06.28.08
Links 28/06/2008: Ubuntu 8.10 @ Alpha1; Sabayon @ RC2; GPLv3’s Healthy Growth Noted
GNU/Linux
- Install software on Linux - a minor conspiracy?
- Does Gentoo make sense?
- Sabayon Linux 3.5 RC-2
- [Ubuntu] Intrepid Alpha 1 released
- First look: KDE 4.1 beta 2 shows solid improvements
- Coming Battle Over Open Source Phones
- Linux still super in Top500
In the June 2008 Top500 list, Linux still lives large with a role in 92% of systems (It is the only OS for 85.4%, but when considering all distributions (SUSE, Red Hat, CentOS, and general ‘Linux,’ as well as mixed uses that include Linux, I figure the share is more like the 92%).
- Linux Carputer Guide 101
Where the carputer is installed is dependant on space constraints, and is completely up to you.
- Making the right Linux choice
- The Difficulty Divide Redux: Linux vs. Windows
- Linux and Open Source Marketing: Achieving Success the Hard Way
- Why Linux Developers Are Wasting Their Time
- CO-LINUX-”The Cutting Edge Technology For Virtualization”
- 10 IRC client for Linux
- Linux Got Game: Urban Terror 4.1 Review
F/OSS
- GPLv3, one year later
As Brown points out, “GPLv3 is probably the most adopted license in the last year. And it seems to achieve its aims thus far.” For any other license, this performance would be a runaway success. It is only by comparison with the dominance of the second version of the GPL licenses that the success of the third versions might seem disappointing.
- Open source tour of Europe: Spain
- Is Mule Really Open Source?
- The vocabulary of open source development models
- The Meaning of Open Source (to the U.S. Govt.)
- The heart of open source is trust
- Reduce, reuse, recycle… repository
- Time for open source to build a Code Recycling Center
Firefox
- Firefox 3.0 wins memory battle, says tester
- Firefox 3: Top ten extensions
- Firefox 3: Top five themes
- about:addons - AMO changes & reviews, Dangers of eval(), New XULRunner, Firefox 3.1 changes & more
Leftovers
- Using Vista instead of XP is dumb
- A Media Server from Google
Google Media Server’s team says that “the only way to connect the XBox 360 to a UPnP server, was to have a service that is only found on Microsoft services (used for registering for DRM content) and for the server itself to be claimed to be made by Microsoft. Legal would not allow us to pretend to be Microsoft (although there are other servers out there that do).”
- Google goes back to the future with the PlayStation 3
- ICANN Goes .bonkers
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.