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This post is also available in: German After an extended RC1 period and a few hiccups with our main server we’re finally happy to announce the immediate availability of Yoper Linux 2010. The RC2 feedback was a big thumps up from all sides. So what’s in it? A well tuned 2.6.33 kernel with focus on [...] Back in November there was an official announcement from Skype concerning an open-source Linux client. Details since then have been scarce on what exactly Skype plans to provide as open-source software, with some speculating just the user-interface/front-end side will be opened up. Skype though has continued in recent months of providing new Linux betas of [...] O’Reilly media founder Tim O’Reilly is “the most powerful voice” in open source, followed by Linux chief architect Linus Torvalds, Google executive Chris Messina, ex-Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, and Gnome and Mono founder Miguel de Icaza, according to a new ranking of influential open source personalities. Torvalds was named the most influential blogger in open [...] AMD has released a new driver for ATI Radeon-chipsets, version 9.12. This driver is suitable for 32bit, or 64bit Linux versions. Release notes New Features Support for New Linux Operating Systems RedFlag DT6.0 SP3 SLED and SLES 10SP3 ATI Catalyst Control Center Linux Edition: Displays pages: user interface enhancements This release of ATI Catalyst Linux [...] Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computer technology for the design of objects whether 2D or 3D, real or virtual. It is heavily utilized in many applications, including animation, automotive, shipbuilding, aerospace industries, industrial and architectural design, prosthetics, and many others. Because of its enormous economic importance, CAD has been a major driving force [...] Today, I was looking at a couple of interesting news and opinion pieces that made me think of an unfortunate truth that we’ve written about before: Linux has no marketing. The first piece that got me thinking about this problem was Roger Grimes’ post on how the Mac platform is much less frequently targeted by [...] If your interest is in becoming a Linux administrator one skill you must have is the ability to network servers and understand the interaction between servers. You will also need to know how to build servers using RAID, LVM and optional file systems. These skills can be practiced on a virtual network of practice servers. [...] Today, Novell announced its SUSE Appliance Program, which encompasses Suse Studio Online, a customizable, lightweight version of Linux called SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS (Just Enough Operating System), tie-ins with Amazon’s cloud services, and full support for custom software. According to the company it is an “end-to-end appliance solution that enables ISVs to rapidly build, update, [...] There are very few reasons I’d sign on for YACC (not that YACC — I’m talking about “Yet Another Credit Card”). The Linux Foundation is making my unwavering resolve on this front feel a little less resolute today. The Linux Foundation is rolling out its Tux-adorned Visa Platinum Card. Through a partnership with CardPartner, Inc. [...] Today, instructional video site 5min has announced that it has secured $7.5 million in Series B venture financing. Led by new investor, Globespan Capital Partners, the round also includes existing investor, Spark Capital. 5min has aggressively pursued syndication deals and partnerships with many media companies, and many people in the open source community may not [...] Mozilla has confirmed a crash bug in the latest Firefox 3.5.1 related to how its JavaScript handle certain long Unicode strings that could lead to a crash on Mac OS X, Windows and Linux. Mozilla states that despite what several media outlets and security organizations reported over the weekend, it is not an exploitable vulnerability [...] The uphill battle that open-source programs face to steal ground from proprietary software comes with added pitfalls in China, where problems like software piracy take away strengths that open source has elsewhere. The Chinese government backs multiple domestic open-source projects, but their software is not widely used. Low awareness, a lack of big open-source projects [...] |
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