09.25.08
Links 25/09/2008: Red Hat’s Business Still Thrives, GNOME 2.24 Released
GNU/Linux
- Red Hat Q2 earnings beat Street
- GNOME 2.24 Release Notes
- Digital piano adds Linux
Yamaha has added embedded Linux to the electronic “player piano” add-on it offers with some models. With version 3.0 of the Mark IV firmware, MontaVista Linux controls the 333MHz AMD Geode-based piano, enabling new interface possibilities, acoustic recording, and interaction with Web-based services.
- Many happy returns of the day. [Fedora is 5]
- Devfoundry releases VoIP Monitor v1.5 for Linux, Proactive VoIP/FoIP Monitoring and Diagnostics Tool
- Linux alternatives to Windows SBS part two
- MIDs to outsell netbooks in five years?
Linux stacks such as Moblin and Maemo will dominate the mobile Internet device (MID) market, says a report by ABI Research. The firm expects Moblin to take 42 percent of the market in 2013, when it expects 86 million Linux-enabled MIDs to ship.
- Italian LUG turns Pakistani school into a educational model
The students of a missionary school in Pakistan, from first graders to graduates, have become enthusiast Edubuntu users thanks to the cooperation between their administrator and an Italian LUG.
Ubuntu
- Improving Ubuntu/Upstream Bug Workflow
This is just one of a number of projects that we are working on to improve how we work with other entities in the Open Source world. We are really, really keen to not only build a strong and effective Ubuntu community, but to also ensure we can work as effectively with other projects and contributors too.
- Intrepid and beyond
- Xubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Alpha 6 Review
Alpha 6 is the last alpha release of Xubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10. I wanted to give it a try on my Dell Inspiron 1150 notebook to see how far it had come along. My Dell has an Intel Celeron 2.4 Ghz processor, 1 Gig of RAM, and 80 Gigabytes of hard disk space. The Ubuntu release schedule states the final release date for Intrepid Ibex is October 30th, 2008.
Devices
- Germany Company Debuts High Speed Debug With Linux Support
- Bug 272826: Ubuntero
- Industrial networked DVR runs Linux
Web
- A brief history of computers and free software: where is the money?
- How to Run Web Apps from Your Desktop
- Google and HTC spent 3 years on Android, handsets
- Ram Shriram: Open Up the Airwaves
- Google’s Page: White spaces test was unfair
F/OSS
- The Netherlands Patent Office changes to open source software
The Netherlands Patent Office is the first government authority to implement the ‘Nederland Open in Connection’ action plan and to switch a large number of its ICT systems to what is known as open source software. As the first step, Frank Heemskerk, minister of Foreign Affairs launched the new website of the Netherlands Patent Office today, which is based on open source software. By the end of 2009, the entire office environment, including desktop computer systems and the relationship management system will be running on the basis of open source software.
- Awards recognise open source leaders
- Sun Microsystems Recognizes Open Source Innovation with Announcement of OpenSPARC Community Innovation Award Winners
Leftovers
- EFF: claim that consent needed for linking is ‘preposterous’
- Podcaster rejeceted because it duplicates iTunes functionality
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Larry Augustin, GNU Linux business visionary 31
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