06.21.08
Links 21/06/2008: Government of Jalapa on GNU/Linux; Debian Boots Immediately
- Bet on the future
Today, the local government of Jalapa is making a strong bet on the future, migrating their workstations and servers to Free and Open Source Software, specifically Ubuntu Linux.
- Crossover 7.0 includes Office 2007 support
- Fedora’s Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux – the Extra Mile
- Red Hat In Boston, Part 1.1: Why ‘Faster’ Isn’t Always Faster
Embedded
- ARM9 board boots Debian in 0.69 seconds
Technologic Systems has upgraded the firmware for its quick-booting single-board computer (SBC) to make it boot even quicker. Equipped with a Marvell 500Mhz ARM9 CPU running Debian Sarge, the TS-7800 can boot Linux 2.6.21 from NAND flash in 0.69 seconds, claims Technologic.
- Linux distro targets mobile SoC
- $75 SODIMM-sized SBC runs Linux
- Threat of an embedded security disaster
Free Open Source Software
- One small step for Amarok?
I’m very excited to announce that the first Amarok->Cloud transfer has taken place. Just moments ago, for the first time ever (as far as I’m aware), a track was sent up into the Cloud from a desktop media player, escaping the local collection prison. This track shed the chains of limited accessibility, and is no longer doomed to obscurity, lost in an sql database in my home directory.
- Open source solves UK cancer charity challenges
Big Media
- 10 000 albums on Jamendo!
Jamendo, the free music community, has reached 10000 albums!
The whole team would like to thank all those who chose Jamendo: artists, members and music lovers who have been making this site alive since the beginning, and of course all those who joined us along the way.
10 000 albums, that’s 10 000 reasons to pursue this adventure, in the name of what we all believe in: free music, thanks to Creative Commons licenses.
- This Is The New EMI? Trying To Personally Bankrupt CEOs Of Companies It Doesn’t Like?
- Law Profs File Friend-of-Court Brief Against RIAA
- Fight the Canadian DMCA!
WWW
- Streamlined Firefox 3 makes browsing safer, more productive
- Firefox 3 Add-Ons: Must-Have Tools
- Harnessing the power of ‘clouds’
- Storm Is Back–With Porn Scam
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.