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Posted in News Roundup at 9:26 pm by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxAndrew Lahde: Goodbye!My suggestion is that this great man start and sponsor a forum for great minds to come together to create a new system of government that truly represents the common man’s interest, while at the same time creating rewards great enough to attract the best and brightest minds to serve in government roles without having to rely on corruption to further their interests or lifestyles. This forum could be similar to the one used to create the operating system, Linux, which competes with Microsoft’s near monopoly. I believe there is an answer, but for now the system is clearly broken.Linux versus Windows: another fine Microsoft TCO AnalysisSo what’s the bottom line on the review? simple: if you hire someone to prove that increasing upfront spending on school computers by about 30% without getting a productivity improvement is a good thing, they’re going to have to make some pretty slick logical leaps somewhere – and I think this one got to its destined conclusions by using nicely formatted Excel tables and lots of verbiage to hide assumptions amounting to the required conclusions.Alien Arena 2008 Receives Graphics ImprovementsWhile not commonly mentioned at Phoronix, Alien Arena is an open-source sci-fi first-person shooter that has been around since 2004 and uses the CRX engine, which is a derivative of the Id’s GPL source-code. Version 7.20 of Alien Arena 2008 was released this week and a few features had caught our attention. In addition to a number of game-play improvements, Alien Arena 2008 has received a number of improvements to its graphics renderer with GLSL program management, parallax mapping, new lighting, new shaders, and other work.The Sine Qua Non of the Free DesktopYakuake — yet another pop-up terminalElive 1.9.10 ScreenShotsMetro ReleasedLeave It To The Little Guys…Versus Windows and Mac OS XWhy good people make bad OS choicesFor my mother-in-law, I picked her up an ASUS Eee 900A, which runs Xandros Linux for, with sales tax, just over $300. She loves it and she’s been reading the Miami Herald news using Firefox and playing solitaire like a fiend for the last day and a half.R.I.P. – Windows XPIt’s true that Ubuntu has some quirks for the user switching from XP, but I’ve found these quirks to be a byproduct of 15 years of Windows use – not any inherent problem with Ubuntu itself. In fact, once I get used to the Ubuntu way of doing things, they’re almost universally better.I have debated for 3 years making the switch to a linux distro, and after 2 weeks of making the switch, this is all I have to say:Goodbye Windows XP. May you rest in peace.Linux incognito part one: the LeopardIf you sit out Vista, what are your alternatives?Linux proponents have seemingly declared every year since 2000 as being the year for Linux On The Desktop. Linux seems to get better with every iteration, but is it there yet? It might be.I spend about half my day on a Linux box. About the only time I flip to Windows is when I have to do something that Linux can’t – like working with Exchange’s calendars conveniently for example.With the new distributions that are constantly coming out, Linux programmers have been consistently moving the ball down the field, encroaching on Windows’ desktop territory. As decent as things are now, with another 2 years of coding 2010 just might BE the year of Linux On The Desktop.Ubuntu/Debian10 features Ubuntu should implementHistory of Ubuntu, from Warthog to IbexUbuntu, our favorite and the largest community-supported linux distribution is gradually becoming one of the best free and open-source operating systems ever.[...]Coming later this month, Intrepid Ibex will be the ninth Ubuntu release. For all we know, it has got a new network manager with better support for 3G networks, Nautilus now has support for tabs, auto-install drivers option now works with printers, there is a whole new black theme and a better flash support.Ubuntu 8.10 beta reviewUbuntu 8.10 Coming SoonWhy Ubuntu Then?Lubi – Linux based Ubuntu InstallerDebian (Etch) LinuxPCLinuxOSPCLinuxOS 2009 Beta ScreenShots and ReviewPCLinuxOS N1PTT-TR3 RELEASED!Meet PCLinuxOS 2009 (Beta 1)To the excitement of its many loyal users, the PCLinuxOS development team released the first beta of the highly anticipated 2009 release. It’s been a long time coming but it seems it’s finally on its way. There were no big surprizes found in this release, but lots of updates.PCLinuxOS – Why would you want to try it out?Desktop EnvironmentJoin us in Jamaica next January for Camp KDEIn January 2008, the KDE community celebrated the release of the much anticipated KDE 4.0 in Mountain View, CA. When the event was celebrated by a packed house, we realised that there was a strong demand for KDE events in the Americas. One year later, the community will celebrate this new conference series at Camp KDE 2009, to be held in Negril, Jamaica.The 5 Best Xfce – based Linux DistributionsSub-notebooksA really cheap NetbookThe 1980s NetbookLaptop plan is not child’s play just yetBut worse than its origins were the criticism of the software itself. Negroponte had opted for Linux and an entirely new user interface called Sugar (the rumours said that he had turned down an offer by Steve Jobs of free-to-ship version of MacOS).SaaSCrystal Ball Sunday #13: Cloud ComputingMissing in the Cloud: package managmentKernelKernel Log: Coming in 2.6.28 – Part 1: ATA support and block layerKernel Log: Ext4 completes development phase as interim step to btrfs2.6.27 adds dual-core Feroceon supportLinux Foundation End User Summit: New BtrFS Filesystem and Knowledge CenterLinux 2.6.27.22.6.27-stable reviewF/OSSRed Hat Exchange Doubles Quarterly Bookings, Boosts Zimbra and MySQLProgress Software Touts Benefits of Open Source with FUSE ESB 4.0 ReleaseFuse ESB 4.0 is first open-source product since Iona purchaseApatar Accelerates Customer Data Integration Between Open Source SugarCRM Package and 3rd-party ApplicationsRecession? What’s Your Plan?‘Open Wide…’How Cisco exploits open sourceOpen source licence violations manual publishedWhat is Firebird?ProgrammingSlimmer Java for the desktopLooking at PerlFree SoftwareGPL Project Watch List for Week of 10/17National Conference On Free Software, Kochi IndiaGoogleT-Mobile Android Smart Phone a Solid DeviceGoogle updates Chrome so plugins will work betterODF and OpenOffice.orgMove to Subversion doneSun offers govt $1 softwareOpen Source is Ideal, Open Formats are CriticalODF workshopFOSSBazaarAmazing figures on the open source adoption in FinlandFOSSBazaar Attacks Open Source Licensing FearsMAFIAA750,000 lost jobs? The dodgy digits behind the war on piracy25 Arguments for the Elimination of Copy ProtectionLeftoversCompany without a name unveils mainframe SolarisOpera 9.60 Review – Awesomeness, Great Features and a Few Annoying CrashesDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the Dayhome audio video buff Marc Merlin 07 (2005)Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. You can assist by participating. 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
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