08.12.08
Links 12/08/2008: Kernel Development Primer, More GNU/Linux from Dell
GNU/Linux
- A guide to the kernel development process
The purpose of this document is to help developers (and their managers) work with the development community with a minimum of frustration.
- Linux Myth: Installing “Third Party” Software is “Hard”
For this rebuttal we will forget the fact that almost all software in a Linux distribution is “third party”. I believe what those who claim to detest Linux really mean by “third party” are non-free applications from closed source developers and some few FOSS projects not included with major Linux distributions.
- Reimagining The Desktop
KDE 4.1 goes a long way to solving that dilemma.
- Bluetooth GPRS with Eee pc
- Get A Brand New Computer For Less
- Red Hat: Gateway to open source in Latin America
Red Hat has an incredible brand here in South America. Customers trust our quality and value. They may not have heard yet of an Alfresco or Zimbra, but they know Red Hat.
- The Mainframe Still Lives
- LinMin(TM) Enables any Open Source or Proprietary Application to Provision Linux and Windows Systems From Bare Metal
Reviews
- CentOS 5.2: Send in the Clones
If I were in the mood to use an RPM-based distribution, CentOS would be my first and probably only choice. It’s not as pretty as openSuSE or even its cousin Fedora, but it’s more stable than both on my setup. Stability wins out over eye-candy any day.
- Zenwalk 5.2 GNOME Edition (beta)
I didn’t expect to like Zenwalk this much, but I do. It’s stable while being a beta release, it’s speedy, it just works and it does all of this while looking good. Without the installer, which requires a bit of knowledge, it would a be perfect for a Linux newbie.
- Debian: The OS for the rest of us
I can’t say that my kicking of the tires of Debian was as thorough as it deserves. But honestly, I don’t think a thorough shakedown is that necessary. First and foremost you only need to know that the installation can be a bit challenging (when doing so from the smaller install CD). Once up and running it’s all a matter of knowing the package management system.
Dell and GNU/Linux
- Dell to launch ‘Eee PC beater’ today
- Dell shipping five Hardy Heron systems
- Dell’s comeback machine [Linux on board]
F/OSS
- 12 great apps for bridging Windows, Linux and Macs
- Chandler 1.0, the open source PIM
- Make OpenOffice Work For You : Starting Out
- Vote on the OpenOffice.org 3.0 splash screen
- Google Unveils Open Source Security Tool
- The Essential Guide to Open-Source Routers
- Open Source Twitter rivals to be a success?
- Do you really need paid support for Open Source products?
- Open source tools becoming commercial products? This can be a good thing.
- Acquia: Counting Down to Commercially Supported Drupal
- New Trend in Open Source: Business Intelligence
- Tcl/Tk - Recent Advances
- Marketcetera Brings Fully Integrated Real-Time Equity Data From ACTIV Financial to Open Source Trading Platform
Mozilla
Leftovers
- Microsoft in Flickr rights shockr
- Research firm emails 20,000 addresses in the clear
- Virus writers go for Olympic gold
- What is the speed of spam? 7.8 billion messages per hour!
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Garth Dickey, President and CEO of Progeny, Inc. (2004)
Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating.
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.
Hun said,
August 12, 2008 at 11:42 pm
If you use Google then you are using a proprietary closed source search engine.
using Google = Evil !!
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 13, 2008 at 1:20 am
Proprietary SaaS may be a problem, but it’s probably not a top priority. That’s why we should treat AGPL(v3) as though it is GPLv4 and encourage developers to adopt it.
Linux said,
August 13, 2008 at 4:11 am
Are you against microsoft / novell / patents / propr. software ??
Heck even Google adsense / adwords is patented pro. software///
Google has built the biggest closed patented propr. web for itself
Roy Schestowitz said,
August 13, 2008 at 4:22 am
Google does not threaten to use software patents against Free software. I think it’s a matter of priorities and Google is not the fiercest enemy right now. I consider Oracle to be a bigger parasite because it harms companies that actually make the very same GNU/Linux which it uses as a ‘freerider’.
Anyway, as long as Microsoft explicitly threatens to harm Free software, it’s a major target. SaaS will be the next major hurdle when/if most native applications are phased out, virtualisation and clouds become more prevalent, and companies exploit GPL loopholes that AGPL closes.
I personally want to see Wikia succeeding.
http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia