Linux Online - News from Jun 19, 2007

News from Jun 19, 2007

Linux printing steps toward simplicity, Jun 19, 2007

The Linux Foundation last week announced the free availability of the Linux Standard Base Driver Development Kit for print drivers.

Linux Shoots for Big League of Servers, Jun 19, 2007

Linux has had a great run. But to keep the growth, the upstart operating system needs to please more people like Jim Walsh.

Green Linux to attack power consumption, Jun 19, 2007

The Linux Foundation has formed a "Green Linux" initiative that will focus on reducing the open source operating system's power consumption.

Linux inner circle disregards Microsoft's patent play, Jun 19, 2007

The Linux faithful might be staring down the barrel of another round of Microsoft's legal taunts, but at last week's Linux Foundation Summit, the reaction was more ho-hum than oh-no.

ZFS on Linux: It's alive, Jun 19, 2007

ZFS, like the rest of OpenSolaris, has been available under Sun's Common Development and Distribution License for about two years, and Linux has been under Version 2 of the the GNU General Public License since its first release in 1991. The licenses are incompatible

Interview With Fred Miller - GNU/Linux Evangelist, Jun 19, 2007

Fred Miller is a prolific GNU/Linux evangelist and active member of the OpenSUSE community. He has converted numerous small businesses and individuals from Windows to GNU/Linux. He is also a big OpenOffice.org fan.

Pressure mounts on Dell over Linux PCs, Jun 19, 2007

More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling on Dell to offer Linux-based PCs outside of the US.

NASA tests Linux for spacecraft control, Jun 19, 2007

Linux was selected for a NASA experiment aimed at proving the feasibility of COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) hardware and software for scientific space missions. A key requirement was for application development and runtime environments familiar to scientists, to facilitate porting applications from the lab to the spacecraft.

Ubuntu, Red Hat reject Microsoft patent deal, Jun 19, 2007

Red Hat, the largest Linux vendor, and Ubuntu-maker Canonical have both rejected calls from Microsoft to forge a deal similar to the one the Redmond giant signed with Linux distributors Novell, Xandros, and Linspire.

Why Microsoft and Linux companies are tying the knot, Jun 19, 2007

I suspect Microsoft knows there's not a lot of value in its patent-infringement FUD card. After all, this isn't the first time Microsoft tried to play it... and the company didn't rake in the pot that time either.

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