Nokia

• Nokia Buys Rest of Symbian, Will Make Code Open Source
• Nokia grabs control of Symbian - then gives it away

GNU/Linux

• Lindependence 2008 - A town Looks at Linux
• [Comic] The Bizarre Cathedral - 10
• Well-aged Wine
  
  

  Will I still be able to run my favorite programs?
  
  This is the question most Windows users ask when they consider shifting to Linux.
  
  Most often, the answer is, “No, but you can use similar programs.”

  
  
  
• Convert people to Linux: the easy way
• FUDCon report from the Fedora Project Leader
• GNOME Do and The Network Backed Plugin Architecture
• Inside Users and Accounts
• Ubuntu - My Favorite Linux Distro
• A Look at the Latest Ubuntu (8.04 "Hardy Heron")

Mobility

• Google's Open Source Android Phone Will Free the Wireless Web
• Productivity: Mobile phones vs desktop computing

New Releases

• [DSL 4.4.2 Released]
• [Molinux 4.0 Released]
• [BackTrack 3.0 Released]
• Open Source Data Recovery Tools To The Rescue
• 2008-06-23: eAR OS Free Edition version 1.10b is now available - download it for FREE
  
  

  The new eAR OS version 1.10b has been updated to use the new FireFox 3 browser with Mediaplayer Connectivity plugin to watch movies on the Internet.

  
  
  
• New media center OS is pleasing to the eye and ear
  
  

  If you're looking for an easy-to-use system for your home theatre PC or would just like a pretty media center for your current computer, then eAR OS is a worthy candidate. I'm going to continue using it for awhile myself.

  
  
  
• Ubuntu team readies for 8.04.1
  
  

  With Ubuntu 8.04.1 scheduled to be released on July 3 the Ubuntu development team is putting the final touches to the popular Linux distribution.

  
  
  

Kernel

• Linux Foundation points finger at Nvidia
• Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
• NVidia says no to request to release open source drivers, once again

F/OSS

• Building Open-Source Acceptance
• Sun: We screwed up on open source
• Four Reasons Why Open Source and the Internet Must Play a Role in Medicine
  
  

  "Open and transparent is good," Halamka explained to this open-source-centric audience. "Proprietary is bad."

  
  
  
• Pentaho Continues Rapid Expansion in Europe
• IT Frontier Signs OEM Contract With Alfresco Software, Leading Open Source ECM Company
• IT Leaders Encouraged to Contribute Enterprise Code to Open-Source Projects
• Can Drupal Play a Role in Enterprise 2.0?
• MPower's CRM Software: Open Source and Nonprofit

Telephony

• SMBs Offer Good Growth Opportunities for Open Source Telephony Vendors
• How to Choose Open-Source Telephony

Firefox

• Firefox 3 Hits 17.3 Million Downloads
• My Experiences with Firefox 3.0 on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X
• Security Features of Firefox 3.0
• Review: Firefox 3 Web browser

Licensing

• Open source [BSD] networking software
• NetBSD strikes advertising clause from license
• GPL Project Watch List for Week of 06/20/08
• Plurkair: A Basic, Open Source Desktop Client For Plurk
  
  

  The code for Plurkair will also be released under the GPL v3 public license.

  
  
  
• GPLv3 on the advance
• Dutch charity funding open source smart card
  
  

  The plan is to publish the code and research for peer review. Companies will then be able to license the products under the GNU General Public License.

  
  
  

Rewriting History

• Making the Bill Gates myth grow
• Bill Gates, in other people's words

Salesforce + Google

• Marc Benioff's mantra: Anything but Microsoft
  
  

  I think Microsoft is still a dinosaur. More than ever, it tries to hold onto its monopolistic position around technology that they hold, whether it's SQL Server, whether it's NT, whether it's Windows, whether it's Office--these are their cash cows they don't want slaughtered.

  
  
  
• Google, Salesforce Expand Integration Of Cloud Computing Platforms