08.14.08
Links 14/08/2008: New Linux RC; AMD Might Do UMPCs
Embedded
- VxWorks, Wind River Linux To Support Intel EP80579
- Datalight Flash File System Boosts Performance for Users of Wind River Linux
Intel/AMD/PPC
- Linux BSP ships for Intel SoC
- Intel Unveils Smaller Solid-State Drive For Mini-Notebooks
- Intel rebrands Centrino Atom
- Got any old iMacs laying around?
- Will ‘netbooks’ crush laptop sales?
GNU/Linux
- 2.6.27-rc3, “Things Really Have Calmed Down”
- Linux expo calls for papers
- What Linux Will Look Like In 2012
- Asus goes official on extended Eee PC line-up
- Gaming on Ubuntu Linux
Canonical, Ububtu’s sponsor organisation, announced recently that a special gaming software repository is being setup. It is named Playbuntu and aims to have the latest Linux games and the latest updates. It is only in it’s infancy at the moment, but represents an even easier way to install games and keep them up to date.
- Review: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (ET:QW)
When it comes to games you can buy ‘off the shelf’ at your local game store, the list of ones that can be installed natively (without wine) on Linux is very short. The list gets extremely short if you only want to include newer games. Thankfully, companies like id Software openly support Linux and provide not only installers for Linux, but have also open sourced some of their earlier engines (Quake 1, 2 and 3). They continue this support with their latest game; Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (ET:QW).
- Gallium3D: a short explanation where it fits in
Currently Gallium3D is not production ready yet. Early 2008 the state was that the first real world driver, an older Intel one, was working quite well. It might take a while until Gallium3D really enters the stage.
- Learning Linux the Mailing Lists Way
- Got Linux? Don’t tell your ISP
- plasmoids in firefox
George Goldberg appeared yesterday with a Netscape plugin for Plasma, allowing us to run Plasma applets in browsers that use Netscape plugins, such as Firefox (though certainly not limited to Firefox; many browsers support Netscape plugins).
- Software as a Service is a key to Linux Growth
Reviews
- Workbench 1.0 : Developers’ Xubuntu
For a 1.0 release that literally came out of nowhere, I was very impressed by the visual polish in Workbench. If you’re not a fan of the look and feel of Microsoft Vista or Apple OS X, this is not the distro you’re looking for. Move along.
- gOS: The Ubuntu giant killer?
- SliTaz live CD: small but beautifully marked
- Get a complete security toolkit with BackTrack 3
Open/Free
- BBC Opens Up - Or Does it?
- Open-Source Gadget Maker Bug Labs Closes Third Funding Round
- Open source good for security
- If You Love Your Data, Set It Free
- Yahoo’s Fire Eagle Soars Out of Beta
- New wiki measures open source license use
- VMware and the GPL: Round two
- Open source providers included in £80M UK education tender
- Community Journalism and Open Source Software Share a Social Bond
- The Nortel-Pingtel Deal: Bigger Than You Think
- Urias McCullough - Haiku Project - LinuxWorld 2008
- about:mozilla - Toronto MozCamp, Firefox 3 archive, Snowl, Fennec, Camino, Embedding API, and more…
Rights
- When will BigPond start selling DRM-free video, too?
- Data Snooping Mission Creep
- Ill and in Pain, Detainee Dies in U.S. Hands
- Elsevier steals, then copyrights other people’s free stuff
- The Pirate Bay Blocked in Italy
- Russia/Georgia: War of the Web
- British libel laws violate human rights, says UN
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.