12.18.08
Links 18/12/2008: GNU/Linux a Winner at Netcraft, Phorm is Dying
GNU/Linux
- BBC iPlayer now available on Mac
The BBC has created a version of the iPlayer that works with both Mac and Linux computers.
The two systems, which have been able to stream BBC programmes via the iPlayer for a year, will now be able to handle downloads.
- Adobe brings AIR to Linux
- Eight Hosts Top Netcraft Survey
Linux is used by four of November’s most reliable hosting companies, including Montreal-based iWeb, which has been providing Internet hosting for 12 years and most recently agreed to host a major ice hockey team, the Canadiens. Also using Linux was WestHost, which was bought by the UK2 Group in November. Linux is also used by Hurricane Electric and Tiscali, which have both already been featured as the most reliable hosting companies earlier this year.
- Most Popular Linux Downloads of 2008
- Back to the future and back again with Tux 2000
…mission was to prevent the infamous meeting in Number 10 Downing Street between the then newly elected Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and the then CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates. It was here their Memorandum of Understanding was to be signed.
- Linux’s ‘09 Outlook: Everywhere, Even On Windows Machines
It sounded like a wild hook for a story, to put it mildly: In 2009, it is said, Linux will ship on more PCs than Windows. So I sat down with Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation to explain his reasoning behind such a statement. He did, and I learned about great many other forward-looking insights for Linux in ‘09, too.
- Linux camera launched at Lunar X PRIZE
And that’s where Elphel comes into the picture. Acting as embedded web servers, Elphel’s network cameras are small computers in their own right, more than capable of accomplishing the encoding and compression tasks to be done by Team FREDNET’s rover. In fact, the cameras — which run commodity Open Source server software such as Linux and PHP — are so advanced that Krieger is even considering using them for general computing jobs such as controlling the rover’s wireless network connection to the lander.
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Tobias Krieger hopes to have Elphel’s camera set up for testing in a few weeks. Integration with the rest of his rover will then commence around next spring, and Krieger hopes to have a finished rover prototype by the end of 2009. Meanwhile, the rest of his team is busy developing the many other components needed for their lunar mission, including the lunar transit vehicle that will carry the rover from the Earth to the lunar surface. No dates for the completion or launch of the whole stack are available yet, but the grand prize of the Google Lunar X PRIZE contest expires in 2012.
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Kernel
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Video
- Pimp your Linux satellite box & get TV on your PC!
You may have seen reviews of several satellite receivers claiming to be ‘Linux powered’. So what does it mean for you?
Linux-based receivers have taken off. Dreambox sells a complete range, while others selling similar products include Elanvision, AB-Com and DGStation. Nearly all can accommodate hard drives, while many of the latest models have two tuners and hi-def support.
- Video-call software boasts HD quality
- Xine Picks Up Support For NVIDIA’s VDPAU
- Pimp your Linux satellite box & get TV on your PC!
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Distributions
- Five Reasons to Make Friends with Puppy Linux
- Mepis AntiX 7.01
- Checking out the Neighbors, Part IV
Yes, installing things in Gentoo takes much longer than installing a binary and yes, the procedure is more complex. The trade-off is you get only what you ask for, exactly tailored for your system. I think Gentoo is exactly right for me – on my laptop. I really like exploring with it. I don’t think I could bring it over to my main desktop right now.
Of all the distros I’ve tried, only Arch and Gentoo have made the low-level twiddling fun. If you are interested in learning a bit more about the guts, I think those are two good ones to go to – Arch is a bit easier. I’m going to leave Gentoo on my laptop actually. I really like the Ubuntu desktop for daily work and the Gentoo laptop for learning that I have going. Right now, it’s a good solution for me.
- Red Hat Offers 18-month Term for Enterprise Maintenance
Red Hat Thursday unveiled a new service aimed at making it more cost-effective for its customers to run and maintain one version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for a longer period of time, reducing management and administration costs, the company said.
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Debian/Ubuntu
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New Releases
F/OSS
- Sun rev’s “open source” desktop VM manager
- Securing the open source LAMP stack with MetaFortress Open
- Digium Announces Sharp Rise in Asterisk Downloads in 2008
- Source Code For Twitter-Like App, Trillr, Now Available
- What open source can teach charity
- Barracuda offers a new — and free — alternative to Spamhaus
- Wikia Statement on GNU Free Document License 1.3
- Singapore’s Premier Regional Search Engine Deploys Pentaho Business Intelligence to Harness Online Business Information at Web Speed
- Getting a taste of open source ERP
- GoldenGate and Ingres extend capabilities for open source customers
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SaaS
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Multimedia
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Resources
Leftover
- More execs quit Phorm
When half of Phorm’s board quit earlier this month, it was spun as a strategy disagreement between the US and UK operations. But now the firm’s London-based UK chief executive has quit too, along with its chief beancounter.
Digital Tipping Point: Clip of the Day
Dolby Linux wizard John Gilbert gives us a look inside the movie industry 11 (2004)
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