Linuxlookup Weekly Wrap-up for Sept 1 2007
Here is the Linuxlookup.com weekly wrap-up, some of the hottest stories in the Linux community this week were...
- Menhir - The distribution of four free operating systems
- Mythtv 0…
Norway Decides: No with Comments on OOXML and a Hint from Hungary
Norway Standards has released its decision on OOXML. It's No with Comments. Essentially, they are concerned about too many technical issues and wish to see them fixed before it becomes a standard…
Mandriva First to Demonstrate KDE/Linux Desktop on the New Intel MID platform
Mandriva showcased the first prototype of the Mandriva Linux
distribution with KDE running on the new Intel Mobile Internet Device
(MID) platform at the aKademy 2007 conference.
The open source road to 100 MPG
The Society for Sustainable Mobility, formerly known as the Open Source Green Vehicle project, is one of the official teams registered for the Automotive X-Prize competition.
The X-Prize…
Open XML standard war grows heated
The day is fast approaching when the comment and voting period for ISO/IEC DIS 29500, the draft ISO specification based upon Microsoft's Office Open XML formats, will either be approved or not. As…
Novell Reports Financial Results for Third Fiscal Quarter 2007
Novell, Inc. announced financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2007. For the quarter, Novell reported net revenue of $243 million, compared to net revenue of $236 million for…
Ubuntu Founder Mark Shuttleworth on Productivity and Linux
"Founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth took time out of his busy schedule to talk with us about email, productivity, travel, web applications, Ubuntu, free software and much more. We asked…
Utah Open Source Conference 2007
Whether you are a geek, CTO or both, this conference is for you. The Utah Open Source Conference is the first major gathering in Utah focused solely on bringing the open source community together…
Micrososft: Linux Keeps Losing - NOT!
"Okay, I’ve watched a few of these articles floating about that apparently don’t speak any new information, but do try to come across as authoritative. It’s basically a waste of BLOG time and…
Gnash 0.8.1 Released
The forth alpha release of Gnash has just been made at version 0.8.1. Gnash is a GPL'd Flash movie player and browser plugin for Firefox, Mozilla, Konqueror, and Opera. Gnash supports many SWF v7…