GNU/Linux

• Koolu to Support Android Platform on Openmoko's Freerunner
• The Wine development release 1.1.9 is now available.
• Linux 2.6.28-rc6
• Die-shrunk x86 SoC draws 2 Watts at 1GHz
• Mandrake Linux Founder Back, Virtually
• Ardour 2.7 released
• From the SuperComputing '08 Floor
• From the SuperComputing '08 Floor, Part 2 of 4
• SimplyMEPIS: The best desktop Linux you haven't tried
• 5 Ways To Beat The IT Budget Blues
• ClarkConnect: Open source gateway option for the remote office
• Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 uses the graphics memory of the Playstation 3
• PCLinuxOS Magazine, November 2008
• Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu

• Laptops/Sub-notebooks

  • USB Linux key targets netbooks
  • Tom Brady Teams Up With OLPC
  • Reliable Linux netbooks for Black Friday

• Virtualisation

  • Virtual appliances made easy with rBuilder
  • Virtualization technology targets multi-core ARM
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  Red Hat

  • Red Hat Fedora Claims It's the Leader in Linux
    
    

    Red Hat's Fedora community Linux distribution has now tallied its user base, and it's a number that on the surface would make it the largest installed base of any Linux distribution, with at least 9.5 million users and possibly as many as 10.5 million.

    
    
    
  • Fedora 11 Release Schedule, Along With Five Features
  • Red Hat Eyeing Larger Market Share For Open Source Solutions In Malaysia
  • Red Hat Expands Technical, Marketing Assistance For JBoss ISVs
  • Red Hat's Brian Stevens Explores the Evolution of the Cloud at 1st International Cloud Computing Conference & Expo
  • An Open Source Vendor's Biggest Competitor: Its Customers?
  • Linux gets Common Criteria certs
  • HP Offers AMD Shanghai-Based Workstation

Open

• Now Online: "Europeana", Europe's Digital Library
• In Open Source Denial
• Open Source 101: An Executive Guide to Open Source
• The tanking economy and OSS
• eZ Publish Open Source CMS Heads to SaaS
• Open-Xchange as a Viable Alternative to Microsoft Exchange
• Open Source Software Institute Announces Release of Updated OpenSSL FIPS Object Module
• Barracuda Networks Breaks into SSL VPN Space for Small Business
• Jaspersoft - is free BI the way to go?
• Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks
• Open Source Management company op5 expands into Germany
• Open Kernel Labs Expands Global Market Presence: Launches European HQ
• Google Considers Preinstalling Chrome On New PCs
• Open-source traffic is way up in 2008
• Developers Praise Open Source Support, Innovation and Freedom, and Reveal Preferences for PCs over Macs at ApacheCon US 2008
• Sheep-Throwing Marsupial in the "Yo Frankie" Game
• By the People: Citizen Involvement the Open Source Way
• Will identity be open source?
• The TWAIN Working Group To Release Open Source Unix And 64 Bit Data Source Manager And 2.0 Specification
• Open Source Metasploit 3.2 hits general release
• Fonality Open Source Call Center Solution Saves Manufacturer $100K
• Open source to the rescue of gene analysis
• Open source against AIDS
• Business.com Releases Open Source Query Tool
• MySQL Query Analyzer and open source business models
• Open source tries to make collaboration the differentiator
• Got a pink slip? Write more open-source software
• Trendy Solutions… or How Pre-built Open Source Rocks the Crisis
• Sun Microsystems Debuts Open Source GlassFish Server
• Unicon Adds Over Twenty New Open Source Projects for CAS, Sakai, uPortal and Zimbra in Q3 2008
• Yahoo to make BrowserPlus open-source
• Ingres 9.2 Offered With Ease Of Use Enhancements
• SoftMaker Office 2008 focuses on compatibility with Microsoft Office
  
  

  Softmaker Office 2008 for Linux offers good compatibility with the proprietary Microsoft Office formats. However, unlike OpenOffice.org, SoftMaker lacks macros, doesn't do OLE, and only supports the Open Document Format in its word processor.

  
  
  

MAFIAA

• Regulators back Bell Canada choking indie ISP traffic
• AFACT sues iiNet over piracy
• RIAA Sued For Racketeering Yet Again
• YouTube is Big Fun And Useful
• "Three Strikes and You're Out" Struck Down
• Three Strikes Rule May Sneak Into EU Law, Despite Earlier Rejection