08.08.08
Links 08/08/2008: More GNU/Linux Laptops, New Kernels
GNU/Linux
- Going Green
- Memopal Recruits 100 Linux Beta Testers
- Linux vendor Red Hat sets up shop in SA
Software developer Red Hat has opened an office in SA in a bid to woo more companies from brand name software to free-to-use open-source systems.
- Networks: The Crux of Tomorrow’s Datacenter
- Mobile takes center stage at LinuxWorld
- Mobile takes center stage at LinuxWorld
Since most legitimate vendors are no longer able to sell or install Windows XP after June 30, I have an option for you: Use Linux. That’s right, retain that XP look and feel goodness without violating any rules or creating other problems for yourself by using the little known XPDE (XP Desktop Environment).
Laptops
- ECS G10IL netbook gets taken for a spin
The laptop will probably retail for $499 as configured when it arrives in September, but a Linux version for $399 should also be available if Microsoft isn’t your thing.
- Lightweight Linux Desktop Proves Popular with Netbooks
LinuxWorld is under way in San Francisco this week (see Wired’s coverage) and gOS, the Linux distro that made a splash after Walmart started selling gOS-equipped PCs, is back with a new release.
- New gOS Linux OS Surrounded by Netbooks
- Lenovo Confirms It’s Looking At IBM’s ‘Microsoft-Free’ Client
- Lenovo In Talks To Join IBM’s ‘Microsoft-Free’ Program, Sources Say
Ubuntu
- Ubuntu attracts the lion’s share of LinuxWorld’s smaller crowds
Ubuntu had a hectic week during LinuxWorld, with several different partnership announcements throughout the week.
- Analyst: Ubuntu, community distros ready for the enterprise
- Installfest: Untangle, Ubuntu Linux Save 750 PCs From Landfills
- USB sound card on Ubuntu
Kernel
- Ubuntu Kernel Next
- Some Pictures Worth a Thousand Words – Caldera OpenLinux Lite
I have some screenshots from an old Caldera OpenLinux Lite CD that a member still had in his possession to show you. They disprove certain allegations SCO has made regarding Linux, I think, in the IBM litigation. For example, SCO claimed that it never released anything under the GPL. And it tried to allege that some headers and other features were their property and that Linux infringes them. I will show you differently.
- The New Linux Developer Network
We’ve hired a new guy to run the LDN, Brian Proffitt. He’s been hard at work since the moment he started, asking lots of questions and building a new infrastructure in an amazing amount of time. And now, you can see the results of his initial work.
- Comparing HAMMER And Tux3
- Stable kernels 2.6.25.15 and 2.6.26.2
Clouds
- [GNU/Linux] Cloud Computing on a Stick
- Citrix Calls On Microsoft To Set Windows Free
- Are lower priced apps in Microsoft’s future?
GNU
OSS
- QNX opens up the source code for its filesystems
- Compiere Upgrades Open Source ERP Portfolio
- MPower Adds User-Developed Features to Open Source CRM Solution for Nonprofits
Spying/Privacy
- Perhaps Microsoft knows too much
It was horrifying to read that a private company, in this case Microsoft, has a database record of “nearly half of the world’s instant-messaging traffic.”
To my knowledge, the government is not even allowed to monitor domestic instant-messaging without a court order. What information did Microsoft collect?
- We’re Far Removed From Proof of ‘Six Degrees’ Theory
- BBC apologises after children’s personal data stolen
Leftovers
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Jon Maddog Hall’s keynote presentation at FISL Con 5 in Porto Alegre, Brazil 02 (2004)
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