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Open Database
Alliance hedges
against Oracle plans for MySQL.
 Key stakeholders in the MySQL
development community are joining together to turn the tables on
Oracle and select a distinctly brighter future for the project. This
fifth column will create a unique new order, where inclusiveness and
community-driven development replace the arbitrary constraints of
top-down development. more...
Cisco and FSF
settle.
According to the New Media &
Technology Law Blog, the FSF legal action against Cisco, filed in
December 2008 has been settled. The case was brought against Cisco
for distributing GPL licensed code while, according to the FSF,
failing to comply with the requirement of making the code available
in source form. more...
USB display
technology heading for
Linux.
Linux users should soon be able to use
USB-connected monitors that incorporate DisplayLink's chips.
DisplayLink has released Linux versions of its USB monitor source
code under LGPL, and has partnered with Novell and the Linux Driver
Project to develop drivers for desktops and mobile devices. more...
What's coming in
2.6.30 - Storage:
RAID improvements, optimised CFQ Scheduler, SAS drivers.
he next kernel version is to provide
all that's necessary to convert, for example, a RAID 5 into a RAID 6
and vice versa. There are changes to the block layer designed to
speed up the system, and new and improved drivers will offer better
SAS support. more...
ZFS, Btrfs and
Oracle.
Most of you may already be aware of
Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems. If not, here is an
article stating just that from Sun’s website. I read the news as
soon as it was published on the net along with the reactions of Sun
users for Sun products. What will be the future of mySQL or
OpenOffice? more...
Linux.com
relaunched.
The Linux Foundation has announced the
relaunch of Linux.com, which it acquired recently. Linux.com is
designed to mirror the Linux community process by hosting a
collaborative framework where users and developers can connect and
increase the collective Linux knowledge and resources for new and
advanced users alike. more...
Getting Started
with Inkscape.
Inkscape began in 2003 as a code fork
from the Sodipodi project. Sodipodi developers Ted Gould, Bryce
Harrington, Nathan Hurst, and MenTaLguY identified important
differences over Sodipodi project objectives. They created Inkscape
under the idea of implementing the complete SVG standard instead of
creating a general purpose vector graphics editor and possibly moving
away from SVG which was the direction Sodipodi was headed. more...
Why I Switched
from GNOME to KDE.
Three weeks ago, I switched my main
desktop from GNOME to KDE. The switch was not a rejection of GNOME,
nor an unreasoning enthusiasm for KDE. It was based on my
determination to learn about a side of GNU/Linux that I had been
partially neglecting, and a growing appreciation of KDE's innovations
on the desktop. more...
Misc.
OLPC
goes the full Fedora.
The
liveusb-creator is a cross-platform tool for easily installing live operating systems
on to USB flash drives.
Zim - A Desktop Wiki.
Create your own
Ubuntu
LiveCD with Reconstructor.
Engrish.com.
How To Tips. |
The Free Software Foundation and Cisco
have now settled the litigation over the GPL and Cisco's subsidiary,
Linksys. Cisco has agreed to appoint a Free Software director for
Linksys, and it has agreed to notify previous recipients of Linksys
products of their rights under the GPL and other licenses, to publish
a licensing notice on the Linksys website, and it will "continue
to make the complete and corresponding source code for versions of
the FSF programs used with current Linksys products freely available
on its website." And Cisco will make a monetary contribution to
the FSF. 
The OpenOffice.org Community is pleased
to announce the general availability of OpenOffice.org 3.1, a
significant upgrade to the world's leading open-source office
productivity suite. 