04.13.08
Links 13/04/2008: BOSaNOVA’s Linux-based Thin Clients, KDE4 Maturity, GNU/Linux Already in the Mainstream
- Have Mainframe Skills, Will Travel
- BOSaNOVA Announces New IP53 Compliant Wireless Tablet and Linux Thin Clients
- NVIDIA 173.08 Linux Display Driver
- NixOS: A Purely Functional Linux Distribution
[PDF] - Can Linux Piggy Back Windows XP To Crack The Consumer Market?
- All about Linux
- Latest KDE 4.0.3 Package Brings Much Needed Graphics UI Improvements
- KDE 4 in Actual Usage
- Open source infiltration?
- Why “how” is the most important question open source vendors can answer
- Linux in mainstream culture
- Linux Is No Longer The Cool New Kid On The Block. So Now What?
- Where are the Mac to Linux ports?
- The joy of using Ubuntu
- A quick look at Kubuntu 8.04 Beta
- Hardy Heron — Clean or Dirty
- Linux or open source?
- First Look: The GIMP 2.5.0
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.