09.03.08

Links 03/09/2008: New Open-source Lab, Linux Devices

Posted in News Roundup at 9:13 pm by Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

• Linux fights Creationism in UK schools
  

  I do love Linux, it’s so…, well…, so not-boring. The laptop I am writing on is using Fedora 9 and KDE 4, my big laptop is using Ubuntu’s Hardy Heron with all the 3D twirly bits on a Gnome desktop, my Asus EeePC sometimes uses Xandros’ Easy interface and sometimes good old Puppy Linux (soooo fast) and I’m not sure what my Elonex One is running. I nearly forgot, my Mac-book, it’s running an OS named after a large cat.

• 8 Reasons Why Every Computing Student Will Love Linux
• Emtec Gdium - Das Linux Netbook - Bilder und Video
• Intel Buys Mobile Linux Startup Openedhand; All eyes now on Microsoft
• Latest open-source handheld on the way
• Finnix: Compact Linux distribution for system administrators
  

  Finnix 92.0 is a useful distribution for system administrators. With many tools covering jobs such as data recovery, hardware diagnostics and benchmarking, network services, and monitoring, this distribution can greatly help an administrator. However, Finnix is not for the average user accustomed to booting up a system and doing things graphically. While Finnix’s CLI-based tools are not that complex, one must have the necessary knowledge to fully understand how to use them.

• How Many of Us Are There?
• Ubuntu Server vs. Windows Small Business Server: Looming Showdown?
• IBM Ditches i and AIX in U.S. Open Systems for Linux
  

  There was a time when IBM took a lot of pride in supporting the IT needs of big sporting events like the Olympic Games and the U.S. Open, and it also used to try to showcase all of its key information systems as part of the overall solutions.

• Dell Mini launching Thursday?
• The latest COM port re-director includes support for Linux, IPv6 and enhanced security features
• ATI to Enable High-Definition Video Playback on Linux-Based Computers.
• KDE 4.1.1 Release Announcement
• Interview: Brad Linder Talks Linux and Ultraportable Computers
• What’s coming in Ubuntu 8.10?
  

  There are only two months left for the new Ubuntu release to appear. I’ve decided to check out what is it that the Ubuntu developers have been preparing for us. Yet again, there are no huge, revolutionary changes, but some of them are really interesting. I’ve decided to write a few words about them.

• Trying out LXDE
  

  This is my first time to try out LXDE. I am curious about it and there are certain things that I am glad are in LXDE. For one thing, Alt+F2 also pops up a run dialog box so I could type the name of the application I want to run. There are even suggestions as to what I could run when I typed the first how many letters of the application’s name.

• The Linux Party
• Crystal Ball Sunday #10: Linux Vendor Consolidation
• Open-source lab for local, state governments debuts in N.Y.
  

  The new facility is being announced today as a collaborative project of Linux vendor Red Hat Inc., the City University of New York and Intel Corp. where government IT staffers will be able to test code and applications on a variety of next-generation Intel multicore hardware. The new lab is located in Manhattan at CUNY’s Institute for Software Design and Development.

• Using Linux
  

  Somehow, Vista always gave me trouble. Every 15 minutes or so I was kicked off the Internet, for some unknown reason. Furthermore, my computer took approximately 7 minutes to start, which is a terrible long time.

  Linux, however, works much faster. No waiting, just typing and checking my e-mails.

  And that for free!

Embedded

• Atmel-based industrial SBC runs Linux
• Artila: application-ready ARM9-based Linux computers
• Artila announces M-508 Linux computers
• Webinar dissects Linux multicore migration
• Chalk Another One Up for Linux
• Wind River makes deal to boost mobile Linux business

Releases

MidnightBSD 0.2.1 and DragonFly BSD 2.1-DEVEL (Live DVD) were released. Also:

• PC/OS 2008v2 Available Now
• Fluxbox 1.1 Released, 100+ Changes
• TeX distribution TeX Live 2008 released
  

  The TeX Users Group has released TeX distribution TeX Live 2008. ISO images and source code can be downloaded from the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN).

  […]

  TeX Live Manager is also used to configure the distribution. In future, the TUG also plans to make new packages and updates available at the same time as they are released on CTAN, allowing Linux users to keep their TeX systems up to date without waiting for updates from their Linux distributor.

Events

• Atlanta Linux Fest 2008
• Upcoming open source & web conferences
• QualiPSo worldwide conference highlights strengths and challenges of Open Source Software, the state of play in the market, and future trends

F/OSS

• The Dangers of Weak Copyleft
• Open Source Blossoms at TDWI
• OSCON: Open Source Developer Toolkit
• ‘The power of open source’: Don Sambandaraksa interviews David Axmark, the co-founder of MySQL
• OSSEC Releases Most Comprehensive Product Update Ever
• Alfresco provides further proof that open source is mainstream
• Red Hat’s Spacewalk floats over to PostgreSQL
• Erlanger (Ky.) Police Department

Google

• Google Chrome: First run around the track
• If Google’s new browser isn’t even available on Linux, why is this great news for Linux?
• Chrome aims to kill Windows, make Web the OS of choice
• To replace or not to replace microsoft office
• Speed test: Google Chrome beats Firefox, IE, Safari
• Google Chrome is a warning shot over the bows of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
• Android Challenge winners push location awareness
• Google adds YouTube-like service to Apps suite
• Introducing Picasa 3.0 (and big changes for Picasa Web Albums)

Leftovers

• Microsoft comments on Gears of War 2 debacle
• Green PC Needs Less Juice Than a Light Bulb
• Oracle’s Ellison Withheld E-Mails in Suit, Judge Says

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