Linux Online - News from Nov 08, 2007

News from Nov 08, 2007

Linux at heart of BMOC (big multicast on campus), Nov 08, 2007

Video Furnace has licensed its MPEG-4-based video distribution system to OSTN, a student-produced video network. Video Furnace System 4 uses Internet2 or private, multicast-enabled Ethernet networks to deliver multicast feeds to desktops, regardless of the operating system, browser, or plug-in.

How to customise a Linux distro into a plug and play system, Nov 08, 2007

The world is on the verge of something stupendous: recent times have seen the launch of two customised Linux distros which just plug and play. Everex released the gPC, running gOS, based on Ubuntu, and well-known hardware vendor Asus unfurled the Xandros-based Eee subnotebook. Want to get in on the action? Here’s how to make your own special PC.

Red Hat releases RHEL 5.1 with greatly improved virtualization, Nov 08, 2007

Red Hat announced Nov. 7 the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, with integrated virtualization.

Debian powers sleek, two-pound mini-PC, Nov 08, 2007

German Web retailer Manufactum has introduced a sleek, low power mini-PC that runs Debian Linux. The 450-Euro Manuscriptum is based on a 500MHz AMD Geode LX800, is equipped with an 80GB hard drive, and offers 1920 x 1400 graphics, according to the company.

Channel Chief Erdman Leaves Novell, Nov 08, 2007

Novell channels and alliances vice president Steve Erdman has left the company and this week Novell appointed a former Hyperion executive to a newly created position of vice president of global channel sales.

Ubuntu to get visual refresh with Hardy Heron, Nov 08, 2007

Artists and developers participated in a desktop theming specification meeting at the Ubuntu Developer Summit earlier this week. During the meeting, participants made plans for the visual refresh of Hardy Heron, the next major release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

Pundits weigh in on Android and the gPhone, Nov 08, 2007

Google's open-source, Linux-based Android software stack may do for mobile phones what DOS did for the PC: create a de facto standard riveting developers together in singular purpose. Or, the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) backing Android could become just another "knitting circle," say industry pundits observing the matter.

Red Hat and Amazon make RHEL available online, Nov 08, 2007

On Nov. 7, Red Hat joined the cloud and software as a service market by announcing the beta availability of RHEL 5.1 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) on Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud).

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