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As a full time Ubuntu Linux user, I am most certainly someone who lives by and loves using open source software. And at one time, I was a happy Firefox user. Unfortunately ever since about v3.0, Firefox has run with a level of performance of a drunk ballerina going through an obstacle course. Yes, sad [...]

“Just in time for the holidays, NVIDIA has released a new Linux display driver, which is a stable version of their previous 169.04 beta last month. In addition, the new NVIDIA 169.07 Linux driver has a few changes, while most of the release highlights were already found in the 169.04 release. We are preparing additional [...]

nbsp;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 DVDs.
According [...]

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 [...]

OK, admit that Linux coming into play with Sony’s PS3 is not simply the wildest thing you have ever heard of?

Open source software firm Terra Soft is to produce a version of its Yellow Dog Linux specifically for Sony’s PlayStation 3.
Terra Soft said the operating system should be available in mid-November for subscribers to its YDL.net [...]

Well, it’s better than building bombs I suppose. It seems that Libya has opted to purchase 1.2 million low-cost laptops for their students.
Libya reportedly plans to purchase 1.2 million low-cost laptops, after signing a deal recently.
Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) nonprofit association, told the New York Times that [...]

It’s great to see this happening in the various parts of the world. Would love to see this happening here in the states as well.
The European Commission is to spend €4m on an open source observatory and repository (Osor) to span the member states and enable them to share information across the public sector.
The Osor [...]

Parallels appears to be a kick butt options for those needing better functionality on the application front, but would it not be just simpler to dual boot? Ah, not really…

An HP trojan foiled by Linux? Sounds a little too cloak and dagger for me. Still, it does provide for some interesting reading…

Wow, from the looks of things, Mainsoft has really out done themselves with their latest software release.

This is an interesting approach for Linux vendor, Linspire. With any luck, they’ll have plenty of success with it.

Now this is very exciting. South Korea is going to be redrawing its maps with the help of an old friend of mine – open source software.

Open Source chips? Sounds better than it might taste I imagine. OK, on a serious note, this open source concept does make a lot of sense.

OK, so Xen’s not considered stable. Well, at least according to one Novell exec, Xen virtualization is just not there yet.

To be frank, I think that for the most part, this is where most of the Linux mindset is right now. Enterprise adoption appears to be the name of the game.

Ubuntu has a new community manager it seems. His name is Jono Bacon and he seems pumped about his new gig.

OK, so we have Apple releasing the Intel Kernel Source. Does this mean that they are rethinking some things? Perhaps not…

Hmm, could it be that the GPL3 is simply a reality? Or perhaps instead, trying to find a way to make DRM and patents work in their world?

There are a lot of things about Microsoft that tick me off. However if I didn’t know better, I might begin to believe that the EU simply has it in for the big M. Eh, what can we say. Linux is booming in the EU while Microsoft is, not so much.

You know, Flock is pretty cool. But I am still not all that clear what their overall value will be just yet. Maybe I am being overly negative, but my mind is still not made up.