08.16.08
Links 16/08/2008: GNU/Linux Market Penetration, Android Likely Out Soon
GNU/Linux
- Pixar’s rendering software - big on Linux servers, not Mac
Linux clustering is very popular for RenderMan customers. And while the software is “certainly used extensively on OS X workstations…very few people run RenderMan on OS X clusters,” according to the source.
- Interesting Improvements In GNOME 2.24
- Feature: How to build and customize your own PBX with Asterisk
- China takes lead in Linux education
- Why the linux idea of open source is “Correct”
You see, as a fact, collaborative innovation is the key to creating free software. Why? Because the concept has the ability to claim not one, but thousands of developers. Something that can be created for large amounts of money by a small team, can be created with thousands of the same experts who come from different backgrounds. The software that comes out is the software that is created by the user for the user, which is a very large advantage. Linux, for instance has come a long way, and much of its components such as the kernel owe its existence to open source.
- OLS: Smack for embedded devices
- Dell Latitude ON - big win for Linux
- Asus violating GPL again?
Recently I bought an Eee 901. Asus has modified the kernel’s ACPI driver. They released the source code to that on an 8G surf model, but the 901 has additional hardware features in the ACPI space (bluetooth radio power toggle, for instance) that are not in the source they released back then. There are no sources released at all under the 901 section of their website.
Anyone know whom to contact at Asus about this?
- Test Driving Zenwalk 5.2 Beta Gnome Edition
Mobile and Embedded
- T-Mobile to Offer First Phone With Google Software
- Timesys Announces Embedded Linux for Tensilica Diamond Standard 232L Processor Core
- Mobile and Embedded Day at Akademy
This year Akademy held a dedicated day for mobile and embedded talks. With Trolltech being owned by Nokia, mobile is suddenly a hot topic for KDE and several variants of Qt and KDE on mobiles were in progress at Akademy. Read on for an overview of the talks.
- Debian on the FreeRunner — now official
Debian
- DefCon 16: Hackers and a Gag Order in Sin City
- DebConf Gallery
- Happy Birthday Debian
- Debian Turns 15 Years Old
- Balancing Respect and Diversity
Debian kicks arse. Ubuntu kicks arse. They just kick arse in slightly different ways with a strong connection. DebConf, my first one, demonstrated such arse kicking, and I look forward to continuing to work with our friends there.
Releases
- paldo 1.15 released
- Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.2
Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.2 has been released for i386 and x86_64
- Release Notes - ClarkConnect 4.3
Disruption
- The biggest open source threat to Microsoft
- The End Of the OS As We Know It
- Dell, Intel give users what they want: to turn Windows off
F/OSS
- Melaka City Council’s OSS migration and savings
In our ongoing series of Free and Open Source Software deployments in Malaysia, OpenMalaysiaBlog is proud to highlight the efforts of the City Council of Melaka. They were one of the first few departments to migrate completely to OpenOffice.org (98% of their 300 hundred seats.
- One thing that preload helps run quickly: OpenOffice
- Thunderbird 3 email client makes alpha progress
- Videocast: Richard Stallman in New Zealand
- Tech.view Who holds the key? - Economist
- Mixed reactions to open source plan for schools
- Northern Ireland plugs open source hybrid
- The Power and ROI of Open Source
- Open Source: The Next Frontier for Data Quality Management
- Interview: Javier Paniza on OpenXava and Open Source
- SnapLogic Extends Open Source Data Integration Framework
- Kaltura Launches WordPress Plugin for Interactive Video
Web Browsers
- Why the Computer Won’t Be Going Into the Cloud Anytime Soon
- Dogs hide bones, Firefox hides useful tricks
- How Will Mozilla’s Fennec Mobile Browser Look and Feel?
Abuse of Rights
- U.S. Internet down by law, not market
- British local authorities to monitor internet communications
- Spied on despite encryption
- Law Professor: Counter Terrorism Czar Told Me There Is Going To Be An i-9/11 And An i-Patriot Act
- Update on China/Tibet cyberattacks (and Russia/Georgia), and call for testimonials.
- One Man’s Fight to Open Government Data
Leftovers
- Voting Machines
- Microsoft’s Mojave Experiment Exposes Serious Vista Problems
- Sinofsky to dish on Windows 7? Wishful thinking
- PS3 tops Xbox 360 for third straight month
- iPhone kill-switch
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Richard Stallman: Part 11 (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 17, 2008 at 10:15 am
I like this site coz of unpolluted links section
Lot of others sites filter out the good stuff