Misc

Linux.com is running this story explaining why the KOffice stance against OOXML isn’t political, it’s practical:
“In the recent accusations that the GNOME Foundation has been supporting Microsoft’s OOXML format at the expense of ODF, KDE has been presented as a counter-example. Based on a KDE News article, Richard Stallman suggested that “major KDE developers” had […]

DesktopLinux.com is reporting that Dell will now be offering DVD Playback with their Ubuntu 7.10 PCs:
“Dell has told DesktopLinux.com that it will be announcing later today, Dec. 19, that it will be releasing PCs with Ubuntu 7.10 (aka Gutsy Gibbon) as part of its Dell Consumer Linux lineup along with the ability to legally play […]

Just a few days after exposing that Iran has built an AMD-based supercomputer, they’re now trying to cover up this little fact:
“The Iranian computing research center that says it built a supercomputer with Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s Opteron processors has removed from its Web site photographs showing a possible link to the United Arab Emirates […]

I just secured serious support for wireless with upcoming options, like Pre-N and 802.11n from Edimax directly. No money changing hands, just loaners for testing. Expect to see a LOT more wireless options coming into Linux land very soon. I could hardly believe the conversation I had today - wow. Very exciting stuff.
Edimax is now […]

This not really public yet, but for those of you savvy enough to subscribed to Linux Fanatics, this affects you. In the past, I have talked about finding a vendor that will support a specific RaLink chipset with consistent performance and full WPA out of the box. Today, this has happened. Finally, the poor wifi […]

NVIDIA has, more often than not, been extremely helpful when it comes to making sure it is supportive of the desktop market. Today’s post just goes to reaffirm this, I think.
NVPerfKit is a comprehensive suite of performance tools to help debug and profile OpenGL and Direct3D applications. It gives you access to low-level performance counters […]

So does this mean that Xandros is no more then? Hardly. Rather they are simply reexamining where they want the future of their company to be headed.

On Oct. 18, Linux distributor Xandros was reorganized, resulting in the loss of at least five jobs and a change in chief financial officers. The company, which positions its […]

It’s here! It’s freaking about time, man! Flash 9 Beta is now live and here for you to try if you are feeling man enough…
I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but a publicly available beta of Flash 9 for Linux is now available. Kudos to the Adobe Linux Flash team for […]

Personally, I think it is simply easier to simply install Kubuntu in the first place. Still, this is a good how-to for converting an existing Ubuntu install should the need arise.
In the Introduction to this book, I mentioned that there are several distributed versions of Ubuntu. These include Edubuntu and Kubuntu, both of which […]

While I can see how share of Red Hat could certainly drop should the situation call for it, I still don’t get how Oracle could be of any real threat.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Shares of Red Hat Inc., the largest distributor of the
Linux operating system, tumbled more than 7 percent Friday after a Wall Street analyst […]

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 […]

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.

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

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

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.

I have been seeing a lot of this lately. People once put off by Linux coming back for a seccond look. Take this as one such example…

OK, so perhaps the whole scandal with Mozilla was nothing to be concerned about whatsoever. We need to just calm down some.

Oh dear, it appears that our favorite gave us a bit of a scare. Never fear though, all is well in the land of Red Hat.

Sweet deal, using Linux and an old NES robot, you can bring all of those Star Trek dreams to life!

Now this is interesting. There has been some speculation that Google has been looking into Sun’s OpenSolaris OS. Not sure where this would be going, but it could prove pretty wild.