Links for April 21st, 2008

linux, planetubuntu, ubuntu — Tags: , , , — boredandblogging @ 9:27 am
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Ubuntu ‘reaping Linux dividend’ - “There are other versions of Linux that are better for a particular purpose - but Ubuntu strives to be a general platform that is secure and self-maintained…”
  • Ubuntu Linux takes on enterprise server market with new OS - “So now that Ubuntu has an enterprise-ready server operating system, will the company begin following the model of other Linux vendors, such as Red Hat Inc., and create an offering for enterprise applications as well?”
  • Atheros hires ath5k developer - Maybe there will be native wifi drivers for the Asus Eee soon. “Luis R. Rodriguez has been hired by Atheros to to get every device of Atheros supported upstream in the Linux kernel…”
  • IMHO: Ray Ozzie “Gets” Open Source - O’Reilly ONLamp Blog - “But the bottom line is we believe very much in the quality of Microsoft products. We are an IP-based business. But we live in a world together with Open Source, and we have to make it possible for you to build solutions and for customers to build solution…”
  • BBC NEWS | dot.life | A blog about technology from BBC News | Is it lift off for Linux? - “[Mark Shuttleworth’s] main point was that Linux, and use of Ubuntu, was on the rise. He also had lots of interesting things to say about open source more broadly, the Microsoft-Yahoo deal etc, which I thought I’d detail here as a Q&A…”
  • An Apple User Tries Ubuntu - “I never thought I’d say this, but the command line is a plus, not a minus. Personally I’d never want to use it – all my passwords are enough memorization – but I see it as a valuable tool for power users…”

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