09.17.08

Links 17/09/2008: Android is Near, Google Rumoured to be Buying Valve

Posted in News Roundup at 9:43 am by Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

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Linux ebook does 9K pages per charge

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Ubuntu

Red Hat

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Google

F/OSS

The Road to Geekdom

The best part of the FOSS world is making friends all over the planet. Because it is free and open, unencumbered by delicate corporate sensibilities and paranoia, we can trade knowledge and information freely. I think the best minds in tech are in FOSS, and most of them are generous with their time and knowledge. (Even the grumpy ones can be baited into revealing good stuff – just say something you know is way wrong and wait for the informative flames.)
Gallery: PC-BSD 7.0
Slick VLC Media Player Out In a New Version
Infobright releases open-source data warehouse [GPL]
Infobright and Jaspersoft Announce Plans for Joint Open Source Solution Bundle
Sun sends out global call for open-source support

VMWare

Audio

Java Sound & Music Software for Linux, Part 2

I’ll close this section and this part of my survey with a brief presentation of Sonogram, a neat program for analyzing and viewing audio signals in various analysis methods and display formats. I’ve run out of space, but the screenshot in Figure 11 should give you an idea of Sonogram’s capabilities. It’s a very cool program, useful and interesting for more than its eye-candy, thanks to its wide variety of signal analysis algorithms.
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Finance

Firefox

Health

Government

Conferences

Education

Oldham, England Brings Open Source To Schools
African developers release open source virtual classroom

Downloadable versions of the software will be available in Debian, RPM, Java and Windows executable formats. The Debian version is currently available.
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4 Comments

landofbind said,

September 17, 2008 at 10:26 am

More promotion of proprietary and patented products. More PR announcements without substance. Increased usage of the “open source” expression that lacks any useful instead of “Free Software”.

Hail you O hypocrite!

Note: comment has been flagged for arriving from an incarnation of a known (eet), pseudonymous, forever-nymshifting, abusive Internet troll that posts from open proxies and relays around the world.
Roy Schestowitz said,

September 17, 2008 at 6:58 pm

10 years ago I liked the Web site bored.com. It has changed a lot since, but it has plenty for you to explore.

The Web is a big place. If you don’t like this site, you don’t have to visit it. What compels you to spend so much energy just harassing sites you dislike, as opposed to raving in/about sites that you like?
Dan O'Brian said,

September 18, 2008 at 7:16 am

One could ask you the same question, Roy – why do you spend so much time attacking Novell, Mono, et al rather than just raving about things you do like?

Oh, right, because you crave attention even if gotten via wrongfully attacking other people.
Roy Schestowitz said,

September 18, 2008 at 7:34 am

One could ask you the same question, Roy – why do you spend so much time attacking Novell, Mono, et al rather than just raving about things you do like?

You never track my activity outside this Web site. I only spend about 20% of my capacity here. I mostly advocate Free software.

Let it be added that people who run a site with a statement are different from people who visit that site just to discredit it. I am not a fan of Britney Spears, yet I never visit Britney Spears sites to attack Britney Spears or her fans.

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