July 2, 2009 at 10:15 am ·
Carla Schroder’s blog entry today about changing the world one penguin at a time gave me a different perspective on advocacy. It’s not the same as what I’d normally encounter. I’d usually encounter people saying “Let’s introduce Linux to one and all.” But she has a different perspective: Introduce Linux to those who are actually interested. In her words:
In other words, don’t waste your time on people who are not receptive. Using a well-set up computer isn’t very hard for even the greenest Linux greenpea, despite all the propaganda and FUD to the contrary. But no matter how easy it is, there will always be people who have mental blocks against even trying, so don’t waste your time.
I might have been thinking in terms of “the world must know what Linux is” and so I take into consideration how to introduce it even to people who [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
July 2, 2009 at 10:15 am ·
Asus was practically the first to popularize netbooks with Linux on them back in late 2007. However, times have changed. It seems as though Asus really has turned its back on Linux. Why? It’s because the people preferred Windows XP. That is why there aren’t many machines with Linux.
They said that it was a business decision to lessen the models with Linux on their netbooks. Other manufacturers like HP and Dell were said to have triggered the change. The Asus notebooks with smaller hard drives paled in comparison thus losing marketshare. I hope that they won’t totally eradicate Linux. After all, they have helped create a community around their EEE PC and they have created ways for us netbook users to use Linux without much trouble.
Sad to say decisions like that are based on business and income. It’s not a [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
July 2, 2009 at 2:27 am ·
FBReaderJ an e-book reader for Google Android platform.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
July 2, 2009 at 2:27 am ·
GeoToad is a geocaching query tool, its data can be synced straight to your GPS, iPod, PDA, or cell phone in over 20 different formats.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
July 2, 2009 at 2:27 am ·
Linux LiveCD Hotspot Server is a live CD for WiFi hotspots.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
July 2, 2009 at 2:27 am ·
iLabs mobile toolbox is a set of libraries and demo applications for Java ME.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
July 1, 2009 at 10:29 am ·
Some of you might not be familiar with thin clients because you don’t use them at home. For the enterprise, there are thin clients that are mainly for input and output and rely on servers for content, software, etc. One of their suppliers is IGEL Technology. This company has launched their “Linux Universal Desktop firmware” and this adds features in power management, multimedia and virtualization.
What’s the benefit of using their firmware?
Power saving
It allows them to have the IGEL thin clients go into standby mode and back on in seconds. This means that it won’t take long for them to boot up their thin clients. This would even increase the savings in power usage + time.
If your company is using IGEL’s thin client lines such as IGEL one, UD2 and UD3, this firmware makes them in line with the upcoming Energy Star certification for thin clients.
Virtualization
Virtualization becomes [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
June 30, 2009 at 8:08 pm ·
A study by Black Duck Software shows increasing diversity in license types being chosen for open-source projects. Black Duck makes software for analyzing open-source code. - Black Duck Software, a maker of software for analyzing open-source code, on
June 30 announced results of a study that shows quot;increasing diversity
in license types being chosen for open-source projects. quot;
According to Black Duck there has been quot;increasing adoption of the
GPLv3 lic…
Full story: Alice Magic Garden Linux Webblog
June 30, 2009 at 1:44 pm ·
Black Duck Software, maker of software for analyzing open source code, has announced results of a study that shows increasing diversity in license types being chosen for open source projects. - Black Duck Software, maker of software for analyzing open source code, has announced results of a study that shows increasing diversity in license types being chosen for open source projects.
According to Black Duck there has been increased adoption of the GPLv3 license coupled with an overal…
Full story: Alice Magic Garden Linux Webblog
June 29, 2009 at 1:51 am ·
ePoint HotSpot is a firmware for wireless routers based on OpenWRT with some ePointy extensions and an ePoint-branded UI theme.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
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