Drowning in Distros
"Water water everywhere, nor any drop to drink" Although the state of Linux Desktops.. or for that matter ANY free software, will seldom be akin to Coleridge’s drowning man, it may well happen…
Ubuntu Delivers on the Promise of Open Source
For users wanting a secure, feature rich alternative to Microsoft Windows, Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today the Thursday release of Ubuntu version 7.04.
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Greenphone Developer Challenge
Trolltech today announced the start of the Qtopia Greenphone Developer Challenge, a global contest for innovative development of Linux-based mobile phone applications. Entrants can create their…
Former OSDL CEO Launches Company Targeting Enterprise IT
Former Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) CEO Stuart Cohen today launched a new company that will solve shared enterprise IT problems by bringing together companies to develop software at half…
Thinking Past Platforms: the Next Challenge for Linux
A few weeks ago I was talking with folks who worked inside one of the large hardware OEMs. Somewhere in there they told me about their "Linux strategy". I told them they needed a "Linux strategy"…
Intel to launch Linux-powered mobile Internet device
Intel is developing its own take on the mini-tablet, with a new ultra-mobile PC platform to be announced at this week’s Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. The big surprise? It’s based on Linux.…
Wi-Fi Bug Found in Linux
A bug has been found in a major Linux Wi-Fi driver that can allow an attacker to take control of a laptop -- even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network.
There have not been many Linux Wi-Fi…
Ubuntu Linux Running On Sony Ericsson P990i
"With a little hardware modification and a special software, we have load a mobile version of Ubuntu in a Sony Ericsson P990i".
The Sorry State of Open Source Software
This editorial is an experiment. It was originally written by Radu-Cristian Fotescu for his blog, but he offered us the chance to publish it here on The Jem Report as well. It is extremely long,…
Weekly Wrap-up: The Hottest Linux community stories for the week April 14 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Dell's March To Linux PCs Won't Be A Walk In The Park
- SCO uses…