Lightweight GNOME alternative emerges —
Aug. 06, 2008 —
 A fast, fast-booting, implementation of GNOME aimed at netbooks and older hardware has emerged, and shows "a lot of promise." LXDE has already stacked up a heap of distribution partners. ...
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Freespire lives! Goes back to Debian —
Aug. 06, 2008 —
 Xandros has announced a new version of Freespire, to be based on Debian's forthcoming Lenny release, expected this fall. Xandros says it plans to "consolidate" its various offerings on Debian, following its acquisition of Linspire. ...
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gOS 3.0 goes Gadget crazy —
Aug. 06, 2008 —
 gOS today announced release 3 of its Google-oriented consumer Linux distro, adding support for Google Gadgets. gOS 3 Gadgets offers access to more than 100,000 iGoogle and Google Gadgets, says the company, and also preloads WINE 1.0 and the LXDE (Lightweight X Desktop Environment) desktop.
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WiFi software arrives on Linux desktops —
Aug. 05, 2008 —
 A vendor of Linux-based WiFi arrays is finally releasing a version of its WiFi Monitor utility for Linux desktops. The open source, widget-like Xirrus WiFi Monitor for Linux enables users to monitor, secure, and troubleshoot WiFi networks, says Xirrus. ...
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Lenovo launches a netbook —
Aug. 05, 2008 —
 Lenovo has announced its entry into the "netbook" market. The Linux-based IdeaPad S9 and Windows-XP-based S10 feature 8.9- and 10-inch displays, respectively, plus 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processors, 1.3 megapixel webcams, 802.11b/g wireless networking, and up to 160GB of storage, says the company.
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vi guide rev'd —
Aug. 01, 2008 —
 O'Reilly has brought out its (count 'em!) seventh edition of "Learning the vi and Vim Editors." First published in 1986, this classic teaches basic and advanced features of the world's most popular text editor, a tool every system administrator and desktop Linux user ought to know. ...
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Netbooks grow two ways —
Aug. 01, 2008 —
 Netbook sales will reach 8.02 million units in 2008, and 18.3 million units in 2009, a research report says. Netbooks will also grow physically, gaining 10-inch screens and keyboards approaching full-size, according to the report. ...
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Is KDE back? 4.1 launches —
Jul. 30, 2008 —
 Launched yesterday, and available now in Debian "experimental," KDE 4.1 is what 4.0 should have been, one reviewer finds. With some 70,000 software changes since 4.0 launched at Google HQ last Jan., is KDE 4.1 about to usher in the future of the Linux desktop? ...
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Moblin switching from Ubuntu to Fedora —
Jul. 25, 2008 —
 Intel has switched from Ubuntu to Fedora Linux for release 2.0 of its MID-targeted Moblin open source stack, according to a variety of sources, including The Register. Intel also indicated Moblin 2.0 would be unveiled on August 19th, say multiple sources. ...
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Debian looks to launch lenny in Sept. —
Jul. 24, 2008 —
 The Debian project's maintainer, Luk Claes, announced in an email Saturday that he will freeze the "testing" or "Lenny" tree, in preparation for a new stable release of Debian Linux. On Claes's checklist for September 2008: "Release lenny!" ...
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Fedora adds collaboration tools —
Jul. 23, 2008 —
 Fedora has released its Asterisk-based Fedora Talk VoIP application for connecting Fedora contributors. Other news posted on a recent Fedora blog includes notes on a new automated test case management system, a SIG for ISVs, and new OpenID provider status for the Fedora Account System. ...
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Linux mini-PC takes two Watts to tango —
Jul. 22, 2008 —
 A Silicon Valley startup called CherryPal announced a two-Watt, $250 ultra-mini PC that runs Debian Linux. Based on a 400MHz PowerPC-based system-on-chip (SoC) from Freescale, the solid-state CherryPal C100 Desktop offers managed "cloud" computing paid for by advertising rather than a monthly fee.
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Judge Kimball rules. Ho, hum. —
Jul. 17, 2008 —
Groklaw has published Judge Kimball's ruling in the historic "SCO vs. Novell" case. After suing Novell for alleged breach of fiduciary duty, the upshot is that the tables have turned, and SCO will have to pay Novell $2,547,817 plus interest. ...
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Writer tells Penguinistas to chill on closed source —
Jul. 16, 2008 —
A Datamation editorial by Matt Hartley argues that Linux purists should quit complaining about closed-source code and get on with their lives. Boycotts against vendors such as nVidia that refuse to disclose source code for their drivers will only make software companies think twice about supporting Linux, he maintains. ...
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Linux 2.6.26 enhances desktop Linux —
Jul. 16, 2008 —
 A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts read-only bind mounts, better USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh WiFi, virtualization and paravirtualization improvements, and a ton of new peripheral drivers. ...
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BeOS-like distro focused on content creation —
Jul. 14, 2008 —
 A new Ubuntu-based Linux distribution has arrived, aimed at both Linux newbies and content creators. Boasting "out of the box" multimedia codecs, the freely downloadable PC/OS incorporates the lightweight XFCE desktop, and is said to offer a similar layout to the groundbreaking, but ultimately doomed BeOS. ...
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OpenSUSE rolls out auto-build service —
Jul. 09, 2008 —
 The OpenSUSE Project has launched an automated build system aimed at helping developers build and package their applications. The "OpenSUSE Build Service" can package source code for several popular distributions, and cross-compile it for a variety of architectures, according to the Project. ...
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Best Buy, Amazon selling Ubuntu for $20 —
Jul. 09, 2008 —
 ValuSoft is offering a $20 boxed version of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) at both Best Buy and Amazon. The "Ubuntu Linux" package is said to include printed documentation and 60 days of unlimited customer support. ...
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Wine, Bordeaux ship —
Jul. 07, 2008 —
The open source Wine program for running Windows applications in Linux shipped in final version 1.0 form, followed by the release of a commercial version. The Bordeaux Group has announced Bordeaux for Linux 1.2, which adds support for Microsoft Office 2007 and six months of tech support. ...
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New Gentoo updates installer, revises profiles —
Jul. 07, 2008 —
 The Gentoo Linux project team today announced the availability of its "2008.0" release of Gentoo. New features of the developer-oriented Linux distribution include an updated installer, improved hardware support, reworked profiles, and a switch from Gnome to Xfce for its LiveCD, says the team. ...
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Graphics board vendor touts faster Linux drivers —
Jul. 01, 2008 —
 AMD has released faster new ATI Catalyst drivers for Linux customers of its ATI FireGL professional graphics cards. The 8.49.7 Linux driver provides 33 percent faster OpenGL performance than the previous driver, claims the company. ...
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Private St. Louis school goes Linux —
Jul. 01, 2008 —
A private school in St. Louis, Mo. is increasingly choosing Linux for the computers it supplies to students and faculty, according to laptop supplier Lenovo. Students at the Whitfield School are using Linux about 86 percent of the time now, Lenovo says, up from 50 percent three years ago. ...
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Xandros quietly acquires Linspire —
Jul. 01, 2008 —
 [Updated Jul. 2] -- Linspire has been acquired by fellow Linux distro firm Xandros. The acquisition agreement unifies two firms known for their Windows-like Linux distros and content distribution websites, as well as their controverisal agreements with Microsoft over patent protection. ...
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Microsoft pushes India toward Linux —
Jun. 30, 2008 —
One of India's 28 states plans to distribute 100,000 Linux laptops to students there. ELCOT (Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited) apparently decided to use Linux exclusively after being put off by Microsoft's bundling tactics for academic users. ...
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"Intrepid Ibex" plucks up courage for alpha release —
Jun. 30, 2008 —
 The next release of Ubuntu Linux began alpha testing today, about three weeks late. Destined to ship in five months as Ubuntu 8.10, "Intrepid Ibex" reportedly folds in changes from the upstream Debian Linux project, and moves to a pre-release version of the Linux 2.6.26 kernel. ...
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