Linux news
SAP Warms to Open Source (PC World)
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 15:00 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Although not traditionally known for its contributions to the open-source community, the German-based SAP is adopting more open-source software, as well as contributing more of its own code back into the community, company officials said in an interview.
Tribalism Is the Enemy Within, Says Shuttleworth
Fri, 07/30/2010 - 14:57 | by Anonymous Coward
climenole points out a post from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth about internal strife in the free software community. He wrote,
"Tribalism is when one group of people start to think people from another group are 'wrong by default.' It's the great-granddaddy of racism and sexism. And the most dangerous kind of tribalism is completely invisible: it has nothing to do with someone's 'birth tribe' and everything to do with their affiliations: where they work, which sports team they support, which Linux distribution they love. ...
On the Strengths of Linux, Android Will Win the Mobile Contest (PC World)
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 17:00 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Mirror, mirror, on the wall, which mobile operating system is fairest of all? That's a common question, given the many contenders in the mobile arena--and the well-publicized glitches that have recently come up.
Warning: Five Things to Know Before Switching to Linux (PC World)
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:55 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - A happy customer might tell someone. An unhappy customer tells everyone. Converting to Linux before taking a dose of reality might make you a very unhappy customer. Let's be perfectly honest. Linux isn't for everyone-yet. However, Ubuntu, Mandriva, and a few other distributions come close but for now, Linux is a little more difficult to use than Windows.
Dell, HP to Resell Oracle's Operating Systems (PC World)
Thu, 07/29/2010 - 08:30 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 servers.
GNOME 3.0 Delayed Until March 2011
Wed, 07/28/2010 - 14:29 | by Anonymous Coward
Julie188 writes "GNOME 3.0 was scheduled to be released in September but during the developers conference, GUADEC 2010 in Den Haag, the organization had to face facts: the much ballyhooed GNOME Shell really wasn't ready. The Shell is supposed to bring 'a whole new user experience to the desktop.' So now, in September, what users will see is GNOME 2.32, distributed as a new stable release.
Is Linux Just Another Unix Flavor? (PC World)
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 13:55 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - What defines an operating system isn't a geeky label or a collection of ramblings from the mouths of its community members. Nor is it some empty and pointless certification offered up by an obscure group of malcontented purveyors of "standards."
Firefox 4 Gets Second Beta Release (PC Magazine)
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 13:35 | by Anonymous Coward
PC Magazine - After a short delay, the release of Mozilla's next browser gets closer, with many bugs fixed, improved speed, and support for CSS Transitions.
Free Software, a Matter of Life and Death
Tue, 07/27/2010 - 13:06 | by Anonymous Coward
ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Software on medical implants is not open to scrutiny by regulatory bodies. Glyn Moody writes: 'Software with the ability to harm as well as help us in the physical world needs to be open to scrutiny to minimise safety issues.
Why Ubuntu Linux Is a Good Business Choice (PC World)
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 15:30 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Chances are good that if someone walked into your office right now and peeked over your shoulder, they would see a Windows operating system on your computer. But, did you know that you have a choice of something other than Windows for that computer on your desk, and that you have the same choice for the servers in your data center?
