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Linux reference focuses on system essentials —
Sep. 23, 2009 —
 O'Reilly Media has published the sixth edition of Linux in a Nutshell, by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber, Robert Love, and Arnold Robbins. The sixth edition of the reference book boosts coverage of Linux system essentials and newer technologies like virtualization and wireless, says O'Reilly. ...
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IBM launches Ubuntu-based distro in Africa —
Sep. 23, 2009 —
 IBM and Canonical are introducing an Ubuntu Linux-based distribution and related cloud services for netbooks and thin clients in Africa. The IBM Client for Smart Work works locally or via "VERDE" virtualization to make IBM's Lotus-based software "affordable to new, mass audiences in Africa," says IBM. ...
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Disc-burning software adds wizard mode —
Sep. 17, 2009 —
 Nero AG announced a new version of its Linux CD burning software. Nero Linux 4 now offers a wizard-style UI and support for Musepack and AIFF audio formats, and a "Nero Linux 4 Essentials" application is available separately for OEM partners, says the Karlsbad, Germany-based company. ...
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Amid controversy, Microsoft launches open source foundation —
Sep. 11, 2009 —
Just as Microsoft has being accused of playing dirty over sales tactics and patents, the software company has launched its first open source organization. The CodePlex Foundation aims to act as a liason between commercial enterprises and open source developers and communities while increasing open source participation, says the foundation. ...
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Microsoft Linux-bashing hits a nerve —
Sep. 10, 2009 —
 The controversy continues to heat up around Microsoft's misleading anti-Linux training materials designed for Best Buy salespeople. Meanwhile, the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin has alleged that Microsoft tried to spread anti-Linux FUD by dumping 22 Linux-related patents in the hopes they'd be purchased by "patent trolls." ...
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Ubuntu's Karmic Koala emerges in alpha 5 —
Sep. 04, 2009 —
 The Ubuntu project released Karmic Koala alpha 5 (Ubuntu 9.10), which adds Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud support, a new Ubuntu Cloud file-sharing service, and default switches to GCC 4.4, Ext4, and GRUB 2. Meanwhile, Canonical launched a Red Hat-esque Premium Service Engineer support program for large enterprises. ...
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Slackware goes 64-bit —
Aug. 31, 2009 —
 The Slackware team released version 13 of its venerable Linux distribution, now supporting 64-bit computers. Slackware 13 provides "completely reworked" X packages, upgrades to KDE 4.2.4 and Xfce 4.6.1 desktops, a new .txz package format, and support for Ext4 and the GRUB bootloader, says the project. ...
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Atom-based thin clients run Linux —
Aug. 28, 2009 —
 10Zig Technology has announced two physically identical thin clients compatible with Linux: a RBT-602 model, offering terminal emulation, and a RBT-672v system targeted solely at virtual desktop environments. Both thin clients offer a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270, gigabit Ethernet, and four USB ports, the company says. ...
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Red Hat CEO: We're like Facebook —
Aug. 26, 2009 —
 In an eWEEK interview, Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says his company is "defining a whole new business model" by applying collaborative principles similar to those behind Facebook and Wikipedia. Whitehurst speaks out on open source business models, RHEL 5.4's KVM hypervisor, and the cloud. ...
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Google prepping 64-bit browser for Linux —
Aug. 24, 2009 —
 Google's Chromium project announced it is working on its first 64-bit version of its Chrome web browser, which will will arrive first on Linux. Meanwhile, Linux is increasingly driving development of 64-bit software -- simply because Linux power users are demanding it, says an industry blog. ...
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Indie netbooks run with the Jackalope —
Aug. 21, 2009 —
 Two separate U.S.-based system integrators are shipping Ubuntu 9.04-based netbooks that run on the Intel Atom N270 CPU and offer 10-inch displays and 160GB hard disk drives (HDDs). Denver-based System76 announced a "Starling" netbook, and Berkeley-based ZaReason weighed in with its Terra A20 (pictured). ...
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Open source media framework rev'd —
Aug. 21, 2009 —
 The Novell-backed Moonlight project announced a beta of Moonlight 2.0, an open source Linux/Unix clone of Microsoft's Silverlight media framework. Moonlight 2.0 offers improved media streaming enabling media codecs like Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, and BBC Dirac, via a runtime for its sister project, .NET clone ...
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Linux kernel developers increase by 10 percent —
Aug. 20, 2009 —
 The Linux Foundation has published an update to last year's study on Linux kernel development. The updated study reports that for each kernel release there has been a 10 percent increase in the number of contributing developers, resulting in a 42 percent increase in patch acceptance. ...
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Dell: High Linux netbook returns a myth —
Aug. 13, 2009 —
 A Dell executive said that his company's Linux netbook returns are roughly equivalent to those for Windows-based netbooks, says an industry report. The remarks were in response to Microsoft's COO Kevin Turner, who gave a speech claiming Linux netbook returns were four or five times higher. ...
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KDE release adds 2,000 features —
Aug. 11, 2009 —
 The KDE Community released the 4.3 version of its popular Linux/UNIX desktop environment, representing more than 63,000 code changes by 700 contributors, 10,000 bug-fixes, and 2,000 new features. KDE 4.3 adds numerous improvements to the Plasma Desktop Shell and Application Development Framework, among many other enhancements. ...
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Linux distro mints "Gloria" KDE release —
Aug. 07, 2009 —
 The Linux Mint project has been releasing versions of its Ubuntu 9.04-based Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" distro over the last few months and has now released a final KDE version. Gloria KDE Community Edition offers various ease of use enhancements, and greatly improved installation features.
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As open source surges, Microsoft admits Linux threat —
Aug. 06, 2009 —
An IDC study predicts that open source software will grow at a 22.4 percent rate to reach $8.1 billion by 2013, says eWEEK. Meanwhile, in an SEC filing, Microsoft has added Linux vendors Canonical and Red Hat to its list of as rivals, and acknowledges the growing threat of Android. ...
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LinuxCon announces speakers —
Aug. 04, 2009 —
 Early registration closes on Aug. 15 for the Linux Foundation's inaugural LinuxCon event, scheduled for Sept. 21-23, 2009, in Portland, Oregon. LinuxCon intends to draw a mix of end-users, administrators, and top Linux developers, with speakers including Linus Torvalds, Mark Shuttleworth, and Greg Kroah-Hartman (pictured). ...
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Review: Novell software easiest yet at building Linux appliances —
Aug. 04, 2009 —
 Novell's new SUSE Studio web-based service for creating software appliances on SUSE Linux has been favorably reviewed by eWEEK. While SUSE Studio does not offer the breadth of features of rPath's rBuilder, Novell's product is much easier at appliance creation, says the review. ...
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Is CentOS ready for the fork? —
Jul. 31, 2009 —
 Developers for the community-based CentOS Linux distribution have threatened founder Lance Davis with a project fork unless he becomes more active in the project and accounts for fund contributions. Currently rev'd to version 5.3, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clone depends largely on voluntary contributions. ...
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Ubuntu collaborative development platform goes open source —
Jul. 23, 2009 —
 Canonical has released open source code for the Launchpad software development and collaboration platform that it provides for Ubuntu application development. Based on the Bazaar version control system, Launchpad offers features for collaborative application development, bug tracking, translations, and more, says the company. ...
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Ubuntu book updated for the Jackalope —
Jul. 23, 2009 —
 Prentice Hall has published the fourth edition of The Official Ubuntu Book, covering the latest Ubuntu 9.04 release. As with previous versions, the fourth edition aims to bring new users up to speed on the popular Linux distro, from installation to configuration to exploring Ubuntu's applications. ...
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Open source lobbying group emerges —
Jul. 22, 2009 —
 A lobbying group has been launched by more than 70 companies, academic institutions, and communities, to promote open source software as a "transparent and cost-effective option" for U.S. government agencies. "Open Source for America" counts AMD, Canonical, Google, Novell, Oracle, and Red Hat among its members. ...
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Open source Linux device drivers submitted by -- Microsoft? —
Jul. 21, 2009 —
A software company based in Redmond, Wash. has released 20,000 lines of code under GPLv2 for three Linux device drivers. Microsoft says its first open source Linux code contribution is designed to speed the performance of the operating system when it's run in a Hyper-V virtual machine. ...
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Vietnamese netbook runs on bilingual Linux distro —
Jul. 21, 2009 —
 Vietnamese Linux technology firm Hacao has released a netbook, along with a new bilingual (English/Vietnamese) release of its Hacao Linux 2009 CE distro. The Hacao Netbook is based on an Intel Atom-based MSI Wind, and offers a 10-inch screen and 160GB of storage. ...
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