Links for April 28th, 2008
- 451 CAOS Theory » Red Hat-Ubuntu pairing would have potential - “I’m starting to see some big potential for symbiosis between two Linux and open source leaders: Red Hat and Ubuntu. Red Hat’s departure from the consumer desktop Linux market comes at the same time Ubuntu continues rolling in the same market with the release of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron this week…”
- BlissPoint Blog: Five Reasons why the Ubuntu Server Revolution will never happen - “I have complete respect for the VAR Guy, so I am writing out a response to his post Five Reasons Ubuntu Server Revolution Begins Today that allows me to explain my position and how it differs from him. It isn’t criticism of the VAR Guy, it is a difference of opinion. I hope he sees it that way…”
- [Phoronix] Ubuntu 8.04 vs. Windows Vista Power Usage - “Without a doubt, however, Linux has been improving when it comes to power management in large part thanks to Intel and their various projects such as PowerTOP and LessWatts…”
- FOSSwire » Interview: Kenneth Wimer of the Ubuntu Art Team
- InformIT: Interview with Donald Knuth - Donald Knuth, author of The Art of Programming series is an Ubuntu user.
Re: Servers, it is a fact though that Ubuntu jumped a lot on the servers too, despite the dominant heavyweights there.
I suspect server admins just might like the “human friendly” and “works out of the box” things.