10.13.08
Links 13/10/2008: OpenOffice.org 3.0 Release Date, User Forums Launches by KDE
GNU/Linux
- KDE Launches User Forums
The KDE Community today launches the new KDE Forum. The new forum uses the bulletin board software MyBB offering users, developers and people interested in KDE a place to help each other, discuss KDE-related topics and exchange ideas. The KDE Forum complements KDE’s UserBase, the home for KDE users as a valuable support resource.
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- T-Mobile G1 Android Phone already sold 1.5 million Units?
We already reported that pre-orders for the first Android smartphone are very strong. Now Fool.com puts a number on how well the T-Mobile G1 pre-orders are actually going. If the number is correct, early adopters already ordered 1.5 million T-Mobile G1 phones. It looks like the Google controlled Open Source Phone is off to a great start.
- How Linux Can Help Reduce Poverty
- Fighting the ‘legacy’ reputations of GNU/Linux, seventeen years later
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School
- Why Open Source is good for Academic Institutions?
Open Source with its promise of distributing source code and allowing anyone to modify it or derive other software from it, makes it an excellent choice for learning computer science, technology and engineering of software.
- Ministry says no as school opts for free software
The school is deploying the GNU/Linux operating system, aiming to have free software across the board by 2010, and the complete switch to Linux has been approved by the MoE, says the school’s principal, Nathan Parker.
- Why Open Source is good for Academic Institutions?
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Visual
- Cool Ubuntu Screenshots
- 15 Weirdest, Coolest, and Funniest Tux Images
Tux, the world famous symbol of Linux, can be seen all throughout the interwebs. Some Linux enthusiasts are just crazy about this cute penguin that they posted images of Tux in all forms and sizes. So, it is only appropriate to give them proper credit by showing some of those images here.
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Embedded
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Releases
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Red Hat
- Red Hat CEO in whirlwind Oz visit
- Fedora 10’s snapshot scramble begins
Fedora is also targeting a faster boot-up sequence, automatic installation of multimedia codecs, and better support for high-definition televisions and Apple Macintosh EFI hardware in the release, as well as a host of minor updates.
- [Fedora Leader:] Ohio Linux Fest 2008.
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Ubuntu
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Sub-notebooks
F/OSS
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Companies
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Applications
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Finance
- Will open source ruin the economy? Please help
- Zenoss Announces Record Quarterly Customer Growth amid Struggling Economy
Commercial open source IT management firm grows 85 percent quarter over quarter
- Forging the future with open source
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Andrew Pitonyak, author and computer scientist 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.