Open Source News
This section provides a daily dose of regularly updated Open Source News.Vista, Leopard, Linux to compete in hack contest
An ethical hacking contest will pit the three operating systems against each other next month at CanSecWest conference. Apple's OS X, Microsoft Windows, and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Run by the organizers...
2/7/2008 10:08:56 AM
Mobile World Congress preview: The year of Linux
The show formerly known as 3GSM looks set to have a strong focus on mobile Linux this year, as well as mobile WiMax, femtocells and hosted apps
2/7/2008 9:02:22 AM
Linux Mobile Phone promotes utilization of 3G services.
Based on NXP Nexperia Cellular System Solution 7210 for 3G and coupled with Purple Labs Linux suite, 3G Linux reference feature phone serves as reference design for phone manufacturers creating entry-level 3G handsets. It offers video telephony, music playback, high-speed Internet browsing, and video streaming. Supporting true UMTS performance, solution delivers seamless service coverage in 2G ...
2/7/2008 8:32:36 AM
Southern California Linux Expo To Be Held this Weekend
SCALE 6x, the 2008 Southern California Linux Expo will be held in Los Angeles this weekend (Feb 8-10).This will be the 6th annual SCALE conference. Keynote speakers will include Jono Bacon (Ubuntu) and Stormy Peters (OpenLogic). The event will include 5 speaker tracks with over 80 speakers.
2/6/2008 10:31:09 PM
Temp-resistant data terminal runs Linux
— Jan. 29, 2008 — German industrial computer manufacturer Solcon Systemtechnik has released a highly customizable industrial terminal PC that runs embedded Linux.
2/6/2008 6:25:13 PM
"Real-time" Linux tools ported to Ubuntu
— Jan. 29, 2008 — Real-time multi-core x86 Linux specialist Concurrent has ported its development tool suite to Ubuntu development hosts.
2/6/2008 6:10:34 PM
Terra Soft Releases Yellow Dog Linux 6 for Apple PPC and PS3
Terra Soft Solutions announced on Tuesday the release of Yellow Dog Linux 6.0 for Apple G5 and G5 systems, Sony PS3, and IBM "p" systems. The new version uses Linux kernel v2.6.23, gcc 4.1.1, and Eclipse v3.2.2, adds Gnash, IBM Cell SDK v3.0 and more
2/6/2008 2:51:54 PM
Linux gains high-performance flash filesystem
— Jan. 29, 2008 — Flash filesystem and management software specialist Datalight has ported its commercial flash filesystem to Linux.
2/6/2008 10:28:47 AM
Well-appointed Darkstar Linux has a dark side
Darkstar Linux 2008.1 is one of the first stable distro releases of the year. This distribution from Romania is based on Slackware and is available as a DVD image. For a desktop-oriented distro with its first release in 2004, Darkstar Linux has a lot of scope for improvement; its rock-solid performance and range of applications is overshadowed by its poor hardware skills.
2/6/2008 10:19:00 AM
Linux-friendly hardware probe picks up speed
— Jan. 29, 2008 — Swiss hardware tools vendor Abatron has started shipping a new Linux-compatible hardware debug probe.
2/6/2008 10:13:52 AM
Linux Founder Criticizes OS X and Windows
Linus Torvalds spoke out against Linux's goliath competitors in a recent interview, picking apart their both companies' approach to the operating system.
2/6/2008 9:38:37 AM
LA Metro Gets Up to Speed by Deploying Levanta's Intrepid Linux Data Center
Levanta announced that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, also known as LA Metro, has successfully deployed Levanta's Intrepid Linux Data Center Automation solution. LA Metro, which runs over 200 Metro Bus lines and four Metro Rail lines in Los Angeles, California, selected Levanta as part of their initiative to enhance the efficiency, agility and operational ...
2/6/2008 9:06:20 AM
Germany, Italy Lead Desktop Linux Adoption
Computer Business Review: "I've penned a few blogs about Linux on the desktop, and the fact that various statistics I've uncovered suggest it has less than a 1% market share..."
2/6/2008 8:45:29 AM
Enea Introduces Enea LINX for Linux 2.0 for High-Performance Inter-Process Communications
Transparent and Reliable Services with Forward and Backward Compatibility for Complex, Distributed Systems Projects STOCKHOLM, Sweden and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 28 -- Enea (Nordic Exchange/Small Cap/ENEA), a world leading provider of network software and services, today announced the release of Enea(R) LINX for Linux 2.0, which includes protocol and feature negotiation to enable seamless ...
2/6/2008 8:26:40 AM
Renoise For Linux
Linux Journal: "On January 17 of this year the first beta release of Renoise 1.9.1 was announced.
2/6/2008 7:45:12 AM
Linux.com chats with new OpenSUSE community manager Joe Brockmeier (video exclusive)
Yes, it's the same Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier who used to be editorial director of Linux.com, and was later editor in chief of Linux Magazine. This week he was named openSUSE community manager, a position analogous to the one held with great distinction by Max Spevack at Fedora until just a few weeks ago. Just about every publication that covers Linux and FOSS has been clamoring to interview Joe, ...
2/6/2008 7:34:00 AM
US Army struggles with Windows to Linux overhaul
The greatest penguin migration of all time In multiple media reports over the past two weeks, the US Army has professed its love for the penguin. The Army eventually intends to move from a Windows-based infrastructure over to Linux for its new, roughly $200bn weapons program.…
2/5/2008 2:59:58 PM
Terra Soft Releases Yellow Dog Linux v6.0
"Terra Soft today released Yellow Dog Linux v6.0 for Sony PS3, Apple G4/G5, and IBM System p. Built upon the CentOS foundation, a popular derivative of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), YDL v6.0 offers enterprise quality for the home user.
2/5/2008 1:44:18 PM
High-performance Linux IPC stack upgraded
— Jan. 28, 2008 — Enea has released a major upgrade to its highly scalable open source (BSD or GPL) interprocess communications stack for Linux.
2/5/2008 12:43:48 PM
Torvalds Offers Linux Community Advice On Microsoft's Threats
"Does a monopolist go eagerly to court?" asks the man responsible for Linux, in the face of patent threats by Microsoft.
2/5/2008 5:30:00 AM
LiMo's Linux Phone Platform Nears Launch
The LiMo Foundation plans to release the first version of its Linux software platform for mobile phones in March, with handsets running the software due soon.
2/4/2008 8:50:00 AM
Key mobile Linux platform out in March
The LiMo Foundation's mobile Linux platform will be released in March, but the API set is available to developers now
2/4/2008 5:47:32 AM
Open Handset Group Announces Linux Based Handset Platform
The open handset consortium, the LiMo Foundation has announced the on-schedule availability in March 2008 of the first release of the LiMo Platform - a Linux-based software platform for mobile handsets-together with the immediate public availability of the application programming interface (API) specifications.
2/4/2008 5:25:10 AM
Linux phone platform to launch next month
Handsets to follow shortly. The LiMo Foundation is to release the first version of its Linux mobile platform next month. The company said that handsets with the software would follow shortly afterwards.
2/4/2008 4:10:13 AM
LiMo ready with Linux phone platform
Open platform takes on Google Android The LiMo Foundation plans to release the first version of its Linux software platform for mobile phones in March, with handsets running the software due soon.
2/4/2008 3:25:15 AM
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