09.10.08
Links 10/09/2008: Linux Mint 5 XFCE and X.Org 7.4 Are Out
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GNU/Linux
- Free Linux Laptop with every inkjet printer?
I am bit slow between the ears sometimes. Sometimes things take a long time to sink in and when they do, I have a “duh!” moment. I had one recently in an outlet of well known, computer chain store.
- What is So Great About Linux
- FUDCon Brno 2008
- Webinar Addresses The Migration to A Multicore Linux Environment
- Vector Linux Partners With SQI To Provide Support
- Azingo to Offer Adobe Flash Lite on Linux Mobile Phones
- Switching From Windows To Linux In 3 Easy Steps
- Kernel-Log: New stable and developer kernel, Mesa 7.1 and X-Server 1.5 released.
- X.Org 7.4 To Be Released Today
- Having fun with qemu
- QT 4.5 to understand GTK themes
Making the Linux desktop visually harmonious will become easier when Trolltech’s QT 4.5 arrives in early 2009, with the announcement that QgtkStyle has been added to QT 4.5’s development tree.
- An Update on the Gentoo KDE 4.1 Ebuilds
- Linux: has the horse bolted?
Distributions
- Linux Mint 5 XFCE Edition Is Out [screenshots]
- Mint Linux mints new distro release
- Frugalware Linux 0.9 Introduces an Abundance of Changes
- BOSS Linux 3.0 Comes with KDE and GNOME
- Installing Lenny
- Pardus Linux
- PC-BSD: Another Alternative To Linux As A Windows Alternative
If PC-BSD is to be a serious contender alongside the Ubuntus, Fedoras, Mandrivas and OpenSUSEs of the computing world, there is still some work to be done on that proclaimed ‘ease-of-use’ issue.
- PCLinuxOS September 2008 Released
F/OSS
- Analysis: Embracing open source GPLv3 and avoiding hardware lock-in
- Learning the craft
- Open Source a successful business model
- Sun releases source code for xVM hypervisor
- Measuring the Immeasurable: Researching Community Health
- Report on National Innovation Review Released
- 6 Offbeat Open Source Ideas Worthy of Rube Goldberg
- Ushahidi wins NetSquared challenge, Humanity United grant
- Portrait: Jeff Elkner, Free Software activist and teacher
- Interview with Alexandre Julliard – Head of the Wine Project / CTO of CodeWeavers
- Can open source survive Congress?
- Can Open Source CMS be Profitable? It’s eZ
- Kaltura, the People’s Choice at TechCrunch40, Announces Achievements One Year Later
- Open Source Call Recording: Compliance, Performance and Risk
- Official launch of the Open Source Observatory and Repository for European public administrations in Malaga
- OSS on show at Insite expo
- Simplexo launches open source enterprise search platform
- Get more: Openbravo and Pentaho deliver BI-enabled open ERP
- Ingres Database To Help LYNX Services Gain Quick Claims
Firefox
- Why Mozilla is committed to Gecko as WebKit popularity grows
- Browser Battle: Firefox 3.1 vs. Chrome vs. IE 8
- about:mozilla – Firefox 3.1, TraceMonkey, Mobile Firefox, Language-based interfaces, Drag and drop, and more…
Leftovers
- Cybersecurity Best Practice: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
- The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame
- ISPs Set To Wage Privacy War on their Own Customers
- China’s Godson 3 Processor To Take on Intel, AMD
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