Infrastructure Linux News for Nov 06, 2007:

The Irrelevance of Desktop Linux
(2007-11-06 00:15:39)
The 451 Group: "Can Google save desktop Linux? Or more accurately, can online applications? I have previously been skeptical about the potential for Linux to ever make serious in-roads on the desktop market..."

The Truth About the Linux Desktop Market Share
(2007-11-06 02:30:51)
Technocrat: "To understand the markets you have to know something about magicians, and how they work..."

Open Standards, Open Format--Key to the Future
(2007-11-06 04:00:23)
Legal World and Childhood Dreams: "Gandhi's philosophy is still relevant, in all walks of life. In the context of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the end is--dissemination and communication of information..."

Installing Songbird 0.3 Developer Pre-Release On Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)
(2007-11-06 05:30:24)
HowtoForge: "This guide shows how to install the Songbird media player (0.3 Developer Pre-Release) on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) desktop..."

A Second Life for 'Second Life' with Open Source?
(2007-11-06 07:00:29)
Australian PC World: "Virtual world hype trumps open source hype, so little virtual ink has gone into discussing the open source initiative that Linden Lab, the company behind the virtual world, established to further its development..."

A Tale of Two Plug-and-Play Linux Boxes
(2007-11-06 09:15:30)
iTWire: "As many of us who watch the Linux market know, the past week has seen the announcement of two markedly different plug-and-play Linux computers..."

Another Day Another Distro--Part 6--Slackware 12
(2007-11-06 10:00:42)
Adventures in Open Source: "After my positive experience of Debian it was time to move on and this time I chose Slackware 12 to try out..."

antiX M-7, The Fat-free Mepis
(2007-11-06 10:45:37)
Tech Source From Bohol: "A new lightweight flavour of Mepis which is intended for older hardware was released recently..."

Zenwalk 4.8 Review
(2007-11-06 11:30:32)
Open Review: "Zenwalk (formerly Minislack), or Zenwalk Linux, is a Slackware-based GNU/Linux distribution with a goal of being slim and fast by using only one application per task and with focus on graphical desktop and multimedia usage..."

Reiser Attorney Says Defending Linux Programmer 'A Challenging Thing'
(2007-11-06 14:30:28)
Wired: "The defense attorney for Hans Reiser--the murder suspect and prominent Linux open source programmer--said Monday he was 'apprehensive' that his client wanted to testify on his own behalf..."

Prism Prototype Now Available on Mac and Linux
(2007-11-06 15:15:16)
Mozilla Labs: "We're happy to announce the Prism prototype is now available for Mac and Linux...!"

Roundup: Pundits Not Dreamy About Android
(2007-11-06 17:30:05)
The day after the Android open mobile platform announcement from Google, the general feeling from the media and analysts seems to be: "where's my gPhone?" Articles within.

Mug-rosoft
(2007-11-06 19:45:06)
Hoosier Penguin: "That, I sense, is why Bancilhon is so torqued about this deal collapsing. It's bad enough that the deal crashed--but to not know exactly why or how would be immensely frustrating..."

The Many Aspects of "Non-Profit"
(2007-11-06 21:15:37)
Mitchell's Blog: "I'm often asked various questions about non-profits. Many people have a general idea of what 'non-profit' means but very few have a specific, technical understanding..."

The Client Opportunity for Linux
(2007-11-06 22:00:04)
451 CAOS Theory: "Perhaps a better title for my post from Friday ('The irrelevance of desktop Linux') would have been 'The irrelevance of the desktop PC...'"

Are Linux Users Really a Feral Bunch?
(2007-11-06 22:30:57)
iTWired: "It is, however, uncommon for a writer to set out to deliberately provoke Linux users with over-the-top stuff--just to prove his contention that said users are a bunch of ferals..."

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