HP snubs Moblin, rolls out Mi Linux-Atom netbook, May 26, 2009

In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google Inc.'s Android operating system, Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday announced a new Intel Atom netbook that will run HP's custom version of Linux and cost just $279 upon its debut.

Ethernet has emerged over the last decade as the dominant fabric for networking communication, but it's not the only one. InfiniBand, a technology that offers the promise of lower latency for high speed computing applications is making inroads according to analyst reports and the InfiniBand Trade Association (IBTA).

Invisible Linux would essentially do for Linux what Apple did with NeXTStep / BSD: take the open source core and wrap it in a layer that may not be open source but which is polished to a degree that makes it irresistible to end users.

It looks like Linux Mint will be making their next release, 7 or "Gloria", in the next few days, according to the Linux Mint Blog. This is good news, because the new release is based on Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope", which means you will get OpenOffice 3, and quite a few other nice updates.

Can Intel compete with its long-time partner Microsoft in the operating system game?

There is such a wealth of great Free and Open Source software applications it's almost an embarrassment of riches.

I downloaded a pre-release version of Bayanihan 5, the upcoming version of the state-sponsored Linux distribution, hoping to put it through its paces.

 View older news this year: Nov Oct Sep Aug Jul Jun May Apr Mar Feb Jan
 View news from other years: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999