07.01.08
Links 01/07/2008: Lindependence 2008 to Start, H-P to Offer Non-Microsoft/Novell Option (FreeDOS)
GNU/Linux
- ‘Lindependence 2008′ aims to Free Felton from Microsoft Windows
“We’re trying to get as many people as possible to switch to Linux, because the main thing is most people don’t use computers for fancy things, so they’re wasting money,” said Ken Starks, a Linux advocate and owner of HeliOS Solutions in Austin, Texas, which strives to create technologies and provide cost effective products to its customers.
- Road warrior’s weapon
…HP intends to offer the option of Vista Home Basic, FreeDOS or SuSE Linux Enterprise desktop.
- The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls
The Vandal - The most dangerous troll of all. Capable of literally destroying FOSS projects just by flaming them online. The vandal always takes the tactic of attacking the interface. It’s almost always a graphics program, too.
- Research and Markets: Mobile Linux in China Will Find Its Way in TD-SCDMA
- A Symphony For Viola: Parsix 1.5r0 Review
I can’t praise Parsix 1.5r0 enough: It’s stable while being cutting edge, stylish while being practical and is certainly in my top five favourite distributions, which is saying something given how low-profile it remains (it’s still only at No 57 on the Distrowatch page-hit ranking list, which is ridiculously low).
- On sidux 2008.02 Xfce
- SMPlayer Review - One of the Most Powerful Video Players for Linux
- Audio/Visual Synthesis For Linux: The New Art, Part 1
- Seven Reasons to Move to Linux
- Three reasons why GNU/Linux is better for Web servers than OS X
Updates and software installation can be a pain, and you’re likely to find a cheaper, more flexible, better-working, and better-performing solution with GNU/Linux at a lower price.
- Converting any window into plasmoid
Despite all current limitation, I think this approach still has its own use-cases, for example when you want quick access to some of your applications from Dashboard (for example Konsole) or if you want something not-yet-available as plasmoid on your desktop (for example video player, advanced calculator, web-browser with your webmail, a game from kdegames, googleearth, …).
- Support for 100+ webcams in Linux 2.6.27 (USB Video Class Driver)
- New: Ubuntu YouTube Channel
- Ubuntu Video Tutorials For People Just Starting Out
- Why enterprise still cannot accept Linux.
- Debian teams survey results
- Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: 30 June 2008
- Big Buck Bunny builds a better Blender
- Review: EeePC 900 with Ubuntu 8.4
F/OSS
- SaaS collaboration tool goes open source
Christchurch’s Onlinegroups.net has officially launched its software-as-a-service for online collaboration. At the same time, the company has released GroupServer, the software that powers the service, as open source.
- CRM Turkish Coffee With Chris Harrick, Talkin’ Open Source CRM
- Kill The Data Center
- Third Annual Actuate Open Source Software Survey Underway and Already Surpassing Last Year’s Response Rate
- Open Source Embroidery
- Colosa Brings Business Process Management to Red Hat Exchange
- The Invisible Closed Source Overhead - 2
- Why You Need Open Source Governance
- Refusing Digital Monitoring Policies
Leftovers
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.