News Linux News for Sep 12, 2009:

Nokia Backtracks, Will Allow Customized Linux Phones
(2009-09-12 00:06:37)
Electronista: "Nokia this morning reversed its seeming stance on excluding carrier customization from Maemo-based smartphones like the N900."

NEC Works with Wind River for Linux on Portable A/V Devices
(2009-09-12 01:29:12)
EE Times: "Developers looking to use Linux in portable devices such as multimedia players and mobile televisions, could be helped by a collaboration between NEC Electronics Corp. and Wind River."

Microsoft Open Source Strategy: A Chat with Hank Janssen
(2009-09-12 03:02:34)
Commercial OSS: "... when Microsoft and OS communities engage, we really have much more in common than not."

Trisquel 3.0 STS Dwyn has Landed
(2009-09-12 06:07:12)
Trisquel GNU/Linux: "We are proud to announce the Trisquel GNU/Linux 3.0 release, codenamed Dwyn. It is the first of a new series of short term support releases that include highly updated software, improved performance and better hardware compatibility."

CAD Programs for Linux
(2009-09-12 08:42:37)
Ghacks: "Believe it or not, there are a number of CAD applications for Linux. Some of those applications are far too basic for the professional-level CAD user. Some, however, are just as feature-rich and complex as the insustry standard AutoCAD."

Webopedia Terms of The Day: Web stacks Defined
(2009-09-12 10:27:02)
Webopedia: "A Web stack refers to software stacks in Web development environments. The stack of software, mainly comprised of open source software, will contain an operating system, Web server, database server, and programming language."

moonOS 3 Linux (Makara) Review
(2009-09-12 12:47:05)
Desktop Linux Reviews: "There are two versions of moonOS, the Main Edition and the LXDE Edition. The LXDE version is geared toward older, less powerful computers."

FSF Updates List of Free GNU/Linux Distributions
(2009-09-12 15:03:23)
FSF.org: "The Free Software Foundation has announced updates related to its list of fully free GNU/Linux distributions, including the addition of one new distribution called Kongoni, and a milestone release of the Trisquel system."

Why Users Dumped Your Open Source App for Proprietary Software
(2009-09-12 19:07:04)
IT World: "The hard fact is that sometimes people try an open source application — such as yours — and they end up not using it. I realize this is hard to imagine. But it happens, and not merely because the users have evil in their hearts."

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