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Security is no secret

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:27:42 EDT

The Linux community was one of the first groups to embrace Flask. With the help of open-source developers, NSA created a Linux security module based on Flask, called Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux). It is now one of the core features in the widely used Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: security.linux selinux flask nsa

Automotive Linux drives innovation

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:25:55 EDT

There are vendors developing embedded operating systems for the automotive infotainment market but they do not have the scale to bring all the new and exciting capabilities to the equipment quickly.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: automobile car linux wind river

Towards using the FreeRunner as my primary phone

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:25:39 EDT

I installed a PDF reader and downloaded a couple of e-books to the phone. Astonishingly I can (pretty comfortably) read pages formatted for printed books on the FreeRunner's screen.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: openmoko linux freerunner

Q5 interview - John Bruggeman, Wind River

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:24:59 EDT

Growth of Linux went faster than anyone thought it would. For us the Linux business has grown from zero to $50m in 24 months. Most of our Linux customers originally experimented with free software and then they discovered the hidden costs.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: wind river linux embedded interview

Linux-powered CherryPal uses just 2W

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:21:17 EDT

The CherryPal mini-desktop runs an embedded version of Debian on a Freescale processor running at 400MHz, with 256MB of RAM and 4GB of internal flash storage.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux cherrypal embedded low power economy

Face off: Windows vs Linux real world RAM and disk tests

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:20:37 EDT

Windows' memory usage went up by 0.07GB, or 71.68MB. The CPU still fluctuated madly but hung around 20%. Under Fedora, memory usage increased by only 50MB and with a maximum processor utilisation of 4%, shortly resuming to 1% while sitting idle (with Windows still jumping all about.)

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: windows linux benchmark measurement

Brazilian Federal Court Unifies IT Infrastructure With Linux

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:19:03 EDT

...Red Hat solutions across the IT systems of its 16 courts and is leveraging the performance, security and cost-effective benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Cluster Suite.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: brazil court red hat linux server

Review: Sabayon Linux 3.5

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:27 EDT

Sabayon Linux 3.5 really has a something for everyone, and it does an excellent job of fulfilling their motto of "Dreams we can believe in." And Sabayon 3.5 is more than a dream I can believe in, it's a reality I can use and trust.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: sabayon gentoo gnu linux review

RS: Ministry backs localised GNU/Linux distribution and CMS

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:16:23 EDT

The Serbian Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Society last month presented Cp6Linux, a GNU/Linux distribution translated into Serbian, based on the GNU/Linux distributions Debian and Ubuntu.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: serbia linux gnu debian government

Intel UMPC chip enters service as server CPU

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:13 EDT

Yes, we're talking Intel's Atom, specifically the 1.6GHz 230, which Bytemark's now using as the basis for what it claimed were its lowest-cost dedicated Linux-running servers yet.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: umpc intel linux

Intel snubs Microsoft; offers Linux certification

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:14:07 EDT

Intel's enthusiasm for open source is gathering speed: now it is endorsing professional Linux certifications, snubbing the old Microsoft certification program.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: intel microsoft linux

Microsoft is Paid for Ubuntu-based Dell PCs

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:53:39 EDT

In the case of Dell, you do not get any choice but to pay for proprietary software (preinstalled even) which is costly and essentially pays Microsoft for software patents, probably even in Europe.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: microsoft dell ubuntu codec

How I got a Windows Vista refund from HP

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:48:12 EDT

Notice that there is no option to not accept their terms - you agree, or else... Or else what? I stared at the screen, and decided it was time to take the leap to Linux.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: windows eula vista refund backlash

An Interview with Richard Stallman

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:47:20 EDT

This is the most crucial thing for people to realize about software and patents. It's not a matter of patenting a program; it's a matter of patenting the ideas that the developer puts together to make a program.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: rms richard stallman intrview

A first look at Ubuntu 8.10

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:45:04 EDT

In summary, it's early days for Intrepid Ibex but it works well even at this stage. In fact, it is running sufficiently so that I am writing this very post in a Firefox session running on the thing.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ubuntu linux sneak peek

Ubuntu Kaipidi Thozhargal - Across Tamil Nadu

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:43:38 EDT

Ubuntu Kaippidi Thozhargal has been successfully put into practice from now on. We launched the scheme two months ago calling for volunteers who could hand over Ubuntu CDs in their cities/ town/ village if there is a demand.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ubuntu india tamil nadu volunteer

Azingo to raise Rs 200 cr

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:42:43 EDT

Azingo, a US-based company that offers a complete open Mobile Linux stack, will be raising $50 million (approximately Rs 240 crore) in a Series-B funding from US-based private equity firm Garnett Helfrich Capital and a few strategic partners by the end of the current financial year.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: azingo linux vc india

Mandriva - Linux 2008 Spring review

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:41:23 EDT

The latest Mandriva Linux distro includes the usual updates to the component parts plus a number of extras such as support for the Asus Eee PC and tools to synchronise data with Windows Mobile 5 and other handheld devices.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: mandriva gnu linux review kde

Simplis GNU/Linux: A new face in GNU/Linux Town

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:41:00 EDT

For the first public release of Simplis it is almost a perfectly stable distribution with some small issues with package management which I think can be easily fixed.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: simplis gnu linux review vixta

Look for the silver lining

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:40:49 EDT

Clamping down too hard on pirates may also encourage people to switch to free, open-source alternatives. "It's easier for our software to compete with Linux when there's piracy than when there's not," Microsoft's chairman, Bill Gates, told Fortune magazine last year.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: copyrights china economics

Compiz Fusion - Unmatched 3D Environment in Linux

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:37:58 EDT

Think Aqua interface in Mac OSX and 3D Flip in Windows Vista was the best looking Operating system? Ever thought that the 3D effects on hacker's desktop shown in movies are not for real?

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: compiz eye candy linux mandriva

10 things I've overheard about my Linux laptop while on public transportation

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:36:33 EDT

I've been taking the train to work for 4 years now. It's a 45 minute rambling ride in which I usually either read a book, sleep, or grab my laptop loaded up with Ubuntu and get some stuff done.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux train puzzlement sighting humor

Linux at Lowes

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:35:38 EDT

Curious about how long they had been using Linux, I did a quick Google search and found that I wasn't the only eagle eyed shopper spotting Linux at Lowes, the subject has been kicked around for at least three or four years.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux lowes hardware xubuntu

Top 5 Awesome Linux Distro Upgrades Coming Out in Second Half of 2008

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:33:44 EDT

Top 5 Awesome Linux Distro Upgrades Coming Out in Second Half of 2008

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux summer release h2 fedora debian

Former Delta Exec Whitehurst Riding High At Red Hat's Helm

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:33:38 EDT

"We have almost too many opportunities," he said in an interview. "We have to really focus hard."

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: red hat ceo investor linux

The Wikipedia "Naming Controversy" by Joshua Gay

schestowitz — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:31:32 EDT

On the English version of Wikipedia there is an article that discusses the naming controversy over whether one should call the operating system "GNU/Linux" or "Linux." In that article, some contend that Linux is the more popular and common name for the system.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: gnu linux attribution free software

Microsoft: Its Party's Over

schestowitz — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:21:14 EDT

Assortment of financial analyses about Microsoft and its disappointing quarterly report

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: microsoft revenue fake finance

LSD Man Page. More Linux/Unix Humor

eggixyz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 20:50:29 EDT

Humorous and interesting twist on the standard man page :)

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux unix man page humor

The suspicious death of XP support

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:26:50 EDT

As Microsoft slowly kills off Windows XP itself -- over the protest of many users -- it's still unclear exactly when Redmond will formally cut off all support for its old OS.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: windows xp support retirement microsoft

KOffice Releases Ninth Alpha of KOffice 2.0

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:25:14 EDT

The KOffice team announces the availability of the ninth alpha release of KOffice 2.0. With KDE4 becoming more stable by the week, KOffice development is picking up at a fast pace and developers who previously had trouble keeping up are now getting active again

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: koffice kde office suite

Beyond Compare - Now On Linux!

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:24:28 EDT

I haven't given it a really thorough test but all the basics seem to work just as well as the Windows version. They also have a nice upgrade plan and you can by a 'dual platform' license that covers both Windows and Linux versions. 4

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux comparison port cross platfiorm

Ubuntu hits new high in Linux boredom

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:23:21 EDT

Last weekend a friend was moaning about endless problems with Windows XP on his desktop PC. We installed Ubuntu 7.04 on it. The problems went away.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: linux ubuntu boredom satire

Virus : A paralysed object on GNU/Linux

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:23:05 EDT

Recently I faced two incidents when I had to format my flash drive as it would simply refuse to open at all just because it was infected with some nasty viruses from my office computers.... taken, justice done to the innocent looking little evils, thanks to my PCLinuxOS : )

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: virus usb linux windows

Unisa toasts open source success

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:22:21 EDT

It uses a customised open source operating system that allows the kiosks to burn multiple disks at once.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: unisa south africa toaster open source

Flipping the Linux switch: Linux web tools - Pt. 6

jeremytoday — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 12:36:08 EDT

Have you ever looked in a real DIYers toolbox? Or maybe even the toolbox of someone who's pretty handy, but who has a messy streak?

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: web tools Linux editors web development ftp

Choi stands firm at windswept British Open

MyWayOnNow — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:58:25 EDT

High winds battered the third round of the British Open on Saturday, leaving the world's best golfers struggling against being blown clean off the leaderboard.

Channel: Sports Tags: British Open Choi golf

PCLinuxOS : The Best Desktop GNU/Linux

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:12:41 EDT

I have no reservations or doubts of any kind to recommend PCLinxOS to a newcomer or a home user with a reassurance that this distribution will rarely fail upon you. Just go and spin the PCLinuxOS CD and see what wonders it brings for you.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: pclinux pclos linux

VMware exec says Windows days are numbered

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:11:56 EDT

OK. I know people at Red Hat who would say that that's exactly what will happen. That's right out of the new Red Hat KVM-based virtualization playbook. But, someone from VMware saying this? Wow.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: vmware linux windows hypervisor

ASUS' Big Development

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:10:43 EDT

The ASUS sneak attack. The most interesting story the media is downplaying is the ASUS announcement that it will have a ROM boot chip on all its motherboards, which will boot Linux instantly on start-up.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: ASUS asustek linux mobo bios

OSCON: Linux Rocks in Mobile, Embedded Realm

schestowitz — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:09:34 EDT

Jim Zemlin of the Linux Foundation says Linux is the platform of choice for the mobile and embedded platforms. Zemlin will speak on the state of mobile Linux at OSCON.

Channel: Gadgets & Tech Tags: oscon zemlin linux embedded