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Aaron Seigo talks life, free software and reinventing the Desktop (ComputerWorld)

ComputerWorld.com.au talks with Aaron Seigo at LCA. "What do you think of the support KDE has received from the Linux distributors, many of which have chosen GNOME as their default desktop environment? We need to get better at collaborating on the commonalities. In China, Linux has something like 15 percent of the desktop and most of that is KDE. We see people in the market making this choice. People choose KDE - look at the Asus Eee PC. They are on target for about 5 million sales by mid year. I look at that and say could it have been better. We have a lot of success to point at. What I find unfortunate is that some companies dig into technologies. Canonical did not communicate well about long-term support and therefore neglected 35 percent of their user base. A user base they routinely neglect, but at KDE we ignore a lot of this."

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Linus Torvalds Interview, part II (Linux Foundation)

The Linux Foundation has posted the second part of its interview with Linus Torvalds; this installment covers software patents, maintainership, desktop Linux, and more. It's available in MP3 and Ogg formats; there is also a transcript. "So, I actually enjoy seeing all these other kernel trees happening. All the vendors have their own. If a vendor has drivers that I don’t have, I get really upset with the developers who decided those drivers are not good enough to send to Linus. I’m like, ‘Why is my kernel tree worse than a vendor kernel tree?’"

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Trade Shows and Conferences

The future of Linux: what it means for Wikipedia (apc)

apc covers an LCA talk by LWN's Jonathan Corbet. "Kernel release 2.6.24 came out on January 24, just before linux.conf.au began. Corbet estimates 2.6.25 will be finalised sometime around April. That rapid cycle represents an astonishing volume of new code. "We are adding about 2000 lines of code to the kernel every single day of the year, without exception," Corbet said. "Nobody can really keep up with this [on their own] any more. It's an amazing process, and it seems to be working." The project which those numbers immediately bring to mind is Wikipedia, which uses similar open source principles, along with an "anyone can contribute" ethos."

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Companies

Asus hopes upcoming Eee desktops are Eeequally Eeenticing (ars technica)

ars technica covers Asus's announcement of new Linux-based products. A desktop, monitor all-in-one system, and TV product are planned. "Lastly, there's the E-TV. As the name suggests, Asus is merging some aspect of the Eee into its 42" LCD displays. Exactly what functionality the company is referring to is unknown. Asus could theoretically embed an Eee directly into the television and ship the device with a keyboard+mouse, but the whole 'use your TV as your web browser/computer' concept has never caught on well."

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Asustek Unveils Lineup of Eee Devices (X-bit labs)

X-bit labs reports on the Asus Eee line. "Asustek Computer, a leading maker of personal computers and computer parts, announced on Wednesday a lineup of various devices that will be marketed under Eee trademark. The family will include a desktop, an HDTV and a monitor with build-in PC. The new products will allow Asus to enter the new markets, though, the success is hardly inevitable."

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Azingo introduces new mobile Linux platform (InfoWorld)

InfoWorld reports on Azingo's entering the Linux-based mobile phone market. "Formerly called Celunite, Azingo aims to differentiate itself from the crowd by offering phone makers an entire package, including kernel, middleware, applications, development tools, and integration services. "Mobile Linux has failed because there's a big integration problem," said Michael Mclaughlin, marketing director at Azingo. "People come with piece parts.""

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Interviews

An interview with Sebastian Kuegler (Linux Tech Daily)

Linux Tech Daily interviews KDE developer Sebastian Kuegler. "On the other hand, we seem to have lost a bit of our traction with larger Linux distributions. We hope we can address parts of that with being more predictable. I don’t think that merely a release cycle is to be blamed for that, but really, we are putting the pieces together to make living with KDE easier for our commercial partners. We have emphasised focus in UI aspects such as usability and artwork, but we’re also more actively working together with distributions and try to engage them more in our development process."

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Torvalds: Linux ready to go green (ZDNet)

ZDNet talks to Linus Torvalds about Linux power management issues. "The infrastructure and tools required to make Linux a green operating system are now in place, according to Linus Torvalds, who was in Melbourne this week attending Australia's largest Linux conference. In an interview at the linux.conf.au conference, Torvalds admitted that Linux was lagging behind on power-management and energy-diagnosis tools. "It is an area we were pretty weak in a few years ago and just building up the infrastructure took a long time, but now we are at a point where we have most of it done," said Torvalds."

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Resources

Linux Gazette #147

Linux Gazette #147 is out. This month's topics include GNU Screen, a look at technical conferences, hibernation, SVN, and more.

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Miscellaneous

What Will Happen to Zimbra? (Groklaw)

Groklaw takes a look at the Zimbra project. "I'm worrying about Zimbra, a project I had high hopes for. You'll find it interesting how the Zimbra forum is anguishing over a proposed Microsoft hostile takeover of Yahoo! since it's obvious it won't wish to help Zimbra, a competitor to a Microsoft product, Exchange. Note how one forum member writes that the only way to protect it is if it is GPLd." Some of Zimbra's source code is currently available under a Yahoo Public License.

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Why companies don't support Debian (LinuxWatch)

LinuxWatch investigates Debian's difficulties with corporate support. "Debian, either directly or through related Linux distributions such as Xandros, is used both by Linux enthusiasts and Fortune 500 companies. Of course, you couldn't prove that by the vast majority of Debian developers who never see a thin dime from their Debian work. Or, I should add, get access to new hardware, travel expenses to Debian developer conferences and so on. The reason for this is twofold. First, Debian, as a developer community, has never wanted any kind of "business" organization or corporate partnerships or sponsorships. It is purely a volunteer operation and woe unto any would-be developer who tries to change Debian's ways."

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