08.15.08
Links 15/08/2008: New Ubuntu Alpha, Early Look at Debian
Debian
Ubuntu
- A sneak peak into Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Encrypted Private Directory - A lot of new operating systems now offer encryption support for a small set of files/folders or for the complete drive as a whole. On the similar lines, Ubuntu 8.10 shall have a folder in each user’s home folder which would be named Private and will be encrypted.
- Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Alpha 4
- Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 4 Screenshot Tour
- Ubuntu 8.10 Screenshot Gallery: New Human-Murrine Theme
- Lead-developer of Ubuntu Desktop Linux
- Shuttleworth and Ubuntu keep moving on up
Shuttleworth and Ubuntu keep moving on up
- Presenters and Topic Ideas Needed for Ubuntu Developer Week
- Introduction and History of Kubuntu
Kubuntu is quickly building up a sizable community of its own. Not only are there new package managers and a dedicated documentation team, but also many community and fan sites to help provide support and the most current information.
- Powerful graphical tools for Ubuntu Linux
GNU/Linux
- Linux Desktops Dressed Up as Macs
- FYI: Linux is Here to Stay, and Rule!
Not only giant computer makers are adopting Linux, but also government institutions, schools, and businesses from different countries. Indeed Linux has gone mainstream, and it’s not finished yet.
- It’s 1,100 systems and counting for open-source refurbishment advocates
The amount may seem small, but highly public events like these are helping us rethink the concept of computer lifespans. Why shouldn’t the philosophy of reincarnation apply to technology?
- Control Another Computer Over A Network In Linux
Ever wanted to get help from your friends or wanted to help some friend in doing some specific task, and you wished you could do that using a remote desktop connection but you don’t know how to remotely control a PC, doing so is very easy in Linux I will show you how to do that in this tutorial
- Jumping into open-source NAC with PacketFence ZEN
- Volante POS Systems Annouces Wireless POS Solution For Linux
- Wii-Linux + T2 SDE Linux 6.0 + X Server Running XD
This video is from nuvalo who writes: “This is the latest kernel from Wii-Linux, which supports USB, Bluetooth, etc. This video shows how it boots T2 SDE for PowerPC, with its X server and the login.
- A video tour of gOS Gadgets 3 (beta)
- gOS 3 Gadgets (beta) targets Linux beginners and Google Gadgets lovers
If you’re looking for a beginner-level GNU/Linux distribution, or one that is heavily focused on Internet services, gOS 3.0 is for you. Otherwise, this distro won’t do much to steal you away from your current one, especially since this is mostly a rebranded and rethemed Ubuntu 8.04 with Google Gadgets and services thrown in. Still, as a simplistic Web desktop with Google Gadgets installed by default, gOS 3.0 may be worth a look.
- Linux’s Market Share: Is There Any Way To Know?
Canonical is claiming that 11% of businesses use Ubuntu. (If that is the case, just imagine how many use Red Hat or Suse.) Gartner says that Linux’s market share is 4%, putting it about even with the Mac. And Context says that almost 3% of PCs sold in the UK have Linux pre-installed.
- How Adobe can stop Microsoft
Commentary: Attack with a Linux initiative
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Adobe could port its Creative Suite to Linux as a shot across Redmond’s bow.
- eyeon’s Fusion 5.3 Available Across Linux Platforms
- InMage DR-Scout Showcased At LinuxWorld
- Open Enterprise: Oracle, the biggest Linux vendor
Kernel
- Tux3 Hierarchical Structure
- Kernel space: Virus scanning API spawns security debate
- Highlighting Interesting Mailing List Discussions
Sun
- Sun opens Java tools in mobile fight back
- Sun sheds light on GUI tool for mobiles
- Sun spreads more VirtualBox love
- NetBeans 6.5 beta promises PHP simplicity
Codecs
- Building the world we want, not the one we have
- Fluendo walks the line between free and proprietary codecs
F/OSS
- Submit your nominations for the 2008 Free Software Awards
- Ed Boyajian, President and CEO, EnterpriseDB
- Vaster Than Empires, and More Slow
- The Blue Mountains Public Library Chooses Koha ZOOM
- Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
So, if your excuse for not giving Linux a try was that you needed to be able to work with your Office documents… well, you just ran out of excuses. Think of what you will gain, too! No more suffering through all the gratuitous menu/toolbar/button changes that Microsoft makes in every new Office release.
- Mozilla Add-ons Workshop in Paris, it’s alive !
Leftover
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Kenneth Wyrick, Community Technology Activist 01 (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.