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Intel contributes quite a bit to the development of X.Org and the Linux kernel, through a number of Intel employees working on Linux full-time, making hardware contributions, etc. Up until recently, Intel even had its own Linux distribution (Moblin) for their Atom hardware. One area, however, where Intel has not been a major contributor is with the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) considering they have long preferred their own high-performance Intel Compiler (ICC).

I was pricing a low-end desktop computer the other day. When configuring it, I noticed that if I added a four-year warranty, it would cost more than the entire system! We've really come to the point where computer hardware is like a plastic fork. If a tine breaks off, it gets thrown away. Sadly, although throwing away plastic forks is rough on the environment, used computers are so much more so.

The Federal Communications Commission is seeking comment on a natonal broadband plan, with detailed rules expected next year. What should those who follow open source and the Internet values behind it be telling the agency?

I found the following video on a site I'd never seen before called Funny Or Die which hosts a series by the name of "Yell For Help With Stewie Bronson." If this doesn't make you laugh, you may be dead inside. Or, maybe it's not your sense of humor ;) Give it a shot and check it out. At worst, you'll die knowing that you wasted those entire five minutes :)

The VAR Guy loves cat fights as much as the next guy. Jennifer Aniston vs. Angelina Jolie? Classic but a bit dated. Canonical vs. Microsoft? Not quite as sexy, but certainly timely and just as much fun. The latest spat involves Canonical dismissing Microsoft’s claims in the netbook market. But both Canonical and Microsoft are missing the bigger picture.

Mozilla ramps up its support efforts, but still isn't looking to turn a profit. "We're not like the typical corporate support help desk," David Tenser, Mozilla's support lead, told InternetNews.com. "The motivator for the amazing people providing support within the Mozilla community isn't money -- it's gratitude, appreciation, recognition, and a feeling of making a difference by helping people with Firefox." "SUMO is all about that."

The PHPCompute node is a new general-purpose programmable node in IBM® WebSphere® Message Broker that embeds the IBM WebSphere sMash runtime for PHP. This article shows how you can use the PHPCompute node to write PHP scripts that transform and route messages in WebSphere Message Broker. You will then be able to expand your use of the PHPCompute node to many more tasks that will help you solve problems and increase productivity.

We are now into the second quarter of 2009, but Intel will soon release its X.Org driver for Q1'09. While late, the xf86-video-intel 2.7.0 driver update SDVO-TV support, basic SDVO-LVDS support, tear-free X-Video support, and many bugs have been fixed.

Just before calling it a week, Carl Worth released the third release candidate for the xf86-video-intel 2.7.0 (version 2.6.99.903)...

When looking at log files or other files that are compressed and rotated automatically, it's useful to be able to deal with them in a uniform fashion. The following bash function does that.

Yahoo! has opened up its Google-battling Hadoop research cluster to three more big-name US universities. Yesterday, the company announced that The University of California at Berkeley, Cornell University, and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst are poised for large-scale data-crunching research on its M45 cluster, the 4,000-processor, 1.5-petabyte-disk data center opened up to Carnegie Mellon University in the fall of 2007.

Can solutions providers profit from Amazon Web Services? The VAR Guy found the answer by spending some more time with Levementum, a solutions provider that integrates multiple open source applications (such as SugarCRM and Compiere ERP) into Amazon’s cloud for customers. Here’s a bit about Levementum’s strategy and future direction.

Please join us for South Carolina's only Open Source Software conference. We've worked long and hard to make April 18 the most fun and productive Saturday you're ever likely to have! Red Hat's CIO Lee Congdon and Open Invention Network's Keith Bergelt will each give talks. Bergelt speaks on a topic dear to our hearts here, "Keeping Open Source Open - The Battle Continues and Why It's Important" and Congdon on "The State of Open Source Today".

Mark Shuttleworth, the benevolent dictator of Canonical and Ubuntu, has big ambitions for Linux. He wants to make the Linux experience seamless, elegant, and superior. Can Linux deliver both power and beauty?

JBoss Drools Business Rules is a new book from Packt that helps readers understand the basics of business and JBoss rules with minimal effort. Written by Paul Browne, this book guides business analysts to capture business processes and harness JBoss Drools Business Rules in an organization.

Intel's convertible "Classmate" PC for schoolchildren has been released in China for the first time, as the Hanvon HCQ890 (left), the chipmaker says. Separately, Computer Technology Link, one of several companies marketing the Classmate in the U.S., supplemented its offering with a standard netbook, the UW1.

Learn how to copy files from the commandline with rsync in this video tutorial by Shawn Powers.

Ubuntu sponsor Canonical has posted a blog entry disputing Microsoft's claims that it owns 96 percent of the netbook market, and that Linux netbook returns are four times higher than with Windows. Canonical was responding to a blog earlier this month from Microsoft's Brandon Le Blanc. Written by Chris Kenyon from Canonical's OEM Services, the blog post, "Microsoft, FUD and the netbook market," claims that Microsoft's Le Blanc was incorrect when he wrote that Canonical confirmed a 4x return of Ubuntu-based netbooks, compared to returns of Windows XP-based netbooks.

Amarok 2.1 Beta 1 is out in the wild! Featuring one of the longest ChangeLogs in Amarok history, this beta release showcases what is possible when building on the strong technical foundations that have been laid with Amarok 2.0. Nearly all parts of Amarok have received attention, and while not a final release, it is already very usable and quite stable. Hop on over to amarok.kde.org to read the full release announcement including the epic sized ChangeLog.

We are currently building a boot server at work so I thought I would share the process with you. I will cover setting up a basic DHCP server and TFTP server along with the configs needed to get them all working in cohorts. I will do this for both debian and centos. The last part of the article will show you how to add more OSes to the server.

A Marvel of a Marvell - SheevaPlug Development Kit. What could you do with a headless computer system which has 512-Megs of DDR2 400-MHz RAM, a 1.2-GHz processor, a 1-Gigabit Full-Duplex Ethernet Interface, a USB-2 Host interface and a SD/SDHC port? Can you say File, Web, Music Server? How about a machine that draws less than 5-watts of power and has NO Footprint! Well - at least not on the desk or floor! Check it out! They have arrived!