10.16.08
Links 16/10/2008: Flash Player 10 Released, RPM Fusion in Testing
GNU/Linux
- Flash Player 10 Is Live
- Touchscreeen EEE nettop boots Linux fast
- 2008 has been very very good for the Linux Foundation
- It’s Time to Hack the Economy
- The Robot: Hardware List, Wheel Plan, More Ideas, Steps to launch
- Krusader: one file manager to rule them all
- Desktop Linux: Certified, Not Certifiable
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- MythTV, Rainy Day Project With Staying Power
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Red Hat
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Laptops
- Mini MINE
- Toshiba unveils HSDPA-ready Portégé trio [Linux on the High End]
Users will be able to choose between Windows XP or Linux on all three models. All three have integrated webcams too.
- How Linux Can Conquer The Laptop
- Surprise! The XO Laptop TCO is Only 8 Cents Per Hour
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Mandriva
- Mandriva 2009 Linux Review
Mandriva specifies a minimum of 512 MB memory to run Mandriva 2009 but recommends 1 GB if you want to turn on all the special effects. On my 512 MB machine, it ran flawlessly. The hard disk space requirement is a minimum of 2 GB with 6 GB recommendation. 3D acceleration is supported on most capable hardware. If you have any of the NVIDIA, ATITM, Intel, SiS, Matrox and VIA graphics cards, you are in luck as Mandriva One 2009 bundles with it the proprietary drivers for all these cards and you can use the 3D acceleration capabilities out of the box without any further tinkering.
- Mandriva Linux 2009 Titbits
- Mandriva 2009 Linux Review
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Xfce
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Ubuntu
- The great Ubuntu experiment
Several months later and the happy couple love their new machine, it’s stable, fast and other than the odd glitch (Flash in Firefox sometimes doesn’t work), they are really happy with Ubuntu.
- Ubuntu and the Power of Language
- Ubuwiki for Africa offers a global solution
- Canonical Publishes ATI Catalyst 8.10 Beta
- The Eee PC and Ubuntu
- The great Ubuntu experiment
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Media
- Livin’ La Vida Linux
In the same way, I expect Free Software devices will ultimately mean more money spent on software and its development (which for a programmer is very good news), as more devices with diverse functionality become available to everyone living “la Vida Linux”.
- CyberLink’s Digital Media Solutions Go Linux
- Livin’ La Vida Linux
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Mobile
F/OSS
- Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software
- Recession Worries? Open Source Software Is a Great Way to Cut Costs
With the world economy in shambles many businesses are already battening down the hatches expecting rough seas ahead. IT budgets will shrink along with all other budgets, and maybe even more than other budgets. After all, companies still need to advertise and pay their workforce, but they may be able to do without new servers or software for a while. And that is where open source software vendors can help keep the ship sailing. Also read, Five Cheap (or Free) Software Programs You Can Afford During a Financial Crisis.
- Open Source for Games Developers – A Debate on New Business Models
- USAID Launches Open Source Development 2.0 Challenge
- Portrait: Eric von Hippel, user innovation, and FOSS
- Coding moves with the times
- Xen Delivers on Open Source Enlightenment
- Unicon’s Education IT Consulting Group Collaborates with Johns Hopkins University Staff for uPortal 3 Upgrade
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Applications
- The trouble with road tests
[I]f you want a no-nonsense free alternative to Photoshop, then consider the Gimp (GNU Image Manipulation Program). This open source software is available for Linux, Windows and Mac, and the latest version is 2.6 (www.gimp.org/downloads).
- OpenAnno
- The trouble with road tests
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Tim Bray on Change
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Firefox
- Flock 2.0 Has Arrived
- Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 Now Available for Download, First Look
- First Look: Firefox 3.1 Beta Offers Speed, Better Searching and More
- Firefox 3.1 raises the browser bar … again
- 25 essential Firefox add-ons for power users
- about:mozilla – Labs roadtrip, Geode, new PR blog, SUMO, SVG, Firefox 3.1 docs, Ubiquity, MozAfterPaint, and more…
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OpenOffice.org
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Partnerships
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VoIP/Asterisk
Land of the Criminal
- No opt-out of filtered Internet
- NSA’s Warrantless Eavesdropping Targets Innocent Americans
- UK appeals court rejects encryption key disclosure defense
- Intel asks court for more time with EU charges
- EU denies Intel request for more time to get it’s act together
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Digital Tipping Point: home audio video buff Marc Merlin 05 (2005)
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