LinuxConf Europe: The Kernel King Cometh
Sep 05, 2007Since the first day of LinuxConf Europe there has been much speculation amongst delegates as to whether or not Linus Torvalds would make an appearance. This had largely been driven by the conference programme where, for the “Advanced GIT BOF”, there was no name provided for the speaker. Come Tuesday morning and a select few delegates were claiming to have spotted to the kernel's founder. As afternoon coffee approached many had begun to wonder if Linus wasn't going to arrive until the start of the developer summit following the conference.
more »Linuxconf Europe: Kernel Programming and Energy Efficiency
Sep 04, 2007Today, the Linux Conference in Cambridge focused on energy saving and kernel power management.
more »Sun Opens Chip Documentation and Appoints an Ombudsman
Aug 28, 2007Sun has publicly released developer hardware for older proprietary hardware on a Wiki site entitled "FOSS Open Hardware Documentation".
more »Tom Hanrahan: Microsoft Takes Open Source Seriously
Aug 28, 2007Collaboration with Novell on virtualization and Web service management, and quality of interaction between Windows and Samba are the next topics that Microsoft's Linux developer, Tom Hanrahan, will be focusing on.
more »Microtransat 2007: Linux on the High Seas
Aug 24, 2007A regatta for unmanned robot sailing craft will be starting from Aberystwyth, Wales, in September. "Roboat", a Linux-powered craft by the Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences (InnoC), will be one of the starters in Microtransat 2007.
more »Linus Torvalds: No Kernel 3.0
Aug 23, 2007Linux inventor Linus Torvalds says there's no need for Kernel 3.0.
more »“Hai Ti!” Comics SchoolNet Namibia promotes OSS with comics
Aug 15, 2007If you want to promote the use of open source software, you might like this innovative approach out of Africa – comic strips.
more »Legal Experts Join Linux Foundation Team
Aug 09, 2007Two legal experts have recently joined the Linux Foundation team: Karen Copenhaver, a specialist for Open Source licenses and Andy Updegrove, an expert for open standards.
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