08.21.08
Links 21/08/2008: New GNU/Linux Device, FOSS for Government
GNU/Linux
- Linux powers MID-like nav device
Clarion announced a Linux-based personal navigation device (PND) based on an 800MHz Z500 Intel Atom processor, with 512MB of RAM and a 4.8-inch 800×480 touchscreen. The ClarionMind has a GPS receiver, but no map database of its own, instead connecting to Internet-based map sites.
- 15+ Ways to Make Your Linux Box Hip to Web 2.0
Well, if you’re a Linux user, or perhaps just curious to know what’s now possible on Linux installations in order to better decide whether to “take the leap,” we’re going to do Tux a solid today and see what’s up in the land of “Net apps” to save you from having to search the open source galaxy yourself.
- Is Ubuntu Really the Most User Friendly Distribution?
- Open JDK in Debian’s Lenny — Distro Grandslam!
- Blatantly Supporting Linux. Sort of.
This is a good high-end sound card that is supported in the Linux kernel, and it works well. Linux users have known about them for years. When you search for “Linux” on http://www.m-audio.com/ you’ll even find some useful information.
- Isn’t Linux just UNIX under a different name?
Yet, the bottom line is Linux is not UNIX. Make no mistake. Linux was not derived from the original program code and it is not subject to any UNIX licensing arrangement (some may say constraint.) In fact, Linux is not legally able to call itself UNIX (and incidentally, neither is BSD anymore.)
- Netbooks Continue to Proliferate–Who’s Winning?
F/OSS
- Pidgin IM Client 2.5.0 Released
- Help your favorite ‘public interest’ free software project win $10,000
- A starring role for open source?
- Build your own Cloud with the Eucalyptus open source project
- Using Django on Jython
- Open source and the ‘fear factor’ mentality
- The Free Software Jobs Page by Deborah Nicholson
- The Last Mile is Always the Hardest by John Sullivan
Virtualisation
Windows
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Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Amy Wohl, e-market maven 09 (2005)
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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.