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Check this over at wikiPodLinux!

(via digg/gaming)

The city of Vienna has reached a milestone (WorldLingo translation) in it’s open source initiative.

(via Heise Online - WorldLingo translation )

Update:

An English article makes for better reading

Four Linux Pipeline editors, including one Windows user, exchange their experience and views on the advantages and disadvantages of MacOS X

Scot: The more I use the Mac, the more I wish I could afford to chuck 15 years of expertise and replace all my Windows PCs with Macs. Let’s face it, the Mac is definitely the thinking man’s (or woman’s) PC. I know that; you know that. I’m just going to bow to reality on that point. That doesn’t make it the best value or the right computer to have in all situations. But if you can afford to specify what you’re working with — and the software is there — it’s really no contest.

Richard: Ah, young Jedi, the Force is strong with you . . .welcome back from the dark side.
Seriously, almost all of the truly skilled hard-core developers I know who have a choice use Macs now, probably for many of the same reasons that more than 25 percent of the people who read Developer Pipeline use some form of Mozilla as their browser. Power users appreciate the efficiencies and other advantages (Unix tools, security, etc) of OS X even more than others.

I totally admit that Windows is getting much, much better than it used to be. But Tiger is what Windows wants to be, and perhaps in another year or so, will be.

(via OSNews)

Kyle Rankin on O’Reilly Developer Weblogs: Like a Kid in a Candy Store

A totally new release of Knoppix was unveiled at LinuxTag 2005, Knoppix 4.0. This is the release that introduces the split between “maxi” DVD and “mini” CD releases. I’ve tried out the 4.0 DVD and let me tell you, I’m like a kid in a candy store.

Note: This DVD is not yet available for download. Klaus often creates a special version of Knoppix for LinuxTag that then gets released to the general public (often with some updates) a few weeks afterward. In the case of Knoppix 4.0 I imagine the DVD being handed out at LinuxTag will be pretty similar in features and software to what gets released to the general public. Still, think of this review as more of a preview of what the download release likely will be.

Kai Staats, CEO Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. on LWN: Concerning YDL and Apple’s switch to Intel CPUs:

We remain a Linux development company with 100% focus on the Power Architecture (IBM, Freescale). We will not transition to support an x86/ia64
architecture.

(via Heise Online - WorldLingo translation)

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1

… after nearly three years of constant development. Debian GNU/Linux is a free operating system which supports a total of eleven processor architectures…

w00t!

(via Slashdot)

Computer Business Review reports on a talk by Jesus Villasante, head of the software development unit at the European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate General :

The idea that Europe should be behind the rest of the world in open source development is a curious one, given that Linux creator Linux Torvalds and Linux distributor SUSE Linux are originally from Europe, and many of the leading open source projects are based there.
(…)
“First we need to reduce the uncertainty that people have in business and governments about the use of open source. Second thing, European industry has to incorporate open source more actively to their product lines. And third we have to strengthen the open source communities in Europe,”

Well, well. Given the vision set by Europe’s heads of state in Lisbon, 2000:

“to make Europe the world’s most competitive and dynamic economy, characterised by sustainable growth, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, by 2010″. (…) by putting in place coherent and targeted actions on Information society policies and research, the audiovisual sector and Media.

… and the goal stated by Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media:

“… to combine the economic dynamism of the rapidly expanding communication sector with the potential to create new jobs, and to improve the quality of life of citizens. At the same time, I want to give a new impetus to creativity, cultural diversity and a flourishing media content sector. All this should always be done with the needs of our citizens in mind”.

… the level of progress made so far (more like utter failure) would seem to reinforce the validity of the general skepticism among so many citizens of Europe these days.

A great pity indeed.

(via Slashdot)

Miguel de Icaza reports:

As of last Friday, Wikipedia started using Mono for indexing and searching the Wikipedia, it was tested first on one server and it is now being used on all three servers.

Wikipedia’s search backend uses Mono and dotLucense, the same search backend that is used by Beagle Desktop Search. Previously, Wikipedia had been using GCJ and Lucene to do the searches but after some tuning, Mono became the new engine.

Noteworthy as well:

Mono is now on Debian/Unstable.

The details about this adoption are here.

Mark Shuttleworth announced today at his keynote in Guadec that Mono had been integrated into Ubuntu.

(via OSNews)

Redhat has posted an installation guide

Update:

While we’re at it: check out this report by Dave Taylor:

Ubuntu Linux, Yellowdog Linux and Mac OS X, all on one PowerBook

..the trials and tribulations of turning a perfectly good Apple PowerBook into a tri-boot system…

(via digg/apple)

Ars Technica features a review of Knoppix Hacks by Kyle Rankin.

how to use this “veritable Swiss Army knife in CD form” with a deadly and cunning accuracy.

(via digg/linux)

Computerworld: Even the sky’s no limit for open source hero, Shuttleworth

Astronaut, entrepreneur and founder of popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu — Mark Shuttleworth is in Sydney this week for the Ubuntu Down Under conference. He was also one of the speakers at Linux.conf last week and took some time out with LinuxWorld to discuss life, the universe and everything open source.

(via OSNews)

Why Linux is the Logical Choice for the Classroom

…the benefits of using OpenSource software in an educational environment, where budgets are often tight and staffing support is minimal. Using a Linux “thin-client” configuration, this article shows the stark contrast between a Microsoft based lab and a Linux lab.

Hack A Day

richard jones wrote some python that allows you to mount linux within gmail. you can use all kinds of unix commands to communicate with gmail like ls, rm, grep, cp, etc. it’s an ongoing project in development but it’s very cool and allows you basically a 2gb virtual drive of sorts.

(via digg/links)

Update:
The Hack A Day site sudddenly resolves to Weblogs Inc. … mmm, seems like this hack has been taken down.

No, now it’s back again.

LinuxDevCenter:

an overview of recent Unix and open source security advisories. In this column, we look at problems in the Linux kernel, Telnet, sharutils, Ethereal, Midnight Commander, mpg321, OpenMosixView, cdrecord, ImageMagick, and grip.

(via digg/security)