Archive for September, 2009
September 30, 2009 at 7:59 pm ·
It’s been a long, hot summer in the open-source world, particularly in the regions where open source and Microsoft butt up against each other. In the midst of this acrimony, Microsoft has launched the Codeplex Foundation, which is aimed at enabling the exchange of code and understanding among software companies and open-source communities. Can the foundation cool things down? - It’s been a long, hot summer in the open-source world, particularly in the regions where open source and Microsoft butt up against each other. This has caused friction between and within the two camps as their members battle over whether and how they should interact.
Microsoft has been all over the…
Full story: Alice Magic Garden Linux Webblog
September 30, 2009 at 3:20 pm ·
Full story: Moparx
September 30, 2009 at 12:56 pm ·
Full story: Moparx
September 30, 2009 at 10:34 am ·
Heise News: Open Android Alliance formed.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
September 30, 2009 at 10:34 am ·
SlashDot: Android Modder Tries To Outmaneuver Google.
Full story: Werner Heuser (wehe at tuxmobil.org)
September 30, 2009 at 10:34 am ·
IBM’s developerWorks’ article reminds us of 10 important developments in Linux.
Linux Professional Institute certification
Samba
Linux on S/390
SELinux
Linux Live CDs
Linux clusters
Linux supercomputing
Linux on Play Station
Virtualization
One Laptop Per Child
Tux, the mascot (heart brushes from free-brushes.com)
There are some things on this list that I never knew about until today like Linux on S/390. I’ve never met anyone who has worked with mainframes with Linux so this is something to read up on. But the other things on the list are ones I could relate with. Especially the live CDs of Linux. One of the first encounters I’ve had with Linux involved a live CD of Knoppix. It showed me how amazing Linux is. For one thing, I never found any live CDs of Windows ; ) And now the current version of Knoppix is version 6. The first one I’ve had was Knoppix 3, [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
September 30, 2009 at 10:34 am ·
Full story: Moparx
September 29, 2009 at 8:52 pm ·
I am thankful for these times that people also care about others because we don’t just talk about technology for work but how we could use technology to help ourselves amidst calamities. The past weekend was terrible in the Philippines but people from here and abroad all cared to share something with us to help my fellow Filipinos. I was one of the luckier ones that wasn’t badly affected by Typhoon Ketsana. Others were flooded and their homes were swept away by the water, and there are those who were able to leave their homes but everything inside was carried by the water or damaged by the water.
Locally, a group of Linux advocates set up Sahana, a collection of web based disaster management applications that provides solutions to large-scale humanitarian coordination and collaboration in disaster situation and its aftermath. It’s a good start for [...]
Full story: Clair Ching
September 29, 2009 at 4:06 pm ·
Full story: Moparx
September 29, 2009 at 4:06 pm ·
Full story: Moparx
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