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News Linux News for Dec 11, 2007:
Linux is About to Take Over the Low End of Pcs
(2007-12-11 00:15:45)
DesktopLinux: "Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs in users' hands..."
Comparing "Open Source" Projects? Start by Asking Why Does the Project Exist
(2007-12-11 01:00:42)
Linux, Law, Open Source, and a Comedy of Errors: "How does a company--a profit seeking company, not a wild tongued developer--even get into an OpenDS situation...?"
Ubuntu, Linux, Users, Bugs
(2007-12-11 01:45:09)
LinuxDevCenter: "'Here's an Ubuntu bug that seems to highlight everything that frustrates users who are not coders. It seems straightforward and simple, and yet the response is discouraging. What's going on here...?'"
Web Strategy for Open-Source Businesses (Learning from JBoss)
(2007-12-11 02:30:57)
The Open Road: "JBoss knew who was hitting its website, what they were doing there, and how to nurture that initial interest into a sale..."
Cashing In On Open Source Projects the eBay Way
(2007-12-11 03:15:41)
DaniWeb: "Whenever I see a press release that includes words such as monetize, world's largest and unique position I have to admit I get a sudden urge to reach for the delete key..."
Better Than Kindle?
(2007-12-11 04:00:45)
The Tech and Other Cents: "OK, so by now I think there are no people left who didn't hear about the Amazon Kindle. Or read about it. Or written something. Or something..."
A Quick Introduction to Wine
(2007-12-11 05:30:55)
Wine Review: "Wine is a translation layer (a program loader) capable of running Windows applications on Linux and other POSIX compatible operating systems..."
Commercial Sound And Music Software For Linux, Part 1
(2007-12-11 07:00:24)
Linux Journal: "A Win/Mac developer recently asked me what I thought about his plan to create a binary of his application and sell it to interested Linux sound and music people..."
Seven Versions Of WINE Benchmarked
(2007-12-11 08:30:27)
Phoronix: "For this article we had went back and built from source the past seven WINE releases to date..."
Zenwalk Live 4.8: More Zen Power!
(2007-12-11 10:00:49)
Linuxseekers: "Like its standard Zenwalk Linux edition, the live CD also comes with a broad spectrum of applications but without the bloat..."
First Linux Phone Standard Ships
(2007-12-11 10:45:13)
LinuxDevices: "...[A] lesser known, broad-based consortium has published what it hopes can serve as an actual standard for Linux-based phones..."
Pioneer Linux 3.0.2 [Review]
(2007-12-11 11:30:06)
TechieMoe: "Some of my most interesting suggestions have tended to come from either LinuxForums or random email feedback I get from my site. Pioneer Linux came to me via the latter..."
Finnish Developer Uses Linux and OSS to Move to Market Quickly
(2007-12-11 12:15:46)
Linux.com: "Navicron develops cell phone software on Linux, because the open source platform allows for 'more combinations' of the applications that cell phone manufacturers ask for..."
Red Hat's Open Source IDE
(2007-12-11 13:00:51)
internetnews.com: "Six months ago, Linux vendor Red Hat acquired the closed source Exadel Studio Pro IDE and pledged to turn it into a fully open source Red Hat product..."
Seagate Releases Workaround for Linux Users
(2007-12-11 13:45:19)
The Inquirer: "Seagate has issued a workaround for Linux users who want to use its Free Agent drives..."
New Flash Player for Linux Adds Great Features, Slows Playback
(2007-12-11 14:30:57)
DesktopLinux: "It's good news, bad news situation when it comes to Adobe's new Flash player for Linux..."
Microsoft Tight-Lipped On Unix Ownership Question
(2007-12-11 16:00:13)
InformationWeek: "For months, I've been trying to get Microsoft to answer a few questions about the Unix technologies in its intellectual property portfolio. Microsoft agreed to an interview, then backed out..."
That Which We Call Free
(2007-12-11 16:45:29)
KernelTrap: "GNU Project and Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman posted a message on the OpenBSD -misc mailing list titled, 'real men don't attack straw men,' suggesting that some comments he had made were being misrepresented..."
AUUG is Dead, Long Live AUUG
(2007-12-11 17:30:20)
Computerworld Australia: "With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week..."
Red Hat Delays New Software for PCs Until January
(2007-12-11 18:15:50)
Reuters/ZDNet: "Red Hat has postponed until January the launch of a new Linux software product for personal computers that would directly compete with Microsoft'S Windows operating system..."
Give Me Rice, But Give Me a Laptop Too
(2007-12-11 19:00:10)
BBC: "Now US journalist John Dvorak has weighed into the debate, dismissing the laptop as a 'little green computer' that changes nothing, and arguing that sending food aid to Africa is a better way to solve the continent's problems..."
Gifts for the Geek You Love
(2007-12-11 20:30:25)
Roundup: Both Linux.com and Linux Magazine have posted their 2007 holiday gift guides. Now you can get your favorite edit--uh, person--the geeky gift they've coveted.
The Free Software Foundation's "High Priority" List: A Key Guidepost
(2007-12-11 22:00:23)
Datmation: "Every couple of years, someone compiles a list of programs that GNU/Linux needs to compete on the desktop..."
OpenID Gets Update: Is It Safe?
(2007-12-11 23:30:39)
Hoosier Penguin: "But as I was talking with Drebes, a couple of things stuck me: is JanRain too ambitious, and will that ambition get them into trouble down the line...?"
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