02.02.08
Links 02/02/2008: KDE, Ubuntu 8.04, Eee PC, OLPC, and Much More
- Beeb iPlayer gets Firefox-friendly
- Interview with KDE’s Sebastian Kugler
- Google Android - a sneak preview
- Linux Professional Institute Announces New Affiliates in Pakistan
- Nigerian 5-Year-Olds Repair OLPCs in ‘Hospital’
- German penal institutions looking into OpenOffice.org
- Dreamlinux 3.0 Beta 2 Preview
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Alpha 4 Released
- First look: Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 4
- OLPC XO laptops to be sold in Australia
- Empey Backs ‘Open Source’ Software Drive
- Open source in Asia has a ways to go
- Linux: x86 Architecture Merges in 2.6.25
- Linux: 2.6.25 KVM Updates
- Open Source Saved Me $100,000
- Idealism and FOSS, buddies to the end
- Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing
- Ubuntu Alphas Offer a Sneak Peak at ‘Hardy Heron’
- KDE Digest - KDE ‘Flip Mode’
- Eeedora Impressions
- Linux mobile developer releases Web 2.0 platform suites
- GPL Project Watch List for Week of 02/01
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.
SubSonica said,
February 2, 2008 at 8:10 pm
Don’t miss this one:
Linux has better gaming compatibility than Vista:
http://wastingtimewithmikeandari.wordpress.com/2008/01/31/linux-has-better-windows-compatibility-than-vista/
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 2, 2008 at 8:26 pm
I think I included it in the previous digest. Also, unless I’m wrong here, someone stole the original article from wine-review and then submitted it to Slashdot, which is horrible. Phoronix had the same problem in the past. PJ has many of her articles mirrored without permission. Content hijackers can be frustrating.
PS - Yes, it’s here and indeed it’s a case of plagiarism cited in Slashdot.
SubSonica said,
February 4, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Sorry, did not read it before: man, you update your site waay to fast for me (good job)!!!!
I must mention that initiatives oriented to gaming compatibility like http://www.playonlinux.com look very interesting indeed.
Roy Schestowitz said,
February 4, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Well, the “gaming can’t be done on Linux” argument no is longer true, unless you have a shelf filled with Windows game. It’s a dying myth.