11.10.08
Links 10/11/2008: Linus Makes #1, Fedora 10 Previews
GNU/Linux
- [KDE4] milestones
- Netbook growth cuts into Microsoft’s earnings
“You can’t charge 100 bucks for an operating system on a machine that costs $299,” O’Donnell said. But he added that Microsoft would probably prefer to cut its margins rather than cede ground to Linux.
- 10 Lamest Reasons Fo Giving Up On Linux!
1. No start button
2. No Notepad, Paint or Internet Explorer.
3. All others use Windows
4. I found it to be unusable, when I tried it 5 yrs ago
5. It is very slow! (when trying it out from a live cd)
- You can have your computer and save money, too
- It is Time to Stop Looking Over Our Shoulder
So Microsoft in its infinite wisdom has stuck it to the open source community, yet again. They have shut us out of Hotmail. Yawn. Like, who cares? Even Microsoft devotees hate the new Hotmail. Yet, to some people they see this as one more sign that Microsoft is out to get us. “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!” cry all of the open source Chicken Littles. Has it come to this?
- 8 Linux Apps to Save You Money While the Country Falls Apart
- The Linux Credit Card
- Linux Outlaws 63 - Love at First Skype
- The pain-free guide to switching Linux distros
- Stop complaint and begin to contribute the patch
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Ports and the Likes
- Aptimize tested by Trade Me
Most of the rest are built using Linux and open source web server software Apache, which Aptimize hopes to support within a month.
“We started talking to Google a month ago and they are really keen for us to do a Linux Apache version and have connected us with a number of people in the US who are interested in that as well.”
- Crysis Wars Linux Server Released
Ryan Gordon (a.k.a. Icculus) has announced the release of a Crysis Wars (the multi-player version of EA’s Crysis Warhead) server for Linux. Crysis Warhead is an expansion to the original Crysis game and was released for Microsoft Windows in September.
- Running Java ME applications on Android
- First Experience with CrossOver Linux
- Aptimize tested by Trade Me
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Kernel
- The top 10 greatest geeks of all time
1: Linus Torvalds
Shaun Nichols: It’s one thing to write a complete computer program. It takes an entirely different level of geekdom to write a computer operating system. Compound that with the fact that said operating system is a re-write of the most successful network operating environment of all time, and then - as the icing on the cake - giving the code away to the rest of the world for free and you’ll start to understand why Linus Torvalds earned the number one spot.
One story jokingly tossed around is that Torvalds wrote all of the code for the Linux kernel on the back of a shovel over the course of one cold Finish winter. The reality is only slightly less amazing: the 21 year-old student wrote the first versions of his Unix clone in his spare time as a way to connect with servers at the University of Helsinki in 1991.
- Stable kernel 2.6.27.5
- The top 10 greatest geeks of all time
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Edcuation
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Distributions
- Using UNetbootin To Get Puppy On A Stick
I am totally in love with my new Puppy flash installation. It does everything I need it to do, is fast and very stable and is tremendous fun to use. This is one Puppy that is definitely not just for Christmas - it is a faithful friend you will want to keep by your side all year round.
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Fedora
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Ubuntu
- How I kicked the Mac habit - with Ubuntu
After starting a new job this year though I was brought back around to Linux on the desktop. My first day at the office I was asked “so do you want Windows or Linux”? No brainer for me, even with my past pains on the desktop. Linux. (Oh, and they also asked me to pick a hostname themed off of a beer - I thought, man, I made the right choice coming here.) That was how I formally met Ubuntu. I ended up with a Hardy Heron box that has worked really really well.
- Intrepid Ibex aka Ubuntu 8.10
- Ubuntu 8.10: Success!
- Taking a Break with Ubuntu 8.1
- Ubuntu 8.10: In-Depth Look From a End User
- Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 116
- I am in Love with my PC… Again!
- How I kicked the Mac habit - with Ubuntu
- Using UNetbootin To Get Puppy On A Stick
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F/OSS
- Video, Audio and Cross Domain Usage
- Expresso Livre: an example of community/government free software collaboration in Latin America
- A pragmatic European approach to open standards (a must-read)
- Firefox Turns Four!
- AI Funding for Open-Source Artificial Intelligence
- Episode 8 - “xVM Ops Center” Has Been Released
- Announcing bzr 1.9
- Gentoo GNU/Hurd thread in Gentoo Forums
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Events
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Leftovers
- With Yahoo-Google deal nixed, DoJ antitrust chief resigns
- Obama Lawyers Ready Their Plan for DOJ
- MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube
- Cory Doctorow: Why I Copyfight
- The Morning Wrap [Intel Bullies Small Companies Again]
DAILY INTEL: The semiconductor giant Intel is aggressively pursuing trademark infringement lawsuits, hitting small shops with complaints, The Recorder reports. Intel is going after a one-man company, Intellelectric, for alleged trademark violation. “Trademark enforcement is not unusual for companies with famous marks like Intel. But the number of suits sets the Santa Clara-based company apart,” according to the Recorder report. This year alone, Intel has sued 15 companies like Intellelectric with the word “intel” in their name.
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Dan Gillmor, creator of the phrase, “Distributed Journalism” 15 (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.
landofbind said,
November 11, 2008 at 2:48 pm
http://boycottnovell.com/2008/11/10/novell-ajax-standards-svg/#comment-34789
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