09.04.08
Links 04/09/2008: Red Hat Buys KVM
Red Hat
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- Red Hat Selects Unanet to Provide Visibility for Project Management Office
- Q and A: MRG (Messaging, Real-time, and Grid)
Schools
- What They’re Using: Christian Einfeldt, Producer, the Digital Tipping Point
I have six basic different uses for free, open-source software: 1) my law office practice; 2) managing and editing video for the Digital Tipping Point Project; 3) running a 25-seat Edubuntu lab at a public middle school as a volunteer in San Francisco; 4) placing ACCRC.org Linux computers in classrooms; 5) giving out ACCRC.org Ubuntu computers to friends, neighbors and the children who attend that school; and 6) supporting San Francisco’s Tech Connect program by demonstrating Linux boxes at events for nonprofits and low-income individuals.
- Linux in U.S. Schools: Why the Resistance?
GNU/Linux: General
- Why Linux has come of age
- Why Linux won the popularity contest and FreeBSD didn’t
- Evergreen takes root at Kent County Public Library
By migrating to Evergreen, the library was able to buy a $6,000 server running Debian Linux instead of the $32,000 Sun server, and it also saved tens of thousands of dollars in support costs, Collier says.
- ZaReason (and Other Independents) Outshine the Big Boys
- Ann Arbor’s Linux Box grows from start-up to 10-person firm, plans to hire 1-2 more
- Ubuntu offers an exciting alternative for the Vista-wary
- Windows to Linux
- A Simple Arch Review
- A very well-made malware installation site
- C-DAC Launches BOSS Linux Version 3.0, Signs MoU with NIC
- First Linux on Everest
- MontaVista Vision gains focus
- ATI to Show Linux Some Love
According to recent reports, AMD’s graphics subsidiary is set on becoming more Linux-friendly. The company plans to release new Catalyst drivers for Linux-based operating systems, which will allow playback of protected high-definition content on a Linux OS. The new drivers should become available sometime in October 2008, thus enabling the company to address the market of Linux-based computers by bringing to the table a feature currently unavailable.
- Marching Penguins: Monitoring Your HPC Cluster
- An Open Source Mashup for Amazon EC2
- Converting a NSLU2 into an RTorrent appliance
Releases
- [ANNOUNCE] xserver 1.5.0
- Mandriva Linux 2009 RC1 is available
- Phoronix Test Suite 1.2 Released
Phoronix Media has announced the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.2 (codenamed “Malvik”), an update to its leading and award-winning benchmarking software, during the 2008 X Developers’ Summit. This update incorporates support for new operating systems and features to better aid ISVs, IHVs, ODMs, and OEMs in profiling their hardware and software for optimal performance and compatibility. In total there are more than 250 official changes with many new test profiles and suites since the release of Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 in June of 2008.
Laptops
- Amazon to sell one OLPC laptop for the price of two
- Small ‘n’ cheap
While many netbooks are built around Linux operating systems in order to reduce their costs, Asus has loaded the Eee PC 1000H with the Windows XP operating system at Rs 29,900 while the Linux loaded is priced at Rs 18,000.
- Hardware Review: Elonex Webbook with Ubuntu 8.04
Overall I really like this little machine and in a way it’s opened my eyes as to why the world seems to be going potty for netbooks. I was worried that it wouldn’t be fast enough or wouldn’t be big enough but it works well. So you’re not going to be rendering any large Blender projects on it or running lots of virtual machines but for web surfing, email, multimedia and word processing this can do the job.
- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook
Dell
- Dell bets on a small laptop
- Dell outs Mini 9: Ubuntu Linux netbook for $349
- Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (Linux)
- Dell mini-notebook offers Linux for a premium
Chrome
- A Linux users’ guide to Google Chrome
- Chromium Build Instructions?
- Chromium - Open Source Chrome
- Online desktop or desktop online?
- Chrome expected on Google’s Android mobile software
- New Firefox JavaScript engine is faster than Chrome’s V8
- Does Windows Still Matter?
F/OSS
- Fonality Receives $12M to Grow Open Source Communications
- snom Joins Fonality Open Source Telephony Ecosystem
- Fusis becomes Zimbra EU Partner
- SugarCRM Leaps and Bounds and Other Cool Moves
- Open Source Repository: Public Launch of the European Open Source Repository
- Software Freedom Day 2008
- If You Knew Cash Like GnuCash Knows Cash
Open Source Fakers
- On stupid mascots and closed source browser plugins
- Vivox(R) Announces Vivox Open Initiative to Drive Innovation and Expand Reach
Sun
- Sun Microsystems Unveils xVM VirtualBox 2.0 and New Enterprise Support Subscription
- Sun Microsystems Champions Open Standards to Usher in a New Era in Manufacturing
Leftovers
- Thai government tries to shut down 400 websites
- Binary Freedom Responds to Thai Censorship
- RFID: Your privacy is up for grabs
- EDPS confirms the possibility of a ‘Soviet Internet’
- Phorm: Our business is fine, honest
- International Action Day «Freedom not fear - Stop the surveillance mania!» on 11 October 2008
- ISP Web Tracking Dead As Net Eavesdropping CEO Resigns
- Technology lobbyists gather at Republican convention
- [Old] Netroots Nation Keynote
- DirecTV and TiVo kiss and make up
- Cory Doctorow: The WorldChanging Interview
- MS doesn’t set world alight with Office Live Workspace
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Larry Augustin, GNU Linux business visionary 02 (2005)
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.