GNU/Linux

• Linux Leads the Super Pack
  
  

  Of much more interest, as I alluded to in a recent article is the penetration of Linux into this arena. Depending upon how you count the numbers provided by TOP500, between 85% and 89% of the Supercomputers are running some version of Linux.

  
  
  
• Canadian Firm Shows Faith In Ubuntu Server
• Tirupur Association trains members on Linux
  
  

  "The training is not to counterfeit Microsoft. There are customers who always insist on free operating system and software. In that case we recommend dealers to install Linux, if the customer is not ready to buy licensed software," explains K Babu, General Secretary, TITA.

  
  
  
• AMD Catalyst 8.6 Linux Driver
  
  

  In AMD's usual fashion, this afternoon they have announced the release of new display drivers for both Linux and Windows. The Catalyst 8.6 release for Linux introduces a few bug fixes, version 2.0 of their driver installation API, and a few unannounced features are present.

  
  
  
• OLPC Spin-off Developing UI for Intel's Classmate PC
  
  

  Intel could give its Classmate PC a user interface similar to One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop, with the chip maker preparing a version of the Sugar UI found on OLPC's laptops for its educational laptop.

  
  
  
• Nokia completes Trolltech acquisition
• PCLinuxOS GNOME Review

Red Hat

• Red Hat unveils new virtualization initiatives
• Red Hat JBoss announces Java EE middleware from the cloud
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 get another year of TLC
• Red Hat Network to Be Open-sourced
  
  

  Red Hat plans to announce Thursday that it is open-sourcing Red Hat Network (RHN), its Web-based Linux infrastructure management platform, according to CEO Jim Whitehurst.

  
  
  
• Red Hat chief calls for open source missionary work
  
  

  At his opening keynote at the Red Hat Summit in Boston, Whitehurst said the company needs to start preaching to its customers to share their internally developed code with others.

  
  
  

Devcies

• Linux/RTOS combo drives industrial scanning camera
  
  

  LynuxWorks announced that its Linux distribution has been adopted by a new high-speed industrial camera system from Accu-Sort Systems. The AccuVision 6010 Long-Range Camera System (AV-6010) runs on two paired distros from LynuxWorks: BlueCat Linux and the LynxOS real-time operating system (RTOS).

  
  
  
• Chip vendor joins Eclipse, ports dev tools
• Choosing a microcontroller and other design decisions - Part 3
• Timesys Announces Strategic Alliance With Logic

Open-source

• Kaltura Gets Funding, Expands its Open Source Video Efforts
• Firefox 3 downloads clear 8 million mark
• Daily Debrief: Mozilla exceeds expectations of Firefox 3 launch
• Hands-On: Firefox 3 fixes what's broke and keeps what's right
• My first day with Firefox 3
• Fennec future tied to Android and LiMo
  
  

  The fate of Fennec Fox, the code-name for Mozilla’s mobile browser, is tied closely to that of the Android and LiMo phones now under development.

  
  
  
• Should Carriers Fear Open Source?
  
  

  Think big telecom carriers don't use open source? Think again.

  
  
  

Microsoft

• May Search Market Share: Nothing But Google
  
  

  This includes even MSN/Live where the losses are even more pronounced when you fold in the decline in Club Live generated queries.

  
  
  
• Microsoft looks to nab Yahoo workers

Leftovers/Surveillance

• Microsoft to delve into TV advertising
• Sci-fi security peddled as liberty