08.26.08
Links 26/08/2008: Microsoft Snubs GNU/Linux, Apple Kills Open Source Project
GNU/Linux
- gOS - a good OS for your Mum
- Who writes Linux? (And how you can too!)
- 10 common mistakes to avoid when you’re installing Linux software
- Video: Common mistakes to avoid when you’re installing Linux software
- ‘IDTV’ chipset runs Linux
Swiss semiconductor vendor Micronas has announced a Linux-based reference platform for flat-panel, H.264 compatible HDTVs.
- I’m the last to know: Linux powers the Kindle
- Syncsort Backup Express Introduces Linux Support to its Advanced Recovery Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Solutions
- Games : Dirk Dashing v1.1 released!
- OCLUG August Kernel Walkthrough: The Boot Process
- Spinmeisters taking over the Linux world
Or as one publication puts it, Jim Zemlin: The New Center (sic) of Linux Gravity. Probably that’s the impression the writer got.
- Going the extra step but not the extra mile [Microsoft Snubs Its #1 Rival (According to Ballmer)]
There’s one problem with this — you’ll notice that I am using Ubuntu, yet it still speaks about Macs.
- South American FOSS show is a big deal
- List of New Features in Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”
- 5 KDE3 Applications I Need on a Daily Basis
- 21 of the Best Free Linux Text Editors
- Linux MIDs gain ‘fancy’ GUI
- Pre-installed Linux Notebooks
- 5 Factors Making Ubuntu Server Business Ready
- Review: Motorola U9
The sleek U9 is wider but thinner than earlier Motorola clamshells. Unobtrusive closed, it opens big to position the mike for best sound-quality. It strongly resembles Motorola’s earlier non-Linux-based PEBL phone, but slimmed down, and with an OLED external display.
- PCLinuxOS Saves the Day … Again
Thursday, my daughter’s Dell Inspiron laptop was working fine. She finished as usual, just closing the lid, which puts the laptop in suspend/hibernate mode.
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After the updates, I installed a few things automatically, like fonts, Win32 codecs, dvdcss, etc. Then I asked her what her immediate needs were. A PDF-generating publishing tool for the newsletter. Scribus fit that bill. A music player: Amarok. “Can this play DVDs?” Kaffeine. MSN/AIM/IRC. I gave her both Kopete and Pidgin. I also installed OpenOffice, since I knew she had had MSOffice on the old system. Firefox3 for a familiar browser. Then I handed it to her.
She opened Scribus first. “Hey, I can use this!” She closed that, and stuck in a DVD movie. A moment later, a dialog popped up asking her what she wanted to do with it. She clicked “Play with Kaffeine”, and sure enough, there was her movie. This really started her laughing.
- Internet TV broadcaster targets MIDs
F/OSS
- Free: A Year of Open Source CRM
- Interview: Ken Drachnik on Sun’s GlassFish OSS App Server
- On the Strategic Purpose of Open Source
- TouchKit: Open Source Multi-Touch
- Marketing Isn’t Enough
Leftovers
- FCC on Comcast: Bravo!
- Argh! Microsoft Notepad CRLF! Argh!
- OpenClip, she is dead [Apple killed it]
- Popular Facebook App Shut Down
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Richard Stallman Part 14 (2004)
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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.