GNU/Linux

• Eee Monitor shots reveal Linux's iMac rival
• ASUS Eee PC 904 HD to get bigger, use hard drive
• CEO's Diary: Linux?
  
  

  He has a set a number of practical tests. One was to test transitions to Windows Vista or Linux. People resisted both, but one no more than the other. So why not Linux?
  
  As important, he’s tested Open Office on a trial group. After very little effort in translation most could hardly spot the difference from a Microsoft product. After all, most people hardly use any of the features in either.
  
  The big issue now is email management. If we can manage that and diary scheduling OK (which is a big question) the real issue is when some Linux platforms are now very stable and have long term support, why are we Microsoft based?

  
  
  
• Interface Obsession Syndrome
  
  

  Last post, I boldly proclaimed (using my proclaiming voice, which makes the font bold and a size larger), "There is not a single thing wrong with a single FOSS program's user interface, anywhere, period."

  
  
  
• Java and the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
• One live DVD, one ton of Linux games
• Samba Team Releases Samba 3.2
• Dev boards gain Linux support
• ITAN partners Mandriva Linux, Omatek, Zinox, Brian, Beta on OSPC
• Don’t confuse bad Linux support for bad Linux
• Quad-Boot Fun, and A Correction
• Sir Bill and Sir Tim: A Tale of Two Knights
  
  

  That's now happening, as GNU/Linux is starting to become a serious option in more and more computer sectors – totally dominant in supercomputing, for example, probably the equal of Windows on the server-side, still lagging on the desktop, and poised to become the main operating system for embedded systems.

  
  
  
• Plat'Home Expands US Distribution of Low-Power, Tough, Small-Sized Linux Servers with Silicon Valley's SysKey International Corporation
• [Linux Gazette] July 2008 (#152)
• Graphics board vendor [AMD/ATI] touts faster Linux drivers
• KVM backer takes virtual desktops on the road

F/OSS

• Open source social networking app thrives in China
• It Feels Like Freedom is Coming
• IceCat 3 Out With Extra Freedom
  
  

  IceCat 3, the latest version of the GNUzilla version of the popular Firefox browser has been released. The main advantage of Icecat is an ethical one according to its makers.

  
  
  
• Openmoko Neo FreeRuner Mobile Phone available July 4th
• You know open source has arrived when...J&J hires Drupal developers
• Demands on Open Source Software Grow
• Open source community pushes Canberra on school computer fund
  
  

  Australia's open source community leaders have written an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard calling for consideration of free and open source software in the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution for the National Secondary School Computer Fund.

  
  
  
• Open source and the Kindle

Microsoft/Security

• Where's the Plus in Select Plus?
• Ex-Microsoft domain buyer's restitution in dispute
• Hacker Launches Botnet Attack via P2P Software
• How to beat AVG's fake traffic spew [which boosts Microsoft]
• PINs stolen from Citibank ATMs
  
  

  Officials believe they remotely broke into the back-end computers that approve cash withdrawals and grabbed the PINs as they were being transmitted from the ATMs to the transaction processing computers, which increasingly use Windows, the report says.

  
  
  
• McAfee reports on spam in the real world

Leftovers

• Apple sued again over backdating scandal
• AMD gains ground on Intel
• Meet ratproxy, our passive web security assessment tool
• Google Yahoo ad deal faces probe
• Google Is Evil in a Flash