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By H.Kwint (the Netherlands) - Aug 10, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Aug-2007LXer Feature: 10-Aug-2007
I've been trying to catch on and to understand what this thread's all about (It started with R. Hovespian from Novell explaining why they needed a deal with MS). I thought, maybe I could try to summarize it all to understand - and maybe explain to others - what's happening here, so I made up a tale of the whole situation:
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 05, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-Jul-2007LXer Feature: 05-Aug-2007
Some of the big news this week includes Mepis going back to Debian, Linus speaks out on the desktop, Microsoft finally got the result they wanted in Mass, An LXer settles the Mandriva - PCLinuxOS debate, some KDE 4.0 screenshots and Matt Hartley goes two for two in the FUD section of the LXer Weekly Roundup.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 29, 2007
The LXer Interview: Dave Wreski of EnGarde Secure LinuxThis week we have some details about the Linspire-MS deal, a great article by Danijel Orsolic, Open Source in Outer Space, my Interview with Dave Wreski, a short list of good command line tools and much more.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 24, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Jul-2007An interview with Dave Wreski CEO of Guardian Digital, makers of EnGarde Secure Linux. I ask him how EnGarde came about, what makes EnGarde different and the effect if any, of the GPLv3 on the software in EnGarde. He answers all these questions and more, in The LXer Interview of Dave Wreski.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 22, 2007
The pen is mightier than the FUDThis week we have the launching of a new Linux Hardware site, cool videos of PhotoSynth and SeaDragon and MPX or Multi-Pointer X being demonstrated and a Firefox user bangs his head against a wall. All these and more plus I have to create a FUD article section just to contain them all.
By Sander Marechal ('s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands) - Jul 19, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-Jul-2007LXer Feature: 19-Jul-2007
A few days ago Rob Enderle proclaimed that Open Source and Linux are losing momentum, without any evidence to back this up and despite that IDC and Gartner are saying the exact opposite. The FOSS community responded with rebuttals after which Rob posted a follow-up in which he makes some particularly nasty accusations. However, trying to follow Rob's logic in the original article quickly showed that it was not about a loss in momentum at all. That was just a framework on which to hang a different tale, one that gives us some insight in how he sees the world of software development.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 15, 2007
The LXer Interview: Sebastian Kügler of KDEIn the latest LXer Weekly Roundup we have, Mark Shuttleworth announcing that Gobuntu is a go, Confessions of a Linux Fan, a review of Siag Office, Turbolinux signs a deal with Microsoft, IBM Pledges Free Access to Patents for use in Open Standards, my interview with Sebastian Kügler of KDE, 16,000 Linux computers delivered for free and Paul McDougall tries to put words in Linus Torvalds mouth. All this and more, plus the FUD article of the week.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 12, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Jul-2007A look inside what makes KDE tick, a glimpse of what the future holds and more in The LXer Interview of Sebastian Kügler.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jul 08, 2007
Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux, part 2The big stories this week include Microsoft's attempts to distance itself from the effects of the GPLv3, Part 2 of Carla Schroder's Adventures in Digital Photography, using Live Linux distro's for online banking, Massachusetts decides that XML is ok and the BSA ups the ante on getting people to "Blow The Whistle". All this and more await you in this weeks LXer Roundup.
By Carla Schroder - Jul 02, 2007
In part 1 I introduced you fine readers to my new obsession, digital SLR cameras. If you're used to compact point-and-shoot digital cameras, and you're thinking of making the move to a DSLR, there are several important points to keep in mind:LXer Weekly Roundup for 01-Jul-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 30, 2007
Why Is It Called Iceweasel Again? - The Debian ChroniclesThe big story this week is the official release of the GPLv3. It has been a long time coming and I for one am glad that it is finally here. Other stories include the Ohio Linux Fest call for presenters, Google going over the head of the Justice Department, a new Linux powered IBM super-computer, Dell expands its Linux offerings along with the FUD article of the week. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 30, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Jun-2007I explain a few things and find out why the Mozilla browser is called "Iceweasel" in my continuing adventures in Debian-land.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 23, 2007
Adventures in Digital Photography With LinuxThe big stories this week include Bolivarian Computers made in Venezuela, an illuminating comparison of ODF and OOXML, Mandriva's CEO says publicly that they will not sign a cross licensing deal with Microsoft, Miguel de Icaza shows off Microsoft's Flash replacement and an "expert" on Innovation vacillates on his own definition in reference to Open Source software. All these stories and more for your reading enlightenment.
By Carla Schroder - Jun 20, 2007
Our steamed, I mean esteamed, I mean esteemed (dang, I need a new keyboard. this one is all defective) Editor-in-Chief's excellent article, From the Camera to the Web With Konqueror taught me some cool new tricks, and inspired me to share some of my own photography adventures.Ubuntu'd, you're getting a Dell
By Lane Beneke (aka NoDough) - Jun 20, 2007
The perfect high school graduation gift – a new computer. It'll be a God-send for my daughter when her college starts up in the fall. But what to buy? Seeing that I've been running Linux systems for over a decade, I really wanted to introduce my daughter (a non-geek, I guess she didn't get the gene) to Linux as well.Interview With Fred Miller - GNU/Linux Evangelist
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 19, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Jun-2007LXer Feature: 19-Jun-2007
Fred Miller is a prolific GNU/Linux evangelist and active member of the OpenSUSE community. He has converted numerous small businesses and individuals from Windows to GNU/Linux. He is also a big OpenOffice.org fan.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 17, 2007
From the Camera to the Web With KonquerorFirst off, Happy Fathers Day to all you Fathers out there, especially mine. It seems that Microsoft is all over the news this week. Between the Linspire deal, getting help from an old friend in the Justice Department to yet another one of their shills stating that OpenXML really is an open standard. Not to worry though, I have lots of other articles for you to check out.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 14, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Jun-2007There are plenty of ways to transfer photos from your digital camera to the World Wide Web. Here's how I took my photos straight from my camera to my website with Konqueror.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jun 10, 2007
Microsoft & Linux Vendors Trading in Patent Fool's GoldThe big news this week was Microsoft signing LG Electronics and Linux Distributor Xandros to cross patent licensing deals. We have several articles submitted by our readers and Don Parris talks about why those patent agreements are a search for Fool's Gold.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Jun 07, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 03-Jun-2007Well what do you know? Microsoft seems to be gaining ground with their "patent protection" scheme. But what if they discover they've only bought a few bricks of fool's gold?
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Jun 03, 2007
Sabayon's Fabio Erculiani: "Users first and choice makes the tasty dessert among the distro's"A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By H.Kwint, the Netherlands - May 31, 2007
Ronin: Logged Off (9 July 1943 - 27 May 2007) - Celebrating the Life of Jim FarnsworthAfter a month of absence I visited Distrowatch again, and found out I definitely missed something. A new Gentoo-based almost Ubuntu-like* distribution - called Sabayon (an Italian dessert) Linux - seemed to have appeared almost out of nowhere recently including a full-blown portal website. This is even more true if you know Sabayon Linux only has three main developers.
"Let's give this a spin" I thought, and I was stunned: "How did these developers make the most progressive but still stable desktop I have ever seen, with out-of-the-box 3D-desktop experience and tons of applications - all fitting on a LiveDVD?"
Soon, the distribution reached its preliminary goal of surpassing Gentoo at Distrowatch and became the fastest growing distribution of the last few months. To those who don't know Sabayon Linux yet, I'd say: "If less is more, than Sabayon Linux is most at least".So far so good, you may think, but Sabayon Linux' main developer - Fabio Erculiani - sees an even bigger future for Sabayon Linux, after funding issues are resolved. Time to find out who are behind this user-oriented distribution.
[*In my opinion it's better, but to those who haven't tried Sabayon Linux yet, think Ubuntu, but more complete and more progressive - hkwint]
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 30, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 27-May-2007Jim Farnsworth, known to many as "jimf" or "Ronin", logged off the IRC channel, #life, Sunday morning in a hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin. As an active member of the LXer community, we'd like to help our readers celebrate Jim's impact on all of us.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 27, 2007
Why Is Dell Hiding Their Ubuntu Boxes?A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 25, 2007
Five Tired Old Myths About GNU/LinuxVisit Dell's home page. Click either the desktops or laptops option. Now tell me if you see anything at all about Ubuntu or GNU/Linux. No? Why is it that Dell hides their Ubuntu option in a menu bar?
Update - Midnight 26 May 2007: Dell's website shows the Open Source PC's listed under "Essential Links" on the left side of the web pages for notebooks and desktops respectively. - dcparris
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 24, 2007
Dell Moves Quickly to Deliver the GNU GoodsWould you believe that, in 2007, there are people who still blame Linux for the lack of hardware vendors who advertise Linux support and who believe that the Bash project's evangelists are hurting Linux uptake? Look, if you're going to claim the GNU/Linux community is not grasping the average computer user, at least use some up-to-date arguments - not the tired old arguments from 1999.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 23, 2007
Railsconf 2007 roundupDell started "listening" to its customers in February. They spoke loudly and clearly. It's not even June yet - 24 May, to be exact - and Dell is set to launch it's lineup of desktop and laptop computers with Ubuntu Linux 7.04 pre-installed.
By Sean Lynch (number6x) - May 21, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 20-May-2007LXer Feature: 21-May-2007
An overview of the second annual Ruby on Rails conference held in Portland, Oregon, May 17th - 20th. Covering the talks in great detail would take far to much space, so this article will try to cover the key points and give links to find out more.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 20, 2007
Can Dell Fix Their Google Ad Campaign?A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 18, 2007
Open letter to Novell: Release the patent numbers!LXer inquired about Google's advertising program to find out why Google ads show up with the words "Dell Linux Desktop", even though Dell hasn't yet launched its line of Ubuntu-based computers, and whether Google considers the practice misleading. Can Dell fix the misleading advertising problem?
By Sander Marechal - May 16, 2007
LXer 'classics': 101 patents Microsoft may infringeLXer Feature: 16-May-2007
The technology industry has been in a buzz since last Monday's Fortune article in which Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claims that the GNU/Linux operating system infringes 235 of Microsoft's patents. Microsoft refuses to tell the community what those patents are, but they told you, Novell.
By Hans Kwint, The Netherlands - May 15, 2007
Dell's Ubuntu Deal Still OnA new database ("counterFUD") was released in 2005 at LXer showing patent numbers where parts of Microsoft might infringe upon.
[Note: This is an old LXer story, but I posted it again, since the topic is hot again, and included some new comments - hkwint ]
"If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today." - Bill Gates, Challenges and Strategy Memo. 16 May 1991, almost forecasting 'patent armageddon'
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 15, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 13-May-2007A missing post on Direct2Dell site, especially viewed against the backdrop of their latest arrangements with Microsoft and Novell, prompts questions about the Dell's Ubuntu deal. The deal is definitely still "on".
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 13, 2007
Dell Listens to GNU/Linux Community - Will It Pay Off?A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 11, 2007
Linux and The Indianapolis 500A scant two weeks after Michael Dell returned to the company he founded in 1984, to help repair it, Dell launched its IdeaStorm project and several others in an effort to listen to their customers. The GNU/Linux community has spoken loud and clear. Time will tell how well Dell is listening.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 08, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 06-May-2007The idea to have the Open Source community sponsor a car in the Indianapolis 500 put forth recently has more than just the Open Source Press taking notice. Here is my take on it.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - May 06, 2007
Dell To Fix Misleading Advertising LinksA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - May 05, 2007
Open Letter to DELLIn some Google searches for Linux computers, Dell advertisements have cropped up in the advertising links, leading unsuspecting users to Windows-only computers at Dell's website. After initially being ignored, LXer finally gets a response from Dell.
By Lane Beneke (aka NoDough) - May 03, 2007
LXer Feature: 03-May-2007LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-Apr-2007When the timing is right, things just naturally seem to fall into place and work for good.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 29, 2007
Vector Linux - Chaucer's Beautiful HagA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 25, 2007
Installing CentOS 4.4 - Short-n-SweetChaucer fans will immediately understand when I say that Vector Linux is a modern retelling of the Wife of Bath's Tale - with a few twists.
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 24, 2007
LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Apr-2007Don Parris walks you through a basic CentOS 4.4 installation.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 22, 2007
LXer cookbook: Convince your boss you need a new desktopA weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By Hans Kwint (The Netherlands) - Apr 22, 2007
Beginners Linux: "Forget Laymans terms, DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH?"OK, that's it. You had it. When running a CAD-application, it takes more than 330 msec to move 30 000 polylines, compiling OpenOffice from scratch takes more than half an hour, Firefox won't open all existing 86 010 LXer stories at once in seperate tabs anymore, you can't run all OpenBSD versions from 2.2 to 3.9 in VMware at the same time anymore to look for differences, TuxRacer only makes 2 frames per day... And worst, your neigbour running Windows98 does his job fine using his i1/2-86, an ancient predecessor of the i286. You're all fed up with it.
But your desktop/server/laptop, whatever it is because it doesn't matter, still looks brand new. Now, what to do to convince your non-tech savvy boss, which would be beaten by your death grandma in a nerd-quiz, that you really need that quadcore dual Opteron SLI triple---whell-everything dual system?
By Brett L. Antoine - Apr 17, 2007
Ever wonder what the heck someone means when they tell you you need to open a Konsole and "su to root"? Or "All you need to do is JED that file."? Here are some explanations to and locations of some useful items.Focus to Folly in 3.6 pages - A Microcosm of the Linux Community?
By Roger Danielson - Apr 16, 2007
It started out well, someone agreed with it, someone didn't, the first someone defended his position, the second someone did the same. And on it went. However I noticed a phenomenon that is not uncommon in Linux forums. By the end of the discussion and at that point in time, it ran just short of 4 pages. The conversation had went from the topic at hand to the subject of zebras and virgins. Now you tell me how that happened.LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-Apr-2007
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, USA) - Apr 15, 2007
Linux Gurus and the ability of a student to burn them out.A weekly recap of the big stories concerning Linux and Open Source.
By Brett L. Antoine - Apr 14, 2007
Linux Marketing Campaign Seeks $350k in 40 DaysSometimes a "student" and/or friend can become so dependent on the knowledge base of their teacher/friend that they become not only an annoyance but can drive you away from enjoying your computer time altogether.
[A good article about learning when to stand on your own written by one of our readers. - Scott]
By D.C. Parris (Charlotte, USA) - Apr 11, 2007
Building a new Slackware machine.Linux marketing project hopes to raise money in 40 days to sponsor an Indy 500 race car.
The process of building a new Slackware box for my wife's use; a new Slackware 11 system.
By James Dixon - Apr 10, 2007
The process of building a new Slackware box for my wife's use; a new Slackware 11 system.
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