11.25.07
Video: Xandros-based Laptop Gets Xubuntu Treatment/Overhaul
Here is the small and inexpensive laptop strutting its stuff when it is not restricted to run other the Xandros derivative, which is self-limiting and gives us grief. Here’s Xubuntu (dual-boot actually).
I gave a pointer to Stan Beer the other day and he appears to have used it to write an article that made it into Slashdot.
Members of the Linux community have complained that the hot new sub-notebook from Asus, the eeePC, may have violated the spirit of the Linux General Public License (GPL).
Previously on Eee PC:
- Asus Eee's GPL Violation, Xandros Replaced by Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu
- Catching up With Novell's Sibling Sellouts -- Xandros and Linspire
- Xandros and Asus Eee -- to Be or Not to Buy?
- Some Victims of the Novell and Xandros Deals
- Patent Abuse Identified, Patent Abuse Comes Under Fire, Patent Storm Ended, and Patents That Kill
- How Good is a 'Standard' When It's Infected with Software Patents?
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.