Infrastructure Linux News for Jul 08, 2008:

Happiness is a Hot Distro
(2008-07-08 00:45:27)
Greg Laden's Blog: "Why is a Linux Distro, and the process of picking one and installing it, a matter of happiness? Well, for one thing, a Distro is a statement, almost a fashion statement..."

Who Will Win As Linux Market Consolidates?
(2008-07-08 03:45:33)
The VAR Guy: "Two small Linux companies are merging. What does it mean to Linux market leaders like Red Hat, Novell and Ubuntu--and Linux customers...?"

LXDE--Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment for Ubuntu
(2008-07-08 06:00:27)
Ubuntu Geek: "LXDE is a new project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast..."

ATI Radeon HD 4870 512MB [Review]
(2008-07-08 07:30:01)
Phoronix: "A week ago we looked at the brand-new ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card under Linux..."

Postfix Mail Server Configuration
(2008-07-08 08:15:20)
BeginLinux: "Postfix, designed by Wietse Venema, is a mail server built with security in mind and specifically designed to replace Sendmail..."

Variable MultiLine Spacing With Sed On Linux Or Unix
(2008-07-08 09:00:13)
The Linux and Unix Menagerie: "Today's post is going to be on a relatively basic subject that can elude a lot of folks who use sed casually..."

Bordeaux 1.2 Released with Cellars Support
(2008-07-08 11:30:53)
Wine-Reviews: "Bordeaux 1.2 was released today and its a major upgrade over the initial 1.0 release, version 1.2 comes with Office 2007 support, better IE support and cellar support..."

RadeonHD Driver To Use AtomBIOS
(2008-07-08 12:00:23)
Phoronix: "We've talked all too often about AtomBIOS and there being two different open-source drivers that support the same ATI Radeon hardware with the key architectural difference between the two just being the use of this video BIOS abstraction layer..."

Is Gentoo Ready for Latest Linux Release?
(2008-07-08 13:30:52)
internetnews.com: "Linux distributions often live and die on the strength of their respective communities..."

FreeRunner Linux Phone Sells Out, More on the Way
(2008-07-08 14:15:06)
TechWorld: "Less that one week after going on sale via its own e-commerce site, the 900MHz version of OpenMoko's Neo FreeRunner Linux phone has sold out, but don't despair yet as more are on the way..."

An Earthshaking Use of Open Source
(2008-07-08 15:00:36)
CIO: "A German scientific institute migrated to Linux and open-source software to monitor global seismic activity data for compliance with the nuclear test ban treaty..."

The Man Behind Ubuntu: Talking with Mark Shuttleworth
(2008-07-08 15:45:03)
Linux Magazine: "Linux Magazine spends some time with the man who made Ubuntu, arguably the most popular desktop Linux distribution, possible..."

School Switches to Linux, Hopes to Keep MS Funds
(2008-07-08 16:30:14)
Computerworld NZ: "Warrington School, in Otago, has decided to jump ship and deploy the GNU/Linux operating system with free software across the board by a target date of 2010, says the school’s principal, Nathan Parker..."

Developing a Standards Office for Google
(2008-07-08 17:15:52)
Once More Unto the Breach: "In the next two to five years, Google will be challenged by a technology standards effort that it will need to encourage or manage in its mission to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful..."

Linux--Still Chasing That Elusive 1% Market Share
(2008-07-08 18:00:57)
Hardware 2.0: "While I was trawling through Net Applications operating system share trend data for the past 24 months, something struck me..."

How Should Mozilla Execute Its Vision?
(2008-07-08 18:45:47)
Linux Journal: "...[W]e are witnessing the evolution of major open source projects into new kinds of players in the computing world, ones that require full-time staff not just to run them, but also to articulate what exactly they are trying to do *beyond* the code..."

Reasons to Choose Linux # 113
(2008-07-08 21:00:15)
Computer Business Review: "Some interesting comments stem from Glacier Computer, a designer of rugged industrial PC-compatible devices, which has just announced shipment of the Everest industrial computer with two options for the Linux operating system..."

Franchise
(2008-07-08 22:30:31)
Open Source Initiative: "In a free market, over time, competition in the production of a commodity product will eliminate all profits..."

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