08.07.08
Links 07/08/2008: Two More GNU/Linux Netbook Products, LinuxWorld Ends
GNU/Linux
- Ulteo: What Gael Did Next
And I hope that he and his team are able to offer a stable, fast service long before Microsoft make significant headway with their secretive Midori project.
- 8 Useful Adobe AIR Applications That Work In Linux
- VMware joins Linux Foundation–while reportedly violating the GPL
- An Old Dog Learns Some New Tricks With Puppy Linux 4
Puppy Linux version 4 is a good choice if you’re looking for a portable Linux OS, writes reviewer Jack Germain. You can load it onto a thumb drive and run it from multiple PCs, taking all your personal settings with you. Its tiny size comes with a few shortcomings, however.
- Gallery: Rise of Open Source at LinuxWorld
- We Don’t Need Another Linux Hater
While going over Linux Hater’s Blog, I can best describe it as Béranger on anabolic steroids. I’m sorry if I can’t find a better description than that, but for clarity sake, I would simply put Linux Hater’s blog as a series of rants against Linux as well as other open source software.
Kernel
- Linux v2.6.27-rc1
- Kernel Log: New Stable kernel, DRI2 postponed, Xgl removed from X.org
- Highpoint demos Hardware RAID series in Linux
- Linux is a platform, not an OS
Microsoft, a staunch opponent of Linux, already understands this very vividly. They no longer see Windows as just an “operating system”, but as an entire platform. They realize that the only way Windows has a prayer of surviving, especially in today’s open source world, is if everything runs on Windows, including every FOSS program out there. They’ve even admitted that as much themselves, saying that they think that all open source should run on Windows.
GNOME/GTK
- GNOME 2.23.6 Released!
FREEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZEEE! That’s it. We’re feature frozen now. This means what you have in 2.23.6 is a good approximation of what you’ll get in 2.24.0.
- Resolution Independent GTK+
Fedora
- 9 + 5 things you’ll get with Fedora 10
Fedora 10 will be released on 28th October 2008, let’s take a look at what some of the upcoming features, 9 of them have been accepted by the team, 5 more are still in the “proposed” state. If you want you can check the whole list.
- Fedora 10 Alpha Cambridge [Screenshots]
Portables
- Sub £200 mini laptop launched
An integrated SD card slot is a nice feature, whilst the miniBook also has three USB ports. Linux comes pre-installed, which no doubt helps to keep the machine’s price down.
- Low-power netbooks run Linux
A Germany-based retailer called One is shipping four branded, Linux-based netbooks that consume only 3.5 Watts apiece. The One A440, A110, A115, and A140 are all based on the Via C7-M Ultra Low Voltage processor (ULV), and come with integrated Via graphics chips.
- Asustek plans more Eee PCs as shipments take off
- Aussies, Americans lose out in Lenovo’s Linux netbook push
- Microsoft plays a losing battle with its MacDonald’s-priced Windows XP.
Devices
- Free software encircles embedded design
Designers can choose from a variety of open-source-software components ranging from multiple variations of the wildly popular Linux operating system to sophisticated debugging tools.
- Open-source gadgets at LinuxWorld
Bug Labs was also on hand, showing off a few new updates to its Bug Base gadget platform. The hardware is essentially the same, but the software interface for the Lego-like gadget prototyper has been improved.
F/OSS
- Digium(R) Offers Cepstral “Allison Voice” Text-to-Speech Software for Asterisk Telephony Systems
- XAware Enhances Open Source Data Integration Software
Firefox/Mozilla
- Qt Port of Mozilla and Firefox 3
The Mozilla and Nokia teams have been working hard to port Firefox 3 and the Mozilla Platform to Qt and there are now some solid results available from their efforts. An experimental build of Firefox Qt is available and you can download the sources from Mozilla’s mercurial repository. The plan is to merge the Qt branch into the central Mozilla branch to make the port official.
- about:addons - New MDC, Accessible add-ons, AMO changes & more
- about:mozilla - Mozilla Summit, Mozilla Labs, Add-ons workshop, Canvas in IE, Theora, Ogg, and more…
- Mozilla reveals the Firefox of the future?
- Mozilla Looks to Grass Roots for Next Wave of Browser Innovation
- Q&A: Mozilla’s Tristan Nitot
Ubuntu
- Ubuntu, The Most Popular Linux Operating System
- Ubuntu - THE Linux Distribution
- Open-source e-voting gets LinuxWorld test run
- Ubuntu gets into unified comms, chides Microsoft
- Zimbra officially embraced by Ubuntu
Datacentre
- Outsider No More: Linux Critical In Many Data Centers
In a sign of how much Linux has become a core element in many corporate data centers, many of the new products making their debut at this week’s LinuxWorld show focus on such critical IT operations as data integration, disaster recovery and security management.
- Energy costs and data center complexity creating ‘perfect storm,’ says Avocent exec
Abuse of Rights
- Home Office questioned over Phorm
- Note to privacy advocates: Good luck
- BT slams bandwidth brakes on all subscribers
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.
David Gerard said,
August 8, 2008 at 4:35 am
The Highpoint Demos link doesn’t work - tweaktown.com blocks all users with an ad blocker running.
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 8, 2008 at 5:29 am
Hmmm… it works for me and I have AdBlock enabled. Might it use JS to probe your machine? I haven’t checked the source of the page.