2005 June

I am actually curious as to what eBay’s real interest is in Open Source. I mean, I think it’s great that they are showing an interest, but seriously - what’s up?

First off, if this guy is going to be reviewing Linux distros, what about Simply Mepis? I use both that and Xandros myself. I don’t know folks. This guy’s whole review seemed pretty ‘off’ to me.

An Open Source option in place of Skype perhaps? Could be! Yes, this looks like a Internet telephone option that I might definitely want to check out for myself.

The book being reviewed in this article actually sounds pretty fascinating. While it might be a little dry for most, I think that there could be a lot to learn from it once the reader gets into the groove of the book’s content.

You have to admit that getting Torvolds’ thoughts on Microsoft’s future is certainly interesting to say the least.

“Captain, we have an upgrade!” Yes boys and girls, we have seen the upgrade of yet another kernel of code for the love of all of those Linux users out there.

And why not? The price is right and most of all - it works. I think that as the price on software continues to border insane, we will see more and more countries looking to Open Source alternatives.

I must admit that this is a great write-up covering the benefits of Open Source software. Most all of the positives are being covered here. Take a look for yourself.

First off, does Red Hat really dominate anything in the Asian market? And more importantly, how in the heck does Japan seriously have anything to worry about when they RULE the electronics market? So we have software, big deal!

A file sharing utility for Linux is not really that huge a deal. After all, been there and done that. But how about one that is easy to use, works with OSX, Windows and Linux? Best of all, it can sync your folders, too!

Who would have thought that steganography and Open Source software were a match made in heaven? Check it out…

A multiplatform Mac is certainly attractive enough. But I see a better chance of Apple getting into the software business outside of their own proprietary hardware rather than their own platform branching into Linux, etc.

A Linuxquestions.org podcast? Eh, why not? While I have not yet had much time to listen to it myself yet, you have better believe that I plan on it a little later on tonight.

Ya, comments that put down other Open Source OS’ instantly help to bring yours up a level…um, no.

Cool! It’s a logo design contest for the OSS community. Get out those sketch tablets boys and girls, it time to contribute.

It’s one thing to get an iPod working with Linux. But it is something else entirely to have Linux running on an iPod!

As concerns of Internet and system security continues to rise, it seems like Symantec is ready to step up the plate with an answer of their own. How does Linux play into this? Just read on to find out…

No, this CIA is not the same band of folks tracking down people in the middle east. CIA for Open Source is a tracking system for OSS projects.

And yet, right after reading this I say put Dell’s money behind Xandros or Mepis. Xandros would be the most logical choice being it is so close to using Windows that it’s scary. But that’s just my opinion.

If this is a field that holds interest for you, then this book on building clustered Linux systems ought to be a great read. Speaking for myself, it seems a little dry.