10.08.08
Links 07/10/2008: Lots of Laptop Wins for GNU/Linux, Many New Releases
GNU/Linux
- At CERN, computers to tackle the Big Bang
The CERN Computer Center is the number-crunching hub that powers the physics research lab’s quest to discover the nature of the universe.
A formidable 8,000 servers housing 40,000 Intel processor cores provide the grunt to help crack the petabytes of data spewed out from CERN’s cutting-edge particle accelerators, based here….
The computing center holds 1,500 10-gigabit ports for data exchange and 70,000 1-gigabit ports for information flow among CERN sites. These are just some of the switching points.
Once the data arrives at the center it is immediately stored and reprocessed before being made available to 7,000 physicists in 33 countries via the LHC grid.
…All the hardware in the computing center uses off-the-shelf components, and the servers run a customized version of Red Hat Linux.
- NH Hoteles Selects Red Hat and JBoss Solutions for Its Business-Critical Web Portal
- A New Puppy Is Born
- Untangle Joins The Linux Foundation
- Survey: Windows v/s Linux
Brand loyalty is the strongest amongst Linux users. 89 percent of existing users of RedHat Linux said they’re likely to continue using it in the future also.
- Linus’ blog
- Linux 2.6.27-rc9
- 10 Handy Productivity Tools in Linux
- Digium(R) Introduces Asterisk Fast Start Training
Proprietary (Linux)
- New Absoft Pro Fortran v10.2 - SSE4a for AMD
- Macraigor Systems Provides On-Chip Debug Solutions with Eclipse Ganymede and Full GNU Toolset Support for ARM Cortex-M3 Processors
- NVIDIA 177.80 Display Driver
Ubuntu
- Ubuntu 8.10 Seeking Beta Testers
- The wallpapers that should make their ways to Intrepid Ibex
- Ubuntu announces free culture winners
- Aptly Astounded
- Remastering Ubuntu With Better Art
New Releases
- The Brazilian GNU/Linux Insigne Momentum 5.0 Operating System Strengthens Brazilian Digital Inclusion Program
- ALT 4.1
- Bluewhite64 Linux 12.1 KDE3 and KDE4 LiveDVD R1 released!
- Puppy Linux: LATEST VERSION: 4.1
- Clonezilla 1.2.0-27
- Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 4.7
Mobile
- Sergey Brin descends from Mount Sinai with Android API
- Freeing your phone with the FIC Neo FreeRunner
- New T-mobile phone competes with iPhone
Red Hat
- First look: latest Fedora and Ubuntu betas really shine
- Fedora 10 Beta ScreenShots
- The man who wears the Red Hat
- Red Hat CEO: The secret to open-source success is iteration
- Red Hat and Tresys Partner to Deliver Enhanced Linux Security Services
- Red Hat To Adopt Qumranet Desktop Virtualization Products
Media
Laptops
- Asus Eee PC 1000 10in Linux netbook
- Asus ships 700,000 Eees in a month
- I’m turning Taiwanese (I really think so)
- Acer: We’re comin’ at ya, Dell
- Dell’s Linux-powered Inspiron Mini 9 out now
- Dell Takes on Asus With Tiny Laptop
- Review: Acer Aspire One Is In The Game
- Voodoo Envy 133 Review (Verdict: Plenty Thin, Plenty Pricey)
- Dell Linux-based Inspiron 9 Netbook Now Available For Free With Vodafone
- Italian carrier ships Linux MID
- Shoot For the Clouds
- 1 more mini laptop for Asustek
- The many faces of Linux and the humble EEE
- Asus reports virus loaded into Eee Box PCs
Embedded
Open/Free/Web
- IBM and social networking
- FSF issues WorldLabel challenge for regular hack-a-thons
- Cloud Computing: Perilous Pitfall or Panacea?
- Free software tools for designing productive community sites
- Stallman vs. Clouds
- What Wall Street can learn from FOSS
- Taking on Twitter with open-source software
- Google Spreadsheets gets software-inspired face lift
- Magento - 425,000 Downloads!
- The Bizarre Cathedral - 25
- Interview: Rich Green, Executive VP of Software, Sun Microsystems
- Tracking Mozilla’s amazing journey
- NSA shows the way to develop secure systems
- Many Fixes, Enhancements in Dojo’s Release 1.2
Leftovers
- ACTA and other monsters discussed behind Council closed doors
- Commission rejects Sarkozy’s letter to support 3-strikes
- Lords to attack UK.gov failings on internet security
- Mosley asks Europe to change UK privacy laws
- Comcast to shut down free Usenet access
- Usenet: Not Dead Yet
- DDOS attackers appear in US court
- Sockstress: A new and effective DoS attack
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
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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.
Bob said,
October 8, 2008 at 7:43 am
I reside in Chiangmai Thailand presently. The computer stores have stocked four models of notebook from Benq. All run Linux and Benq have no offerings running Windows.