07.23.08
Links 23/07/2008: 500+ Russian Schools in GNU/Linux Pilot
GNU/Linux
- Russian Schools A-Rushin’ to Free Software
[Via Google Translate: In more than 50% of schools pilot regions, where the scheduled installation of free software packages (PSPO), distributions have been installed.
So far a total of PSPO installed in 572 schools in the republic of Tatarstan, Perm Territory, and Tomsk region (of the planned 1084).]
- Tilana™ Begins Beta Testing Tilana RealCDP™ on Linux
- Mandriva and Precedent Technologies work together to offer a new low cost desktop: TechSurfer
Mandriva and Precedent Technologies (”PTech”), announce a new partnership, working together on the release in September in the United States of a new low-cost desktop, with Intel Atom CPUs and Mandriva Linux preinstalled on these machines.
Since signing their agreement, Mandriva, the leading European editor of Linux distributions, and Precedent Technologies, full service I.T solution provider, have been working together on a new low-cost PC called: TechSurfer.
- Kernel log: ath9k driver for new Atheros WLAN chips, discussions of Nvidia drivers
- Google Gadgets for Linux
- Vector Linux SOHO 5.9 Deluxe — Not Just For The Office
Despite the SOHO (Small Office, Home Office) name Vector Linux SOHO is clearly aimed at the home user as well with a large variety of multimedia applications and games on the second disc.
Ubuntu
- Computers With Ubuntu Linux Coming to All Major Retailers
- Shuttleworth: Make Desktop Linux Better than Apple
- Ubuntu Founder: Linux Should Focus on Looks
- Turn Your Ubuntu Hardy to Mac OSX Leopard
Easy to Learn, Easy to Work and Easy to Play. Share photos of your travels without waiting till you get home.
- Launchpad Source-Code Within 12 Months
To this point though, Launchpad isn’t available under a free software license aside from its Storm component. However, Mark Shuttleworth has stated this afternoon that within the next 12 months they expect to release the source-code to Launchpad.
- Canonical: Ubuntu Server Software Blitz At LinuxWorld
Sun
- Pogo Linux and Nexenta Announce New StorageDirector Z-Series Storage Solutions, Featuring NexentaStor(TM)
- When Will ZFS Come To Linux?
- Proposing Read-Only ZFS
- Sun Microsystems Unveils Enterprise AMP Stack for Solaris and Linux
- Drizzle, a MySQL fork for web applications
- Ubuntu to get open-source Java heart implant
Devices
- Lovers of Linux in for a treat with the Nokia N800
- Asus EEE 900 Series Notebook PC 900MHz 1024MB 20GB 8.9 inch Linux (Black), £249.41
- Access says Palm touched its OS
MOBILE LINUX ghost-OS and micro-browsers firm Access Systems told the INQUIRER there will be no Netfront 3.5 browser for Palm devices unless Palm requests it, and that Palm has fiddled with its Garnet OS.
OSS
- SpringSource releases application infrastructure ‘alternative’
- Want Your Project to Succeed? Build a Strong Community
- Solving global warming the open source way
Europe
- EU: Feedback welcome on the draft document based on which the new European Interoperability Framework will be elaborated
- Welcome to the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations
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.