GNU/Linux

• Pardus 2008: A touch of refinement
  
  

  My experience with Pardus was quite positive. The attention to detail, right down to skinning Amarok with the Pardus colors, is matched by the elegance of the installer and the efficacy of Kaptan and PiSi.

  
  
  
• Canonical's Power Play
  
  

  So the takeaway from LinuxWorld seems to be this: Watch out for Ubuntu and community Linux in general, coming soon to an enterprise near you.

  
  
  

Virtualisation

• The Next Linux You Use Could Be Virtual
• Sun xVM VirtualBox is now available

Development

• Would-Be Linux Contributors May Get a Leg Up
• Building an Open Source Community

Windows Binaries in Linux

• Windows Binaries in Linux
• Windows apps on Linux the CrossOver way

UMPCs

• First AMD-based "netbook"?
• Mini-notebook shipments up sharply

Networking

• WAN card vendor launches developer community
• A hands-on look at Vyatta Community Edition 4 networking software

Law

• huge and important news: free licenses upheld
• Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit Overturns Jacobsen v. Katzer - Ruling as text
• A Big Day in Court for the FOSS Community
• New York Supreme Court Rejects EMI's Bid to Enjoin Expelled
• UK ISP Music Deal Only Sounds Reasonable
• Who owns the Internet?

Embedded

• GPON SoC does FTTH with Linux

Healthcare

• North Carolina Mental Health Proposals: Open Source VistA Only
• AHLTA Continues to Disappoint

OSS

• Interview: OrangeHRM--Open Human Resources Management
• IBM readies Requirements Composer for Jazz
• Sun releases beta of NetBeans IDE
• Poland: Ministry of Education recommends Open Source
  
  

  The Polish Ministry of National Education is advising schools and universities to use Open Source software. The recommendation comes at the end of a volunteer campaign to help schools switch to Open Source.

  
  
  

KDE

• Integration at Akademy
  
  

  An important topic at Akademy 2008 is modularisation and integration. It has been the main topic of one talk, but you will find it comes up in many others. It is clearly on the minds of many developers here. Read on for more of what is discussed here.

  
  
  
• KDE Commit Digest - Issue 121 - 27th July 2008

Leftovers (Apple)

• Apple’s Deceptive iPhone Advertising
• Rotten hardware core in Apple's iPhone 3G

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