10.08.08
Links 08/10/2008: More GNU/Linux Mini-Laptops, Recession Helping FOSS?
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GNU/Linux
- Motorola’s Linux strategy evolves with Android
- POS stack targets Linux netbooks
- Wizbit: a Linux filesystem with distributed version control
- NPX-9000 UMPC is inexpensive but underpowered
- Interview: Gentoo’s Berkholz and Gaffney Look Ahead
- Major distribution updates: Linux Mint and CentOS
- Usenet for Linux
- Gaming on Linux – What are your options?
- 10 questions to ask before migrating to Linux
- Let’s get something straight
- wubi: Best Thing Since LiveCD
- Testers sought for Blackberry-Linux sync software
- New High Availability Linux (HAL) Hosting by Cartika Offers Superior Reliability and an Array of Enhanced Features
- IBM doubles Power cores
- New Linux Broadcom Wi-Fi drivers arrive
- Linux Robot - Watch this space
Red Hat
- Red Hat boosts open source SOA
- Red Hat Expands Enterprise SOA Offering with Management and Next-Generation ESB and Rules Features
Multimedia
Ubuntu
- What should the next version of Ubuntu bring us?
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #111
- 8 Ways to Maintain a Clean, Lean Ubuntu Machine
TuxMachines Linux Testimonials
F/OSS
- FOSS4G 2008 Cape Town, South Africa: Internet Roundup
- OpenOffice Leading Open Source Adoption
- Winners of OpenOffice.org Community Innovation Program Awards Recognized; Community Prepares for OpenOffice.org 3.0
- Rewarding Scottish Open Source
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi Delivers Key Services with Ingres Open Source
- Zimbra Collaboration Server, Keeping the Discussion Going
- Enomaly: An Open Source Cloud For the Enterprise
- Agency to boost use, local development of open-source software
- Open-Source Resource for Government Launches Online
- Business IT unlocked - Free and open source software is not just for geeks
- Furthering Open Source Mobile Apps With Ad Revenue
- Skype now on Digium’s Asterisk open source telephony platform
- New Bamboo launches Panda – a new Open Source platform to simplify the uploading and transcoding of video content on websites
- The spread of Open Source
- Bluenog Joins Open Solutions Alliance to Advance Interoperability Programs
- NSA edges into the open source realm with Tokeneer
Finance
- Compiere Closes Third Quarter with Continued Global Expansion and 195 Percent Growth
- Stay secure despite crunch
- Open source in a time of recession
- Can Ruby, Rails Make Developers Shine in a Downturn?
- What Will Economy Do to Open Source?
- Open Source To The Rescue In Hard Times
- The free software ecosystem and its denizens
Leftovers
- Ipod doomed says Wozniak
- Hitwise and Compete: the user data US ISPs do sell
- US data mining under fire
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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.