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Posted in News Roundup at 6:32 am by Dr. Roy SchestowitzGNU/LinuxThe Super Windows That…Couldn’tOne of the more bizarre accusations flung by Microsoft at GNU/Linux over the years is that it doesn’t scale. This is part of a larger campaign to portray it as a kind of “toy” operating system – fine for low-end stuff, but nothing you’d want to run your enterprise on.Sadly, that narrative has been rather undermined by the independent Top500 supercomputing sites ranking. Five years ago, the GNU/Linux family ran 36.80% of the top 500 supercomputers; worse, Windows ran on precisely one supercomputer.SAP and Microsoft, Watch Your BackA lot of large companies are tapping these technologies to good advantage. Walt Disney (DIS), for example, uses Linux open-source software on its animated movies.is there a long-term future for the netbook?The retail impact of Linux in the netbook market has been huge, with many retailers reporting that Linux based netbooks were taking up 40% or more of their notebook class shipments.Giving Thanks to Linux and Open SourceLinux Community’s unoffical mascot taken by MicrosoftMicrosoft has now successfully claimed the penguin as their “symbol”. Yep, I see it coming…”What’s the big deal helios? So they use a flock of penguins to advertise.” If those words come out of your mouth, I would make certain they weren’t heard too loudly. Ask yourself this. Why penguins? How many tens of thousands of other animals could they have chosen?Internet Café Invaded by Linux DesktopYou may ask why I’m happy about this recent experience. —Well, I really want Linux to succeed, and seeing it now being used in a Windows-dominated Internet café business is a telltale sign that the Linux desktop is geared up for the mainstream crowd. So, cheers to that!Linux Makes the GradeIn 2001, Indiana officials at the Department of Education were taking stock. The schools had an excellent network infrastructure and had installed significant numbers of computers for 1 million public school enrollees. Yet students were spending less than an hour a week on the computer. Why?Shuttling students to and from computer labs and managing their time there restricted computer use so much that, analysis showed, certain students had access cut to less than 35 minutes a week. It was then that state officials knew each student needed a computer, and Indiana’s one-to-one initiative was launched. But how were they to pay for such a huge project that would have cost $100 million a year in software licensing alone?Dell’s Linux Ads: Microsoft’s Nightmare Before Christmas?The Bizarre Cathedral – 31Flickr Uploaders for Linux: Secretive, But Not Endangered BeastsWindows App Alternatives For Linux: MSPaintLockheed Martin to Migrate to LynuxWorks’ Latest Operating System and Developer Toolkit for Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) ProgramPower PMAC motion computer provides easy configurationEyeing Open Source OS, VDEL Launches SoftwareUnitedOpen Source Portable Firewall DebutsThe benefits of Linux in the law office.Desktop Environments8 Great Alternative Desktop Managers For LinuxXfce 4.6 Beta 2 (Hopper) releasedKDEHero of todaymy glowing heart .. er .. panelAdobeAdobe pinballs 64-bit Flash Player 10 alpha into Linux orbitAdobe to Offer New Tools for UI DevelopmentKernel SpaceLinux 2.6.28-rc5Kernel Log: New graphics drivers and Linux versions: Dom0 patches for 2.6.29?Linus TorvaldsUnjustifiable Criticism of Richard Stallman by Linus TorvaldsThe wit and wisdom of Linus TorvaldsWho’s the Greatest Geek of All Time?GraphicsLinux API harnesses GeForce GPU’s HD video capabilitiesThe Portland Group Announces PGI 8.0 Optimizing Compilers & Tools for Multi-core x64 ProcessorsCompiz With Radeon DRI2 Driver Almost ThereDistributions[Stalinux:] Coming soon!UbuntuAttack Of The Ubuntu ForksWhat the Next Theme for Ubuntu Should (and Should Not) Be101 High Quality Ubuntu WallpapersCustomizing Ubuntu to provide stunning looksUbuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 117Ubuntu Studio 8.10Ubuntu 8.10 FinalMetacity Compositing Effects in Ubuntu 8.10Discovering Ubuntu as a Windows UserMintLinux MintMint 6 RC1 on the Acer Aspire OneFedora/Red HatA Geek Chick’s Peek at Fedora 10 “Preview”Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3b adds to virtualizationF/OSSXMind goes open sourceoDesk says PHP development outstrips demand for all other programming skillsEngine Yard Introduces Developer Support for MerbFreedom OSS Announces ‘Freedom Open Source Survey’ACM selects Motama’s software as the final winner of Open Source competitionDjango 1.0.1 released!What’s new in LyX 1.6?Open Source BI Fights For Its ShareOpen Source Lets Developers Speed SOA Development Despite Economic SlowdownOpen Source and Sustainability, UpdatedWay of LifeRule #2: Create a communityOpen source questions answered and myths debunkedCollaboration Is At The Heart Of Open Source Content ManagementMozilla Thunderbird using DrupalOscommerce Shopping Cart Customization and Integration ServicesOpen Source Code For The Virtualized WorldNASANASA turns to open-source problem-tracking databasesBugzilla used to build shuttle bug-tracking packageOpenOffice.orgPresenting with Linux – Impress with SuccessNorway encourages use of open source softwareAnother day, another Microsoft lieThis time around it’s a study by ClickStream Technologies, which found Microsoft Office, to be far more popular than OpenOffice.org, which in turn was far more popular than Google Docs. What Microsoft doesn’t mention is that ClickStream is headed by Microsoft’s former head of Microsoft Office research. Very independent, eh?Boycott Novell did some digging about this latest Microsoft study, and found, just underneath the dirt’s surface that ClickStream’s senior research analyst is also a former Microsoft Corporation researcher and strategist for the Office product. If you buy that this study will say anything except what Microsoft wants it to say, I have some early-release, Detroit Lion SuperBowl tickets you might also want to buy. Cheap! So you thought OpenOffice.org controlled ODF? Think again…These news are a week old, but I thought it would be wise to have the dust settle a bit before writing about them.What was announced last week? The OpenOffice.org project had opened a project called the ODF Toolkit. What this project was all about, really, was to design a toolkit for ODF Documents. It included, obviously, the capacity the create applications producing ODF. But the goal was much broader than that; the ODF Toolkit was and is a piece of the essential “plumbing” for processing ODF documents.InterviewsSpringSource Gains Momentum in Enterprise JavaTime right for young open source companies: ProactumInterview with Mitchell Baker: Part 1IndiaNational Conference on Free Software 2008 :: Day 1Freedom Walk – Final day at TrivandrumGPLpediaConsolidating Open Source Software Business on the WEB – RedHat & GPLpedia.comGPLpediaSlim.com – Launched for Promoting the Best Open Source SoftwareMAFIAAFrench music industry wants P2P banLaw professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits (AP)Mark Cuban Charged With Insider TradingText: SEC Complaint Against Mark CubanInternet/Net NeutralityObama’s FCC Transition Team NamedGerman Politician Blocks Local WikipediaLeftoverOpinion: You really can do more with lessDigital Tipping Point: Clip of the DayVictor Stone talks about music, Free Software, Creative Commons and life at Microsoft 04 (2004)Digital Tipping Point is a Free software-like project where the raw videos are code. 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