GNU/Linux

• Asus to release [GNU/Linux-based] desktop Eee PC on June 3
• Twisted Pair Adds .NET and Linux to WAVE SDK; Company Broadens Unified Communications Developer Opportunities with Support for Linux Engine and .NET APIs
  
  

  “This new SDK capability completes our developer ecosystem, allowing both Windows and Linux developers to build applications for WAVE, a framework widely proven in the most rigorous communications environments,” said Tom Guthrie, President and CEO at Twisted Pair Solutions.

  
  
  
• Interview with Jeff Moe: BLAG, linux-libre and More
  
  

  jebba: I did read his message. I follow gNewSense with one eye, but I haven't looked into Gobuntu at all so I don't have much to say there... Though, at a glance, a merge makes sense.

  
  
  I published an article about this some time ago.
  
  
• Windows vs. Linux: Understanding the Difficulty Divide
• Introducing the Sugar Emulation Live Image 0.01
  
  

  To create the USB key, you need Fedora -- for now, anyway. Here's a great article describing how to install an ISO onto a USB key.

  
  
  
• KDE4Daily - testing KDE 4.1 with daily updates
  
  

  KDE4Daily, a virtual machine image of KDE 4 with daily updates was released for KDE 4.1. This gives anyone the opportunity to test the newest KDE 4.1 sanely inside a virtual machine.

  
  
  
• Linux
  
  

  I have been a windows user from the start and I have fond memories of 3.1 and then 3.11 progressing through each new release until I find myself lumbered with Vista on my desktop PC.
  
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  In the future I predict that Linux will be King, long live the King.

  
  
  
• The Wanky World of Windows
  
  

  Lie #1: Nothing runs on Linux.
  
  Answer #1: All the programs I need run on Linux. Ubuntu even has a ‘Add/Remove’ option in the ‘Applications’ menu. This lists hundreds of available programs you can download and install for Ubuntu. There is also something called ‘Synaptic Package Manager’, where you can install thousands of things. Anyways, the more people that use Linux, the more applications will be available to Linux users.
  
  Lie #2: Linux is for gurus.
  
  Answer #2: Ubuntu is for human beings! I’m not a guru, and I always use Linux.

  
  
  

Video

• News snippets & Big Buck Bunny aka Peach DVD released!
• Why Hiro is not my hero
  
  

  Hiro's approach is to prevent fast forwarding or rewinding during ads. Furthermore, the ads are dynamically inserted along with pieces of the show that were omitted from the original file. Once the Hiro software has collected these items, the file will play locally for a few days, after which a new set of ads fetched from the server before it can be played again.

  
  
  Because everybody will love a good commercial. You will. You must.
  
  
• Google says Viacom's suit 'threatens' Net
  
  

  Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube "threatens the way hundreds of millions of people legitimately exchange information" over the Web, YouTube parent Google said in a legal response to the suit.

  
  
  
• YouTube law fight 'threatens net'

Leftovers

• Microsoft a distant third in mock debate on virtualization
  
  

  VMware's going to win the virtualization battle, and Microsoft won't even be its nearest competitor.

  
  
  
• Facebook To Open Source Facebook Platform