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Submission + - Freenode and OFTC IRC networks buddy up

Submitted by exeme on Tuesday May 22, 2007 @06:45PM

exeme writes: After growing apart for six years, Freenode and OFTC are now working together, and seeing where cooperation might take them.

"Two Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks that are used heavily by free and open source software projects, Freenode and the Open and Free Technology Community (OFTC), are building bridges by swapping staff and observing each other's operations. The rapprochement brings together two organizations that sprang from a single project, and may be a precursor for more intimate ties."

Full article.

Submission + - Is brand name Ubuntu over hyped ?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 05, 2007 @03:16AM

An anonymous reader writes: When you go by the readings in diverse media, you are sure to find only eulogies of Ubuntu — a linux distribution which has been very popular as a neophytes Linux distribution. But this provocative article asks whether, after all is said and done, is not the brand name Ubuntu over hyped to the extent of over shadowing other Linux distributions including Ubuntu's parent distribution Debian? Because as this author has experienced, the succeeding Ubuntu releases after 6.06 has only gone down a gradual incline in the quality department.

Submission + - Dell will pre-install Ubuntu Linux

Submitted by

atamyrat

on Monday April 30, 2007 @11:49PM

atamyrat writes: "http://www.fabianrodriguez.com/blog/archives/2007/ 04/30/its-d-day/ It's now official. That's it, the embargo is over. We can talk. Many people have been involved in this and I can only say I am excited to be a tiny small part of it: Ubuntu will be officially supported on Dell computers. Any other details will come on www.ubuntu.com, check it for the official press release, but we can now all put the matter to rest and go about our normal lives — or can we ? :) This from your humble servant at Canonical Global Support Services. http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8661763902.html http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/30/dell_will_pre install.html"

Submission + - Why do Device Developers Prefer Debian?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30, 2007 @05:06PM

An anonymous reader writes: LinuxDevices.com's survey results consistently show Debian to be the most popular distribution among device developers. For example, the just-completed 2007 survey indicated that Debian was used in device-related projects by 13 percent of the survey's 932 participants, roughly double the score of MontaVista, the most popular strictly-embedded distribution. In addition to Debian's 13 percent score, Ubuntu, which is based on Debian packages, jumped to 6 percent this year, its first year in the survey. In contrast, Red Hat, achieved a 5 percent score and Fedora came in at 6 percent, while SUSE scored just 2 percent. The complete 2007 Embedded Linux Survey results and analysis are here.

Submission + - Debian at the crossroads

Submitted by Tookis on Monday March 26, 2007 @02:35AM

Tookis writes: The Debian GNU/Linux project has come to some kind of crossroads — due to many factors, some of them artificial — and the man who takes over leadership next month will have to make some crucial decisions on the future direction of the project. At the moment strong leadership appears to be lacking — or so founder Ian Murdock believes. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/10788/1090/

Submission + - 2006 Board Games Gift Guide

Submitted by SlantyBard on Thursday December 14, 2006 @10:58PM

SlantyBard writes: As per previous years, the Morning News has published their annual guide to "Good Gift Games". You can also always check out BoardGameGeek's gift guide to boardgames or Funagain's all time top bestseller list for great gifts for your family and friends.

Submission + - Overhaul of the RPM

Submitted by

hdparm

on Thursday December 14, 2006 @10:53PM

hdparm writes: "Earlier today, Fedora Project Leader Max Spevack has made an announcement on fedora-announce mailing list about the big cleanup of the codebase and reorganisation of the maintenance for Red Hat Package Manager, better known as RPM.

Whatever people think about RPM, or Red Hat for that matter, turns out Red Hat is again doing the right thing. They have again acted in the best interest of the FLOSS community and released to it software critical to Linux development and wider addoption. Kudos and another round of respect go to Red Hat. They deserve it for true leadership and the fact that they care.

More information can be found on the new project's site. Project is hosted by Duke University."

Submission + - Linux Kernel To "Ban" Non-GPL Modules By 2

Submitted by Bootsy Collins on Thursday December 14, 2006 @12:38AM

Bootsy Collins writes: In a discussion today on the LKML, Greg Kroah-Hartman has agreed with opinions in favor of having the Linux kernel load only GPL-tagged modules, and has put forward a patch which will start warning users loading "tainted" modules into the kernel that such loading will no longer be possible in kernels released after 1 January 2008. The intent is to give companies time to GPL their modules, release hardware specifications so that others can write GPL'ed modules, or otherwise respond to the restriction. Later in the discussion, Linus Torvalds has voiced his opposition to this move.

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