12.05.08
Links 05/12/2008: Red Hat Upgraded; IBM Takes on Microsoft, Using GNU/Linux
GNU/Linux
- Red Had (NYSE:RHT): Jeffco upgrade to Buy; Cisco relationship on tap?
- Will a Linux Certification Help You Get a Linux Job?
There are a host of Linux certifications. They range from the high-end Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) and Novell’s Novell Linux Certified Engineer (NLCE ) to ones that are appropriate for entry-level Linux system managers, such as the Linux Professional Institute’s entry-level LPIC-1. Each are meant to show that those who have them are Linux professionals of one level or another. How much help are they though when it comes from turning your Linux expertise into a Linux job?
- The LXF Benchmark: Desktop environments
- Utah company to market new software platform
Linux is a cheaper alternative than traditional commercial software such as Microsoft’s Windows. CentralPointe also has put together a blend of open source and other software such as Google’s free online programs to market to small businesses or larger ones that operate smaller offices in different locations.
- Slackware Approaches Stable 12.2 Release
- KDE 4.2: Codenamed Caterpillar, Promising a Butterfly
- Indian GNU/Linux advocate and independent FOSS consultant Raj Mathur (video)
- Is It Windows Or Linux Or Both?
- 10 common mistakes made by Linux users
- Boxee adds Netflix movie downloads
This Boxee enhancement also marks the first time Netflix instant downloads will be available to users of desktop PCs running Linux.
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Ubuntu
- Day 2: Getting everything I need for the perfect windows replacement
We will get into reviewing the programs that I installed in future posts. That’s it for tonight, I have to say that I have had an incredibly fun time playing with Ubuntu. literally no hang-ups yet. I figured that I would spend the first few days ripping my hair out, but its been an absolute pleasure to use. At this point, Ubuntu beats Windows in user-friendliness hands down.
- Linux Comparison: Introduction and Ubuntu
- The Big Ol’ Ubuntu Security Resource
- Spectrum ZX81 case-modded into Ubuntu PC
This mod by Flickr user Unravelled smashes an entire Ubuntu PC into the chassis beneath the membrane keyboard of an old Spectrum ZX81, thanks to a wonderfully diminuitive VIA EPIA Pico-ITX motherboard. There’s even four USB ports, video out and audio connectors. It makes me realize, though, that what I really want is for someone to take a ZX81, a Pico motherboard and add a screen, transforming the Spectrum in actuality into what it always has appeared to me to be: the world’s first UMPC.
- Day 2: Getting everything I need for the perfect windows replacement
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Sub-Notebooks
- Hot tech toys: Small, lightweight laptops
These sleek Wi-Fi-enabled computers are usually limited in capacity, and to keep costs down, often ship with the open-source Linux operating system instead of Microsoft’s Windows.
- Making the Browser the First Stop
- Microsoft Executive: Netbooks Risk Cannibalizing Windows
“My personal view is that there’s some cannibalization and some incremental ( growth in units),” Bill Veghte, who runs Microsoft’s Windows unit, said at a technology conference.
Veghte said that Windows was on about 70% of Netbooks in the market.
- Hot tech toys: Small, lightweight laptops
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Embedded
- DIY Linux service gains ultralight GUI
- Empower Single Board Computer Chosen by Pixon Imaging for High Performance Real-Time Imaging System
- LiMo to gain FOMA pack
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Google
- Does Google Have a Secret OS?
- Openmoko’s Freerunner gets Android source repository and binaries
The Canadian vendor Koolu, the global wholesaler for Openmoko’s open Freerunner smartphone for Linux, has released a GIT repository containing the current Android sources and the patches required for the smartphone. Previously, interested users had to collect the sources and patches themselves.
- BREAKING: First Australian Android phone revealed
- G1 bootloader dumped: big step forward for G1 jailbreakers
- Mapping the mobile open source ecosystem
From Android’s launch to the upcoming open-source Symbian, open source has emerged as a driving force in the world of mobile devices, writes VisionMobile’s Andreas Constantinou in a whitepaper. Constantinou breaks down the major open-source technologies, using charts to help sort through the confusion.
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IBM
F/OSS
- Open source does not need new buzzwords
- Capitol Weekly [CIO] Interview
We’re going to be moving away from some of our older mainframe technologies, running on COBOL. We’re moving definitely towards greater use of open source, to either a dot-net of Java environment for development. We’re moving towards many more services as self-service.
- The Pros and Cons of Using Joomla!
- An open response to Chris Frey regarding GFDL 1.3 An open response to Chris Frey regarding GFDL 1.3
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Programming
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Firefox
