10.11.08
Links 11/10/2008: Linux 2.6.27 Released; Good Mandriva 2009 Reviews
GNU/Linux
- Myths of Linux - The Public Can’t Cope with Linux
It’s wrong because Windows isn’t easy to use and it’s wrong because there just aren’t that many people who can’t adapt to a new user interface.
More and more people are using computers during their everyday lives, so the average knowledge of computer users is increasing. This means there are more and more power users.
- Linux For The Masses: Are We There Yet?
- Foresight Kid’s can inspire young minds
- Mepis 8: It’s a beautiful thing!
- Blubuntu!
- Life on the cutting edge - ArchLinux
- The road to Sabayon 4.0
- Limoncelli to keynote at Linux conference
- The Lenovo S10 Netbook is here, count me in
- LGP Porting Jets ‘n’ Guns To Linux
- Linux-Kongress: Linux Foundation Declares OS X a Luxury Jail
As a director of the Linux Foundation and a Linux SCSI developer, James Bottomley opened the Linux-Kongress in Hamburg, Germany this week with a keynote investigating the commonalities and differences among the various Open Source operating systems. He describes Linux as the liveliest variant among them.
- A Quick Glance at Fedora 10 beta
- Simply Mepis Linux and My Office - Part Two
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KDE4
New Releases
- GIMP 2.6.1 Released
- Drupal 6.5 and 5.11 released
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Mandriva
- Mandriva 2009 with KDE 4: First Impressions
Great job Mandriva team! I think you have a new user. I’m going to stick with 2009 through it’s cycle (personal commitment) without distro-hopping (if you know me hold me too this), and if it’s successful, I plan to purchase the 2009.1 Powerpack. Would I pay $59 for Ubuntu? Heck no! Would I pay $59 for this, with all codecs pre-installed, and a few commercial apps? Heck yeah!
- Mandriva Linux 2009 Released
- Mandriva Linux 2009 released [2]
- Mandriva 2009 - KDE4 for mass adoption
Mandriva is the first to release a new version this season among the others like Ubuntu, Fedora and Opensuse. Being early to release a cutting edge version with KDE 4, Mandriva has done a really impressive job. In this way they can win a lot of new users who are waiting for an upgrade. I seriously doubt if there will be better implementation of KDE 4 in the near future.
- Mandriva 2009 with KDE 4: First Impressions
Kernel Space
- Linux 2.6.27
- Stable kernel updates 2.6.25.18 and 2.6.26.6
- Linus and the Art of the Kernel Release
- ALSA Driver For The Creative X-Fi Appears
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Display
F/OSS
- Test Center review: Open source Drupal turns pro
- KOffice 2.0 beta hints at improved capabilities
- Open Source Schools: Introduction
- Meet on computing, open source software
- Stupid Firefox Tricks, Part I
- Does Hacking Closed Hardware Hinder Open Hardware?
- Jumping on the Open Source bandwagon
- Open Source in Defense
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Economics
Leftovers
- An Ignoble But Much Needed End To Web 2.0, Marked By A Party In Cyprus
- Brussels bounces BT-Phorm quiz back to UK.gov
- New Zealand’s copyright minister starts screaming when asked whether it’s fair to cut people off from the Internet on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement
- MoD loses most of the armed forces
- Some soothing words from Sir Bonar about the latest MoD data loss episode
- Md. Police Put Activists’ Names On Terror Lists
- OLPC Mali: Kids Take Home the XO Laptops
- Merrill Lynch buys IBM’s iDataPlex blades
- Wal-Mart’s DRM Nightmare Just Won’t End
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Humour
- Hackles: Funniest Comic Strip About Hacking and Linux
Let me share to you some of my favorite Hackles issues from the comic archives. Enjoy!
- Office Pranks
- Hackles: Funniest Comic Strip About Hacking and Linux
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Andrew Pitonyak, author and computer scientist 05 (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.