Links 19/12/2008: More GNU/Linux in Planes, Java Better on GNU/Linux
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2008-12-20 02:54:13 UTC
- Modified: 2008-12-20 02:54:13 UTC
GNU/Linux
- PC breathalysers, green Linux and offshore pretenders
- The Flying Penguin: Linux In-Flight Entertainment Systems
The touchscreens that are beginning to replace those clunky old air phones on the backs of airplane seats have something in common -- they mainly run on Linux. Because it's lightweight, robust and flexible -- which is more than you can say about other operating systems -- it's ideally suited for in-flight entertainment.
- A Picture Is Worth A Thousand......
- Kiwi Linux 8.12 Has OpenOffice.org 3.0
- IGEL Technology Announces VMware€® Ready Certified Status for its Linux-based Thin Clients and VMware Virtual Desktop Manager
Versus Windows
- Lost Windows Password? Look To Linux For Help
- Analysis: Is Microsoft's IE Flaw The Last Nail In Its Desktop Coffin?
Fierce competition in the desktop and end-user application space is looming large over Microsoft. Google continues to develop knockout, Web-based apps like Desktop, Video and Docs. OpenOffice is going mainstream -- the new Ubuntu distro makes Linux easier than ever for the layman.
Mozilla and Sun Microsystems have developed serious alternatives in the browser and productivity suite arenas with Firefox and OpenOffice.org.
Microsoft has long had a stranglehold on the browser and productivity suite markets. That hold may start to slip. In the Test Center, we are seeing the number of SMB and consumer applications and devices that are being developed with Linux compatability at an all-time high.
Could this latest security issue and the fact that it had not been addressed for the last several years by Microsoft, arguably the Earth's most wildly successful software company, be that proverbial straw that draws the masses to alternative personal computing offerings?
Vendors
Philosophy
Benchmarks
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Gadgets
- Pocket size Linux PC with GPS and GPRS
- Palm CEO: Linux smartphone to ship in H1 2009
- New eBook Reader Undercuts Kindle, Sony Reader Prices
Available in black, gray, or white, the device will have 128MB of internal memory, plus USB and an SD Card slot (it'll come with a 2GB card, too). Because its screen draws very little power, battery life should be extremely long; Foxit says it'll go for 8,000 page turns between recharges; it recharges via either USB or an included AC adapter. It uses an embedded Linux operating system, too.
- The Linux Gadget Hall of Fame: One geek's picks
Linux has a strong following among those who manage corporate servers, a loyal corps of desktop users and a small but growing base of laptop users. But it's also been a big -- if stealthy -- success as a platform for gadgets.
In fact, there ought to be a Linux Gadget Hall of Fame. I'll get it started with the first group of inductees: 10 of the most important gadgets of all time, each one based on Linux.
- Deals on Electronics this Christmas
Acer's aggressive marketing for their netbook is clearly evident. The leading netbook seller has decided to sell the Aspire One at a very affordable price of Rs. 17,499 for Linux, while the Windows XP variant will go for under Rs. 20,000.
- MontaVista's new ARM11 Linux goodies
- New Linux distro targets device resellers
An open source project has released a new, more "hackable" Debian-based Linux distribution for the Openmoko NeoFreerunner phone. The Hackable:1 group hopes to build a well-maintained, developer-friendly codebase for use by VARs (value-added resellers) building products on top of Openmoko's open hardware designs.
Android
F/OSS
Leftovers
- Hackers Unlock iPhone 3G
- Larry Lessig: From Copyright to Politics, from Stanford (Back) to Harvard
At Harvard, he won’t be focusing exclusively on intellectual property — the topic that made him famous. He’ll, in the words of Harvard, launch a “five-year project examining what happens when public institutions depend on money from sources that may be affected by the work of those institutions — for example, medical research programs that receive funding from pharmaceutical companies whose drugs they review, or academics whose policy analyses are underwritten by special interest groups.”
- Media used by cable to create Google scandal
Why was this turned into an anti-network neutrality story? Probably because the Journal has long been banging the drum against neutrality, for ideological reasons and because big companies are big advertisers.
Also, I believe, because this is how cable operators — who fear a neutral network will break their video business model — spun it.
Why believe what I’m saying? Possibly because the two “experts” the reporters consulted to justify their spin, Richard Whitt of Google and attorney Larry Lessig, say their words were twisted.
- Social Contracts, Social Justice, and the Creative Commons
- Rank Your Free Music on Nodes.fm
- Judge protects Wackypedia hackers
- RIAA Stops Suing Individuals: Are We Home Free?
Recent Techrights' Posts
- How to get selected for Outreachy internships
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- Red Hat Corporate Communications is "Red" Now
- Also notice they offer just two options: MICROSOFT or... MICROSOFT!
- Links 26/04/2024: XBox Sales Have Collapsed, Facebook's Shares Collapse Too
- Links for the day
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- Microsoft's XBox is Dying (For Second Year in a Row Over 30% Drop in Hardware Sales)
- they boast about fake numbers or very deliberately misleading numbers that represent two companies, not one
- Ian Jackson & Debian reject mediation
- Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
- [Meme] Granting a Million Monopolies in Europe (to Non-European Companies) at Europe's Expense
- Financialization of the EPO
- Salary Adjustment Procedure at the EPO Challenged
- the EPO must properly compensate staff in order to attract and retain suitably skilled examiners
- Links 26/04/2024: Surveillance Abundant, Restoring Net Neutrality Rules (US)
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/04/2024: uConsole and EXWM and stdu 1.0.0
- Links for the day
- Albanian women, Brazilian women & Debian Outreachy racism under Chris Lamb
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- Microsoft-Funded 'News' Site: XBox Hardware Revenue Declined by 31%
- Ignore the ludicrous media spin
- Mark Shuttleworth, Elio Qoshi & Debian/Ubuntu underage girls
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- Karen Sandler, Outreachy & Debian Money in Albania
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- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, April 25, 2024
- IRC logs for Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Links 26/04/2024: Facebook Collapses, Kangaroo Courts for Patents, BlizzCon Canceled Under Microsoft
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 26/04/2024: Music, Philosophy, and Socialising
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Claims "Goodwill" Is an Asset Valued at $119,163,000,000, Cash Decreased From $34,704,000,000 to $19,634,000,000 and Total Liabilities Grew to $231,123,000,000
- Earnings Release FY24 Q3
- More Microsoft Cuts: Events Canceled, Real Sales Down Sharply
- So they will call (or rebrand) everything "AI" or "Azure" or "cloud" while adding revenues from Blizzard to pretend something is growing
- CISA Has a Microsoft Conflict of Interest Problem (CISA Cannot Achieve Its Goals, It Protects the Worst Culprit)
- people from Microsoft "speaking for" "Open Source" and for "security"
- Links 25/04/2024: South Korean Military to Ban iPhone, Armenian Remembrance Day
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 25/04/2024: SFTP, VoIP, Streaming, Full-Content Web Feeds, and Gemini Thoughts
- Links for the day
- Audiocasts/Shows: FLOSS Weekly and mintCast
- the latest pair of episodes
- [Meme] Arvind Krishna's Business Machines
- He is harming Red Hat in a number of ways (he doesn't understand it) and Fedora users are running out of patience (many volunteers quit years ago)
- [Video] Debian's Newfound Love of Censorship Has Become a Threat to the Entire Internet
- SPI/Debian might end up with rotten tomatoes in the face
- Joerg (Ganneff) Jaspert, Dalbergschule Fulda & Debian Death threats
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- Amber Heard, Junior Female Developers & Debian Embezzlement
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- [Video] Time to Acknowledge Debian Has a Real Problem and This Problem Needs to be Solved
- it would make sense to try to resolve conflicts and issues, not exacerbate these
- Daniel Pocock elected on ANZAC Day and anniversary of Easter Rising (FSFE Fellowship)
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- [Video] IBM's Poor Results Reinforce the Idea of Mass Layoffs on the Way (Just Like at Microsoft)
- it seems likely Red Hat layoffs are in the making
- Ulrike Uhlig & Debian, the $200,000 woman who quit
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- IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- IRC logs for Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- Links 24/04/2024: Layoffs and Shutdowns at Microsoft, Apple Sales in China Have Collapsed
- Links for the day
- Sexism processing travel reimbursement
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- Girlfriends, Sex, Prostitution & Debian at DebConf22, Prizren, Kosovo
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- Microsoft is Shutting Down Offices and Studios (Microsoft Layoffs Every Month This Year, Media Barely Mentions These)
- Microsoft shutting down more offices (there have been layoffs every month this year)
- Balkan women & Debian sexism, WeBoob leaks
- Reprinted with permission from disguised.work
- Martina Ferrari & Debian, DebConf room list: who sleeps with who?
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Links 24/04/2024: Advances in TikTok Ban, Microsoft Lacks Security Incentives (It Profits From Breaches)
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 24/04/2024: People Returning to Gemlogs, Stateless Workstations
- Links for the day
- Meike Reichle & Debian Dating
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- Europe Won't be Safe From Russia Until the Last Windows PC is Turned Off (or Switched to BSDs and GNU/Linux)
- Lives are at stake
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- IRC logs for Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- [Meme] EPO: Breaking the Law as a Business Model
- Total disregard for the EPO to sell more monopolies in Europe (to companies that are seldom European and in need of monopoly)
- The EPO's Central Staff Committee (CSC) on New Ways of Working (NWoW) and “Bringing Teams Together” (BTT)
- The latest publication from the Central Staff Committee (CSC)
- Volunteers wanted: Unknown Suspects team
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Debian trademark: where does the value come from?
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