2006 October

I agree with the use of OGG, but FLAC? Eh, it’s a little much for a portable player if you ask me.
I had the idea for an iPod liberation event several months ago. The idea is something similar to a GNU/Linux install-fest but for Digital Audio Players with RockBox and iPodLinux. Installers gain the ability [...]

Generally not something that I would think to ask myself, but this person asks what I consider to be a fascinating question: Can someone run a TV station on Linux?
“I’m working with a low-power television station to update their playback system. Currently they’re using tape and I’ve been tasked to move them to computerized playback [...]

In reality, this is not all that shocking as Red Hat frankly needs a little of the IBM magic. Red Hat is a good company, but this latest recruitment will only prove to serve it well.
Red Hat has hired Mark Enzweiler, a Lenovo executive who spent 25 years at IBM, to be its vice president [...]

Things are changing. And with the growth of Linux, powered handheld devices, and the fact that they are being built by the truckload overseas, I suspect that we are in for a real shift in the portable market very soon.
Internet-related investments in Linux servers, PDAs, digital storage and new portable consumer products will be the [...]

For once, I am really impressed with Novells corporate actions. Ripping on SCOs lifeline ought to help shut them up for a little while, anyway.

I say let’s give them a hand, or even a few bucks should this be a browser project that you happen to believe in.

It just needs a good push, we swear. Yes, OpenSparc receives a hardy push from the likes of Sun.

I don’t believe that there is any question that Mandriva has a long way to go with regard to understanding the needs of their users, but hey, there is always Red Hat.

What would Linus do? Ah, this may be a question that a number of Linux users have these days. But in the end, it’s his reaction to Bayesian filtering that is the hot topic of the day.

I suppose we might see this in other traditions as well, but for the time being, it looks like Christians have an Ubuntu distro of their very own

The latest release of Crossover Office has received much love as of late. But one has to wonder just how good it is when compared to the simple dual boot?

I tend to agree with the virtualization argument. There will come a time when the OS that you are using will make next to no difference whatsoever.