This page permanently redirects to gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2008/08/04/linuxworld-kicks-off/.
Posted in News Roundup at 5:10 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxOpenGL Benchmarking On Linux Reaches New HeightsLightsmark is an OpenGL lighting benchmark (hence its name) that focuses upon real-time global illumination and penumbra shadows. This is a benchmark that’s built around the Lightsprint SDK. Lightsmark 2008 was released this morning with a faster engine, improved image quality with per-pixel indirect shadows and color bleeding, all GPUs using the same render path, and a steadier scoring system. More importantly, however, this is the first public release with native Linux support.LinuxWorld preview: IBM engineer touts SELinuxIBM invests $360 million in cloud computingMandriva Spring 2008 The New “Definitive” Linux?Here’s where I step up on the soap box I have carried around for over a decade and say that Microsoft, upon experiencing Mandriva 2008, should be getting close to shaking in their boots. With the Spring 2008 iteration of Mandriva the Linux community is witnessing probably the closest to a Windows killer the community has yet to see. This is, without a doubt, the finest release of any Linux distribution I have ever experienced in my 10+ years of using Linux.Tasting Better With LinuxEnter Ubuntu. Using the 32-bit LiveCD, it immediately picked up the external adapter, and was able to connect to the hotel’s WiFi. I flattened Mepis and installed Ubuntu. I will give myself some time using the new system first, but I will probably flatten Vista and rid myself of that headache.[...]As a traveler who spends up to two-thirds of my time using hotel networks, Vista’s continuing wireless weaknesses make it entirely too unreliable for my uses. I cannot recommend Vista to anyone who connects to multiple networks. It is just not good enough.Service Pack Roll v5.0.3 for Rocks v5.0 is ReleasedThe Service Pack Roll v5.0.3 for i386 and x86_64 architectures is released.[New Release:] Big Linux 4.1Linux-libre project meets rocky receptionTencent launches IM software QQ for LinuxCheck Point IPS-1 fills a gap in its product lineBoth the IPS sensor and its management toolkit now reside on Check Point’s own SecurePlatform, a self-installing Linux-based security operating system that Check Point also uses for its other security products and management platforms.German Home Savings and Loan Association Relies on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5The LXF Guide: Make your own Fedora re-spinLooking for up-to-date Fedora DVD images? Want to change the default software selection?Or just fancy a new Linux project? Neil Bothwick shows you how to remaster Fedora with your own customisationsBuild a customized SystemRescueCd with your own kernelMy favorite useful Compiz featuresPersonally, I am most concerned with the Compiz plugins that add functionality to my desktop. There are plenty of those too. I am going to outline some of my favorites and most useful.Vyatta changes the networking gameJim Zemlin and the Linux Foundation: Looking after LinusLinux Foundation was formed in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group (FSG), and sponsors Linus Torvalds financially so that he is free to focus on his altruistic, albeit commercially beneficial, task.Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation’s executive director, is the man charged with managing an organisation that appears to have only the noblest of goals – the betterment of open source software, for the good of all. As well as sponsoring Torvalds, its other aims include fostering standards around Linux, providing a fund to contest any legal issues and managing the Linux \ trademark.Better Than Beach Reading: A Linux Starter KitLinuxWorldLinuxWorld: Showcasing the OS in data centers, mobile devices, e-votingLinuxWorld 2008: StarNet Brings LIVE to Linux DesktopsClickStream Technologies Expands Product Suite with Launch of LinuxSight(TM)InMage Systems Offers True Continuous Data Protection and Disaster Recovery for Linux EnvironmentsPromise Technology Furthers Linux Strategy With Linux Support for Its Full Product PortfolioUbuntuCan Ubuntu Linux Close the Digital Divide?Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 102Agile Plus Open Source Equals Developer SuccessOpenbravo demonstrates compatibility with Ubuntu at LinuxWorld 2008Laptops/Small DesktopsAt 50 Million Units Per Annum in 2013, Linux Will Take Lion’s Share of MID Market, According to ABI ResearchGood things in small packagesSome machines have a solid state option, meaning there are no mechanical components in the drive, resulting in less overall weight. For a Linux netbook, 512MB of RAM should suffice but for Windows we suggest 1GB.Review: Asus’s Mini Invasion Continues with the Pint-Sized Eee BoxASUS Eee Box PCCheaper laptops on the wayMobile LinuxLiMo ExpandsLiMo touts new phones, membersMotorola up in strong phone marketLiMo aims DBus at AndroidMovial brings browser-based UI kit to LiMoACCESS Announces NetFront Browser Widgets on ACCESS Linux Platform, Support for Mobile Internet DevicesF/OSSMeet the people behind the Open Source Initiative (video)The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is the group that decides whether a software license merits a seal of approval as actual, genuine open source software. It has never been a secret group — its license-discuss email list has always been open to all comers, for example — but not many open source users or developers know who belongs to the board or what they do.OSS a ‘good choice’ for SMEs“For example, in a desktop environment in which users just need a simple web interface, basic word processing and a spreadsheet, an open source package such as Ubuntu running OpenOffice would be perfect. These users don’t need the bells and whistles of a Microsoft Office.”UniSIM to Offer Singapore’s First Open Source Software ExecutiveNew open source blogger onboard ZDNet AsiaHyperic Adds Xen SupportHow much RMS has wonSourceForge: Undervalued Open-Source StockMozilla Deploys Vertica, Pentaho for Large-Scale AnalyticsZmanda Introduces Open Source Backup and Recovery Software for Oracle® Database and Joins Oracle Unbreakable Linux ProgramEurope/InteroperabilityRevision of the EIF and AGThe ‘European Interoperability Framework for pan-European eGovernment Services’ now available in printed versionUK: Open Standards Forum 2008Intellectual Monopolies and SuppressionUS cuts funding to universitiesMAFIAA starts education protection racketSCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES in the ‘Land of the Free’ will lose funding unless they become copyright cops for the film and music industry.Illegal downloading is here to stayDesign in a P2P world: interview by Julien McHardyOpen source EV community invites suppliers to offer components for converting existing ICE vehicles to electric driveThose privacy-hating Chinese communist tyrantsThe idea that the U.S. can exert meaningful leverage on China’s surveillance behavior is laughable for reasons wholly independent of what the U.S. Government itself does with regard to spying on its own citizens. Nonetheless, to watch U.S. Senators like Sam Brownback actually maintain a straight face while protesting China’s warrantless spying on the email and telephone communications of foreigners, and lamenting that private companies feel unfairly pressured to cooperate with China’s government spying out of fear of losing lucrative business opportunities, is so surreal that it’s actually hard to believe one is seeing it.South Korea Wants More Internet RegulationSecurityDutch police arrest 19-year-old accused of bot herdingDNS Patches Slow Servers, but Fast Action Is AdvisedMicrosoft issued a mea culpa about its DNS update on July 17, saying that the patch was crippling some machines running its Windows Small Business Server suite. Then, on July 25, it said the patch could also affect some network services on systems running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000. In both instances, Microsoft detailed work-arounds.New worm targets notworking sitesNew worm targets notworking sitesLeftoversNvidia chipsets are historyGoogle Apps goes to school at Notre DameThe ‘Anti-Java’ Professor and the Jobless ProgrammersMicrosoft sees end of Windows eraFunny on Monday – MS Has Pushed It Too Far Share in other sites/networks: These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages. Permalink Send this to a friend
=> Techrights
➮ Sharing is caring. Content is available under CC-BY-SA.
text/gemini;lang=en-GBThis content has been proxied by September (ba2dc).