10.03.08
Links 03/10/2008: A Lot of Embedded Linux News
GNU/Linux
- Review: Antix 7.5
So, over all, I think Antix is the best, most fully featured Lightweight Linux distro I’ve tested thus far. It even beats out Puppy Linux 4.0. So my current recommendation list would be Antix, Puppy Linux, and then Feather Linux. If you have an older computer that you don’t want to send to the junk bin - install Antix!
- Gentoo is Doing the Job—Time to Format XP!
- why Thunar is the best file manager
Ubuntu
Red Hat
- Latin America becomes the fastest growing region for Red Hat in fiscal 2Q09
- Red Hat undercuts Microsoft on high-performance OS pricing
Red Hat Thursday released a Linux software stack for compute-intensive IT environments that it said costs less than Microsoft’s price for its comparable Windows offering.
Networking
- Run Linux on your Cisco router with Cisco’s new AXP module
- Introduction to Tomato Firmware
- Broadcom Switches to the Light Side: The Start of a New Era?
Storage
Embedded
- How PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot Improve Desktop Linux
- MontaVista Linux drives Dell’s quick-boot feature
- Linux design targets 802.11n-enabled homes
- embWiSe announces SDIOWorx support on Freescale’s iMX31 and iMX27
- uCLinux option now available from Altera, SLS
- ‘Virtual platform’ targets Linux device developers
- Embedded research foundation launches
- Freescale’s Su: Sharing is key
Phones
- Google Android: iPhone killer?
- Software Becomes the Smartphone Battlefield
- The Open Mobile Summit Will Explore How to Build and Monetize the Open Mobile Economy
GIMP
- GIMP 2.6 Released, Offers Major Changes to Interface
- New GIMP 2.6 Gives Photoshop a Run for Its Money
- 5 GIMP Tricks Everyone Should Know!
F/OSS
- New Technologies Cut Cost of Government IT Deployments
- Open Source Middleware Measures Up
- OSS slashes geospatial costs for SA
- South Africa’s IT agency to migrate to open source in coming year
- Making multi-player games an (almost) open-source experience
- Open Source: Gaming Leads G4 In October
- Open Source Alternatives To Popular Software
- Open Source, Can You Afford Not Considering?
- Zenoss Aims Systems Management At Midsized IT
- Why I choose copyleft for my projects
- Selling Freedomware: It’s about what THEY want.
- Interview Magnus Hagander
- Software Freedom Day, Sept. 20th, 2008
Apple
- Apple disappoints developers again
- Apple: Psystar’s antitrust claims ‘deeply flawed’
- No Steve Jobs for Linux
Humour
Leftovers
- Chinese Skype spies on users, researcher says
- Skype says it was unaware of China message-logging
- Hand Grenades as Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Rwanda: Kagame Launches One Laptop Per Child
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Charles Kalil, IT Manager for the City of Garden Grove 07 (2004)
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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.