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The GNOME desktop community will stage its annual European conference, GUADEC 2007, July 15-21 in Birmingham, U.K. Organizers are still looking for ideas on interesting talks, and have requested presentation proposal submissions by March 12.
Red Hat Previews Enterprise Linux 4.5
Though Red Hat is poised to roll out its much-anticipated Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 release shortly, work still continues on previous versions of RHEL. This week Red Hat rolled out a beta release of its fifth update to RHEL 4 officially tagged Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5, providing users with a small taste of the virtualization that is to come in RHEL 5.
Review: Inkscape 0.45 is the best yet
Open source software's preeminent vector graphics package, Inkscape, made a new stable release last month. Inkscape 0.45 packs in new features, speed, and usability enhancements, and offers a tempting look at where the package is headed.
Novell sees hope as Microsoft deal starts to pay off
Waltham software vendor Novell Inc. credited its controversial deal with Microsoft Corp. for fueling interest in its Linux operating system software in its fiscal first quarter. Article Tools Novell said that Linux sales rose 46 percent to $15 million over the same period last year. In the period ended Jan. 1, the company racked up additional Linux invoices worth $91 million, a 659 percent increase from the previous year. Revenue from these invoices will be recognized in future quarters.
Podcast aimed at embedded Linux developers
LinuxLink Radio is a free podcast allowing developers to keep up to date with news of interest to the embedded Linux community.
Tiny 2-Watt Linux system packs a light-weight JRE
Canadian board-maker Techsol is offering a tiny industrial gateway device preloaded with Linux, along with a lightweight JRE (Java runtime environment). The Gateway Express is based on the company's SA2410 Medallion CPU module, draws under two watts, and is available with IBM WebSphere development tools.
Is GNU/Linux for you? Probably not
From time to time, it is not uncommon to encounter a confession on the net, a bleating essay that says "I can't run Linux, though I'd love to", and advances a host of assorted "reasons" for this act of commission.
All About Wine: Run Windows Apps Under Linux
A couple months back, I was at home, working on some changes to my personal Web site. I wanted to see how my work in progress looked in Internet Explorer. On a Windows machine that's as easy as pie, of course, but on my Linux desktop it's not so simple. I usually grab my laptop and boot it into Windows if I need to check something in IE (or interact with a wrongheaded site that requires that browser), but this wasn't an option that day--so I apparently had no choice but to reboot my desktop (which dual boots), select Windows, fire up Internet Explorer, take a look, and boot back into Linux to continue my work.
Linuxasia 2007: Open-source event puts interoperability first
This year’s event focussed on interoperability, the commercialization of Open Source Software (OSS) technologies and the acceptance of OSS when it comes to running mission critical applications.
Do we want Mac in the enterprise when we have Linux?
Larry Dignan recently posted a piece on Mac in the enterprise (The eternal question: Can Apple go enterprise?). I think a better question is actually why we would want Apple to bother with the enterprise when we have Linux? This assumes, of course, that you're in the market for a Windows alternative. However, Apple has done such an incredibly nice job moving into the world of consumer electronics that I say, "Let them stay there!"
Release-critical Bugreport for March 2, 2007
Bug stamp-out list March 2, 2007
A Modest Proposal for Michael Dell
For anyone who has been using open source for a while, the current commercial enthusiasm for communities, collaboration, and all things Web 2.0, is rather amusing. After all, the idea that users are not to be regarded simply as passive and grateful recipients of whatever is handed down to them from on high, but need to be treated as partners and participants who can make valuable contributions to the formulation and development of new products, is central to the way that free software works. But some companies that are starting to dabble with Web 2.0 ideas are discovering that you have to be careful what you wish for when you solicit this kind of user feedback. Just ask Michael Dell.
FSF wants to partner with hardware makers
The Free Software Foundation is hoping to engage hardware makers to work with the free software community to "establish a mutually beneficial relationship".
Fault-tolerant Linux can compete with Windows
If you ask any IT manager if they would want an operating system that was ‘guaranteed’ to be available and supporting applications running continuously twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, then the answer would probably be very simple. However, if you want to measure how much this level of availability is worth to the organisation, then you’ll probably get a very different response.
Preinstalled Open Source: The Next OS Battleground?
The consumer response to Dell's request for product suggestions showed a large interest in PCs preloaded with open source operating systems and applications. Negligible financial benefit has often stood in the way of such offerings. Unknown interest among consumers has also been an obstacle, but now that Dell has asked them directly, can it afford to ignore their replies?
Network appliance runs Linux on multi-core MIPS64 NPU
Taiwanese board- and system-builder Lanner Electronics is sampling a 2U network appliance that supports Cavium's interesting multi-core MIPS64-compatible network processing units (NPUs). The MR-950 runs Linux, and targets devices running multi-service security applications, such as UTM (unified threat management) appliances.
2007 HIMSS Wrap-Up
This yearsHIMSS conference in New Orleans is over. Here's the conference wrap-up:CCHIT certification is being emphasized.Interoperability progress is occurring but is still confusing.Open source has a presence at HIMSS now!Read more for details.
Métamorphose your file names en masse
Métamorphose is the graphical equivalent of the mv command combined with some of the functions of the chattr command for multiple files. While Métamorphose seems intended mainly for use with mass numbers of music files, to judge from the examples in the online help, anyone who takes file organization seriously can benefit from its attention to work flow and detailed options.
Sometimes a CGI script is the most elegant solution
Sun's Latest Turn With Open Source Nuts And Bolts
Sun Microsystems has updated its Java Enterprise System, a software suite the company offers to prop up customers' Web services, composite applications and collaboration tools. Java Enterprise System is Sun's answer to IBM's WebSphere and BEA's WebLogic infrastructure software suites. The three rivals try to lure customers with building blocks for service-oriented architectures that support newfangled Web 2.0 services, such as wikis, blogs and mashups.
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