- Prototype $200 Tablet Runs Android, Chromium OS, Linux
(PC World)
PC World - $200 tablet PCs have been something of a pipe dream. There was the Crunchpad, which was supposed to be $200, but that didn’t last very long, coming out as the $400 Joo Joo. If what Freescale showed off at Mobile World Congress becomes reality, though, the dream may finally come true.
- Rackspace Hires to Align With MySQL Offshoot
(PC World)
PC World - A number of former Sun Microsystems employees who worked on Drizzle, an offshoot of the MySQL open-source database, have ended up at cloud infrastructure provider Rackspace, where they will continue their efforts, developer Jay Pipes wrote in a blog post Monday.
- WordPress Guns for Web Content Management Duties
(PC World)
PC World - Long popular with bloggers, the open-source WordPress blogging software is also starting to find a niche as a low-cost corporate CMS (content management system), at least for managing relatively simple Web sites.
- Rivals Report Boost from Microsoft's Browser Ballot
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Mozilla and Opera Software say they are seeing an uptick in demand for their browsers in the wake of Microsoft's launch of a choice ballot in Europe. Mozilla CEO John Lilly told The New York Times over the weekend that more than 50,000 Firefox downloads have already occurred via direct links from the new choice screen that the European Commission mandated last year as part of its antitrust settlement with Microsoft.
- Motorola Releases Two New Android Smartphones
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Motorola is placing two new bets on the open-source Android operating system with the release of its Backflip and Devour smartphones. The uniquely designed Backflip began selling through AT&T Wireless late last week, and the Detour is now available from Verizon Wireless.
- Mozilla's Drumbeat Beats to an Open Web
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - In Mozilla's world, the Firefox Web browser is but a mere battle in a larger war, one that's aimed at punching holes through closed, proprietary Web platforms of all kinds. What's on the horizon? "Drumbeat".
- Group Seeks to Open Source Data-center Design
(PC World)
PC World - A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centers, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry.
- Report: North Korea Develops Own Linux Distribution
(PC World)
PC World - North Korea has reportedly developed its own version of the Linux operating with a graphical user interface that closely resembles Microsoft Windows.
- Opera Hopes To Capitalize on Europe's Browser Choice
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Microsoft is promoting alternative browsers to millions of Windows users across Europe -- and Opera is poised to pounce on the opportunity. With a brand-new, faster iteration of its open-source browser, Opera is working hard to gain the attention of Europeans looking for an Internet Explorer alternative.
- Ex-Mozilla Security Chief Takes Job at Apple
(PC World)
PC World - Former Mozilla security chief Window Snyder has been hired by Apple.
- NexentaStor Adds Primary Deduplication
(PC World)
PC World - Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open-source storage software with in-line deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors.
- Google's Chrome Browser Boosts Global Market Share
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google's Chrome was the only web browser application to gain global market share last month, with all other major browser platforms showing month-to-month declines, according to Net Applications. Mozilla's Firefox browser -- which had been racking up steady gains at Microsoft's expense through November 2009 -- saw its global market share fall for the third straight month, the web metrics firm reported.
- The 10 All-Time Greatest Free Downloads and Services
(PC World)
PC World - In our 15 years of choosing the best free stuff, we’ve spotlighted the superstars: Adobe Reader, Craigslist, Flickr, Gmail, Google, Mozilla Firefox, and Wikipedia.
- Ingres moving forward with database booster
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Open source database provider Ingres hopes to move the Ingres VectorWise database performance technology to a beta release phase during the next month, Ingres President/CEO Roger Burkhardt said this week.
- Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
(PC World)
PC World - Canonical's Ubuntu has become third Linux operating system approved by the General Services Administration for use by federal purchasers. It joins Linux distributions from Red Hat and Novell, already available through the GSA Advantage purchasing program.
- Microsoft, Amazon sign patent deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it signed a patent agreement with Amazon.com Inc that allows the two companies to share technology in several areas including Amazon's Kindle electronic book reader and Amazon's use of Linux-based servers.
- FSF to Google: Free the On2 Video Codec
(PC World)
PC World - In an open letter to Google, the Free Software Foundation has urged Google to open source a video codec that it acquired in its purchase of On2, completed Monday.
- Rhomobile upgrades smartphone dev platform
(InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Rhomobile unveiled this week an upgrade to Rhodes, its open source framework for building native applications for multiple smartphone platforms.
- Firefox 3.5.8 Closes Security Holes
(PC World)
PC World - Mozilla yesterday released updates for its Firefox Web browser to shore up vulnerabilities in the 3.5.x and 3.0.x browser versions.
- AT&T Becomes Last of Big Four Carriers To Offer Android
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Google might figuratively be doing a backflip Thursday with news that AT&T will, for the first time, offer a mobile device based on the software and search giant's open-source Android mobile operating system. Appropriately, the device is Motorola's Backflip smartphone.
Informazioni su: Network World on Linux- Selecting an Open Source Operating System
There's a large selection of free and open source (FOSS) operating systems available these days, and choosing the right one for any given circumstance can be quite a challenge. This article is intended to help you pick the best operating system for your needs and experience level. Although this article is geared primarily toward those who have little to no experience with FOSS operating systems, we've included some pointers for more savvy open source users ? say, those who use a FOSS operating system at home and would like to deploy one on the job.
- Microsoft at last releases famed Red Hat/Linux virtualization drivers
Last week, Microsoft released a set of drivers that allow production versions of Red Hat to run on Hyper-V. The drivers, otherwise known as integration components, have some limitations, but they come with the full assurance that both Microsoft and Red Hat will support such an implementation.
- Novell target of hedge fund's $2 billion takeover bid
Novell, one of the earliest names in networking, Tuesday received an unsolicited takeover bid worth about $2 billion by a New York hedge fund.
- Is Novell worth $2 billion?
Novell isn't the IT giant it once was, but the company may be well worth the $2 billion offered in a takeover bid by a New York hedge fund, analysts say.
- Father of Linux calls Nexus One smartphone "a winner"
Google's Nexus One got a big time endorsement over the weekend from Linux kernel developer Linus Torvalds, who blogged about the Android-based smartphone being "a winner."
- IBM mainframe woes continue with big Q4 drop
IBM's mainframe division finished a disappointing 2009 with a 27% Q4 revenue decline, but Big Blue is hoping the next generation of its mainframe computer will boost sales in 2010.
- Start-up offering 'Microsoft-free' virtual desktops gets $4 million in funding
A start-up teaming up with IBM to build "Microsoft-free" virtual desktops and deliver them through a cloud computing model has secured $4 million in first-round venture financing.
- Microsoft pricing, mobile, support needs new song and dance
It's no secret I like Microsoft products. But that doesn't mean I think Microsoft is flawless. I would like to see Microsoft improve its consumer pricing, mobile products and self-help support.
- What's under the Gearhead Christmas tree
Mark Gibbs pulls a few presents out from under the Gearhead Christmas tree and finds a better solution to his recent quest of randomizing a sequence of numbers, a really cool Bluetooth stereo headset and a service for building SUSE Linux configurations. Ho, ho, ho, indeed.
- Is Windows 7 the last major chapter in Windows story?
Windows 7 may represent the last ever large in-mass upgrade of the Windows client environment, and define the line where the desktop PC is no longer the center of the end-user universe, according to analyst firm IDC.
Informazioni su: Linux Journal - The Original Magazine of the Linux Community- A Face Lift For The MPL
As Phyllis Diller would attest, a face lift isn't necessarily a bad thing. Most things — legalese included — can use a good going over from time to time, and that's just what the good people at Mozilla will be doing this year. more>>
- Storage Cluster: A Challenge to LJ Staff and Readers
For a few years I have been trying to create a "distributed cluster storage
system" (see below) on standard Linux hardware.
I have been unsuccessful. I have looked into buying one and they do exist,
but are so expensive I can't afford one.
They also are designed for much larger enterprises and have tons of features I don't want or need.
I am hoping the Linux community can help me create this low cost
"distributed cluster storage system" which I think other small businesses could use.
Please help me solve this so we can publish the solution to the open source
community. more>>
- Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1
In my last article I looked at performance loopers for Linux. This week I begin a 2-part review of similar applications called arpeggiators.
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- Interview with Linux Journal Virtual Editor Bill Childers
Carlie: Bill Childers is Linux Journal's Virtual Editor. How do you think your editor Jill Franklin came up with that one?
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- OK Palm, We're Ready for the Foleo Now
Ahh, poor Palm. Sure, they have their fancy new WebOS toys -- but it wasn't that long ago they were banking on the Foleo changing the mobile world as we knew it. Sadly, they were just a little too early, and a little too lame. Here's the good news, Palm: We're ready now. Let me give you a bit of a vision, and you run with it... more>>
- Book Excerpt: A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming
This article is an excerpt from the new 2nd Ed. of Mark Sobell's book,
A Practical Guide to Linux Commands, Editors, and Shell Programming,
published Nov. 2009 by Prentice Hall Professional, ISBN 0131367366,
Copyright 2010 Mark G. Sobell. For additional sample content from a
selection of chapters, please visit the publisher site:
www.informit.com/title/0131367366
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- Getting Loopy: Performance Loopers For Linux Musicians
This week Dave Phillips looks at audio loopers designed for live performance.
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- Illegal use of term - five yard penalty
From Thursday, March 4, 2010 Washington DC Express print edition:
Megan Fox Thinks She's Linux...Or Something Megan Fox has slept with only two men...."My body parts are all I have left now that are only mine -- the world owns everything else." more>>
- Interview with Linux Journal Associate Editor Shawn Powers
Carlie: What is it that you do for Linux Journal?
Shawn: That's a scary question for your boss to ask... :)
Carlie: I meant "Tell our readers what you do for Linux Journal". :p more>>
- Which Linux distribution do you use most frequently?
We're collecting this data to run in an upcoming issue of Linux Journal. We encourage you to leave comments here letting us know why you use the Linux distribution you do. Let your voice be heard! Heads up: we may print your comment in the magazine (if you don't want your comment printed, please let us know that within the comment itself).
