May 27, 2009 6:20pm GMT
Kathryn Edwards, a journalist for Computerworld Australia, posted an article about OLPC in Australia: OLPC boosts outback education with laptop deployment According to Kathryn's article, OLPC Australia plans to roll out 400,000 laptops to all the primary-school-aged children living in remote Australia. She writes, "Executive director of OLPC Australia, Rangan Srikhanta, says the organisa... more »
Linux Today article: When Will it Really Be the Year of Linux?May 18, 2009 4:28pm GMT
Linux Today's Carla Schroder asks When Will it Really Be the Year of Linux? Her answer is: It already is. It already has been. It will continue for the forseeable future. I couldn't agree more. My daughter Cleo has been running Linux at home for quite some time now, although she didn't go out and pick it as her operating system – Mom did. I told my daughter that she was ahead of her time an... more »
Women Who Tech: Tools Galore Panel highlightsMay 15, 2009 5:35pm GMT
Did you miss the Women Who Tech Telesummit this week (maybe because the July issue of your magazine went to print that day, for example)? If so, check out panel moderator Amy Sample Ward's blog for the slideshow and notes from the panelists. more »
BBC News Article: Why XX must think like XY to earn more KMay 15, 2009 2:56pm GMT
Marilyn Davidson, a professor of work psychology at Manchester Business School, wrote an excellent article about salary differences between men and women: Why XX must think like XY to earn more K Before reading the article, you can take a little quiz to see whether your answers show more of a male or female tendency. Marilyn's article reinforces salary negotiation and assertiveness suggestio... more »
GNOME and the openSUSE Community WeekMay 13, 2009 8:56pm GMT
The GNOME Foundation's Stormy Peters interviewed Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier and Vincent Untz about this week's openSUSE Community Week. If you're wondering what a community week is, how to join, how many people are participating, or what the openSUSE Community Week schedule looks like, check out Stormy's post. more »
Linux.com: Increase Your Guru StatusMay 13, 2009 8:29pm GMT
Linux.com relaunched this week with a clever twist: The Linux Guru Directory encourages site visitors to contribute content, answer questions, submit reviews, and actively participate to gain Guru status. In her blog, Linux Foundation's Amanda McPherson says, "The top user every year receives a dream laptop signed by no other than Linus Torvalds." Amanda also says that the new site... more »
Case Study: French Gendarmerie Moves to UbuntuMay 13, 2009 4:00pm GMT
In March, we wrote about the French national police force's effort to save about US$ 50,000,000 by moving to Ubuntu. More recently, Dee-Ann LeBlanc posted a case study on the switch to Ubuntu, called Linux Picked in Gendarmerie Lineup. Dee-Ann writes, "The goal was never specifically to migrate away from Windows, or to Linux. Instead, the goal was to free themselves to change any piece o... more »
