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Linux and Open Source News for 11th April 2008

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Source: symphony

Ryan Quinn has announced the release of SymphonyOne 2008.1, an Ubuntu-based distribution with Mezzo, an alternative desktop environment: "The SymphonyOS Project is pleased to announce the release of SymphonyOne 2008.1, our first major release in almost a year. SymphonyOne is an almost 100% rewrite of all the Mezzo .


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Source: rpath

Michael K. Johnson has announced the third development release of rPath Linux 2.0, an appliance operating system featuring the Conary package management: "The third beta test snapshot toward rPath Linux 2 has been released. New in this release: all updates, particularly security updates, since rPath Linux 2 Beta .


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Source: nonux

Nonux is a Slackware-based distribution optimised for Dutch-speaking office environments. Version 4.4, released yesterday, comes with the following changes and improvements: updated Linux kernel to version 2.6.24.2; updated Mozilla Firefox to version 2.0.0.13; updated OpenOffice.org to version 2.4.0; updated a number of other applications, including GParted, GnuCash, VLC .


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Source: linuxxp

Linux XP is a Fedora-based Russian distribution with the goal of porting the Windows XP user interface to the GNOME desktop. The latest version is 2008, released earlier this week: "Linux XP Desktop 2008 is officially released. It includes many new features and modern desktop themes. There are .



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Source: Linux Today

The VAR Guy: "He thinks current market dynamics greatly favor Linux over Windows in the Ultra-Portable industry "


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451 CAOS Theory: "It occurred to me that 'how' rather than 'why' is the most significant question that open source vendors and projects should be answering right now "


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Source: Linux Today

Editor's Note: Recent reports from the analyst crowd tend to put some positive spin on Linux. Has the message finally gotten across?


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Perl Buzz: "In his latest article, We Don't Use Software That Costs Money Here, he talks about how the free software alternatives to non-free software are getting better all the time "


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ONLamp: "One persistent misfeature of open source development is thoughtless mimicry, copying the behaviors of other projects without considering if they work or if there are better options under the current circumstances "


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NewScientist: "One of the founding fathers of 'free software' and an esteemed elder of the hacking community, Richard Stallman has made defending people's freedoms his life's work "


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Computerworld Australia: "While the Linux desktop has yet to hit its stride, the operating system is showing up and lowering prices in everything from mobile phones, tablets, global positioning systems and even gas pumps "


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ConsortiumInfo: "Texas, as you may recall, is one of six states in 2007 that considered whether to take legislative action in connection with open document standards "


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The VAR Guy: "But as Canonical gears up for a server push, one key Ubuntu partner plans to sit on the sidelines "


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CNET News: "It's about time that United States elite academic institutions finally got around to not only using open-source software, but also teaching it "


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BetaNews: "We can't call it 'Office Open XML' anymore, because it no longer belongs to Microsoft Office exclusively "


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InformationWeek: "As soon as former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos, now a Sun Microsystems senior VP for databases, took the stage, he was asked what was Sun's commitment to the L in LAMP ?"


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internetnews.com: "Networking gear and server equipment are two distinct types of hardware, right? Not anymore "


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Choice Computers: "The last few years have seen rapid development in the desktop sphere for Linux, so much so that it's now emerging as a replacement for Windows "


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Tomayko: "The thing about Git is that it's oddly liberal with how and when you use it "


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Source: Linux Today

Linux.com: "The Asus Eee PC ultraportable comes bundled with a version of Xandros as its operating system. If you would like to try a different Linux distro on your Eee, there are plenty of options to choose from "


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PolishLinux: "Komparator offers a simplified approach to this, as it is equipped with an interface similar to these known from popular file managers or FTP clients "



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Source: Slashdot: Linux

spacefiddle writes "Computerworld has an article about a presentation from Gartner analysts in Las Vegas claiming that Windows is 'collapsing', and that Microsoft 'must make radical changes to the operating system or risk becoming a has-been.' Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald provided an analysis of what went wrong with Vista, and what they feel Microsoft can and must do to correct its problems. Larry Dignan of ZDNet has his own take, and while he agrees, he suggests that the downfall of Windows will be slow and drawn-out. As an interesting tangent to this, there's also a story from a few days prior about Ubuntu replacing Windows for a school's library kiosks, getting good performance out of older hardware. '[Network administrator Daniel] Stefyn said he was "pleasantly surprised" to discover that the Kubuntu desktops ran some applications faster with Linux than when they ran on Windows. An additional benefit of Windows' departure from student library terminals saw the students cease 'hacking the setup to install and play games or trash the operating system.'"Read more of this story at Slashdot.



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I have cut things down to the essentials as I finish up the book I am working on


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Not exactly “new” news but there is a reasonable article by Gary Morgenthaler at Business Week about Apple and Microsoft. Definitely well worth the read. Gary discusses how Apple is developing a multi-pronged strategy to battle Microsoft. In all honesty, the strategy


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