12.22.08
Links 22/12/2008: Linux Videos and Red Hat Results Coming
GNU/Linux
- Why the latest IE flaw proves Linux got it right from the start
- The “I’m Linux” Video Contest
- Compiz Fusion Community News, December 20th, 2008: Animations and Elements
- From 4.1 to 4.2: KWin
A lot has happened in trunk since the release of KDE 4.1 in July. With 4.2 final just a little over one month away, now is the perfect time to look back and see if we have achieved our goals. I would like to try and start something here by writing an overview of what has happened in KWin over these past six months, if the developers of all the other KDE sub-teams also write one for their own projects we can have a nice little series produced.
- The Linux/windows divide is a turbulent one.
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Red Hat
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Distributions
- 11 ways to create a successful Linux distro
- Linux Outlaws – Misbehaving Beautifully
- Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 updated
- First sets of weekly stage3 tarballs and minimal CDs released
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Ubuntu
- Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour
Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2 was originally scheduled to be released yesterday, December 18th, but I guess the developers encountered some issues with it. Anyway, this second alpha version of the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 (codename Jaunty Jackalope), which is scheduled for release in late April next year, was uploaded a couple of hours ago on the official mirrors and, as usual, we’ve downloaded a copy of it in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest changes in the Ubuntu 9.04 development.
- Why Ubuntu is Important
- Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour
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Sub-notebooks
- ARM, x86 duel in MID warfare
- Top 10 Open Source Stories Of 2008
Linux-powered and budget-priced, the ASUS Eee PC and its successors proved that you didn’t need a full-blown notebook computer to get work done. A netbook gets you Internet connectivity, word processing, and a slew of other common tasks — all in a machine that cost around $350 or so. Even if later models of the Eee and other netbooks came with Windows XP as an option, that wasn’t enough to kill the buzz for inexpensive Linux-powered devices. Netbooks also proved to be a better bet than Linux-powered desktop PCs at the same price point: why pay the same for a machine that doesn’t even come with a display?
F/OSS
- Boxee – You are NOT “Open”
- Open source makes serious headway in the U.S. Department of Defense
- Interview With Wiki Founder Jimmy Wales
- OpenCL and OpenGL take on DirectX
- Software and Nationality
- Open Source Torrents Forced Offline by Anti-Piracy Outfit
The Internet can prove complex to some, especially copyright holders. Recently, the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) notified the webhosting company of a BitTorrent tracker dedicated to Open Source Software, that it was infringing copyright of one of their clients. Without any notice, the webhosting company pulled the tracker offline, not realizing that the tracker had done nothing wrong.
- Mobile Game-Based Learning project goes open-source
- Training program to create 100,000 jobs
- What’s New in PHP v5.3
- Google to merge private code into Android open source
- Being A Non-Coding Contributor
- Liferay: Open Source Portal and Collaboration Software with Style
- Six stages to SOA evolution in the enterprise
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‘Cloud’
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FSF/FSFE
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India
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Drupal
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VoIP
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Mozilla/Songbird
Leftovers
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Markos Moulitsas, creator of the Daily Kos on-line political magazine 02 (2005)
Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating.
aeshna23 said,
December 22, 2008 at 11:47 am
I totally applaud a NY tax on Ipod music downloads. Let tax him Jamendo.