07.31.08
Posted in News Roundup at 6:38 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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- CAOS 8, our community Linux report is out
- Red Hat’s new CEO aims Linux at the cloud
Whitehurst: I joined because I believe in the mission. I’ve been a Fedora user for years at home. Economically, it is a fundamentally better way to develop software. One thing I love about the company is it’s a great confluence: when we do well as a company, we do good for the communities of use and societies around us. The last thing that wasn’t open-source was Red Hat Network, and we just open-sourced it. We’re all in. We are and should be leaders in open source, and that’s the right decision for our shareholders as well.
- First Openmoko Custom Phone Now Available and Wears a Debian Plaid Kilt
The Openmoko Neo Freerunner phone was released only a few weeks ago, and already, a customized version called the W.E. Phone is now available for purchase. So what’s the difference between the naked-as-a-baby Neo and the Canadian-based W.E.? The latter comes with a full bundle of custom Google applications, on top of the core GNU/Linux OS base with dialing, SMS and contacts.
- The Beauty of Linux
- Intuit joins the Linux revolution
- SSD vs. SATA RAID: A performance benchmark
- Robot software shootout — the sequel!
- Linux MID stack to debut at IDF
Boasting a switch to RPM packaging, Moblin 2.0 is designed for MIDs based on the Intel Atom processors.
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Needs Sunlight said,
July 31, 2008 at 7:53 am
One of the headlines should read something more like that MS is using Silverlight to help censor the olympics in China.
Seems a crappy imitation of AJAX:
http://chandlerproject.org/Projects/AjaxLibraries