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Apple: A Bigger Open Source Enemy Than Microsoft?

Is it really possible that Apple is -- in some respects -- worse than Microsoft when it comes to respecting the fundamentals of software freedom? Christopher Tozzi, a blogger on Works With U, the independent guide to Ubuntu, makes his case against Apple. Here's the scoop.

Mandriva and Turbolinux Join Moblin, Create Manbo Labs

A press release issued by Mandriva and Turbolinux today announced they are joining the Moblin project and continuing their collaboration through Manbo Labs. Manbo Labs employs Mandriva and Turbolinux engineers to develop the core components of a Linux distribution tailored for Atom processors.

Fennek Fox Comes Out of Hiding

  • Linux Pro Magazine; By Kristian Kissling (Posted by brittaw on Oct 21, 2008 1:25 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mozilla
As a small creature living in the Sahara, the fennec fox (vulpus zerda) has to be satisfied with very little. This is equally true of Mozilla's own Fennec that is to feel at home with the scant resources of hardware on mobile devices.

MEPIS jumps on 2.6.27

Only ten days after the release of Linux 2.6.27, the SimplyMEPIS project has decided to work the new kernel into its next release. The project today used the kernel in both 32- and 64-bit versions of the third beta release of SimplyMEPIS 8.

Python Conference Changes Venue to Accommodate Growth

The World's largest Python event returns to Chicago. PyCon 2009, the seventh annual Python community conference, will take place March 27 to 29 at Chicago's Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel.

Begone Caps Lock and Other Great Keyboard Hacks

LinuxPlanet Classics: Want to get rid of the evil caps lock key without mutilating your keyboard? Want to give those silly Windows keys useful jobs, or put all those extra multi-media keys to work? Want to become a powerhouse keyboarding commando? With Linux you can do all of these things.

WFTL Bytes! for Oct 20, 2008

WFTL Bytes! is your occasiodaily FOSS and Linux news show for Oct 20, 2008, with your host, Marcel Gagné. Today's stories include evil in our governments (US and Canada), Microsoft threatens again, why copy protection is stupid, the cost of policing P2P in schools, and making good OS choices.

Does Linux Need a $300 Million Ad Campaign?

Microsoft is now spending $300 million to counter Apple's "I'm a Mac" ads. Does Linux need its own ad campaign? It has been fascinating to see Microsoft roll out its (can you believe it!!) $300 million ad campaign, the one that counters the now famous and effective “I’m a Mac” ads. With those ads, the Apple folks have done a great job of defining a narrative for Microsoft and, in the parlance of advertising, affecting their brand image. The top dog at Microsoft for managing the brand image of Windows said “[Apple has] made a caricature out of the PC.” Given the stakes in the marketplace, Microsoft had little choice but to invest a ton of resources and get their own message out into the public realm.

Inquisitor stresses and benchmarks your hardware

Ever wondered why your new computer feels sluggish -- or afraid you'll blow your overclocked processor to smithereens? The Inquisitor testing platform wraps the best of open source benchmarking tools in special scripts to help you test and diagnose your hardware. It's simple to use for desktop users, and if you are a computer reseller or vendor, you can also use it to stress-test thousands of computers simultaneously before shipping them off. Inquisitor, originally developed by ALT Linux and released under GNU GPL in mid-2007, is a set of shell scripts that wrap around popular open source tools such as Bonnie++, IOzone, UnixBench, and BYTEmark.

Pygrub & install CentOS 5.2 PV DomU at Xen 3.2 Ubuntu Hardy Dom0 via local HTTP Server (all 64-bit)

  • Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris; By Boris Derzhavets (Posted by dba477 on Oct 20, 2008 7:43 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Red Hat, Ubuntu
Due to known bug virt-install was broken on Ubuntu 8.04 since day of it’s GA and never has been fixed as far as to my knowledge. However, xen-enabled ISO’s like RH’s ones allow to perform PV Guest install via pygrub and repository placed on Apache Server running at Dom0. Notice, that virtual frame buffer would work fine for CentOS PV at Ubuntu Hardy Dom0 (2.6.24-21-xen).

Addendum Ubuntu 8.04 - Pseudo Root User

In my last article on this topic, I gave a detailed description how I activated the update-notifier process on a non-privileged user's desktop. I fully expected to see updates notices appear on that desktop as I had on the older 6.06 version. After an extended period no update icon appeared, I became suspicious. I ran some tests that indicated, indeed, no updates were needed. Hence, I was given a false sense of confidence, when the reality was I ran the wrong tests. I later learned that while I had seen the update-notifier running as a process once, it was not active on the unprivileged user's desktop upon a fresh startup. Therefore, my efforts were ineffective.

How much is Linux worth? Try $25 Billion

  • InternetNews.com; By Sean Michael Kerner (Posted by red5 on Oct 20, 2008 5:48 PM EDT)
  • Groups: Linux; Story Type: News Story
The Linux Foundation is set to release a report on Wednesday estimating that the Linux ecosystem is now worth $25 billion. Of that $1.3 billion is from Google and its use of Linux for the Android mobile OS.

Ballmer Needs to Learn the Art of Shutting Up

Steve Ballmer doesn't seem to have learned the art of shutting up, which is fairly odd given that he is the CEO of a huge corporation. Ballmer gave a talk last week at the Gartner's Symposium ITxpo in Orlando where by all reports he let go not one, but two major gaffes. One involved Yahoo! The other involved his embattled OS: Vista.

Linux incognito part one: the Leopard

One commonly-stated barrier to Linux adoption is that it looks different to the regular computer environment people are used to. Yet, one of the strengths of Linux over other operating systems is that its user interface can be totally replaced to suit any occasion. Here is how to trick it out like MacOS's Leopard, and trick your friends.

Apple and Google Try to Remap Laptop, Smartphone Landscape

HTC's G1, the first Android phone, is a solid competitor to the iPhone, writes columnist Rob Enderle. It's not perfect -- it lacks support for Microsoft Exchange -- but it's close. Apple's notebook upgrades also meet with his approval.

Hands on: Fennec alpha 1 puts Firefox on your handheld

Mozilla has announced the availability of the first Mobile Firefox alpha release. The project, which is codenamed Fennec, aims to bring the desktop Firefox browsing experience to mobile devices like MIDs and phone handsets. This early alpha release delivers a compelling user interface and demonstrates the impressive scope of the browser's potential on diminutive devices, but suffers from performance limitations and instability that reflect the need for significant refinement before it's mature enough for mainstream adoption.

Convert YouTube Videos Into MP3s

  • HowtoForge; By Stephan Jau (Posted by falko on Oct 20, 2008 1:17 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Linux
I do have a few songs that are broken and that I can't get somewhere else and can't buy however they are on YouTube. I know, quality is not the best on YouTube but for some stuff you have it might be better. Question is, how could I put those flash videos onto my music player? It's actually very simple but the legality of it depends on where you live. Better check out first if you are allowed to convert YouTube videos into mp3s.

This week at LWN: Plugging into GCC

Almost one year ago, LWN examined the GCC plugin mechanism - or, more exactly, the lack of such a mechanism. Despite the increasing level of interest in adding special-purpose modules to the GCC compiler, GCC has no API which allows this addition to be done. So developers working on GCC extensions are faced with the daunting prospect of patching their code directly into the compiler. This situation looked unlikely to change; the Free Software Foundation's fears that a plugin mechanism would be used by proprietary extensions was just too strong. One year later, though, things look a little different; there may be a plugin-capable GCC available in the (relatively) near future.

Linux Gains Flash, Ubuntu Gains Wikipedia - but Can They Change the World?

It was a good week for Linux last week, as it began its 18th year with two significant coups. Generating the most excitement, perhaps, was the long-awaited release on Wednesday of Adobe Flash Player 10, now available -- for the first time ever -- in a variety of convenient packaging formats for Linux.

Amazing figures on the open source adoption in Finland

I attended Openmind last week, an interesting conference organized by the Finnish Centre for Open Source Solutions (COSS) to bring together open source professionals, community members and academics in Finland. In the session about business aspects of open source, in which I gave a talk about FOSS Governance, Nina Helander and Mikko Rönkkö presented the preliminary results of the National Software Industry Survey 2008.

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