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Microsoft to buy up to $100M in SUSE Linux support vouchers (ChatzWorld - A World of Chat)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:50:10 GMT

Microsoft Corp., which two years ago agreed to buy and resell $240 million worth of enterprise support subscriptions for Novell Inc.'s SUSE Linux...

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Linux Popularity Across the Globe (OS News)

donotreply@osnews.com (Amjith Ramanujam) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:44:30 GMT

"Where is Linux the most popular, and where are the different Linux distributions the most popular?". Pingdom has taken a stab at answering this question using the Google Insights for Search. Read on for our observations on the results.

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Tiny Bluetooth access point runs Linux (LinuxDevices.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:44 GMT

Finland-based Bluegiga is shipping what it claims to be the smallest Bluetooth access point in the industry. Shipping with Linux development tools, the 3.5 x 2.3 x 1.2-inch Access Point 3201 (AP3201) connects Bluetooth devices with 3GSM/GPRS, Ethernet, WiFi, or a second Bluetooth network.

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Raketu's RakOut WebPhone Allows Mac and Linux Users to Make VoIP Calls (VoIP Monitor .net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:10:29 GMT

Raketu released its beta RakOut WebPhone. The new service allows Mac, Linux, and Windows users to make computer-to-phone VoIP calls from any web browser, on any computer, without a download. This is in addition to the existing RakWeb, browser-based communications, information, entertainment, and social networking features where users can make phone-to-computer, and phone-to-phone calls internationally,...

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Linux Foundation Interview with Mozilla's Mitchell Baker (Computerworld UK's Roundup)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:54:00 GMT

It's becoming increasingly clear that one of the key players in the open source ecosystem is Mozilla. This is a due to two factors.

Source : Computerworld UK's Roundup (subscribe)

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Jim Zemlin: The New Center of Linux Gravity (internetnews.com) (LWN.net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:42:33 GMT

internetnews.com talks to the Linux Foundation's Jim Zemlin. " "Things have gone better than I would have expected," Zemlin told InternetNews.com. "We're in the business of growing the Linux platform and making sure the development process of Linux is maintained in a way that is productive and safe." The Linux Foundation also has the task of making sure that key developers...

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Using Linux for Photography: Where We Stand (OS News)

donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Holwerda) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:16:22 GMT

Graphics and photography have been Apple's chasse gardee for years but for quite some time, MS Windows is on par with the Mac and the system of choice for photographers boils down to personal preferences more than anything else. But what about Linux? "My goal with this entry is to brush a big picture of where Linux stands as far as photography is concerned," Joel Cornuz explains, "What...

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Can Germany Fine Microsoft for Slandering GNU/Linux? (Boycott Novell)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:49:33 GMT

Accusing Linux without evidence is a crime in Germany, so...

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SCO fined in Germany over Linux claims (ZDNet) (LWN.net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:43:19 GMT

ZDNet reports that SCO has been fined by a German court. " SCO Group has been ordered to pay a 10,000 (£7,900) fine in Germany for making claims that Linux includes intellectual property from Unix. SCO has repeatedly claimed that Linux is an unlawful derivative of Unix, but had agreed not to make this claim anymore in Germany, following a lawsuit in 2003. The current case found that...

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CCID Consulting: China's Linux Market's Growth Rate Slowed down in 2008Q2 (PR News Wire )

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT

Product Lines Cluster and Alliance Become Important Competitive Strategy BEIJING, Aug. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- CCID Consulting, China's leading research, consulting and IT outsourcing service provider, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HK08235), recently released its article on China's Linux market in 2008Q2. CCID Consulting's data shows...

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Linux popularity across the globe (Royal Pingdom) (LWN.net)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:44:45 GMT

Royal Pingdom has published an analysis of global Linux usage. " The Linux landscape is constantly changing and has a strong community of both developers and users. But where is Linux the most popular, and where are the different Linux distributions the most popular? To try to answer these questions, we have looked at data from Google with the highly useful Insights for...

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AMD OverDrive On Linux (DV Hardware)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:00:16 GMT

When it comes to ATI hardware, one of the features we have been after for the longest time on Linux has been any overclocking support. Windows users have ATI's OverDrive at their disposal along with an arsenal of third-party utilities such as ATI Tool. NVIDIA also has various utilities for overclocking their graphics cards on Windows, but they also provide support for overclocking on Linux....

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ATI Radeon CrossFire on Linux tested (DV Hardware)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:21:55 GMT

Phoronix installed the new Catalyst 8.8 drivers and tried out the new CrossFire support for Linux: Back in June we had exclusively shared that CrossFire would be coming to Linux as part of their Radeon HD 4800 series strategy. CrossFire (or CrossFire X as it's now known) allows the graphics rendering workload to be split between multiple Radeon GPUs to deliver faster performance. Meanwhile,...

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Linux to gain anti-virus software (LinuxDevices.com)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:42:13 GMT

McAfee has promised to help protect Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) running Moblin Linux from the dangers of the "open Internet." The security software vendor has also promised to deliver encryption software to protect data on stolen laptops that run Linux on Atom processors.

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Track stolen laptops with open source Adeona for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux (D' Technology Weblog)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:33 GMT

Adeona is designed to use the Open Source OpenDHT distributed storage service to store location updates sent by a small software client installed on an owner’s laptop. The client continually monitors the current location of the laptop, gathering information (such as IP addresses and local network topology) that can be used to identify its current [...]

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Microsoft boosts Suse Linux deal with Novell (Computerworld UK's Roundup)

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:47:00 GMT

Microsoft is to invest a further $100 million (£55 million) in Suse Linux support from Novell.

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Linux users love their Eclipse (A WebMaster's view of Eclipse.org)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:55:00 GMT

I'm reading the latest issue of my favourite Linux rag and I see a lot of references to Eclipse. Again . - LJ Index, their monthly 'top 20', where they feature interesting statistics on all things computer-related. This month, they compare the number of files, directories and lines of code in the Linux Kernel, gcc, KDE4, GNOME, X Window and ... Eclipse 3.4 - Flip a page, and there's a...

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PMPs run Linux on ARM Cortex (LinuxDevices.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:14:30 GMT

... to offer better video playback. At presstime, Archos had yet to confirm the devices run embedded Linux, yet the 604 and 704 models ran Linux, as did UK-based Archos calls the new devices the world's first Cortex-based products. Although processor specs are not listed, the PMPs are likely based on the line of system-on-chips (SoCs), which are in turn built around ARM's powerful Cortex-A8...

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Tip: Detect gadgets running in Linux (Google Desktop APIs)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:18:00 GMT

Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer If you want to detect a Linux user, look for telltale signs such as stacks of O'Reilly books, an anti-MS worldview, and a stuffed penguin collection. Or you can do this: function isLinux() { return framework.runtime.osName == 'Linux'; } Have a tip you'd like to share? Send it to gd-developer AT google DOT com. To see all tips, choose...

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Laser-guided French robots run Linux (LinuxDevices.com)

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:15:18 GMT

A French robotics start-up called Wany Robotics has announced two mobile, mini-ITX-based sensor robots that run Linux. Aimed at educational and R&D applications, the PeKeeII robots are based on Via C3 or Intel Core 2 Duo processors, and offer sensor telemetry, ultrasound, and laser detection.

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