Debian sid based live CD with a special focus on hard disk installations, a clean upgrade path within sid and additional hard- and software support. The ISO is completely based on Debian sid, enriched and stabilized with sidux’ own packages and scripts.
- VirtualBox 2.0.2
- Chip PC Launches a Powerful, New Lineup of Linux-based Products Offering Flexibility, Enhanced Desktop Virtualization Experience; Superior Multimedia and Policy-based Manageability
Mobile
- Google takes aim at Apple’s iPhone
- Google mobile chief says can’t afford a dud
- Download Foresight Mobile Edition
- Foresight Linux Goes Mobile
Foresight Linux’s development team just rolled out a mobile version of their distribution. This new release is no lightweight at 530MB, but it does offer a whole range of functionality and pre-installed software along with a Gnome desktop that was specially created for smaller displays
GNU/Linux
- Linux Scalability in a NUMA World
- Worldwide grid evaluating collider test results
- How Dropbox ended my search for seamless sync on Linux
- Launchy : Application Launcher for Linux
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 108
- DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 270, 15 September 2008
- The Linux Action Show! Season 9 Episode 4 – MP3 – Fixed
- Easystroke Makes Mouse Gestures Easy in Linux
- Securing your network premises with Endian
- Dell & Tesco bringing Linux to the masses – launching £299 Inspiron Z530 ‘Web Browser’ in October
- He’s fighting to free us from Microsoft
Frields, of Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat Inc., is a real player in the open source world, and he lives and works in Fredericksburg. Red Hat, founded in 1995, is a free and open source software company and a major Linux distribution vendor known for its enterprise operating system Red Hat Enterprise Linux. He’s Red Hat’s Fedora Project Leader. Fedora is a community-supported free and open-source Linux-based operating system.
F/OSS
- Free Software
- Should Mozilla Rebrand Itself as Firefox?
- Twelve Myths about Free and Open Source Software
Graphics
- 42 of the Best Free Linux Graphics Software
- Mesa 7.2 Release Candidate 1
- Battle for the window manager…raw graphical technologies like Compiz/Beryl versus user centered approach, like Metisse.
- UT3 Linux Release To Include Editor
Applications
- Chronic Logic announces Zatikon is now available for Windows, OSX and Linux
- VLC gets a new look on Windows and Linux
- TurboCash hits Linux, Apple
- CodeWeavers Polishes Chromium Code for Mac and Linux
Development
- Aonix User Interface Management System Delivers GUI Development for 64-bit Platforms
- MIPS Technologies Unveils Groundbreaking Linux Development Tools in New Integrated Component Suite
Leftovers
- Berners-Lee starts foundation aimed at Web’s future
- Virginia Announces Physics ‘Flexbook’ Solicitation
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Brian Behlendorf, lead developer of the Apache Foundation 06 (2005)
Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating.
