10.02.08
Links 02/10/2008: GNU/Linux Computers Reach More Developing Countries
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Developing Countries
- NComputing enters Uganda with virtualization products
- Microsoft admits that TCO for developing nation’s schools is same for Linux and Windows.
- Madison XO laptop project brings innovative tool to local children
- Ethiopia’s first OLPC deployment
- OLPC laptops to hit Indian market soon
GNU/Linux
- 100+ Beautiful Free Fonts for Ubuntu
- 125+ Linux wallpapers
101 of the best Linux wallpapers I could find in the wild…
- Who writes Linux: Corporate America
- How Do Companies Make Money with Linux?
- Six Reasons Why Linux Is Right for Small Business
There is no centralized way of counting Linux adoption because so many stories are anecdotal and there are so many channels through which Linux can be taken up. Rather than rely on unreliable statistics to make the point that Linux for small businesses in 2008 is a more viable option than ever, we simply need to look at the continued maturation of SMB-friendly Linux offerings.
- GOS 3 on a EEE pc 901
- Damn Small Linux – Really it is…
- Sidux 2008-03
- Looking Forward to Distro Octoberfest
- If Linux Distributions Were Footballers..
- Linux Clusters, Complexity, and HA
- Interview with Daniel Oliveira from the UTUTO project in Argentina
- The need to know: Documentation in Linux
- Audio Rippers and Encoders in Ubuntu Linux
Releases
- easys GNU/Linux 4.2 released 2008/09/28
- Cambridge (F-10) Beta release announcement
- Second MEPIS 8.0 Beta Uploaded For Testing
Newsletters and Such
- Gentoo Monthly Newsletter: 30 September 2008
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 110
- [Debian] Bits from the DPL
- [PCLinuxOS] Sept 2008 Project News
- PCLinuxOS Repositories
- DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 272, 29 September 2008
- Linux Gazette: October 2008 (#155)
KDE
- KpackageKit: future of package managers on your desktop [interview with developers]
- Slides and a cast
- KDE and internal storage
- digiKam has a new tool to convert RAW camera files to DNG…
- A Poor Man’s Multi-Monitor Setup On A Single Physical Head
Ubuntu
Mandriva and Derivatives
- Mandriva 2009/KDE 4.1 Revisited
- Review: Mandriva Linux 2009 Release Candidate 2 (Gnome)
- First Impressions: Pardus 2008.1 KDE4 Edition
Gentoo
Servers
- Google says its data centers are the most efficient
- The Linux Foundation Should Stop Criticizing Solaris
F/OSS
- GPL Project Watch List for Week of 09/19
- Another Reason for Open-Source in Web Apps: Data Flow and Syncing
- 10 Cool Products For An Open-Source World
- Acquia out of beta
- Interview: John VanDyk, Author of Pro Drupal Development
- Free Software . Free Knowledge . Free Humanity
- 25th anniversary of GNU Project at RVCE,Bangalore , Translation of Selected Essays of RMS in Kannada and GNU / Linux installation Fest
- The smallest unit of freedom: A Fellow
Applications
- OpenGoo delivers the best of CRM and project management
- Ekiga 3.00 aka “The Scheherazade release” available
- Rockbox 3.0 released
Apple
Finance
- Genesis ex-CEO settles after SEC inside trading charges
- Emails show journalist rigged Wikipedia’s naked shorts
Leftovers
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Charles Kalil, IT Manager for the City of Garden Grove 05 (2004)
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