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Linux in the newsRecommended Reading What Linux Will Look Like In 2012 (InformationWeek)Serdar Yegulalp ponders what will happen with the next four years of Linux development in a lengthy InformationWeek article. "In the time it takes most college students to earn an undergraduate degree -- or party through their college savings -- Linux will continue to mature and evolve into an operating system that non-technical users can fully embrace. The single biggest change you'll see is the way Linux evolves to meet the growing market of users who are not themselves Linux-savvy, but are looking for a low-cost alternative to Microsoft (or even the Mac). That alone will stimulate enormous changes across the board, but there are many other things coming down the pike in the next four years, all well worth looking forward to."
VMware exec says Windows days are numbered (ComputerWorld)Stephen J. Vaughan Nichols discusses Paul Harapin's predictions for the end of Windows. "Seriously. In an ITWire tale, Paul Harapin, VMware's managing director for Australia and New Zealand said Windows is already being replaced by virtual appliances running on Linux. In ten-years, there will be no more Windows. OK. I know people at Red Hat who would say that that's exactly what will happen. That's right out of the new Red Hat KVM-based virtualization playbook. But, someone from VMware saying this? Wow."
Trade Shows and Conferences Mobile and Embedded Day at Akademy (KDE.News)KDE.News covers the mobile and embedded day at Akademy. "This year Akademy held a dedicated day for mobile and embedded talks. With Trolltech being owned by Nokia, mobile is suddenly a hot topic for KDE and several variants of Qt and KDE on mobiles were in progress at Akademy."
LWCE 2008 - Reports from inside the .org PavilionScott Dowdle has posted his coverage of LinuxWorld. "I wrote up a report for each day of Linux World Conference and Expo 2008 in San Francisco from my perspective as a staffer of the OpenVZ Project booth in the .Org Pavilion." The coverage includes: day one, day two, day three and a photo gallery.
Three things the Linux desktops needs to do to beat Windows (ComputerWorld)Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols covers two LinuxWorld panels. "While at LinuxWorld at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, I chaired the panel on what the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) that are pre-installing Linux on their PCs are up to and I attended another panel on what the Linux desktop architects have planned. One theme that showed up at both functions is: "What does Linux need to do to compete more successfully on the desktop?" We came up with several pain points, but some of them are clearly hurting Linux more than the others. "
Companies How Adobe can stop Microsoft (MarketWatch)John C. Dvorak suggests a new Linux strategy for Adobe. "Microsoft has attacked Adobe before by adopting TrueType font technology over PostScript around 1989, an announcement that sent Adobe founder John Warnock into shock. Fear of Microsoft may have resulted in the fast-paced and never-ending upgrade cycle of Adobe Photoshop -- out of real concern that Bill Gates and company might develop a real competitor. Now we have this Silverlight situation, and Adobe has to do something other than run away from Microsoft. It should attack Microsoft with a Linux initiative."
IBM introduces new Software Appliance Initiatives (TradingMarkets)TradingMarkets reports on IBM's Software Appliance Initiatives. "IBM announced new software appliance initiatives designed to accelerate the adoption of Linux in small and medium businesses (SMBs) and the deployment of Domino applications on Lotus Foundations. According to the company, the new developments include a preconfigured version of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 from Novell in Lotus Foundations and a toolkit that opens new opportunities for Domino software vendors (ISVs) to deliver their applications on a software appliance to the smallest businesses. IBM is also announcing a new strategy -- the ISV Software Appliance Initiative -- designed to enable a wide range of ISVs to deliver Linux software appliances to mid-market customers."
Linux Adoption Travelocity's parent company hails Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (SearchEnterpriseLinux.com)SearchEnterpriseLinux.com reports on the use of Linux by Travelocity. "Sabre Holdings Corp., the $3 billion online network best known for Travelocity, has adopted Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) as the corporate standard for its global ticketing and airline services businesses and will implement RHEL 5 in all future acquisitions. Robert Wiseman, Sabre's chief technology officer, said the Southlake, Texas-based company began using Red Hat and other open source software about 2004. Red Hat now runs mission-critical online systems that collectively process as many as 32,000 transactions per second from three data centers in Tulsa, Okla., and one in Texas, he said. The primary motive for moving to open source was the ability to access the code, he said."
Interviews Torvalds: No picnic to become major Linux coder (ZDNet)ZDNet talks with Linus Torvalds about kernel development. "It may not sound exciting but, quite frankly, I don't think anybody who starts out believing that they want to rewrite some big piece of the kernel should even bother. Reality isn't that simple."
Debian GNU/Linux: 15 Years Old and at the Crossroads (Datamation)Datamation talks with some Debian project leaders, past and present, about the distribution's 15th anniversary and its future. "The popularity of Ubuntu, [Ian] Murdock suggests (as well as, he might have added, the popularity of specialized Debian-derived distributions such as Knoppix and Damn Small Linux) may very well mean that Debian's role is changing. Instead of being the distribution of choice for many users, the project may be evolving into an upstream supplier for other, more user-focused distributions."
Linux Foundation Publishes Guide On How To Get Your Code In The Kernel (InformationWeek)InformationWeek talks to LWN's Jonathan Corbet about his recently published Linux Foundation document: "How To Participate In The Linux Community". "Development of the Linux kernel is a process that's a mystery to many outsiders. Someone who thinks he has just the right code to add to Linux periodically crashes into the hurdles that need to be leaped before the new code can get incorporated into the kernel. The Linux Foundation is trying to do something about that. It's issued a guide on "How To Participate In The Linux Community," which outlines well-known standards and also unveils some of the little-known barriers."
People Behind KDE: Michael Pyne (KDE.News)KDE.News has announced the latest interview in the People Behind KDE series. "In the next People Behind KDE interview, we stay in the United States of America (but leave in an underwater craft!) to meet a KDE developer who could be a JuKebox in another life, someone who helps you build development versions of KDE (staying on the bleeding edge without the pain!) - tonight's star of People Behind KDE is Michael Pyne."
The A-Z of Programming Languages: Python (TechWorld)TechWorld talks to Python creator Guido van Rossum. "Q:Would you do anything differently if you had the chance? A:Perhaps I would pay more attention to quality of the standard library modules. Python has an amazingly rich and powerful standard library, containing modules or packages that handle such diverse tasks as downloading web pages, using low-level Internet protocols, accessing databases, or writing graphical user interfaces. But there are also a lot of modules that aren't particularly well thought-out, or serve only a very small specialized audience, or don't work well with other modules. We're cleaning up the worst excesses in Python 3.0, but for many reasons it's much harder to remove modules than to add new ones -- there's always *someone* who will miss it."
Resources Beef up the Find command in Firefox (IBM developerWorks)IBM developerWorks shows how to improve the Firefox Find command. "The Find command in Firefox locates the user-specified text in the body of a Web page. The command is an easy-to-use tool that works well enough for most users most of the time. Sometimes, however, a more powerful Find-like tool would make locating text easier. This article shows how to build a tool that isolates relevant text in Web pages faster by detecting the presence and absence of nearby words."
Building a greener IT department (IBM developerWorks)Michael J. Welsh explores ways to save power and recycle equipment on IBM developerWorks. ""Green," "eco-friendly," and "carbon footprint" are buzzwords that are frequently used to describe a company's level of environmental responsibility. But how to be more green in the IT world is a more complex matter. In this article, get some ideas that can help any IT department lessen its impact on the environment. "
Reviews Dell Announces 10 New Laptops (MAXIMUMPC)MAXIMUMPC looks at the latest laptop offerings from Dell, which will use a Linux-based OS front end. "Another feature that Dell will be rolling out in the coming months is the Latitude ON technology, which, like the HP/Voodoo Omens Instant-On feature, is a Linux-based UI that loads instead of Windows. Dell execs said that they werent creating the OS themselves, but have partnered with a yet-to-be announced third party to create the embedded Linux solution (apparently not SplastTop). What will differentiate Latitude ON from HPs solution is that Dell is also utilize a separate low-voltage sub-processor to power the Linux OS, which in theory will let the laptop run for multiple DAYS."
Leaked: Dell Inspiron 910 (Mini Note) Specs and Release Date (Gizmodo)Gizmodo takes a look at Dell's upcoming Inspiron 910 mini notebook. "A few weeks ago we ran some rumored specs of Dell's answer to the Eee, the Dell Inspiron 910 (aka Mini Inspiron and Inspiron Mini). Now we've gotten our hands on the full (internal) 910 web documentation. Along with scoping shots from every angle, we've learned that the 910 will support SSDs up to 16GB and has what looks to be very moddable internals (large Phillips-head screws hold that SSD in place). The system will go on sale in just a few daysAugust 22nd our source saysbut we still don't know whether or not that $299 starting price is just a myth."
Miscellaneous Commercial Apps For Consumer Linux: D.O.A.? (InformationWeek)Serdar Yegulalp has a follow-up article on his previous prognostication. "One thing I didn't talk much about in my recent feature article about the future of Linux was whether consumers will be paying for Linux apps in four years. Truth is, I don't think most of them will -- if even any at all."
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