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This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Open Source News.Linux: Success or Failure? Return of Sage Circle, Cisco's Possible Future, Product of the Week
One of the things you learn quickly when you work for a large company is how well executives can cover up failure. I think, to a large extent, that is what is happening with Linux. Folks are covering up its failure with rhetoric, and that is keeping it from growing to its potential. I'm an analyst, and particularly when we challenge popular views, folks want to know what is behind those views.
12/17/2007 7:11:00 AM
Linux Blog Safari: Who's King of the Jungle?
Linux fans love to debate the pros and cons of myriad technologies, but none more than operating systems -- and you can bet the usual winner isn't based in Redmond or Cupertino. This week the question was raised once again on Slashdot, spurred by a Linux Magazine comparison of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Mac OS X Leopard and drawing well nigh 600 comments by Friday.
12/17/2007 6:11:01 AM
BBC's iPlayer comes to Macs and Linux
A streaming version of the BBC's iPlayer online TV on-demand service has been launched for the Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.
12/16/2007 9:07:50 PM
Mil-Spec Computer Resists Heat, Runs Linux
"Quantum3D has announced a rugged, battery-operable computer aimed at video-intensive military applications. The Thermite TVC 3.0 runs Linux, according to the company, and features Core 2 Solo or Duo processors and a variety of video capture and graphics options.
12/16/2007 7:07:49 AM
Microsoft Fights VMware As it Flirts With Linux
Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Server 2008 provides a two-for-one bonus: virtualization software with the operating system itself, and potentially closer integration with some Linux operating systems than it has ever offered before, according to an early, initial look at the server's Release Candidate 1 (RC1).
12/16/2007 7:06:28 AM
Ubuntu/Debian Linux: Services Configuration Tool to Start/Stop System Services
Get the facts you need to make the choice between Windows and Linux. Click on the case study of your choice to download:
12/16/2007 3:09:20 AM
Linux: "It's Polished Enough For Us," Says New York Stock Exchange
Although it has not yet hopped on the server virtualization bandwagon, the New York Stock Exchange - as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year - is betting big on Linux. NYSE Euronext CIO Steve Rubinow told a reporter that the NYSE is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers.
12/15/2007 8:32:18 AM
N.Y.S.E. Places Buy on Linux, Hold on Unix
The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the hybrid market trading system that it launched last year.
12/14/2007 9:37:48 AM
The Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin: Linux Adoption's Next Phase
The Open Source Development Labs merged with the Free Standard Group on Jan. 21, 2007. The new organization became The Linux Foundation, which now spearheads the goals of Linux standardization, promotion and protection. Jim Zemlin, formerly the executive director of the Free Standards Group, took the reins as executive director.
12/14/2007 7:19:23 AM
I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world
I read an article on CNN a couple days ago about Linux and ewaste reduction. It wasn't until I spent far too long shoveling my driveway tonight, though, that I had time to give the article any thought. At first blush, it seems to be another ringing endorsement...
12/14/2007 12:40:34 AM
The Year in Linux-on-the-Desktop
Linux , an alternative open-source operating system, is nothing new to small business. As a server platform, Linux is widely used to share files and run Web servers, not to mention routing e-mail and serving up the shared calendar and task capabilities that compete with Microsoft Exchange.
12/13/2007 10:16:30 AM
Embedded OS trends points to Linux...sometimes
While the use of Linux continues to sail along at a nice clip, the number of people kicking the tires is shrinking, for all the right reasons.
12/13/2007 5:26:58 AM
TuxMobil Now Offers 7,000 Linux Guides for the Laptop
Get the facts you need to make the choice between Windows and Linux. Click on the case study of your choice to download:
12/13/2007 4:52:51 AM
Lips Forum releases mobile Linux specs
Unlike Google's Android platform and others, the Lips Forum is trying to create a fully open-source set of specifications for mobile Linux.
12/12/2007 9:11:17 AM
Choosing a Linux Distro, Part 1: Kicking the Tires
Running Microsoft Windows or Apple's Mac OS X gives users about the same amount of flexibility as was offered to early car buyers. They could drive any kind of car they wanted, as long as it was a Model T and as long as it was black. When the free open source Linux OS first showed up, early developers offered much the same set of options.
12/12/2007 6:15:35 AM
Should One Laptop Per Child System Run Linux Or Windows?
InformationWeek: "Microsoft stirred up controversy last week when it suggested a Linux-based laptop for children in developing nations be redesigned to accommodate Windows.
12/11/2007 10:34:02 PM
"I'd Suggest Linux--But..."--I'd Suggest You Get a Clue, But...
"Paul Murphy, over at blogs.zdnet.com, has written a completely unimpressive blog entry entitled 'I'd suggest Linux --but...'
12/11/2007 8:37:53 PM
Mobile Linux group releases first specification
While Google's Linux mobile phone platform, Android, has been stealing the spotlight, another longer-standing mobile Linux group is also moving ahead.
12/10/2007 2:14:35 PM
"Cloudbook" UMPC to Run Googlish Linux
"Everex has confirmed plans to ship a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) with a 7-inch screen, similar to competitor Asus's EEE PC. A source close to the company revealed that the device--codenamed 'Cloudbook'--will ship with the Google Apps-oriented 'gOS' Linux distribution early next year.
12/10/2007 1:52:46 PM
Linux Blog Safari: Alabama Now a Third-World Country?
It's not too often the public schools figure prominently in the Linux blogs, but sure enough, this week they drew a surprising amount of discussion on a few different sites. Specifically, news broke on Tuesday that the mayor of Birmingham, Ala., has signed a purchase agreement for 15,000 laptops from One Laptop Per Child, making the city's schools the first in the nation to receive the XO devices.
12/10/2007 6:09:03 AM
Linux Foundation Picks Up Ts'o
The Linux Foundation, currently home to Linus Torvalds, has named Ted Ts'o, the Linux filesystem maintainer and very first Linux kernel developer in North America, a Fellow and chief platform strategist. Shifting over from IBM where he led the creation of an enterprise-level real-time Linux solution, he will work full-time for the organization for the next two years on a broad set of Linux ...
12/9/2007 6:34:05 PM
New Seagate Drives Have Real Difficulties With Linux
wtansill writes "Seagate's Free Agent series of drives are not intended to be compatible with the Open Source operating system Linux. The Inquirer reports on the problem: an unhelpful power saving mode. 'The problem is to do with the power-saving systems on Seagate's latest range of drives and the fact that it is shipped already formatted to NTFS. The NTFS is only a slight hurdle to Linux users ...
12/9/2007 4:45:54 AM
Leopard Update Puts Windows And Linux Side-By-Side On A Mac
InformationWeek: "Windows and Linux can live together in perfect harmony on neutral ground, thanks to a new software update released Wednesday for Apple's Leopard operating system..."
12/8/2007 4:21:41 PM
Midi - Arpeggiator für Mac, PC und Linux
Mucoder Hypercyclic ist ein Freeware Midi Arpeggiator für Mac, PC und Linux, der es in sich hat. So sind nicht nur die Arpeggiostandards möglich, sondern auch komplexe Stotterorgien, Gatesequenzen und wirklich eigenartige rhythmische Verschiebungen.
12/8/2007 8:33:04 AM
Linux.com Weekly Wire #1 (video)
Lisa Hoover talks about highlights from this past week -- and a little about next week's stories, too, including a "sneak peek" at one item featured in the (upcoming) Linux.com holiday gift guide.
12/8/2007 3:22:33 AM
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