08.20.08
Links 20/08/2008: New SFLC Guide, Commercial Software for OpenMoko
Laptops
- Lenovo’s S10 Netbook Listed - Starts at just US$429
Lenovo is expected to also release a Linux version of its netbook, which, once again, will not be marketed in the US, as we already noted in one of our previous posts.
- Dell’s netbook to carry Ubuntu ‘remix’ edition
- First Ubuntu Netbook Remix Laptop Appears
- Streaming media player targets netbooks, nettops
- Focused workflow with Netbook Remix
- Ubuntu + Dell = The Ultimate Ultraportable?
- Regular Linux desktops on the XO
Phones
- Open-source phone getting WiFi sign-on port
Hacker Holden Karau is porting the Devicescape Connect WiFi sign-on client to the Linux-based, open-source OpenMoko Neo Freerunner phone. The port, which uses the FreeRunner’s new Qtopia-flavored stack, could turn out to be the first commercial application ported to the FreeRunner, says Karau.
- I’m super excited to begin work on this project [porting DeviceScape to the OpenMoko]
To the best of my knowledge this is the first (or one of the first) non-FIC commercial applications being ported/developed for the OpenMoko/FreeRunner stack.
- Android puts out call to mobile security gurus
GNU/Linux: General
- New Debian GNU/Linux Update
A new Debian GNU/Linux Update was released a few weeks ago - well, actually one and a half new updates, to be precise. I just got around to giving it a try, and I’m pleased and impressed.
- Will Linux Find its Way Onto Your Computer?
- XBMC’s Linux port lacks impressive features
- Abuse of Ubuntu logo in Chile
- Ubuntu | The glorious future of Linux
- The Linux Ecosystem…Changes Ahead
- Testing OpenGEU 8.04 Beta
- The move from windows is complete
- Open Virtual Machine Tools with Ubuntu Hardy
- Flipping the Linux switch: Countdown to the dual boot
- Memopal: Online Backup in Public Beta for Linux
- Foresight Linux: Two out of three’s not bad
Red Hat
- Travelocity’s parent company hails Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Video: John Halamka on healthcare and open source
- Fedora 10 Takes Shape
KDE
- 10 Most Beautiful Plasma Themes for KDE 4 Desktop
The latest series of the K Desktop Environment now utilizes Plasma, a ne| desktop and panel user interface tool that aims for a more functional, user-friendly, and sleek KDE desktop. Plasma also supports Dashboard-like widgets called plasmoids.
- Lancelot Screencast
I’ve had a feeling that a long period of time has passed since I made a screencast of anything. It turned out that the last one was made more than a year ago.
Hardware
- Tilcon supports MontaVista Linux platform
- Fujitsu SAS Drives and Highpoint RocketRAID 2640X4 Testing in Linux
- DeviceVM gets venture capital, powers eee Box
- Utilities automate Debian filesystem creation
- AMD OverDrive On Linux
- Pandora project demoed on video, shows off hardware, Linux, and Quake 2
It’s pretty exciting stuff if you’re a homebrew fan (and we know you are), featuring demos of the device smoothly running emulators like PicoDrive, PSNES, booting up a build of Linux, and even getting its Quake 2 on (at high frame rates and looking crystal clear).
F/OSS
- ITema Releases Open Source Web Editor, Sandbox [GPLv3]
- Free Spear-Phishing Tool on Tap
- Elastra Hooks Up Eucalyptus for Open Cloud Computing
- Open Source Is No “Get-Rich-Quick Scheme” But If You Get It Right…
- Interview: OpenQRM’s Open Source Systems Management
- Open options for cloud computing
- Being open about “open” (source)
- OpenOffice.org Tips and Tricks Part II
Collaboration/OA
- Medical Research and Open Source: Competition Trumps Collaboration
- Battling pricy textbooks with open-source texts, social media
- [Legalweb] Manifesto
- A Wiki for the Planet: Clay Shirky on Open Source Environmentalism
Mozilla/Firefox
- The market share of Firefox vs. Internet Explorer
- 18 Tools to Turn Firefox 3 into a Communications Portal
- Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker to Headline Latest Linux Foundation Podcast in the “Open Voices” Series
- Open Voices Interview with Mitchell Baker, Mozilla
- Mitchell Baker Transcript
FSF/SFLC
- Software Freedom Law Center Publishes Guide to GPL Compliance
- A Practical Guide to GPL Compliance
- Open to dispute - Down to Earth
- Making IT work for people - new Green policy
Security
- Judge Lifts Restraining Order: MIT Students Win
- Judge lifts gag order on MIT students on MBTA security
- Internet Terrorist: Does Such A Thing Really Exist?
- The Continuing Cheapening of the Word ‘Terrorism’
- Reputation Attacks: A Little Known Internet Threat
- Sale of bank data alarms Germany
- MSNBC Spam-O-Rama
Microsoft
- Software Notebook: Boxed software faces uncertain future
- Former Head of Business Development and M&A for Microsoft Office Live Joins TASER International as Chief Strategy Officer
- Microsoft: Of Course We Spy On Our Web Users. But Not As Much As The Other Guys
- Microsoft Responds To Congress: Hey, We Could Be Worse!
- Microsoft tracks people with RFID tags
- Mid-Sized Companies In the Services Industry Switch From Microsoft Great Plains to NetSuite For CRM, Ecommerce and ERP /Accounting Software Suite
Leftovers
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Doc Searls, author, journalist, teacher, performer, blogger, connector, maven 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.