Open Source News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Open Source News.Linux Lite: 5 Tiny Distros That Pack A Big Bang
Some distributions of the open-source operating system are bloated, but Puppy Linux, Knoppix, SLAX, NimbleX, and--yes--Damn Small Linux will get you up and running fast.
11/19/2007 12:28:45 PM
Linux Blog Safari: Android SDK, the Sellout of Wal-Mart's $200 PC
Given that Google and the Open Handset Alliance released the Android software development kit this week, you might think that would have been the hottest topic of conversation on the Linux blogs in the ensuing days. There was a great deal of discussion about it, to be sure -- but it was still overshadowed by the widespread analysis of the fact that Wal-Mart sold out of its $200 Linux PC.
11/19/2007 7:02:15 AM
Oracle claims it's beating up Red Hat on Linux support
Support team winning Linux customers. More than 1,500 corporate customers had signed up for its Oracle's Unbreakable Linux support programme, attempt to prise users away from Red Hat's own support team.
11/19/2007 3:42:31 AM
CDW to Sell Oracle Unbreakable Linux Support
The reseller will offer support for Unbreakable Linux, Oracle's Red Hat Linux clone.
11/18/2007 9:31:40 AM
Microsoft Claims Patent On Elements of Embedded Linux?
Preedit writes "An InformationWeek story points out a recent deal between Microsoft and Japanese printer maker Kyocera Mita. Under the agreement, Kyocera obtained from Microsoft a license to patents used in 'certain Linux-based embedded technologies.' The question the author asks is why Kyocera needs a patent license from Microsoft to develop its embedded Linux products." Read more of this ...
11/16/2007 4:45:55 PM
Is Microsoft Claiming Ownership Of Embedded Linux?
Microsoft has long claimed that Linux violates its patents, but has refused to be specific. A recent deal between the software company and a printer maker may offer a clue.
11/16/2007 1:29:45 PM
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 General Availability Announcement
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11/16/2007 12:22:46 PM
Linux appliance adds DTV support
— Nov. 08, 2007 — [Updated Nov. 9] -- Parisian startup Linutop has updated the Linux-based firmware for its compact, low-power, Geode-based Internet appliance.
11/16/2007 11:35:33 AM
Microsoft's Linux strategist reveals firm's open source strategy
The man in charge of Microsoft's strategy for living in harmony with Linux lays out the company's opportunities with open source and the open source business model.
11/16/2007 9:24:34 AM
Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna Released
"This is Linux Mint 4.0, codename Daryna, based on Celena and compatible with Ubuntu Gutsy and its repositories. "Daryna is using Gutsy's package base (kernel 2.6.22, Gnome 2.20, OpenOffice 2.3, Thunderbird 2.0...etc)...
11/16/2007 8:52:55 AM
Oracle: 1500 Unternehmen nutzen Unbreakable Linux
Auf der Hausmesse Openworld rührte Oracle-Chef Lawrence Ellison die Werbetrommel für das eigene Linux-Angebot, das direkt gegen den Konkurrenten Red Hat gerichtet ist.
11/16/2007 4:24:45 AM
Verdasys announces data security solution for Linux
Nov 16 -- Verdasys Inc., a provider of enterprise-wide data security solutions and host based data loss prevention, announced Tuesday the general availability of Digital Guardian for Linux environments.
11/16/2007 3:06:39 AM
My Own Linux Distro: The Beginning
Here's a project I've been thinking about for a good long time, and which I've finally decided to get under way in public: I'd like to try and build my own custom Linux distribution.
11/15/2007 12:59:05 AM
MontaVista Improvements Boost Linux Appeal For Carriers
Boasting impressive reliability, the leading embedded Linux vendor rolls out new real-time Linux distro with some "real" innovations.
11/14/2007 3:52:49 PM
New Day Dawning for Desktop Linux?
Has the time for desktop Linux finally arrived? One relevant data point is that Wal-Mart has sold out of the Everex gPC, a Google-friendly, Linux-based PC priced at $199.
11/14/2007 2:53:01 PM
Oracle's Linux Expands Reach
You can't sell without big partners. Oracle's Linux now has one of the biggest in the US.
11/14/2007 11:52:54 AM
Oracle's Linux to Get CDW Treatment
You can't sell without big partners. Oracle's Linux now has one of the biggest in North America.
11/14/2007 11:52:54 AM
Monta Vista launches Linux Carrier Edition 5.0
Monta Vista, the mobile and embedded Linux company, unveiled version 5.0 of its carrier-grade embedded Linux kernel today.
11/13/2007 12:27:21 PM
LiMo Foundation Exec Morgan Gillis on Mobile Linux, Android and What Lies Ahead
With its Android announcement and formation of the Open Handset Alliance, Google has made it clear that it believes the mobile Internet is the next step in the evolution of the cellular industry. It has also put increased focus on the applicability of Linux to mobile environments.
11/13/2007 6:09:03 AM
Moab Software Makes Windows/Linux Hybrid Clustering Possible
Cluster Resources, Inc. announced today a Hybrid Windows/Linux Cluster software solution that uses Moab Cluster Suite to dynamically change a node ' s OS on-the-fly in order to meet workload and application needs.
11/13/2007 12:19:51 AM
Can a Small Business Afford Not to Run Linux?
"As I was doing some research for another article, I ran across a forum in which small business users were discussing why they wanted a particular software product (Quickbooks) ported to Linux. One poster's comments caught my attention.
11/12/2007 7:07:46 PM
Linux Developers Could Take A Cue From Windows Home Server
If Linux and open-source developers in general want a good idea of a project to take cues from, there's one from Microsoft that is worth a long, hard look. No, not Vista -- in fact, it's not a desktop product at all, strictly speaking. It's Windows Home Server.
11/12/2007 6:43:45 PM
BitDefender approved for compliance with Linux OS
MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: BitDefender , an award-winning provider of antivirus software and data security solutions, announced that BitDefender Security for Mail Servers and BitDefender Security for Samba have been approved for compliance with Red Hat’s Linux operating system and received certification for Novell’s Linux operating system.
11/12/2007 2:49:43 PM
Linux Goes Hollywood With New Terra Soft Film Rendering Tool
Terra Soft Solutions, the developer of Yellow Dog Linux, has teamed up with Circle-S Studios to create Y-Film, a suite of visual effects management and productivity tools coupled with DNA Research's 3Delight RenderMan compliant rendering engine and Terra Soft's Y-HPC cluster construction suite. Terra Soft will display the alpha version of its new product Tuesday at the Supercomputing Expo in ...
11/12/2007 6:09:03 AM
Apple's Leopard Is Better 'Linux' Than Linux
Who knew that Apple's latest version of Mac OS X was knitted together from enough open-source software to give Linux a run for its money?
11/12/2007 2:13:46 AM
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