+1 Though I would still *advocate* for OpenOffice (since Softmaker's ODF support is flaky), but the reality is that most of the world's business information is locked in DOC/XLS/PPT. And the excellent compatibility of Softmaker to MS formats (especially XLS) , makes it a transition path towards Linux.

I couldnt help but notice that there are no 3g based projects. I know that many (not all) of the 3g chipsets that you need to build any product are covered under extremely restrictive NDA.

However, I had really hoped that there would be atleast one

Note: OpenMoko does not disclose its 3g firmware (http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/GTA01_gsm_modem) Upgrading the modem's firmware is technically possible but no proper software is currently legally available to users outside Openmoko staff

very cool!
thanks... However, I am not too keen on hacking window-managers.

I just wish stuff like this could be packaged into a "bells-and-whistles-included" distro - like say Stubuntu (!) and made it so that it is inherently click-and-configurable.

Do check out ZFS-Fuse . Development has accelerated over the past couple of months and it is very usable with decent performance.

Atleast one commercial offering is using ZFS-FUSE in its products - however, no idea whether it is using a custom non-community build.

I am using ZFS-Fuse on Ubuntu Hardy with 2 hard disks in a mirrored configuration, serving its files over Samba. We do incremental backups everyday (which the filesystem supports) and are quite happy with it.

ahh.. but the publicity. Every real boy wants the box that is used by the Men-in-Black .

Why dont you use the Nokia N900 for all your stated purposes.

Given that it is running a variant of Debian Linux (Maemo), and has a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera (which has provably excellent video recording , it takes care of your video needs.

It is also multitasking, so you can switch on your video recorder and flip to your notes.
Given its pre-release price of 650$ (without contract) and the fact that the developer market for Maemo is a given, considering it's Debian roots, I'd say it makes for a pretty decent solution for you.

Goat is used interchangeably with mutton (sheep) in Indian cooking - as curries or (minced) as kebabs

Try indian goat curries and save the planet !

What if the article was published in Asian countries like India - which is predominantly English speaking, has a free press that loves anti-colonial articles and does not recognise British libel laws ?

I thought ASLR existed to make life difficult for trojans and viruses. So that, even if you did click on those pictures of Britney, you would'nt end up with your credit card information stolen.

Do you use this on Linux/ZFS/Fuse or OpenSolaris? If you are doing it on Linux, I am curious on how that stacks up to ... say OpenFiler.

@ScytheBlade1, Slitaz needs you ;)

I hope the kernel gurus focus on power. With the nearly double battery performance of Win7 X64 on my laptop as compared to Jaunty X64, I am really having trouble getting people to move to Linux.

'tis the time of horizontal scaling - lets make things more power efficient please

Isnt the Smoke library a good starting point for your effort?

I havent worked with either, however it sounds (http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/427) quite interesting in its goals. I am speculating that Smoke was never seriously used for Python (instead it focussed on Ruby), because of the momentum behind PyQT.

However, given that it can interoperate with any scripting language (http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Languages/Smoke) - isn't it a good starting point ?

http://github.com/thephred/kdebindings/tree/35ba8e5eac62b1e7ab52ac439ea158963ece089b/smoke

The Droid Pro fonts are non-free. Droid fonts (as used on Android) are licensed under Apache Public License.

I've always recommended Droid fonts for all your linux desktop font needs. This is the font that was released by Google for its Android OS and is available for free. It's a gorgeous font on the Desktop!

It is the first thing I do when I install a clean machine - use Droid fonts and turn on subpixel hinting.