GNU/Linux

• Microsoft on the outer of schools funding
  
  

  NSW wants to offer 197,000 secondary school students wireless-enabled netbooks that would possibly run on open-source software such as Linux.

  
  
  
• Apple eats video editing jobs
  
  

  Step forward Object Matrix and its MatrixStore. It's a clusterable set of nodes, three at a minimum, with each node having up to 24TB of SATA disk storage (1TB drives) and Linux x86 server running the MatrixStore software.

  
  
  
• Another tale of Open Sourcery
• Binghamton Simulator Company Wins US Military Contract Using Concurrent Products
• Good OS Cloud: Linux as Quick Start for Web and Windows
• Psystar Holds Cyber Monday Sale On Mac Clones
  
  

  Psystar's OpenLite system ships with the Ubuntu Linux desktop pre-installed, running on a 1.8-GHz Intel Celeron chip with integrated graphics support.

  
  
  
• TotalView Technologies Announces TotalView€® Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3
• Bivio Networks Announces Strategic Partnership With Leading Systems Integrator to Meet Japan's Demand for DPI
• DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 280, 1 December 2008
• Linux Outlaws 66 - Ramrod
• CrossOver Games for Linux Running Diablo 2

• Kernel

  • Non-free “blobs” in the Linux kernel?
  • Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon

• Phones

  • 8 of 2008's Latest Linux-Powered Mobile Phones
    
    

    Just how ubiquitous has Linux become? You've probably read about the 10 Linux-powered e-book readers. And of course you've heard about the Google Android G1 handset. Now, have you ever wondered if the G1's the only phone that runs on Linux? There are actually more out there. Let's see if we can come up with 8 of the latest

    
    
    
  • Openmoko Expands Distribution Network Across Europe: Tuxbrain, Creator of FDOM, Added to Distribution Partners
  • Openmoko Adds Strategic Innovation Company, faberNovel, as Distributor for FreeRunner in the United States

• Desktop Environment

  • Camp KDE 2009 Takes Shape: Presentations Announced
  • 6 of the Best Lean Linux Desktop Environments
  • Desktop Pattern reimplemented in Plasma
    
    

    Those of you've been around desktop computers for a while know the calming effect of a simple desktop. One of the things I've missed is the ability to have a basic tiled pattern with user defined colours. So since I wanted to learn a bit more about Plasma wallpapers for another project, I rolled up my sleeves, had a look at the old kdesktop sources, and reimplemented it using the latest technologies.

    
    
    
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  Distributions

  • What's new in Fedora 10

  • New Releases

    • Berry 0.93
    • 29 November 2008 : GParted 0.4.1:
    • Parted Magic 3.2
    • Untangle 6.0.0
    • Poseidon Linux - The Scientific GNU/Linux [Version 3.1]
    • Announcing the formal release of Caos Linux NSA 1 for x86 and x86_64!
    • Foresight 2.0.6 x86 (32-bit) DVD

  • Ubuntu

    • Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 119
    • StudioDave Does A Hardware Review And Meets Ubuntu 8.10
      
      

      I am satisified with this machine, and Ubuntu 8.10 is an excellent fit for the hardware. AVSynthesis runs nicely in realtime, and the rtirq script has eliminated xruns from JACK's performance. The apt system has made it easy to update the system and set up a full-featured development environment, and of course there's the whole UbuntuStudio apps collection for me to explore. I'll have more to say about my new machine and its performance with Linux audio software, so be sure to check in again soon.

      
      
      
    
    
    

F/OSS

• The Open Source Year 2009
  
  

  While I already called 2007 the Year Of Open Source Graphics, 2009 can become a good candidate for it as well. In this post it got three paragraphs, and if everything comes true, 2009 will revolutionize the world of Linux graphics. This will, however, happen mostly under the hood. The users will not notice several fixes, but not the large underlying changes, which is different to 2007.

  
  
  
• Commissioned Study Shows Open Source Paves the Way for the Next Generation of Enterprise IT
• Nepal pushes for FOSS adoption: Will the world follow?
• Why Use Open-source Software?
• How can open source programmers make money?
• Open Sourcerers go with yucky draws
• AGPLMail - A new horizon?

• Web

  • Unlock the Web with Open Source
  • OW2 Consortium Launches its Web Platform in China

Leftovers

• Nvidia heat causing Macbooks to fail
• Even child welfare groups don’t want web censorship