GNU/Linux

• PC vendors want to sell you desktop Linux
• Because the simple things in life are often the best.
• Exclusive First Look: NimbleX 2008 - The seven desktop Linux distribution!
  
  

  Our good friend and developer of NimbleX, Bogdan Radulescu, gave us an exclusive copy of his new distribution, NimbleX 2008, which will be available for all of you tomorrow! I was really thrilled this morning when I saw the e-mail from Bogdan regarding the new version of NimbleX, I immediately downloaded the ISO image and gave it a try, to see what's new. In the following lines, I will share with you my personal thoughts about NimbleX, a small but versatile operating system based on the popular Slackware Linux.

  
  
  
• Indamixx Linux Portable Pro Audio Computer Mobile Digital Audio Workstation
  
  

  The Indamixx touchscreen allows hands-on fader control with group-based automation in the Ardour DAW, as well as beat mixing and pitch adjustment in Mixxx, the digital DJ application.

  
  
  

Desktops

• the new GNOME duality
• KDE Components: Folder View
  
  

  Overall; I like the FolderView widget and the idea of Icon-less desktop through sets of plasmoids. Kudos to the KDE development team for the component - a must have widget in the default collection.

  
  
  

Mobile

• Distributor spins "W.E. phone"
  
  

  Mississauga, Ontario-based Koolu Inc. has agreed to distribute OpenMoko's Linux-based Neo FreeRunner in the Americas, the U.K., and the European Union. Koolu is distributing the FreeRunner under the name W.E. Phone, and is bundling it with Google Apps.

  
  
  
• Linux set to make mobile splash
  
  

  Speaking at the Open Mobile Exchange portion of the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON) in the US, Jim Zemlin, executive director of the foundation, touted the trends and technologies pushing Linux into a leadership position in mobile systems.

  
  
  

Hypervisors

• Linux as a Hypervisor
  
  

  I'm also pleased of how the 2.6.24 kernel of my Penryn laptop that suspends with s2ram automatically with acpid when I close the lid, and it consumes only 0.5watts until I open the lid again. It continues playing YouTube video and audio inside KVM whenever I open the lid with only a few lines of KVM being aware of the suspend and resume to disable vmx/svm mode while the CPU is suspended.
  
  I noticed that the design that requires the lowest effort to quickly reach equal or superior features usually wins the marketplace as it tends to be the most efficient and stable over time. I guess this is why we're not using IA64 laptops just yet.

  
  
  
• 5 Reasons Why You Should Use VirtualBox Over VMware Server

SaaS

• Open Source Cloud Computing Service 10gen Gets $1.5 Million
• Free and Open Source Software vs. Cloud Computing

F/OSS+Linux

• CherryPal Mini PC Makes Firefox the OS
• Seneca College teams with FOSS projects for hands-on learning

Licensing

• postgres-r.org: Public release of the source code
• SFLC Files GPL Violation Lawsuit Against Extreme Networks, Inc.

Rights

• IEEE wants its students to be slaves
• FSF organizes against Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement