09.05.08
Links 05/09/2008: Sub-$100 GNU/Linux Laptop, KOffice on Maemo
GNU/Linux/UNIX
RIPLinuX 6.4, DSL 4.4.5, and m0n0wall 1.235 have been released. Also:
- Scientific Linux 4.7 - i386 & x86_64
- Vista vs Linux - has the Penguin got the power?
After answering several simple questions and making a cuppa, The Acer eventually restarted to display the Linux desktop. Everything on my previously slothful Acer not only worked, it worked much faster. System windows literally sprung open, and starting an app didn’t result in endless hard drive activity or hour glass pointers. In short Suse looked good and, compared to Windows Vista on my same notebook, ran like greased lightening.
- Do you want a notebook with that order?
- First $100 laptop runs Linux
In October, Shenzhen China-based HiVision will ship a MIPs-based Linux mini-notebook for $98. The company is currently offering a similar machine for $120, according to a video blog report from the Internationale Funkausstellunga (IFA) consumer electronics show in Berlin this week.
- Ubuntu Linux Netbooks: What Dell Can Learn From ZaReason
- Advent & Ubuntu, A Perfect Partnership?
- Pardus 2008 - Where were you?
Pardus is a very good distro, and should really be much higher on the Distrowatch rankings. They really do know what beautiful is Smile and includes a plethora of applications. I highly recommend this distro if you are just starting out using Linux or want to introduce Linux to someone else.
- Tux3 Acting Like A Filesystem
F/OSS
- Smile and Say ‘Cheese’
- KOffice on Maemo
As KOffice is supposed to be a lightweight office suite, I figured it would be nice to see how well it would run on maemo based devices. Thanks to Thomas Zander who replaced a lot of the double usage in koffice with qreals it was quite straightforward to get koffice to compile and packaged. Well, for the most part that is, I didn’t manage to get kspread to link as apparently the old gcc version I’m using has some problems with inner classes in templated classes and duplicate symbols. After fixing some trivial issues, I could install koffice on maemo and run it…
- Ubuntu Music Players: Better than iTunes/WMP?
- Open BlueDragon
- The Open Source Movement
- Students Help Humanity with Open Source Software
Office Suites Online
- OpenGoo.org - Open Source Office Tools
- ZoooS takes OpenOffice.org to the Web
- ZoooS Aims for Online Versions of OpenOffice Apps
- Office Live, you’re no Google Docs
- New Microsoft Office competition from Zoho, Zooos
Sharing
- Truth about textbooks | Open-source books provide digital deals
- [Old:] Alchemist Author Pirates His Own Books
- [Old:] Best-Selling Author Turns Piracy into Profit
- Michael Moore plans Net-only film premiere
- Google Open Sources Skia Graphics Engine
- Google unveils Chrome source code and Linux port
- Google adds Android app for Flickr photos
Leftovers
- The Power of Perception
- HP Aims to Take the Sting Out of Virtualized Storage
- Comcast files FCC impotence suit
- Document startups in chaos as Adobe’s Flashpaper discontinues
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Larry Augustin, GNU Linux business visionary 03 (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.