Archives: Linux Advocacy
Gphone – Andy Rubin talks about his upcoming Android
The fellow behind Android, Google’s mobile phone, Andy Rubin together with other members of the crew talk about the so-called Gphone. Basically, Android is a Google’s term for a Linux operating system, desktop and applications. Little is known about Android as these guys operate under a cloak of secrecy. The video tries to get us a little closer.
Whilst Google on one hand comes up on the 12 of November with a Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers, on the other it pairs up with Sun Microsystems to provide a matching developer environment for Android based on the Sun’s Netbeans Java developer tools.
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The gOS operating system for gPC
gOS, the name says it all, maybe, it is rather a difficult product to present, for a simple reason, it is unique of it’s type. The producer says “consumers, who use Linux and open-source software are rare” so the need to come out with what they call “An alternative OS for the masses” — released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
The “g” in gOS operating system, does not stand for Google, no, the “g” doesn’t stand for anything but gOS has six Google applications loaded; gMail (Google’s e-mail product), Gtalk, a direct link to videos on YouTube, a calendar, maps and news. Other preinstalled software are Mozilla Firefox, , Meebo, Skype, Wikipedia, GIMP, Xing Movie Player, Rhythmbox, Faqly, Facebook and OpenOffice.org 2.2 (includes Writer, Impress, Draw, Calc, Base) . Other products could eventually be installed by the user; David Liu, the founder of gOS, the California start-up that built the open-source operating system says even an iPod will work on gPC
The gOS will run a Green gPC produced by Everex (we are in a gWorld) and this so called gPC will be sold online at Walmart.com and in about 600 Wal-Mart stores at a give-out price of $199, monitors not included.
If you don’t need the gPC but want to try-out gOS, it is now downloadable and would run any PC. gOS is Open Source even though it is not released under the GNU GPL. They thank the Ubuntu 7.10 community for their contribution to gOS and the world.
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An open letter to Microsoft by Mandriva Linux
An open letter to Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO by François Bancilhon, CEO of Mandriva. The story began this way; the Nigerian government decided to get 17,000 Intel-powered classmate PCs with a customised Mandriva Linux as operative system for educational purposes. This was a very promising deal for Mandriva that unlike Ubuntu gets fewer of such request from local governments and was going to use this as a spring board for other better deals or “solution” projects in the third world.
It was a good deal until when the customer (Nigerian gov.) announced; “we shall pay for the Mandriva Software as agreed, but we shall replace it by Windows afterwards.”
Who and what is behind this radical change of point of view by the Nigerian gov. could be a mystery but Mandriva’s CEO has no doubt: Microsoft, and so a wounded François Bancilhon wrote this open letter to Steve Ballmer.
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Get your Ubuntu Certificate of Authenticity
This one of the most awesome or wicked( what ever) and original Ubuntu flags I’ve found on the web. It was created by MenZa, a well known participant on the Ubuntu Forum. It is released under a GNU GPL license, hilarious eh.
Naturally, I hope to find big companies coming out with certificate’s of authenticity like this one.
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The Apache 2007 US Conference – Get Involved
The Apache Software Foundation launched it’s seventh annual conference called ApacheCon US. The very first Apachecon US was held in Orlando, Florida on 8-10 March 2000 and since then the tradition has been kept. This year Apachecon US will be held 12-16 November 2007 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia.
The Apache conference series they say “delves into the highly lauded community that develops and shepherds industry-leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server “the world’s most popular Web server software for more than a decade”.
ApacheCon offers participants the opportunity to deepen their understanding of Open Source methodologies and further advance their participation with like-minded peers in a relaxed, community-focused environment.
Registration is still open to all on the Apachecon website. The ASF offers early registration incentives for ApacheCon 2007. For a better follow-up subscribe to the ApacheCon public mailing list to get more information on the upcoming US 2007 conference as well as future events: [email protected].
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The forgotten members of the Ubuntu family
Much had been said about Ubuntu and it’s, new release Gutsy Gibbon in the recent days. Many do not even know that on that same day October 18 Ubuntu 7.10 versions of Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Edubuntu were released. Very little attention has been given to the other members of the Ubuntu family like the KDE version Kubuntu or the rather feather weight version Xubuntu.
Fortunately, Lifehacker came out with a thorough summary of what’s new in the entire Ubuntu family. Get yourself informed, you might even find Kubuntu better.
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Wireshark, the Live Network Analyser
Formally known as Ethereal, Wireshark is a popular Network analyser that displays all data packets that get in and out of your computers network interface (LAN, Wi-Fi etc).
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