GNU/Linux

• Acer Aspire One
  
  

  Many of us will be familiar with Linux-based operating systems, but relatively few of you will have seen the particular 'Linpus' implementation in the One.

  
  
  
• Should you buy an Asus Eee 901 PC?
  
  

  The reason why the Eee 701 was so popular to begin with is because it transformed the cheap subnotebook into an appliance, especially when loaded with Linux which, generally speaking, doesn’t require massive Internet Security programs to slow everything down.

  
  
  
• Crystal Ball Sunday #6: Desktop Virtualization and the Common Desktop Environment
• Parallels - Two Divergent Paths for Macs & Windows
• Position Statement on Linux Kernel Modules
  
  

  We, the undersigned Linux kernel developers, consider any closed-source Linux kernel module or driver to be harmful and undesirable. We have repeatedly found them to be detrimental to Linux users, businesses, and the greater Linux ecosystem. Such modules negate the openness, stability, flexibility, and maintainability of the Linux development model and shut their users off from the expertise of the Linux community. Vendors that provide closed-source kernel modules force their customers to give up key Linux advantages or choose new vendors. Therefore, in order to take full advantage of the cost savings and shared support benefits open source has to offer, we urge vendors to adopt a policy of supporting their customers on Linux with open-source kernel code.
  
  We speak only for ourselves, and not for any company we might work for today, have in the past, or will in the future.

  
  
  
• A look at Ubuntu Netbook Remix
• The Ubuntu Project: Is Linux Right For Word Workers?
• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 96
• MGE Office Protection Systems' Linux power management suite receives Ubuntu IHV certification
• Stop the press: Watch the news with Linux!
  
  

  I don't know which stars aligned to cause this, but every single news website that I tested with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS now has a correctly working video feed! I wasn't expecting this great of an improvement when I began this series of tests. I always knew that it would happen eventually, but never this quickly.

  
  
  
• Pardus 2008 RC2
  
  

  I love finding fault when reviewing products, services and software, so consider this my standing ovation to Pardus for being nigh on faultless. They've got a top notch operating system on their hands and I'm willing to say this might be one of the best releases of 2008.

  
  
  
• SliTaz -- 25 MB Live Distro.
• Why I Use Gentoo?

Fight Against Evils

• 2K drops DRM on Bioshock
• US asked to abandon fingerprinting plans
• The war on photographers - you're all al Qaeda suspects now
• MPAA: We Don't Need No Stinking Evidence!
• South Korea mulls Web watch
• Compressed VoIP leaves eavesdropping clues
• Pirate Bay bitchslaps Swedish law with SSL