Date: 12/18/11     Keywords: google

Google really, really wants you to buy one of the newly reduced in price Chromebooks. Is it worth it?

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/google-wants-you-to-buy-a-chromebook-should-you-review/10019

Date: 12/15/11     Keywords: linux

OwnCloud, a Linux-based program that enables you to set up your own personal cloud, is on its way to becoming a commercial program under former SUSE executive Markus Rex.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/owncloud-an-open-source-cloud-to-call-your-own/10011

Date: 12/12/11     Keywords: web

The more I look at what HP has had to say about webOS; the more I think the project’s as dead as a doornail.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/open-source-webos-is-dead-on-arrival/10003

Date: 12/09/11     Keywords: web

It’s great that HP has open-sourced webOS, but without HP’s full backing can webOS be anything more than just another also-ran mobile operating system?

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/hp-open-sources-webos-but-will-anyone-develop-for-it/9993

Date: 12/09/11     Keywords: no keywords

A German court has just issued a preliminary injunction on Motorola’s behalf that blocks European sales of all Apple’s 3G-enabled devices.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/androids-revenge-on-apples-iphone-ipad/9986

Date: 12/08/11     Keywords: software, linux

Red Hat thinks that big data management and Linux can go together like peanut-butter and jelly with its release of Red Hat Storage Software Appliance.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-moves-into-big-data-with-storage-software-appliance/9979

Date: 12/06/11     Keywords: linux

Red Hat announced today availability of its enterprise Linux 6.2 distribution with significant performance improvements for SAP, VMWare, Samba, storage/file servers and Active Directory,

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/robust-red-hat-enterprise-linux-62-upgrade-available-today/9974

Date: 12/06/11     Keywords: programming, linux

According to new data from The Linux Foundation, Linux jobs are pretty much evenly divided between administrator and developer jobs. But, you won’t go wrong if you focus on Android programming work.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/finding-a-linux-job/9966

Date: 12/04/11     Keywords: no keywords

Apple’s “suggestions” to Samsung on how to avoid infringing its iPhone and iPad intellectual property design claims show just how idiotic its over-reaching claims really are.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apple-and-oranges-apples-tablet-design-suggestions/9950

Date: 11/30/11     Keywords: no keywords

Business intellectual property patent and design wars are no longer confined to just a single country. Now, lead by Apple, they’re being fought all over the world. Lucky us.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/apples-worldwide-war-on-samsung-and-android/9945

Date: 11/29/11     Keywords: technology

Open Source Ecology is creating what it calls the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) — a technology for ecology — that can help humans quickly build machines and a mini civilization in the event of a catastrophic event. Maybe overkill, but it’s nice to have a blueprint for survival — and an open source one at that.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ose-developing-blueprint-for-building-industrial-machines-in-post-apocalypse-era/9941

Date: 11/28/11     Keywords: linux

If you want a Linux desktop that’s both full-featured and comes with a familiar GNOME 2.x style desktop, look no further than the latest version of Linux Mint 12.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linux-mint-12-a-great-desktop-linux-stays-great/9935

Date: 11/22/11     Keywords: linux

Know someone who really likes Linux? These gifts might hit the spot for this holiday season.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/five-gifts-for-linux-lovers/9926

Date: 11/21/11     Keywords: linux

The Linux Mint distribution is giving users three different flavors of GNOME to choose from for their desktop use.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linux-mint-12s-three-desktops/9919

Date: 11/18/11     Keywords: linux

No it’s not Fedora, openSUSE, or even Ubuntu. It’s Linux Mint.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-most-popular-linux-is/9913

Date: 11/16/11     Keywords: linux

It’s the season for major new Linux releases, and openSUSE is following on the heels of Fedora and Ubuntu with its latest Linux distribution.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/opensuses-new-linux-distribution-is-for-the-clouds/9908

Date: 11/16/11     Keywords: software, linux

When Attachmate finalized its $2.2 billion purchase of Novell last April, many wondered if the new owner– known for its terminal emulation and NetIQ software — had what it takes to grow Linux, or open source software.Its first move — separating its Novell and Linux brands — sent a strong message that Attachmate was serious [...]

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/opensuse-121-debuts-cloud-virtualization-google-go-support/9899

Date: 11/14/11     Keywords: web, linux

Linux is tiny on desktops, powerful on servers, mighty on Web servers, and rules over all on supercomputers.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/where-linux-crushes-windows-like-a-bug-supercomputers/9890

Date: 11/13/11     Keywords: linux

It’s not just Windows 8 Metro, other new interfaces, like Linux’s GNOME 3.2, stink just as much.

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/new-desktop-interface-flops/9880

Date: 11/09/11     Keywords: microsoft, google

It looks like Google, is going to start defending its allies from Android patent lawsuits, while Barnes & Nobles’ is upping the stakes in its own Android intellectual property battle with Microsoft

Source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/google-and-barnes-noble-get-serious-about-android-patent-lawsuits/9875