Linux news
OpenSSO, Neglected by Oracle, Gets Second Life (PC World)
Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:30 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - A Norwegian startup is assuming responsibility for maintaining an open source Web authentication technology originally developed by Sun Microsystems, and seemingly neglected by Oracle, which purchased Sun in January.
Building a $200 Linux PC
Sun, 07/25/2010 - 09:46 | by Anonymous Coward
WesternActor writes "Computers are getting cheaper to buy every year, but there are still sometimes advantages to building them yourself. ExtremeTech has a story about how they sought out the parts for a $200 computer that (of course) runs Linux as a way of breaking the budget barrier. They even test it against a commercially available eMachines nettop to see how it compares in terms of performance.
Dell Drops Ubuntu PCs From Its Website
Sat, 07/24/2010 - 07:18 | by Anonymous Coward
Barence writes "Dell has stopped selling consumer PCs preloaded with Ubuntu from its website, and doesn't know when they're coming back. A search for Ubuntu on the Dell UK website returns only one laptop — the Dell Latitude 2100 from the company's business range. Dell insists that it's continuing to sell Ubuntu systems, but only over the phone, and has no idea when — or even if — the Ubuntu PCs will return online.
What To Do With an Old G5 Tower?
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 18:36 | by Anonymous Coward
lunatic1969 writes "I've got an old G5 PowerPC tower that's sitting in a spare room not seeing much in the way of use. I'd like to stick a Linux distribution on it and maybe breathe some life back into it. I've got a few vague ideas — it might be a handy file server, streaming video for a security system, or simply just to have a spare box around.
Open Source Participation Gains Support In China
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 15:43 | by Anonymous Coward
eldavojohn writes "ZDNet blogger Fred Muller notes that a Chinese company called Taobao has become one of the first in the country to participate in open source. After years of Chinese companies using Linux, Taobao has announced they are open sourcing TAIR, and they revealed what is believed by Muller to be the first open source repository hosted by a Chinese corporation. Muller tracked down the originator of this information and was also informed that the Linux kernel can expect contributions soon from Taobao.
Tab Candy: Firefox Invents a Better Way to Manage Tabs [VIDEO] (Mashable)
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 14:19 | by Anonymous Coward
Mashable - Mozilla Creative Lead Aza Raskin has released Tab Candy, an experimental feature for Firefox that reimagines tabbed browsing through tab groups and reorganization.
Ten Reasons to Dump Windows and Use Linux (PC World)
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 11:51 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - Now is a particularly good time to ditch Windows for good, for workstations as well as servers.
India's $35 Tablet Computer
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 09:13 | by Anonymous Coward
NotBornYesterday was one of many readers sending in news that the Indian government has announced it is helping to develop a $35 tablet computer running Linux. "India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. The government plans to subsidize the tablets so the cost to students could be $20; and eventually, they hope the cost will fall to $10 per unit.
The Scalability of Linus
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 08:29 | by Anonymous Coward
Hugh Pickens writes "Katherine Noyes writes at LinuxInsider that it may be time for Linus Torvalds to share more of the responsibility for Linux that he's been shouldering. 'If Linux wants to keep up with the competition there is much work to do, more than even a man of Linus's skill [can] accomplish,' argues one user. The 'scalability of Linus' is the subject of a post by Jonathan Corbet wondering if there might there be a Linus scalability crunch point coming.
Perl Creator Hints at Imminent Perl 6 Release (PC World)
Fri, 07/23/2010 - 05:10 | by Anonymous Coward
PC World - In his annual "State of the Onion" speech at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference (OSCON), Perl creator Larry Wall hinted that the long-awaited version 6 of the Perl programming language might finally be released soon. He also ruminated about the effect that Perl 6 would have, once it is released.
