If you're as confused about the definition of Enterprise Software as Microsoft and the Department of Justice, then this article from Tom Adelstein at O'Reilly's Linux DevCenter should clarify things.
Yesterday, a co-worker of mine and I had a lengthy discussion about this article posted on OSNews awhile back. My past writing about Linux has centered on general usability and sensible defaults, but his contention was that Linux is the Linux kernel and that anything beyond that is the responsibility of the distribution. The conversation took an interesting turn. Read on for more.
Some weeks ago, I heard of a new german distribution of Linux especially for older hardware, which is called 'DeLi Linux'. I own an rather old Notebook with a Pentium 90, so I ordered a CD of DeLi for use on my old Notebook. After some days, I hold the CD in my hands.
MontaVista Software has announced the immediate availability of an early access version of MontaVista Linux Professional Edition (Pro), based on the latest 2.6 Linux kernel.
"The UserLinux Project has placed a downloadable installation mini-CD in beta test. The CD is only 4.5 megabytes in size, and downloads the rest of the system during the installation." LinuxBeta.com's screenshot slideshow shows UserLinux in action.
It has not been announced on Linare.com, but it appears that Linare Linux 2.0 has been uploaded to Ibiblio.org and its mirrors, and is available for free download. We will post a review of Linare PRO soon.
"A number of software makers and well-known IT vendors have agreed to endorse the Free Standards Group's latest Linux standard to help create common ground for companies building open-source technologies." Read more about the Linux Standards Base 2.0 at News.com.
A couple of speakers at last week's AUUG conference drilled home several messages that those in the Linux and open source communities with serious commercial aspirations must accept in order to make serious headway into the corporate and government sectors.
With feedback, Ingo Molnar has continued to improve his voluntary kernel preemption patch. Testing the patch has revealed a number of areas in the 2.6 Linux kernel that were causing high latency. Fixes have been created and merged as these areas have been located. Read more at KernelTrap.
Jono Bacon has written an interesting article debating the way the kernel currently handles device drivers. Is there a better way to handle devices in Linux?
Derek Croxton has written an editorial on how he sees the Linux and Open Source communities, and his personal experiences with Linux. Excerpt: "A novice’s greatest fear is sitting in front of a motionless command prompt with no idea what to type; or, as so frequently happens, knowing a command that he copied verbatim from a document discovered on the internet somewhere, but with no idea of what it means or how to alter it if it doesn’t behave exactly as advertised."
The open-source OS still hasn't picked up much momentum in the mobile world, but maybe manufacturers are trying to introduce it in the wrong place, says TheFeature. BTW, we are looking for editors to help with active news posting at OSNews' sister site, NewMobileComputing.
There are 100's of different Linux distributions and picking one can be difficult. So (:^tuxs.org) has devised the "Linux Distribution Chooser" to help you find a good distribution to try for the first time. Answer a few simple questions and the "Linux Distribution Chooser" will suggest a Linux distribution for you to try The Distribution Chooser has been now updated to version 0.2 following the
feedback from Distrowatch readers.
Ask some end users what Linux Standard Base (LSB) is and most likely they either won't know anything about it, or know a little bit but not enough to qualify as understanding what all the buzz around LSB is about. Ask three ISVs and only one will likely understand the implications of LSB for their business. And only a very, very few will say that they have started the process of making some of their applications LSB-compliant.Read More.
This month's column at LinuxMagazine provides an overview of some updates and new features in 2.6, including filesystem support, threading library changes, and the new kernel-level profiler. This article assumes you already have access to a machine running 2.6.
Linux began as a labor of love by hippies and hackers. Now the suits are cutting checks and running the show. This pay-for-play arrangement may be standard operating procedure among high-tech companies and academic labs, but it represents a big change for Linux, which first gained favor among hippie-esque programmers who disdained revenue and profit, advocating a "peace, love and software" vision of Linux as a free operating system developed without regard for corporate interests.
