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Source: Linux Today LWN.net: "As some of you have heard, we had a layoff at Openmoko on Monday, May
25th. First of all let me second the comments made here congratulating
the Openmoko team on all that was accomplished. And let me add that
everything accomplished was only possible because of the amazing
efforts of the community."
Source: Linux Today 10 Things: "If you've always worked with a Windows or Mac desktop, you may not know what you’re missing. Jack Wallen says the Linux desktop offers numerous advantages worth checking out--from efficient and flexible design to superior update systems."
Source: Linux Today Raiden's Realm: "But in general I find PC/OS to be an unusual distro in that it doesn't follow the “ooo-ahh” mentality of other distributions. In other words, it looks good, but eyecandy isn't the primary concern of the OS or the developers."
Source: Linux Today IT Wire: "What exactly does the Linux Foundation hope to achieve by running a parallel site, linux.com? Is it a bid to shape the debate around GNU/Linux, something which companies are increasingly trying to do for their own products?"
Source: Linux Today My Thoughts: " if you have a less powerful processor and you want to watch a DVD, movie on your computer this implementation makes it possible."
Source: Linux Today LWN.net: "For the future of openSUSE development we want to change some things.
Currently, we have some policies around the distribution that date
back to the time when there was no openSUSE. Code contributions are only
possible if you go through a Novell developer."
Source: Linux Today ServerWatch: "If you ask Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner, he'll tell you this: "Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the marketplace, is the safest, most reliable OS we've ever built. It's also the most secure OS on the planet, including Linux and open source and Apple Leopard.""He left out "bestest"-- ed
Source: Linux Today ItRunsOnLinux: "The first Alpha release of the Joilicloud OS is available. Jolicloud is an Internet operating system. It combines the 2 driving forces of the modern computing industry: the open source
& the open web."
Source: Linux Today Tech Broiler: "The Apple ][ series had the distinction of being the last personal computer that Steve Wozniak (the true technical brains behind early Apple Computer) was responsible for engineering."
Source: Linux Today ComputerWeekly: "Sun Microsystems has boosted networking and performance in the latest version of OpenSolaris, by including Project Crossbow from the Solaris operating system."
Source: Linux Today Netstat -vat: "While the cloud is a compute infrastructure, it still needs an operating system and for Verizon that means both Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows."
Source: Linux Today Linux Magazine: "The 2.6.30 kernel is chock full of next-gen file systems. One such example is NILFS, a new log-structured file system that dramatically improves write performance."
Source: Linux Today Ever Increasing Entropy: "Here's the issue: the only way you'd know there was a rebate was to read some microscopic print on the price tag. I mean really, really tiny print. This is in the "bring your magnifying glass" category of tiny."
Source: Linux Today Tech Source From Bohol: "I once wrote a tutorial here on installing Conky on Ubuntu. Unfortunately, that guide will not work on the latest version of Ubuntu, which is 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope). That's why I'm going to make an update on that one with this post."
Source: Linux Today GLG News: "For over 20 years, Microsoft and Intel have partnered to grow the PC industry. Now, Intel is launching a netbook that will use the Linux operating system and not Microsoft."
Source: Linux Today IT Wire: "Mention Mono in a story and you are certain to draw two kinds of readers - the followers, those who have drunk the kool-aid ladled out by Novell vice-president Miguel de Icaza, and the detractors, who realise that it could cause them patent headaches a few years hence."
Source: Linux Today Linux and Open Source: "I started my day on a hunt for Linux, preferably desktop Linux.
It was depressing"
Source: Linux Today Linux Today Blog: "God invented USB sticks to help us improve our health. Network file transfers are like plastering bacon grease to your arteries. Using the good old-fashioned Sneakernet protocol adds more tens of feet of healthy walking to your day."
Source: Linux Today Spicy IP: "No explanation was forthcoming, however, as to how exactly can TomTom both use the rights granted under the patent and conform to the GPLv2!"
Source: Linux Today Another day in development "Anyways, whenever virtualizing a non-Windows operating system which utilizes the X Windowing system over VirtualBox, it may be beneficial to have some flexibility on supported resolutions for the GUI."
Source: Linux Today Open Source Business Resource: "The question, "How do we include more women?" has been asked many times and answered in many ways. Cathy Malmrose, CEO of ZaReason, a Linux hardware company, stated, "possibly the most immediately effective solution is to showcase women internationally and their contributions."
Source: Linux Today Kabatology: "Mumbles is a promising open source, plugin-driven, python application that can be re-baptised as "Growl for Linux". Using the DBus notification system - - similar to libnotify notifications, Mumbles lets those Gnome applications that use it to un-intrusively notify users of the status of the application."
Source: Linux Today The Register: "What Xandros has figured out, after years of trying to fight Windows on the desktop, is that you have to win with Linux on other platforms and bury it deep behind an application layer to insulate people from Linux. As it has done well (but not brilliantly) with the Asus Eee PC."
Source: Linux Today Dailymotion: "As Steve Jobs once said: "We are going to make history today.""
Source: Linux Today scottgrizzard.com: "Macs have this weird, non-liner learning curve that starts very low and stays shallow for a while, but then gets "super-steep" - it is very difficult to be in the tech-savvy but non-pro middle ground."
Source: Linux Today Christian Einfeldt: "But rather than a search engine or even a "decision engine", Bing also appears to be a spin engine, in that it provides partisan answers to controversial topics, such as Steve Ballmer's propensity to throw chairs to blow off stress."
Source: Linux Today Netstat -vat: "If you've ever wanted your very own Linux.com email address (and didn't work for SourceForge/OSDN) - you too can now get one. All you need to do is join the Linux Foundation."
Source: Linux Today Linux.com: "As they make software and hardware purchases, governments are creatures of habit.
They form long relationships with IT vendors and stick with them so they can keep their IT systems running with minimal interruptions. "
Source: Linux Today Daniweb: "I received a newsletter from rPath concerning Lean IT and it occurred to me that Linux is the keystone in each one of the elements listed in it: Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Cost reduction mandates. As more businesses work toward saving money, they'll look for ways to save on IT infrastructure (Hardware), labor and external services."
Source: Linux Today Datamation: "When the Asus Eee PC was first released two years ago, its operating system was GNU/Linux. Now, if the local stores are any indication of global trends, it's hard to find an Asus notebook that doesn't run Windows."
Source: Linux Today The ToyBox: "SanDisk today announced that it has begun shipping its next-generation solid state drives for the 12 million-strong netbook market in 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB flavors."
Source: Linux Today Relst.nl x2: "I use Tilda(http://tilda.sourceforge.net) for my terminal word, with the F3 keybinding, so I always have a terminal at hand. This is just a list of my favorite commands, it is not a list of the best commands. If you know others, then please leave a comment, I like it."
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