[News] [Linux] Linux Has Advantage in the Mobile OS World
How Linux morphed from a server to a mobile OS ,----[ Quote ] | When evaluating Linux as a possible OS candidate, it is important to | remember that the Linux "model" for mobile devices is horizontal. That | is, Linux is not presented as a vertically integrated top to bottom | solution for a mobile device supplied by one vendor. | | It's a sharp contrast to the other OS suppliers such as Microsoft | with Windows Mobile, Symbian and PalmSource. These suppliers | support a highly integrated software stack, incorporating not | only an OS but also extensive middleware and applicati...

[News] Making Linux More Like OS X and OS X More Like Linux
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Mac OS X - Highly Customized Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Few players in the Linux arena creates their Linux distro to look like Mac OS | X or Windows.... | | Here I'm going to list some distro which looks like Mac OS. `---- http://linuxtreat.blogspot.com/2008/07/mac-os-x-highly-customized-linux.html A Linux User's Guide to Mac ,----[ Quote ] | Take a deep breath and repeat after me: A computer is just a tool. It is only | so good as it serves to make life better for users. A "better" life is | obviously not the same thing fo...

[News] GNU/Linux Still Ahead of Mac OS X in Areas
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux: My Mouse Ate My Homework! ,----[ Quote ] | One of the biggest challenges with using Ubuntu on a | MacBook is getting used to all the "fun features" | offered by the Synaptics touchpad, especially if you | have big, clumsy hands like I do. `---- http://jjinux.blogspot.com/2009/09/linux-my-mouse-ate-my-homework.html Recent: Mac computers are restrictive. ,----[ Quote ] | There are amazing PC laptop computers that you can buy for $600 | comparing to Apple latops that are usually around $1300 and more. | Apple computers are o...

[News] Why GNU/Linux Matters to the World, Whereas Mac OS and Windows Harm It
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Linux Will Save The World ,----[ Quote ] | You know what stories perform the worst on | Linux Today? Anything that pertains to freedom- | software freedom, the GNU Foundation, the | Software Freedom Law Center, civil rights, and | law. Technology is front and center on the big | issues of the day. If we didn't have FOSS we | would be in an even worse mess as a society, | because then technology would all be | centralized and controlled by a very few people | who have proven their hostility to civil | liberties, privacy, and basic de...

[News] Where GNU/Linux is Ahead of Mac OS X and Windows: Terminal Applications
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 CMus Review - A Great ncurses Music Player ,----[ Quote ] | Overall, except for the lack of Last.fm support, CMus is one hell of an audio | player for using in a terminal or in an environment without X. It is | lightweight, powerful, fast, highly configurable and it seems, at least to | me, intuitive and easy to use once you grasp the commands and keyboard | shortcuts. A great piece of software, and I really hope for a future release | to include by default Last.fm integration. `---- http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/04/cmus-review-gre...

[News] [Linux] Was Xandrosoft the Microsoft of the Linux World?
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 206, 11 June 2007 ,----[ Quote ] | But even before this deal, Xandros had never been a community player | (it has failed to release a single piece of its own software under a | free licence) and the only raison d'�tre of this Canadian company was | to profit from free software. And while its first two releases of | Xandros Desktop brought some interesting advancements into desktop | Linux, the company later abandoned its innovative spirit and | desktop enthusiasm to focus on business Linux instead. Disappointing, | to say the least, from a company that hel...

[News] [Linux] Is Linux Ahead of All Other Operating Systems?
Color Theory - Linux and Personal Preferences ,----[ Quote ] | What is confusion is also power. Linux runs in more languages, | on more platforms, in more ways, than any other OS on the planet. | It is developed world wide by a huge group of very passionate | people. It can be made to match the ideals and goals of whomever | for whatever. If you need simple, easy: it's there! See Xandros or | Linspire: there are no operating systems easier to install than | those. None. Not OS.X even. Note that these both chose KDE for | the user interface too. `---- http://talk.bmc.com/blogs/blog-carl/...

[News] [Linux] DEFCON Linux Released, Ubuntu Linux Among Top 20 Products at PC World
DEFCON Linux released! ,----[ Quote | Good news to all Linux users as we announce the release of | DEFCON Linux today! `---- http://forums.introversion.co.uk/introversion/viewtopic.php?t=738 Ubuntu made #16 in "Top 100 Products" at PC World. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,131935-page,13/article.html On May 23, 5:16 am, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@schestowitz.com> wrote: > DEFCON Linux released! > > ,----[ Quote > | Good news to all Linux users as we announce the release of > | DEFCON Linux today! > `---- > > http://forums.introversion.co.uk/intr...

[News] Excuses Against Linux Are Running Out Because Linux is Ahead of Vista
Linux works just fine, thank you very much! ,----[ Quote ] | These aren't state of the art by any stretch any more, and there is no way | either could run Vista. But with contemporary Linux distributions, they are | more than capable of soldiering on. `---- http://blogbeebe.blogspot.com/2007/08/opensuse-works-just-fine.html Also in the news today: Microsoft is Out of Linux Facts http://www.computerwire.com/industries/research/?pid=AF663B1C%2D6098%2D44D8%2DA61B%2D5C1C683E5DBE Related: Buying a new PC? 'Windows Vista Capable' barely hits the mark ,----[ Quote ] | Micros...

[News] [Linux] Walkthroughs of Sidux (Linux) and Nexenta OS
Nexenta OS Alpha 7 Screenshot Tour ,----[ Quote ] | Nexenta OS (elatte) Alpha 7 is now available. Release Highlights: | OpenSolaris & NWS build 61 (non-debug); installer - new | partitioning wizard, installer log (via F3), usabilityf | ixes, built-in driver availability detection... `---- http://osdir.com/Article9845.phtml sidux 2007-02 Preview 1 Screenshot Tour ,----[ Quote ] | What's on the menu: Debian sid, up to date as of 2007-05-13; kernel | 2.6.21.1 (SMP, voluntary preemption, mac80211); minimal, but fully | functional KDE 3.5.6 (en + de); completely overhauled early boot | sequence; largely adapted installer and graphical installer | front-end; enhanced installer for meta tasks; new artwork;o | ffline manual... `---- http://osdir.com/Article9846.phtml Related: Sidux: A live CD for Debian unstable ,----[ Quote ] | It's a rare distribution that impresses me before I've even tried it, | but sidux did just that when, a few hours after I'd downloaded and | burned a two-day-old preview release, the project announced that the | next release was available for download. `---- http://distrocenter.linux.com/distrocenter/07/02/28/1017239.shtml?tid=127 SIDUX 2007-01 Linux LiveCD ,----[ Quote ] | Screenshots gallery `---- http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=655&num=1 Testdriving Sidux 2007 ,----[ Quote ] | Sidux ships with a 2.6.20 kernel, Xorg 7.1.1, gcc 4.1.2, and KDE | 3.5.5. Iceweasel 2.0.0.1 appears to be the default...

[News] Tips for Linux Advocacy (from Linux-hostile Site)
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 10 Things for Linux Desktop Evangelists to Ponder ,----[ Quote ] | Continuing the theme from #6, be willing to pay for Linux. Be willing to | discuss Linux as a product people buy. Be willing to say "not free" isn't | always a bad thing. | | I know Linux proscribes selling Linux, but there are many success stories | where Linux is the cornerstone of a profitable product (think TiVo). A nicely | constructed Linux Desktop is worth money, whether FOSS thinks so or not. `---- http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/10-Things-for-Lin...

[News] Linux the Clear Winner in Google OS News
Linux the Clear Winner in Google OS News :----[ Quote ]----: Microsoft�s pricing model is not sustainable in the new world of PC/mobile convergence. MSFT as it existed for the past 20 years does not fit into a world of free carrier-backed netbooks and an internet OS. It�s been reported that Windows 7 Starter will be priced around $45 - $55. In a $200 netbook with already razor thin margins that pricing doesn�t work. And it certainly doesn�t work in the world of free PCs subsidized through carrier subscriptions. When PC makers threaten to use another operating system if they don�t get Windows 7 at a lower price they will not be bluffing; Google Chrome, Moblin, and desktop Linux will be free. Microsoft is not blind to this - but it is questionable if their recent moves towards services will happen soon enough. :----: <http://www.linux-foundation.org/weblogs/jzemlin/2009/07/08/linux-the-clear-winner-in-google-os-news/> ...

[News] Mobile Linux Runs Palm OS Applications; New 3G Linux Phones; Open Linux Phone Made More Attractive
Mobile Linux running Palm OS apps demoed ,----[ Quote ] | Access hopes ALP and its Eclipse-based Developer Suite will | provide a long-awaited forward migration path for the many | thousands of "Garnet OS" (recently renamed from "Palm OS") | applications developed throughout the decades since "Palm-Pilot" | first became a household word, in the 1980s. `---- http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2968683379.html Linux powers pair of 3G dual-mode phones ,----[ Quote ] | MontaVista says its device-oriented Linux operating system was | used in two new 3G business sma...

[News] [Linux] Virtual World Works Best in GNU/Linux
Semantic Wonderland ,----[ Quote ] | Among the most impressive demos at JavaOne was the open sourced | Project Wonderland which James Gosling presented during his Toy | show. It is a virtual world that grew out of project Looking Glass, | the 2.5D Java Desktop that was unveiled a couple of years ago. | | [...] | | Apparently one gets the best out of wonderland by running it on Linux, | as one can then interact with real X applications. `---- http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/semantic_wonderland There's also this: Watch out Second Life: China launches virtual universe with seven ...

[News] [Linux] More Speculations About a Google OS Based on GNU/Linux
Google admits that it is going after Microsoft Office... Is Windows next? ,----[ Quote ] | So that brings us to the obvious question: What about the operating | system? There have been rumors for years about a Google PC and/or | Google OS that was based on Linux and aimed at providing a simple, | intuitive desktop for the masses. Naturally, that Google PC would | primarily be an Internet terminal that features Google's online | applications. `---- http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=465 Still getting slapped for spyware (Dell) and news aggregators... Google stands firm behind N...

[News] [Linux] New and Extensive Linux Introduction/Advocacy Page
Introduction to Linux ,----[ Quote ] | The very first thing that must be understood about Linux is that | is it open-source software. Think about the open nature of a | chocolate chip cookie recipe and how all the people who use ita | re legally allowed to modify and redistribute the recipe if they | wish, provided they're given permission to do so from the author... `---- http://www.davestechsupport.com/ubuntufaq.html It's quite a good Web page, so it's worth mentioning. Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly: > http://www.davestechsupport.com/ubuntufaq....

[News] [Linux] Dell Pressured to Bring Linux to the Rest of the World
Pressure mounts on Dell over Linux PCs ,----[ Quote ] | Dell's EMEA director of client marketing, Eric Greffier, said in May that | Dell would offer the rest of the world Linux PCs some way behind the US due | to driver certification issues and the logistical difficulties posed by | translating support documentation. `---- http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39287605,00.htm Recent: Interest in Linux Outside the United States ,----[ Quote ] | In the vlog, Veni talks about some of his work, shares his perspective | on why Dell should expand our recent Ubuntu-based Linu...

[News] Trouble Ahead for Windows Piracy is Good News for Linux
Beware: Half of Pirated Vista Is Malware ,----[ Quote ] | About half of all downloads that claim to be free versions of | Microsoft's Vista operating system are actually malicious | Trojan horse software, security vendor DriveSentry warned today. `---- http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/003622.html Users in the poorer nation will be encouraged/forced to pay (if not sell a limb) or simply use GNU/Linux, which they will, gradually. Related: Microsoft seals its Windows and opens the door to Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Now comes the really interesting question. With Vista's acti...

[News] [Linux] Linux More Secure Than Mac OS X, Windows
How secure are Linux, Window and Mac OS? ,----[ Quote ] | Overall it looks like the Linux kernel turns out to be the most | secure system. Not only does it have virtually no security holes | that lead to system access, it's also very resilient to remote | attacks, two areas where both Windows and Mac OS X aren't doing | very well. `---- http://www.masuran.org/node/29 Lots of nice charts on the page. Good summary. Related: Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey ,----[ Quote ] | Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm | this week released a ...

[News] [Linux] How the $100 Linux Laptop Will Change the World
Red Hat boss claims digital divide contributes to terrorism ,----[ Quote ] | Red Hat has been heavily involved in the One Laptop per Child project | (OLPC) which aims to provide developing nations with access to a cheap | PC for around $100. `---- http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10005265o-2000331759b,00.htm Learning as easy as pie ,----[ Quote ] | Once upon a time, a man set out to give away an exceptional laptop to | millions of children. What sounds like a fairy tale is actually the "One | Laptop per Child" (OLPC) project, which is already supplying interested ...

[News] Dyne:bolic (Linux) Tour and a Big World of Linux Audio
Dyne:bolic 2.5.2 – screenshots ,----[ Quote ] | Dyne:bolic is a LiveCD Linux distribution, shaped on the needs of media | activists, artists and creatives. It is distributed with a large assortment | of applications for audio and video manipulation. Dyne:bolic is based | entirely on free software. `---- http://free-your-media.net/2007/12/31/dynebolic-252-screenshots/ The Sound Of Linux 2007 ,----[ Quote ] | In this article I've selected what I consider to be some of the past year's | outstanding achievements in the world of Linux music and sound software. It's | not rea...

[News] [Linux] China Talks Linux in World Summit, Mentions Innovation
First take: OSS World Summit 2007 in Guangzhou ,----[ Quote ] | IBM's vice president of China Software Development Laboratory, Josephine | Cheng, told the audience how the company's deals with "innovation with | Linux and open source" and making it a billion dollar business. `---- http://www.zdnetasia.com/blog/opensource/0,39060102,62024532,00.htm Free software innovates, others imitate. http://www.gridter.com/articles/software_cycle.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Fbk52Mk1w ...

[News] [Linux] Yet Another World's First for Linux
Linux powers "world's first" GPON/GE-PON SoCs ,----[ Quote ] | Conexant claims to be sampling the "world's first" system-on-chip | (SoC) processors for "GPON/GE-PON residential gateways" | (gigabit/gigabit Ethernet passive optical networking). The | "Xenon-IIIG" GPON and "Xenon-IIIE" GE-PON chips come with | Linux, and support both FTTH and FTTN (fiber-to-the-home/node | applications, Conexant said. `---- http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3385638914.html Related: The World's First Mobile Linux Development Kit (MKit) is now available ,----[ Quote ] | Unicon Systems, a Linux handheld software and hardware technology | developer from Menlo Park, California, will start shipping its Mobile | Linux Development Kit (MKitTM) this week. `---- http://www.linuxlookup.com/2007/apr/18/the_worlds_first_mobile_linux_development_kit_mkit_is_now_available http://tinyurl.com/2rm6lu Claimed-first Core Duo AMC runs Linux ,----[ Quote ] | Mercury Computer Systems is sampling what it claims to be | the first AMC (advanced mezzanine card) based on Intel's | Core Duo processor. Mercury also says its AXA-100, which | is available with Linux, "doubles the compute resource | available in an AMC form factor." `---- http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5573015675.html ...

[News] GNU/Linux Sub-notebooks in the News Again, Good Year Ahead
Odds and ends ,----[ Quote ] | My forecast: netbooks are going to get even hotter in 2009 | as buyers turn to affordable PCs with decent performance | during an economic downturn. An alliance to watch: Acer and | Canonical. As good as its netbooks are, Acer could benefit | from Ubuntu, one of the most popular and user-friendly | Linux distributions. Canonical, Ubuntu=92s sponsor, stands to | gain from a sharp rise in its installed base that a | bundling deal with Acer would bring. What are these two | waiting for? `---- http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=3Dbusiness5_dec30_2008 =A3185....