Open Source News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Open Source News.User-modifiable Linux phone upgraded
— Jan. 03, 2008 — Open source phone company OpenMoko will ship a new version of its user-modifiable Linux-based mobile phone next year.
1/10/2008 2:19:04 PM
Editors' retrospective -- Linux Devices in 2007
— Dec. 31, 2007 — As 2007 winds to a close, the editors of LinuxDevices.com have assembled a retrospective aimed at highlighting major trends and events in the world of embedded Linux. Of the approximately 1,200 stories we published this year, these were the most important, in our opinion. ...
1/10/2008 1:36:13 PM
Photoshop Replacement for Linux Is Dressed to Impress
Users of the Linux operating system have long lamented the absence of Adobe Photoshop on their platform. An application called Pixel fills in the gap nicely, and even stands up nicely to the free image-editing favorite, GIMP.
1/9/2008 5:07:50 PM
OLPC developing dual-boot Windows, Linux OS for laptops
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.
1/9/2008 8:24:37 AM
CES: OLPC, Microsoft build dual-boot Windows, Linux OS
Microsoft warms to open source One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) and Microsoft are developing a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops.
1/9/2008 5:21:22 AM
Splunking with VMware and syslog on Linux
SearchEnterpriseLinux: "Splunk is a popular Linux web application that gives IT administrators a birds-eye view of their log files, or more appropriately, a bees-eye view..."
1/9/2008 3:21:43 AM
Result for: embedded Linux
The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems.
1/9/2008 3:12:06 AM
Linux-based NAS storage devices expand capacity
— Dec. 21, 2007 — Netgear has introduced five Linux-based networked attached storage (NAS) products.
1/8/2008 6:55:00 PM
Torvalds Still Will Not License Linux Under GPL v3
The Linux creator said copyright owners would have to agree to licensing changes, and those who didn't would have to rewrite code.
1/8/2008 3:21:28 PM
German firm rev's Linux-compatible GUI test tool
— Dec. 20, 2007 — Bredex GmbH announced the release of version 2.0 of its Linux-compatible GUIdancer automated GUI test-tool. The Eclipse-based GUIdancer now supports the testing of Java (Swing, SWT/RCP) and "HTML applications," and has added a reusable projects feature. ...
1/8/2008 12:39:58 PM
Torvalds to stick with GPL 2 Linux
But keeps door to GPL 3 open. Linux creator Linus Torvalds has used an interview being made public by the Linux Foundation to stress that version 2 of the GPL still makes the most sense for the Linux kernel over the newer GPL version 3.
1/8/2008 6:36:56 AM
Signposts of GNU/Linux Growth in 2007, Part 2
GNU/Linux took significant strides forward in areas ranging from servers to devices to cloud computing.
1/7/2008 9:56:31 AM
Linux Blog Safari: Waxing Philosophic on a New Linux Year
It's 2008, and that means the year of Linux on the desktop is finally here! According to some, that is. As 2007 drew to a close and the new year dawned, the mood has waxed somewhat more philosophical and contemplative than usual on the Linux blogs. Discussion was understandably more subdued over the holidays, generally creating less controversy and focusing on a more limited set of topics.
1/7/2008 7:10:26 AM
Competition hots up over mobile Linux standards
LiMo has edge over LiPS. Mobile Linux body, the LiMo Foundation has signed up some new members as competition among new mobile Linux platforms heats up. Trolltech, Acrodea, ETRI, Huawei and Purple Labs have joined the group which, along with founders NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone and Motorola, now consists of 25 members.
1/7/2008 5:52:00 AM
Trolltech, Huawei join mobile Linux group
The LiMo Foundation has added some members to its ranks as competition among new mobile Linux platforms heats up.
1/7/2008 4:50:31 AM
Mobile Linux group gets new members
Trolltech, Huawei join LiMo Foundation Competition among new mobile Linux platforms is hotting up, and the LiMo Foundation has added some members to its ranks.
1/7/2008 4:34:49 AM
Rocket Linux to launch at CES
The startup that used Linux on the fast-selling US$199 Wal-Mart PC last November will launch version 2.0 of its gOS operating system, dubbed Rocket, in Las Vegas.
1/6/2008 9:26:50 PM
Ubuntu Linux: Built-in Apps get an "A," Wireless Support an "F"
Worker's Edge: "It didn't take long after installing Canonical Ltd.'s Ubuntu 7.10 version of Linux for me to decide I liked what I saw..."
1/6/2008 5:39:20 PM
Shuttle to release sub-$200 Linux box
ONE OF THE potentially biggest announcements at CES will probably go unnoticed by most, a Linux box from Shuttle. Get ready for a low priced machine from a big name, a first that I am aware of.
1/6/2008 2:20:08 PM
2008 to Be Year of Non-Desktop Linux
451 CAOS Theory: "I wanted to be among the first to post about how 2008 looks to be the year of desktop Linux (half jokingly, of course)..."
1/6/2008 8:52:41 AM
Sun deploys Linux high performance cluster at Kuwait Oil Company
Kuwait, January 6, 2007: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has deployed a Linux-based High Performance Cluster from Sun Microsystems to run its reservoir simulation software, increase its processing power, and enable the company to take critical business decisions faster than ever before.
1/6/2008 4:38:33 AM
Linux and the Rise of the Dual Stack Datacenter
Interop News: "Lately there has been a kerfuffle in the blogosphere between partisans and opponents of the view that the Linux server boom is over..."
1/6/2008 1:31:37 AM
Linux Time Machine Alternative Reviewed
"If there is a defining feature in Apple's Leopard, it's Time Machine. As cool as it may be, the fact is that we, as Linux users, are obviously not going to see much benefit from this is pitiful.
1/5/2008 7:33:46 PM
OpenMoko Linux Phone to Get Wi-Fi, Faster Chip
Underexposed: "OpenMoko is upgrading its Linux-based mobile phone with a faster processor, Wi-Fi networking, and better graphics abilities, the company said Thursday..."
1/5/2008 9:00:05 AM
Linux products and services to touch $7.7 bn by 2012
DUBLIN, IRELAND: Research and Markets has announced the addition of Open Source market forecast: Linux to their offering. The report analyses and forecasts Linux software and service revenue opportunities in enterprises and public sector organisations, as well as among individual consumers.
1/5/2008 2:04:19 AM
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