I have six basic different uses for free, open-source software: 1) my law office practice; 2) managing and editing video for the Digital Tipping Point Project; 3) running a 25-seat Edubuntu lab at a public middle school as a volunteer in San Francisco; 4) placing ACCRC.org Linux computers in classrooms; 5) giving out ACCRC.org Ubuntu computers to friends, neighbors and the children who attend that school; and 6) supporting San Francisco's Tech Connect program by demonstrating Linux boxes at events for nonprofits and low-income individuals.
By migrating to Evergreen, the library was able to buy a $6,000 server running Debian Linux instead of the $32,000 Sun server, and it also saved tens of thousands of dollars in support costs, Collier says.
According to recent reports, AMD's graphics subsidiary is set on becoming more Linux-friendly. The company plans to release new Catalyst drivers for Linux-based operating systems, which will allow playback of protected high-definition content on a Linux OS. The new drivers should become available sometime in October 2008, thus enabling the company to address the market of Linux-based computers by bringing to the table a feature currently unavailable.
Phoronix Media has announced the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.2 (codenamed "Malvik"), an update to its leading and award-winning benchmarking software, during the 2008 X Developers' Summit. This update incorporates support for new operating systems and features to better aid ISVs, IHVs, ODMs, and OEMs in profiling their hardware and software for optimal performance and compatibility. In total there are more than 250 official changes with many new test profiles and suites since the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 in June of 2008.
While many netbooks are built around Linux operating systems in order to reduce their costs, Asus has loaded the Eee PC 1000H with the Windows XP operating system at Rs 29,900 while the Linux loaded is priced at Rs 18,000.
Overall I really like this little machine and in a way it's opened my eyes as to why the world seems to be going potty for netbooks. I was worried that it wouldn't be fast enough or wouldn't be big enough but it works well. So you're not going to be rendering any large Blender projects on it or running lots of virtual machines but for web surfing, email, multimedia and word processing this can do the job.
