Ubuntu's Jono Bacon: Managing an Open Source Community
Datamation: "For the past three years, Jono Bacon has worked as community manager for Ubuntu, one of the largest and most diverse projects in open source software. Consequently, when he recently publi...
Australia Edges Us Towards the Digital Dark Ages
Open Enterprise: "The Australian Government today announced further details of its approach to improve safety on the internet for Australian families."...
Recession's latest victim: U.S. innovation
Money: "Patent filings fell in 2009 for the first time in 13 years, worrying Silicon Valley that it is losing its place as the leader in global innovation."...
Puppy Linux: Just for fun
IT Pro: "Puppy Linux is something different, a tiny version of Linux that can be stored on a USB memory drive, will run in memory, and can be used for working on the move."...
From the White House to (no kidding) Microsoft, open source shined in '09
Network World: "For open source and Linux, 2009 has been another year of big and surprising milestones, from the White House adopting open source technology to Microsoft submitting code for the Linux ...
Linux controls IBM mainframes
The H Open: "Consolidation for everyone is IBM's stated reason for releasing a Linux version of its System z mainframe. The new Enterprise Linux Server (ELS) is a stand-alone system specifically desi...
How to run Google's Chrome OS from a thumb drive
IT World: "Don't want to wait until November 2010 to take the Chrome OS for a spin? Grab a USB thumb drive."...
Five Productivity Extensions for Google Chrome
Linux Pro Magazine: "Good news for Google Chrome users: the latest version of the browser supports extensions, so you can extend its default functionality by installing extensions from the official ex...
Linux Security Kernel Clean-Up
Sure, It's Secure!: "Two significant Linux bugs have been founded and smashed. Here's what you need to know."...
Does a free software community exist?
Linux Pro Magazine: "I admit that I often do refer to the community. So, since I believe in never leaving an assumption unquestioned, I started wondering: Does such a thing exist?"...
Could Google Phone Mark End of Network Domination?
Daniweb: "News "leaked" this weekend of an unlocked Google-branded phone. On the upside, an unlocked phone means you aren't tied to any particular carrier, nor are you required to sign a contract, but...
Ubuntu Karmic Server PV & HVM DomUs sharing same image at Sun xVM 3.4.2
Xen Virtualization: "Set up Sun xVM 3.4.2 on top of opensolaris 1002-128a via binary packages been built by Pascal Gienger at Index of /software/xvm/3.4.2."...
Back up your data
LinuxLinks: "There are many different ways to make backups. To a large extent the backup solution used depends on what you are backing up. In this article we explore the key methods which are ideally ...
Nook Torn Open, Hacked and Rooted
Wired: "Barely weeks after its launch, Barnes & Noble’s Android-based Nook e-reader has been hacked and ‘rooted’"...
University of Antwerp builds desktop supercomputer with 13 NVIDIA GPUs
DarkVision Hardware: "Almost a year and a half ago researchers of the University of Antwerp were among the first to take advantage of the latest developments in GPGPU technology to create FASTRA, a de...