Linux Online - News from Dec 13, 2007

News from Dec 13, 2007

Working for the man: Keeping the open source faith, Dec 13, 2007

The giant software companies are increasingly boasting of their open source credentials but developers need to guard against encroachment on their principles.

Tux delivers fresh milk in Germany, Dec 13, 2007

Emlix GmbH is introducing a dual-unit, GPS- and GPRS-based logistics system for tanker transport of liquid goods, such as milk. Its System 3003 combines two Ethernet-linked Linux systems: the in-cabin subsystem (ICS) for driver guidance and the metering-sampling subsystem (MSS) that monitors liquid delivery/collection.

GNOME theme engine designer adds transparency to GTK, Dec 13, 2007

GNOME theme engine designer Andrea Cimitan has implemented support for transparent widgets in the Murrine GTK theme engine, bringing Vista-like translucent glass effects to the GNOME desktop.

NZ Ministry of Justice: We want open source, Dec 13, 2007

The New Zealand Ministry for Justice believes that open source software is a more stable, supportable, and cost-effective choice compared to proprietary solutions.

A child's view of the $100 laptop, Dec 13, 2007

What will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out.

Interoperability Issues Hamper Open-Source Adoption, Dec 13, 2007

The Open Solutions Alliance says more open-source projects need to be built with good interoperability hooks.

OpenOffice.org goes online with SAAS version, Dec 13, 2007

Do you really like OpenOffice.org as your office suite? Would you like to be able to use it on any computer with an Internet connection? If you answered yes to both those questions, you'll be interested in Ulteo's beta of Ulteo Online Desktop, which allows the use of OpenOffice.org over the Internet as SAAS (software as a service).

Novell lands major Linux server contract with Office Depot, Dec 13, 2007

Second in the Linux server business to leader Red Hat, Novell is continuing to strive for major server wins. In its latest significant victory, Novell announced that Office Depot has elected to consolidate its server infrastructure on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1.

Kernel release: 2.6.23.10-rc1, Dec 13, 2007

2.6.23.10-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 66
Files removed: 0

Kernel release: 2.6.22.15-rc1, Dec 13, 2007

2.6.22.15-rc1 has been released today.
See changelog for full details.
Files added: 0
Files changed: 41
Files removed: 0

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