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the INQUIRER (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Egan Orion the Inquirer , Thursday 24 July 2008. 12:27:00 And change the world SPEAKING AT O'Reilly Media's Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon on Tuesday evening, Ubuntu Linux founder Mark Shuttleworth challenged Linux developers to surpass Apple's OS/X desktop eye-candy and polished integration to attract more new users....
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TechEnclave (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Google Gadgets for Linux provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. We are compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows as well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle....
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The Register (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
Money talks OSCON Sun Microsystems is putting the "L" back into LAMP with plans to support customers running the open-source Apache, MySQL and Perl or PHP (AMP) stack on Linux.…
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迷客科技 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Canonical head and chief architect of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth late Tuesday told developers at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention that Linux should go "beyond the Mac" in terms of its software experience. While not specific, he notes that the open source operating system should be at least as "crisp and clean" as Mac OS X while still offeri...
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迷客科技 (Free subscription) | yesterday
SecuTec has added enhanced Mac OS X and Linux support to its line of UniKey USB dongle-based software protection products. The company says the UniKey line now offers support for "all major operating systems." Using "driverless techology" UniKey HID USB security dongles now work with Power PC and Intel Macs running OS X, as well as most versions o...
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LWN.net (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
The Register notes Intel's change of Linux distribution on its Moblin mobile device platform. " Intel's project to put a Linux and open source stack on mobile devices is getting overhauled to attract developer support, having failed to generate much interest. A year after launching Moblin, Intel plans a second version of its open source stack in the next three weeks, sporting a new operating system,...
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Privacy (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
Red Hat on Wednesday said it is extending the first phase of its product lifecycle support for Enterprise Linux, when the most technical support resources are made available, from three years to four. That means that recent hardware coming out at any epoch during the first four years of an Enterprise Linux lifecycle will be supported. That "full support" phase previously only lasted for three years....
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eHomeUpgrade Threads (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
For those unfamiliar with Ubuntu Netbook Remix, here's the press release . Snipet: Ubuntu Netbook Remix leverages Moblin technologies optimized for the Intel Atom processor. Intel and Canonical are working to create a next generation computing experience across a new category of affordable Internet-centric, portable devices; including Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), netbooks, nettops and embedded devices...
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Linux-Watch.com (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Linus Torvalds has annointed a blockbuster new kernel that required some 7.5 megabytes just for its changelog. The 2.6.25 release sets the stage for a war between ARM and x86 for the personal computing environment of the future, while also merging tons of improvements for real-time devices, desktops, and servers.
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LinuxDevices.com (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Timesys is offering a LinuxLink subscription for the Texas Instruments OMAP35xx line of system-on-chips (SoCs). The subscription includes the new 2.6.26 Linux kernel, toolchain, and hundreds of prebuilt, ready-to-use RFS (root file system) packages optimized for the processors, says Timesys.
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Lifehacker (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth (who we interviewed last year ) announced that he's out to make Linux a better-looking operating system than Mac OS X—within two years. An ambitious goal! At O'Reilly's OSCON conference this week, Shuttleworth said: "I think the great task in front of us in the next two years is to lift the experience of the Linux desktop from something stable and usable and not pretty,...
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ZD Net (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Why isn't the Linux kernel group doing what the BSD people did with respect to DTrace: seeing a better idea and grabbing it with both hands? My guess is personal antipathies expressed as a big dose of not invented here syndrome. by Paul Murphy
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mac.ro (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Shuttleworth, speaking at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) in Portland, Oregon, also urged development of a new revenue model to fund free software and set his sights on a services-based mechanism for this. He also stressed the importance ...
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VistaSucks.WordPress.Com (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
When you buy a new PC today, unless you hunt down a Linux system or you buy a Mac, you’re pretty much stuck with Vista. Sad, but true. So, when I had to get a new PC in a hurry, after one of my PCs went to the big bit-ranch in the sky with a fried [...]
