11.03.08
Links 03/11/2008: MPX+Compiz Fusion; KDE4 Raves; Where Linux beats iPhone
GNU/Linux
- Compiz Fusion and X.org MPX and Input Redirection Patches are now out!
So, as previously said, the patches are now out today.
- Editor’s Note: Does Linux Deliver For Small Businesses?
The answer is Yes, it does, though with some qualifications. The short answer: it’s all in the implementation.
- How Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS, Ever
“It’s an interesting model, but people are happy with it and we only go by what our users and our distros; I mean Linux is still growing at an installed base rapidly. Companies are betting the farm on Linux as far as their embedded devices. All these embedded devices are shipping with it, Garman and TomTom, little embedded GPS devices; they’re all Linux, so it is working.”
- LB - Episode 30 - Season Finale and OLF by Linux Basement
- Review: Sabayon 3.5 Pod
Since both Gentoo and Sabayon were included on this Linux Format DVD, I decided I would first try and install Gentoo and then Sabayon and compare how easy the installations were since Sabayon is a derivative distro from Gentoo.
- Linux Operating System
- Virtualization’s MF Future is in its MF Past
- LXDE, A stable and lightweight desktop environment.
- Features of Phoronix Test Suite 1.4
- Using Your Linux Computer As A Media Server (Part 2)
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Sub-notebooks
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KDE
- Switching your kids to Linux
They all seem to like KDE4 in Intrepid. If you haven’t tried KDE4, you really ought to give it a shot even if you’re a true Gnome fan. I suspect you may be pleasantly surprised.
- What can KOffice 2 Beta 2 offer us?
- Tips and tricks to tune up KDE 4.1
Another great feature is file embedding. KDE 4 seems to have abandoned this space-saving ability in favour of launching a new window when you click on a file, but we prefer to see the embedded version for certain file types – text and PDF documents in particular.
- Switching your kids to Linux
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Embedded/Devices/Phones
- Real-time JVM takes on multi-core
- When Android beats the iPhone
This is great. A week or so ago Google was alone in developing Android. They made it open source and boom, an internal application is getting perfected by the community. End user benefit from it immediately, because they can download it for free from the Android Market (which is such an easy task to do). The OS allows you to define a default email client, so you are good to go.
All this, without any intervention of Google or T-Mobile. The community fixed the issue for T-Mobile… You have to love this one if you are a mobile operator.
- Aussie entrepreneur beats telco giants to develop Google phone
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*buntu
- Xubuntu 8.10 released
- Ubuntu 8.10 Shows Linux OS Is Now Mature, Preludes Mobile Platform
- How to make a Ubuntu 8.04.1 Sugar Live USB system
- New Stuff I Love About Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
- Ubuntu 8.10 is here. And it rocks!
- 1 day with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
- First Look: Ubuntu 8.10 Desktop Edition, Intrepid Ibex
- What to look for in Ubuntu 9.04, Jaunty Jackalope (Due in April 2009)
- Do you really need to install Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu Linux 8.10)?
- A User’s Look at Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
- A Visual Desktop Tour of 9 Ubuntu Releases
- 8 Reasons to try the UBUNTU operating system
- 10 Things To Do After You Install Ubuntu Linux
- Ubuntu 8.10 Charges Up the Mountain
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New Releases (also BSD)
Solaris
- Solaris 10 10/08 Released
- One Year With OpenSolaris Binary Releases
- Sun Pushes ZFS Deeper Into Solaris
Electronic Voting
- Law Center Sends Letter to States About Vote-Flipping Machines
- The Vote Grab: Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate
- Texas Voters Urged to Avoid Straight-Party Option, After Vote-Flip Complaints
- Are design issues to blame for vote ‘flipping’ in touch-screen machines?
- Princeton report rips N.J. e-voting machines as easily hackable
F/OSS
- LATIN AMERICA: Campus Party to Bridge Digital Gap
- Open Source FUD Flies at Florida Higher Education Conference
- Building Online Success With Drupal
“There are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of sites built on Drupal,” Huber said.
- Apps Every Open Source Enthusiast Should Brag About
- Faces behind Popular Programming Languages
It’s quite fascinating to become familiar with the faces behind these programming languages, in which we spend hours learning or using it. Although the list may not be comprehensive but it contains almost all the popular programming language used in modern times.
- Open source enters the mainstream
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FSFE
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Interviews
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Business
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OSOR
OpenDocument Format
- BE THE CHANGE – YOU WANT TO SEE IN THE WORLD
- ODF Workshop Agenda at OpenOffice.org Conference 2008
- ODF Update
Web Browsers
- Third Chrome beta another notch faster
- Funny FireFox Ads
- 20+ Firefox 3 Security and Privacy Extensions
Censorship
Copyrights
- A picture of a thousand words? [Google digitises literature]
A scanner is a wonderful tool. Every day, people all over the world post scanned documents online — everything from official government reports to obscure academic papers. These files usually contain images of text, rather than the text themselves.But all of these documents have one thing in common: someone somewhere thought they were they were valuable enough to share with the world.
- Why Universal Wants To Kill Redbox: It’s Launching Its Own DVD Kiosks
Leftover
- Intel Describes How Credit Crunch Can Hurt
“The recent financial crisis could negatively affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition,” Intel wrote in its 10Q filing, published by the SEC on Friday.
[Ed: I received an unconfirmed report about Microsoft layoffs (in MSN/Live) going wider without being reported.]
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Dan Gillmor, creator of the phrase, “Distributed Journalism” 08 (2005)
Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating.
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.