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IconThe promise of Desktop Linux (DL) has been long coming. It's made significant progress since the mid-90s when GNOME and KDE came out, giving Linux users a somewhat modern desktop to work upon. However, it's been 7 years and DL hasn't progressed much at all since then. Today, DL is still nothing more than a UNIX-clone with a task bar, a start menu, and a desktop with some icons on it. But why has DL evolved at such a glacial pace?
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via OSNews @ 4:00 6th Oct
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Welcome to the future. Linux is now a first-class desktop operating system citizen. Adobe today released version 10 of its Adobe Flash Player, available now in a variety of convenient packaging formats for Linux, as well as other popular desktop operating systems. Once upon a time, desktop Linux was a second-class citizen, where Flash was concerned. As recently as 2007, Linux users waited six months for Flash 9 to arrive. Now, while Microsoft appears bent on leaving Linux users behind on Silverlight technology, its Flash alternative, Adobe has made Linux an equal player.
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via LWN @ 16:36 16th Oct
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For a long time, Linux has been trying to convince most people (that is, mostly home and business users) that Linux on the desktop is a good alternative to Windows. Linux has already established an outstanding reputation in the server room, so system administrators are already convinced of the virtues of Linux. All that can be considered "Linux, open and above board". What about "Linux under the hood"? By that I mean, what about the virtues of embedded Linux systems? What about Linux running "in everything from cell phones to car ABS systems and water-filtration plants..."? That's what Yaghmour, et al proposes to teach you in this book.
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via Linux.com @ 16:04 10th Nov
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blackbearnh writes "The Linux Standard Base is the grand attempt to create a binary-level interface that application developers can use to create software which will run on any distribution of Linux. Theodore Tso, who helps maintain the LSB, talked recently with O'Reilly News about what the LSB does behind the scenes, how it benefits ISVs and end users, and what the greatest challenges left on the plate are. 'One of the most vexing problems has been on the desktop where the Open Source community has been developing new desktop libraries faster than we can standardize them. And also ISVs want to use those latest desktop libraries even though they may not be stable yet and in some ways that's sort of us being a victim of our own success. The LSB desktop has been getting better and better and despite all the jokes that for every year since I
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via Slashdot @ 21:48 22nd Sep
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New Report Finds the Value of Developing a Linux Distribution to Be Worth $10.8 Billion The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone. The report, titled "Estimating the Total Development Cost of a Linux Distribution," is available today at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/estimatinglinux.php. This report is an update of a 2002 study done by David A.
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via Financials.com @ 12:35 22nd Oct
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Linux Magazine looks at Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) systems and Linux. It describes how to determine the NUMA topology and then how to tell Linux how to best use the processors based on the workload. "
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via LWN @ 4:16 17th Sep
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IconGreg Kroah-Hartman is a longtime developer of the Linux kernel, known for his work maintaining USB drivers. O'Reilly Media recently interviewed Greg about his claim that the Linux kernel now supports more devices than any other operating system ever has, as well as why binary-only drivers are illegal, and how the kernel development process works. "I went and asked every single hardware manufacturer, the big guys that ship the boxes, Dell, IBM, HP--what do you ship that isn't supported by Linux? They came back with nothing. Everything is supported by Linux. If you have a device that isn't supported by Linux that's being shipped today, let me know.". If you would like to take up Greg KH on his claim, his email address is greg AT kroah.com
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via OSNews @ 12:54 3rd Nov
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Linux Gazette ...making Linux just a little more fun! Home Main Site FAQ Site Map Mirrors Translations Search Archives Authors Mailing Lists Join Us! Contact Us ______________________________________________________________________ The Free International Online Linux Monthly ISSN: 1934-371X Main site: http://linuxgazette.net November 2008 (#156): * Mailbag * Talkback * News Bytes, by Deividson Luiz Okopnik * A (not so) short overview of the Geographic Information System GRASS, by Matteo Dell'Omodarme and Giada Valle * Writing Network Device Drivers for Linux, by Mohan Lal Jangir * Not Screws and Bolts, by Kapil Hari Paranjape Installing and configuring root-access sandboxes in a running Linux system * Joey's Notes: The Red Hat Linux Boot Process, by Joey Prestia Our monthly column of basic Linux advice and education * HelpDex, by Shane Co
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via LWN @ 20:55 3rd Nov
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chromatic writes "Kernel hackers Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok showed off Linux booting in five seconds at last month's Linux Plumbers Conference. Arjan and other hackers have already improved the Linux user experience by reducing power consumption and latency. O'Reilly News interviewed him about his work on improving the Linux experience with PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot."
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via Slashdot @ 14:50 3rd Oct
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A Linux distribution based on Linux v2.6.27 is available from Atmel’s AT91SAM Linux portal at www.linux4sam.org. It includes the complete Linux v2.6.27 kernel, the Linux patch for the AT91SAM9G20-EK, device drivers, pre-built demonstrations and the Angström/OpenEmbedded building environment. The AT91SAM Linux portal is a gateway to a wide and growing community that provides Linux self-support for Atmel’s entire ARM9-based range of embedded 32-bit microprocessors.
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via SOCCentral.com @ 20:14 18th Nov
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Here’s what you can read about in this edition: BOSS Linux 3.0 has support for KDE and GNOME; the new version of SystemRescueCd brings system improvements and software updates; Ubuntu 9.04 will be called Jaunty Jackalope; ASUS Eee PC has a new OS, Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1; Linux Mint 5.0 XFCE Edition comes with new tools; Black Duck Software joins the Linux Foundation; OpenGEU 8.04.1 offers a faster desktop experience and it's compatible with Ubuntu repositories; the Elive team releases yet another unstable version of their Debian/E17-based operating system; introducing Dropbox, a trustworthy file sharer. You can also read our tutorial about How to Run Linux from an USB Flash Drive, an interesting review of the ArgoUML application, and don't forget to check out the Linux distributions released/updated last week, at the end of the article!
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via Softpedia @ 7:10 17th Sep
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Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:
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via BizReport.com @ 21:16 12th Nov
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Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:
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via Line56 @ 17:28 12th Nov
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Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:
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via Bitpipe @ 5:56 13th Nov
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Download the Edison Group white paper, "True Enterprise-Quality Linux Support" and discover how your organization can increase operational efficiency while cutting costs with Oracle Unbreakable Linux, a support program that delivers enterprise-quality support for Linux at a lower cost. Edison believes that Oracle Unbreakable Linux support should give enterprises the full confidence they need to run all their core business, mission-critical, and risk-sensitive applications on the Linux platform. Oracle Unbreakable Linux features and benefits include:
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via SearchServerVirtualization.com @ 20:11 18th Nov
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Digi International introduces the Digi Connect ME 9210 with Digi Embedded Linux which is the latest version of Linux optimized for development on Digi embedded modules and microcontrollers. About the size of a pair of dice, the Digi Connect ME 9210 is the smallest embedded device server available with Linux. This allows OEMs to easily add secure Ethernet connectivity using Linux in space-constrained devices. Digi Embedded Linux supports the 2.6.26 version of the Linux kernel. It also includes the new Digi Package Manager, a feature that allows updates, enhancements and bug fixes to be downloaded and installed directly in Digi ESP, Digi’s Eclipse-based development environment for Linux.
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via ECE @ 15:17 18th Nov
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Recent Accomplishments Highlight the Success of MontaVista Linux in Extending Quality, Integration, and Speed of Development for Mobile Phone Manufacturers More Than 85 Percent of LiMo Mobile Phones Were Built with MontaVista Linux SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)-- MontaVista(R) Software, Inc., the leader in embedded Linux(R) commercialization, today revealed several developments that highlight the success of MontaVista Linux in extending quality, integration, innovative features, and speed of development for manufacturers of mobile devices. In recent months, MontaVista Linux expanded its integration with Linux-based mobile software stacks, became the first and only mobile Linux to earn IPv6 certification, collected industry awards for innovation, and powered dozens of new mobile devices, including more than 85 percent of the first mobile
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via Reuters @ 9:04 2nd Oct
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/22/08 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone.
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via Houston Chronicle @ 11:59 22nd Oct
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 22, 2008 -- The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced it is publishing a new report written by Amanda McPherson, Brian Proffitt and Ron Hale-Evans on the value of Linux development. The paper finds that it would take approximately $10.8 billion to build the Linux community distribution Fedora 9 in today's dollars with today's software development costs. It would take $1.4 billion to develop the Linux kernel alone.
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via Yahoo! Canada @ 9:15 22nd Oct
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The GNU/Linux desktop can deliver a very mixed experience to the user: On one hand, you have very functional desktop environments, such as GNOME or KDE, with state-of-the-art features, capabilities, graphical effects, eye-candy and wizbang-ery (Compiz). On the other hand, you have apparent idiosyncrasies, such as different fonts and menu layouts, look and feel in your main desktop applications. Different maturity levels of your apps and different 'corners' of your desktop environment. Little niggles here and there, which don't quite seem to add up.
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via GeekZone @ 10:21 12th Sep
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Canonical, which wants Linux to challenge Apple's Macintosh in usability on the desktop, is unveiling on Monday upgrades to its Ubuntu Linux distributions, offering 3G and virtualization improvements. Version 8.10 of Canonical's Desktop and Server Linux distributions are being announced Monday and will be available Thursday.
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via Linux World Australia @ 19:45 27th Oct
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Canonical, which wants Linux to challenge Apple's Macintosh in usability on the desktop, is unveiling on Monday upgrades to its Ubuntu Linux distributions, offering 3G and virtualization improvements. Version 8.10 of Canonical's Desktop and Server Linux distributions are being announced Monday and will be available Thursday.
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via Tech World Australia @ 19:46 27th Oct
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Canonical, which wants Linux to challenge Apple's Macintosh in usability on the desktop, is unveiling on Monday upgrades to its Ubuntu Linux distributions, offering 3G and virtualization improvements. Version 8.10 of Canonical's Desktop and Server Linux distributions are being announced Monday and will be available Thursday.
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via InfoWorld @ 14:01 27th Oct
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A popular question in desktop circles is "Can anyone make money from the Linux desktop?" Canonical CEO and Ubuntu founder, Mark Shuttleworth's answer is "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop."
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via Linux.com @ 20:22 28th Oct
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Linux Blog recommends an interview up on the O'Reilly site with Greg Kroah-Hartman, long-time Linux kernel hacker and the current Linux kernel maintainer for the USB driver core. He updates the free Linux driver program announced almost two years ago, which has really caught traction now with more than 300 developers volunteering. The interviewer begins by asking about Kroah-Hartman's claim that the Linux kernel now supports more devices than any other operating system ever has. "[One factor is] the ease of writing drivers; Linux drivers are at normally one-third smaller than Windows drivers or other operating system drivers. We have all the examples there, so it's trivial to write a new one if you have new hardware, usually because you can copy the code and go.
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via Slashdot @ 21:02 4th Nov
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