LWN Weekly Edition
Front pageSecurity
Kernel development
Distributions
Development
Announcements
->One big page
This page
Previous weekFollowing week
Recent Features
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AnnouncementsNon-Commercial announcements Google asks for delay in WebM license considerationGoogle has asked the Open Source Initiative to delay its consideration of the WebM license (requested by Bruce Perens) for a couple of weeks; the company has also requested some changes in how the OSI does business. "This might sound strident, but I think that OSI needs to be more open about its workings to retain credibility in the space." The resulting discussion, unsurprisingly, seems mostly to be focused on the relative blackness of various pots and kettles; those who are interested can read the full thread.
Commercial announcements OLPC announces XO 3.0 partnershipThe One Laptop Per Child Foundation has announced a partnership with Marvell to develop the next-generation "XO 3.0" system - a tablet, naturally. "The new family of XO tablets will incorporate elements and new capabilities based on feedback from the nearly 2 million children and families around the world who use the current XO laptop. The XO tablet, for example, will require approximately one watt of power to operate (compared to about 5 watts necessary for the current XO laptop). The XO tablet will also feature a multi-lingual soft keyboard with touch feedback, enabling it to serve millions more children who speak virtually any language anywhere in the world."
Novell Reports Financial Results for Second Fiscal Quarter 2010Novell has announced its financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2010. "For the quarter, Novell reported net revenue of $204 million. This compares to net revenue of $216 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2009. GAAP income from operations for the second fiscal quarter of 2010 was $20 million. This compares to GAAP income from operations of $18 million for the second fiscal quarter of 2009. GAAP net income in the second fiscal quarter of 2010 was $20 million, or $0.06 per share. This compares to GAAP net income of $16 million, or $0.05 per share, for the second fiscal quarter of 2009. Foreign currency exchange rates favorably impacted net revenue by $2 million and negatively impacted operating expenses by $6 million and income from operations by $4 million compared to the same period last year."
Articles of interest Will an open-source alternative to Facebook actually work? (NetworkWorld)NetworkWorld takes a look at the Appleseed Project. "After I wrote about the Diaspora project a few weeks ago, I was contacted by Michael Chisari of the Appleseed Project, which is basically the same thing and predates Diaspora by several years. Reason virtually no one had heard of it was because Chisari had spent months developing the entire project himself and had to put it on hold because he, well, reached the point where he couldn't finish it alone with no one really interested in it." (Thanks to Martin Jeppesen)
Nearly every supercomputer runs Linux (ITWire)ITWire looks at the top 500 supercomputer list. "Of the 187 new entrants, all but one are running some variant of Linux and in fact 470 of the Top 500 run Linux, 25 some other Unix (mostly AIX) and the remaining 5 run Windows HPC 2008."
New Books DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide--New from O'ReillyO'Reilly has released "DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide" by Norman Walsh and edited by Richard L. Hamilton.
The Canon Camera Hackers Manual--New from Rocky NookRocky Nook has released "The Canon Camera Hackers Manual" by Berthold Daum.
Resources CE Linux Forum Newsletter: May 2010The May 2010 issue of the CE Linux Forum newsletter covers ELC Europe 2010 - Call For Presentations Still Open, * Japan Technical Jamboree #33, * CELF Contract Work Update, * Wiki Editor Contest Almost Over, and * Embedded Linux College Course.
Interviews FSFE: Fellowship interview with David Reyes Samblas MartinezThe Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe has an interview with David Reyes Samblas Martinez. "David Reyes Samblas Martinez is the founder of Spanish Copyleft Hardware store Tuxbrain, and attended the famous Open University of Catalunya. He's also the subject of this month's Fellowship interview, in which he answers questions on hardware manufacturing, e-learning and Free Software politics."
Calls for Presentations openSUSE Conference 2010 Call for PapersThe openSUSE Project Team has announced that the 2nd international openSUSE Conference will take place in Nuremberg, Germany October 20-23, 2010. The Call for Papers ends July 31, 2010.
Upcoming Events Events: June 10, 2010 to August 9, 2010The following event listing is taken from the LWN.net Calendar.
If your event does not appear here, please tell us about it.
Page editor: Rebecca Sobol |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||