The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April Tough love Linux needs more haters Jul 20 2008As you might imagine the UNIX Haters Handbook is a list of: related news

The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April. Tough love: Linux needs more haters, Jul 20, 2008As you might imagine, "the UNIX Haters Handbook" is a list of

The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.

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Dell Upgrades Linux PCs To Ubuntu's Hardy Heron

The computer maker has launched two notebooks and a desktop with Hardy Heron, the version of Ubuntu Linux that was released in April.

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

As you might imagine, “the UNIX Haters Handbook” is a list of reasons to dislike UNIX. Concomitantly, the LinuxHaters blog does the same for Linux.

IBM Announces New Products and Initiatives For Linux

At the opening of the LinuxWorld tradeshow today, IBM introduced a series of new products , services and initiatives that further expand IBM's commitment to Linux and open source by enabling the next generation of Linux. As the company marks ten years of support for Linux, IBM announced a number of cross-company initiatives to drive the next generation of Linux. Attributes of next-generation Linux include its role in green IT; use of Linux in business-critical workloads; use of Linux by midmarket customers; use of Linux on the desktop client of the future; and using the innovation-through-collaboration approach of the Linux community to bring technology advances to customers.

Arch Linux for the DIY Linux user

There's no dearth of Linux distributions for desktop users or even for running high availability servers. But if you are a do-it-yourself computer user, your choice of Linux distros is fairly limited. You can build Linux from scratch with Linux from Scratch or compile your own set of packages with Gentoo. But if you want a distro that teaches you the basics of Linux as you set it up; is well documented, lightweight, and zippy; and has a dependency-resolving packaging system, you need Arch Linux.

AMD's OverDrive and CrossFire Come To Linux

twljagflba writes "Since last year AMD has made ATI increasingly Linux friendly by releasing 3D programming guides and helping out the open-source community. At the same time they have been continuing to develop their binary Catalyst driver for the Linux platform and most recently they delivered same-day support for their new graphics cards. Today though they have released the Catalyst 8.8 Linux driver that adds two very important features: CrossFire and OverDrive support for Linux. Linux users are now able to use CrossFire to split the rendering workload between multiple GPUs and they're also able to overclock their graphics cards now using the binary-only driver. Phoronix has a complete run-down on both features — including benchmarks — in their AMD OverDrive on Linux and ATI Radeon CrossFire On Linux articles.

Scientific Linux 4.7 Released

Scientific Linux 4.7, based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 7, was released last night with major improvements and package updates. "Scientific Linux 4.7 has been released. We want to thank all those who have contributed packages and time, helping us build and test this release. Scientific Linux 4.7 doesn't have any exciting new features, it is just a nice, stable release. Scientific Linux release 4.7 is based on the rebuilding of RPMS out of SRPMS's from Enterprise 4, including Update 7. It also [includes] all errata and bugfixes up until September 03, 2008." - said the Scientific Linux team in the official release announcement.

LINUX BLOG SAFARIDoes Linux Need a Little Tough Love?

Members of the Linux community tripped over themselves to post comments about Linux haters. They were responding to ZDNet's Jeremy Allison's recent post about Linux needing more sharp criticism, such as the points made in the Linux Hater's Blog.

Linux Foundation Publishes Guide to Participating in the Linux Kernel Community

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it has published an important new guide to participating in the Linux kernel community. The 30-page book was written by noted Linux authority Jonathan Corbet and is available today on the Linux Foundation's Linux Developer Network: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/participation.

Linux Foundation Publishes Guide to Participating in the Linux Kernel Community

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 08/13/08 -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it has published an important new guide to participating in the Linux kernel community. The 30-page book was written by noted Linux authority Jonathan Corbet and is available today on the Linux Foundation's Linux Developer Network: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/participation.

Linux Foundation Publishes Guide to Participating in the Linux Kernel Community

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/13/08 -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it has published an important new guide to participating in the Linux kernel community. The 30-page book was written by noted Linux authority Jonathan Corbet and is available today on the Linux Foundation's Linux Developer Network: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/participation.

Linux Foundation Promises LSB4

gbjbaanb writes "Ever thought it was difficult to write software for Linux? For multiple distros? InternetNews reports that the LSB is making a push for their next release (due out later this year) that should help make all that much easier. Although the LSB has not lived up to expectations, this time around Linux has a higher profile and ISVs are more interested. This is to help persuade them to develop applications that will run on any LSB-compliant Linux distribution. If it gets adopted, LSB 4 could bring a new wave of multidistribution Linux application development. 'It is critically important for Linux to have an easy way for software developers to write to distro "N," whether it's Red Hat, Ubuntu or Novell,' [said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation.

MontaVista Linux CGE 5.0 Complies with CGL 4.0, LSB 3.0, IPv6

MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, announced that its Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 has registered compliance with the Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) logo certified. This achievement makes MontaVista the only Linux distribution in the world to comply with the three key requirements issued by the industry's major standards bodies, demonstrating that MontaVista Linux CGE interoperates with industry software and hardware, and meets the rigorous demands of today's carrier infrastructures.

MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition First to Comply with Three Key Specifications for Telecom Industry

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — July 15, 2008 — MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that its Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 has registered compliance with the Linux Foundations Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) logo certified. This achievement makes MontaVista the only Linux distribution in the world to comply with the three key requirements issued by the industrys major standards bodies, demonstrating that MontaVista Linux CGE interoperates with industry software and hardware, and meets the rigorous demands of todays carrier infrastructures.

MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition First to Comply with Three Key Specifications for Telecom Industry

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2008--MontaVista® Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux® commercialization, today announced that its Linux Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) 5.0 has registered compliance with the Linux Foundation’s Carrier Grade Linux (CGL) 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) logo certified. This achievement makes MontaVista the only Linux distribution in the world to comply with the three key requirements issued by the industry’s major standards bodies, demonstrating that MontaVista Linux CGE interoperates with industry software and hardware, and meets the rigorous demands of today’s carrier infrastructures.

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel after a lengthy three-month development stretch since the 2.6.25 release involving nine release candidates. Hands on With Acer's Aspire One Netbook, Jul 14, 2008Acer, t

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has released version 2.6.26 of the Linux kernel after a lengthy three-month development stretch since the 2.6.25 release involving nine release candidates.

Report Eight: The rise of community Linux

As the use of Linux continues to grow, so do subscription contracts for leading commercial vendors such as Red Hat and Novell. However, the use of freely available community Linux distributions is also growing, giving enterprise Linux users more choices. This report considers the role and impact that community Linux distributions such as CentOS, Debian and Ubuntu have on commercial vendors. It also considers the general trend toward more options when it comes to using and supporting enterprise Linux. What do these freely distributed, community-developed Linux distros and additional commercial options mean for the enterprise Linux market?

After my last few articles on how to connect Ubuntu Linux to network shares and a network printer, I want to have a look at some of the more fun aspects of Ubuntu Linux. I thought this was appropriate at the moment, so...let the games begin! The end

After my last few articles on how to connect Ubuntu Linux to network shares and a network printer, I want to have a look at some of the more fun aspects of Ubuntu Linux. I thought this was appropriate at the moment, so...let the games begin!

How Dell Is Making Ubuntu Linux More Attractive

CWmike writes "Dell was the first of the major computer manufacturers to support pre-installed Linux, but it's not just pre-installing Linux. The Austin, Tex. company is also adding functionality to Ubuntu Linux on its desktops and laptops, writes Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. It began by adding DVD-playback to its systems shipping with Ubuntu 7.10. With the recent release of Dell PCs with Ubuntu 8.04, Dell is now including "Fluendo GStreamer codices for mp3, wma (Windows Media Audio), and wmv (Windows Media Video) playback" in its latest Ubuntu-powered desktops and laptops. On Ubuntu systems with ATI or NIVDIA graphics, Dell also now supports HDMI output. Yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his company hopes to steal a page from Apple's playbook and change how it works with hardware makers in an attempt to duplicate its rival's succ

Miguel de Icaza has criticized plans for the next GNU Gnome cross-platform environment that risks damaging the Linux desktop ISV ecosystem by focusing on the Mac. A Better Tool To Help Linux Beat Vista?, Jul 20, 2008Face it: Linux is still intim

Miguel de Icaza has criticized plans for the next GNU Gnome cross-platform environment that risks damaging the Linux desktop ISV ecosystem by focusing on the Mac.

Ubuntu hits new high in Linux boredom

Last weekend a friend was moaning about endless problems with Windows XP on his desktop PC. We installed Ubuntu 7.04 on it. The problems went away. That started me thinking about my own "daily driver" computer, a Dell Latitude that also runs Ubuntu 7.04, and it made me realize that I hadn't thought about my laptop or its operating system in many months. Linux -- especially Ubuntu -- has become so reliable and simple that for most end users it's simply not worth thinking about, any more than we think about tools like wrenches and screwdrivers. Does this mean desktop GNU/Linux has become so boring that it's not worth noticing?

Super Talent Adds Ubuntu Linux to MasterDrive

If you've kept tabs on recent Linux happenings at all, it has become abundantly clear that Ubuntu Linux has become rather popular and what some might call the "Linux distro of choice". This trend seems to be pretty obvious to memory manufacture Super Talent, and for a limited time they will bundle a free CD containing the Ubuntu Desktop Edition Linux operating system and the OpenOffice software suite with its line of MasterDrive MX SSDs. This is obviously a way to add value rather cost efficiently for a high priced product like an SSD.

MontaVista: Linux CGE complies with Telecom specifications

MontaVista announces that its Linux Carrier Grade Edition 5.0 has registered compliance with the Linux Foundation's Carrier Grade Linux 4.0 specification, has earned Linux Standard Base 3.0 certification, and is Internet Protocol version 6 logo certified. When a company purchases a Linux operating system registered with the CGL 4.0 specification, the company is ensured of receiving all features deemed mandatory by NEPs and telecom carriers. To conform to the CGL 4.0 specification, MontaVista CGE 5.0 met all of the 129 Priority 1 requirements mandated by the Carrier Grade Workgroup of the Linux Foundation. Full Priority 1 conformance must meet requirements in seven areas, including availability, clustering, serviceability, performance, standards compliance, hardware support, and security.

Promise Technology Furthers Linux Strategy With Linux Support for Its Full Product Portfolio

LinuxWorld Booth #834 -- Promise Technology, Inc., a global supplier of sophisticated RAID storage solutions for enterprise and SMB customers, today announced Linux support for all its products as an important extension of its Linux business strategy. Promise has long supported Linux product development with storage solutions ranging from the desktop to the datacenter and unified by a common management interface. Linux users can count 24/7 technical support as a significant benefit to the powerful range of Promise's VTrak and SuperTrak Linux storage solutions.

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