09.30.08
Links 26-30/09/2008: 1 Million GNU/Linux Laptops for Venezuela, Microsoft Says 60% of Servers Run Linux
GNU/Linux
- Simultaneous ARM Linux Kernel & Apps Debug From Pls Germany
- Manou Chen of Open.Amsterdam (video interview)
- The five best desktop Linuxes you haven’t tried
- Installing Linux apps: A few good tips
- Interview With TualatriX – Maker of Ubuntu Tweak!
- Dell confirms 12in netbook? MID? Tablet?
- Linux-based IP STB swaps media with cell phones
- Linux devotee tries to spread the word
“Where do you find a movement that doesn’t have greed behind it?” says Bob Lewis, 68, a Lindependence foot soldier from Felton who stopped by Cafiero’s office as we talked.
And let’s face it, in the cold, calculating world of technology, we could use a few movements that are powered by something other than money. The idea seems to be resonating in Felton and beyond.
- The 14 best Linux distros
- Linux Distro to Newbies: Adapt or Leave!
- Ballmer Still Searching for an Answer to Google
“Forty percent of servers run Windows, 60 percent run Linux,” he said. “How are we doing? Forty is less than 60, so I don’t like it. … We have some work to do.”
- Ricoh and UNETsystem Join Forces to Enhance Security Compliance
- Open source Atheros HAL to help Wifi developers under Linux
- The future belongs to Linux
What caught my interest was the assertion by Zemlin that vendors such as Sun have their strength in ERP applications that are nearing the end of their “seven to 20-year life cycle.” Increasingly, these customers are switching over to Linux as they reevaluate their next cycle of investments.
- Top 5 Linux references in pop-culture
- Linux Foundation to host first end-user summit
- 100 reasons Linux beats Windows
- 5 Things That Make Linux Great
- Host Color Launches VPS Service
- Dell launches a cut-down Linux version of its netbook
Dell’s Inspiron Mini 9 is now shipping in a new version with the MID edition of Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The revised model is £30 cheaper and has an 8GB SSD.
Laptop
- Classmate PC gets a boost with million-unit Venezuelan order
The Classmate PC units that will be distributed to schools in Venezuela and Portugal will ship preinstalled with a custom flavor of the Linux operating system.
- A brief tour of small PCs
- £229 Acer Aspire One Netbook, 1.6GHz, 120GB 8.9 Inch Display, Linux OS
The Aspire one is great for getting things done: whether you’re checking your mail, managing your online bank account or chatting with friends, the Aspire one offers a simple, intuitive Linux interface that clearly organizes everything you need to surf, work or simply have fun…
HPC
- SiCortex Unleashes Next Generation Deskside Development Platform — The World’s Greenest
- Red Hat to release supercomputing distribution
Gadgets/Consoles/Devices
- The PC in a Console: Linux on the Sony PS3
- The World of Pod Modding
- Gadgets only a modder could love
- Linux Where You’d Least Expect It
- Linux box shifts media from TV to mobile phone
- Crystal Ball Sunday #12: Built-In Home Entertainment and Automation
Telecom
- Telecoms networks – Carrier Grade Linux comes of age
- Nokia spreading software bets after Symbian buy
- Google’s Android May See More Investments From Motorola; Nokia And Verizon Spotted Among Developers
F/OSS
- Open source could fix e-voting flaws, California secretary of state says
- On-line applications “just work”; why worry about the freedom of the licence?
- Adobe Talks Open Source, Innovation and the Future of Flash
- 2008 New Zealand Open Source Awards
Browsers
- Iron, a private version of Chromium from Germany
- Q & A with John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla Corp.
- Overhauled tabbed browsing for Firefox 3.1
MAFIAA
- Stop the MPAA and RIAA shadow government: Oppose S. 3325
- Last Chance: Tell Bush to veto the RIAA/MPAA Enforcement Bill
Leftovers (with GNU/Linux/UNIX References)
- Will Oracle’s Beehive Sting Microsoft Where It Hurts?
- Oracle Teams With Amazon, Intel in Cloud-Seeding Deals
- BluePhoenix Signs Multi-Million Dollar Modernization Project With Large U.S. Financial Institution
- The story of a State Services Commission server
- VMware proposes a new kind of OS
- Dabbling in OpenSolaris
- Woman sues EA over ‘secret’ Spore DRM
- An Open Letter to Windows Vista
