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Mandriva

Developers Fork Mandriva Linux, Creating Mageia 206

Posted by Soulskill from the onward-and-upward dept.
Anssi55 writes "As most of the Mandriva employees working on the Linux distribution were laid off due to the liquidation of Edge-IT (a subsidiary of Mandriva SA) and trust in the company has diminished, the development community (including the core developers) has decided to fork the project. The new Linux distribution, named Mageia, will be managed by a not-for-profit organization that will be set up in the coming days. There are already many people that have decided to follow the fork, but the people behind it are still welcoming any help offered in the various tasks related to establishing the new distribution."
Mandriva

Submission + - Developers fork Mandriva Linux, creating Mageia (mageia.org) 1

Submitted by Anssi55
Anssi55 writes: As most of the Mandriva employees working on the Linux distribution were laid off due to the liquidation of Edge-IT (a subsidiary of Mandriva SA) and the trust in the company has diminished, the development community (including the core developers) has decided to fork the project. The new Linux distribution, named Mageia, will be managed by a not-for-profit organization that will be set up in the coming days. There are already many people that have decided to follow the fork, but the people behind it are still welcoming any help offered in the various tasks related to establishing the new distribution.
Microsoft

Microsoft Pushes Windows To Battle Linux In Africa 248

Posted by timothy from the roll-the-windows-down-if-it-gets-hot dept.
ThousandStars writes "According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft has been making a concerted effort to promote Windows in Africa, pushing Windows over Linux in very poor countries that haven't been locked into a single operating system. From the article: 'To that end, it has established a presence in 13 countries, donated Windows for thousands of school computers, and funded programs for entrepreneurs and the young. It also has used aggressive business tactics, some aimed at its biggest threat in the region: Linux ...'"
Intel

How Classsmate PC Stacks Up Against OLPC 284

Posted by Zonk from the cheap-laptops-go-toe-to-toe dept.
lisah writes "While the One Laptop Per Child project pulled itself together and shipped its first Beta machines, Intel was busy developing its own version, the Classmate PC. Inevitable comparisons will be made between the two (especially since OLPC's chairman Nicholas Negroponte called Intel's move "predatory"), so Linux.com's Tina Gasperson and her kids took a Classmate PC for a test run to see how it does in the real world. The upshot? Good battery life, easy to use, and great with ketchup. 'The Classmate is so adorably cozy it make you want to snuggle up on a comfy couch or lean back on some pillows on the floor while you surf. Good thing wireless is built right in. Too bad the typical Linux foibles apply. The first snag was having to log in as root to check the system configuration because the Classmate wouldn't log on to the network. Something tells me most elementary and high school teachers with nothing but Windows experience aren't going to get that.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

Why Vista Release Date Really Slipped 562

Posted by samzenpus from the better-excuses dept.
anzev writes "A team manager for Windows for 5 years has decided to write a blog-essay about what caused Windows Vista project to miss the due date. Philip tells us in the blog, that Windows developers are writing an average of 5000 lines of code (which is *only* 1200 lines less than the national average of 6200 lines of code per year). He addresses issues like the Vista code being too complicated, the processes the developers have to follow too complex and a lot more. All in all it gives a nice insight into why Vista will be late, from a different perspective. Oh, and Slashdot gets mentioned too ;-)."
User Journal

Journal Journal: something funny

Journal by BokLM

just to remember for later when I have more time for that :
google:// inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode="
google:// inurl:view/view.shtml
User Journal

Journal Journal: let's use this as a blog. isn't what's it's made for ?

Journal by BokLM

So I'll use this slashdot journal as a personnal blogs. I hope not too much people will read it. Looking at the number of comments on previous post, I think no one is reading it :) I don't write enought about what I do in my other blog, but when I know some people will be reading, I don't want to write too much :)
User Journal

Journal Journal: an important question

Journal by BokLM

An important question is, when will the file ok.txt from http://slashdot.org/ok.txt will be removed ?
Does anyone knows for how long it has been there ?
Security

Journal Journal: Secure software

Journal by BokLM

here is an interesting text about secure software, from the author of Dovecot (an imap server).
I think he's true.

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