GNU/Linux

• Lenovo to Enter Netbook [with GNU/Linux] Market by Late September
• The more things change
  
  

  The latest Linux products, in contrast, are obviously better than their predecessors - it’s mostly with respect to installation procedures and oddball hardware support, but essentially every new distribution is genuinely preferable to what came before.

  
  
  
• Interview: Wind River's John Bruggeman
• MS's biggest blunder, uses Linux and Apache and PHP for its infrastructure to promote Windows Vista
  
  

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• KDE 4.1 - Wow!
  
  

  So I downloaded it to work alongside KDE 3.5 and wow, is it awesome! It's almost like an entirely different program, making my darling Ubuntu Gnome desktop look a little boring itself. I may even do a fresh install of Kubuntu in this partition with KDE 4, then upgrade to KDE 4.1. In any case, I'm sure I'll report back with more to say!

  
  
  
• Picking a Penguin
• Linux User Here
• 8 Best E-mail Clients for Linux
  
  

  Managing e-mail is made easy with the use of e-mail client, also known as e-mail reader. Some e-mail clients can also function as feed reader and can support plug-ins and themes.
  
  When it comes to picking the right e-mail client, Linux users have tons of choices. I have here a list of 8 of the best free and open source e-mail clients that are available for Linux.

  
  
  
• Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5r1 has been released
  
  

  An updated version of Parsix GNU/Linux 1.5 code name `Viola` is available now. Viola r1 is synchronized with Parsix and Debian testing repositories as of July 24, 2008. This version contains several bug fixes, updated kernel drivers, updated documentation and updated X.Org. Highlights: GNOME 2.22.3, GNU Iceweasel 3.0.1, Pidgin 2.4.3 and OpenOffice.org 2.4.1. Viola officially supports Compiz-Fusion, VirtualBox-OSE and GNU Flash Player.

  
  
  
• 5 Reasons to Choose Debian Linux Over Ubuntu Linux
  
  

  For those rare people who don’t know, Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution is basically Debian Sid (the unstable version) plus a few GUI apps and modifications. Debian is one of the most successful community-based distributions.

  
  
  
• Linux Sea, an online book on Gentoo Linux

Kernel

• In-depth insights: Information from the Ottawa Linux Symposium (OLS) 2008 presentations
• Kernel Log: First release candidate concludes the hot development phase of 2.6.27
• HighPoint Technologies RocketRAID 3120 [now with GPL-licensed driver]

Telecom

• Linux Makes Phones Even Cheaper
• MontaVista Linux Enables Carrier/Telco Industry to Leverage High Performance of Cavium OCTEON Processors

SAMP and Sun Virtualisation

• SAMP and Sun Virtualisation
• A look at Sun’s VirtualBox
• Virtualization for the African Enterprise

F/OSS

• Open source online Maori dictionary launched
• Signature Devices, Inc. Launches Open Source Video Game Development Engine
• Signature Devices, Inc. Launches Open Source Video Game Development Engine
• Visualizing Open Source Software Development
• Eight Ways VARs Can Profit From Linux And Open Source
• What Do Small Open Source Projects Do With Money? Not Much.
• Dr. Matthew King testifies about WorldVistA EHR
• Breaking News: Perot Systems Lands VistA Contract in Middle East
• Open Source vs. Proprietary Intranet Software, Part 1
• ApacheCon US and OFBiz Symposium bring together the Apache Community in New Orleans, November 3-7
• 10 Cool Open Source Easter Eggs

Ogg/Firefox Victory

• Firefox to Support Open Video Format in Next Release
• two cool things: ogg support in mozilla and canvas for IE
• Theora Video Backend for Firefox Landed
• Firefox market share exceeds 20%, Internet Explorer dips below 70%
• The Open Web: A New Old Meme

Linux (or Linux-based) Media Players

• Roku's Netflix Player: a hands-on review
• Review: The Sandisk Sansa View
  
  

  Thanks go out again to Sandisk for creating such a great PMP product, and for supporting the FOSS and Linux communities by powering their hardware with Linux.

  
  
  
• amaroK: Music App for Linux Reviewed

Apple

• Apple tries to shut down El Tunes - Viva La El Tunes!
• Why free software and Apple's iPhone don't mix
• Apple Denies Linux Access To Its Movie Trailers

Microsoft

• Is Microsoft getting ready to kill Windows?
• Pity the Poor Classmate PC'd Children of Portugal

Freedom and Rights

• Why Open Access for Textbooks is Inevitable
• How big is the free economy?
• Act Now on ACTA
• Sysadmins slam ACMA web filtering study
• IETF tackling P2P data traffic in Tokyo even though the same content is available on a server in London.