16th May '08Today's Top Blog Posts on Open Source
1. Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6.0 | Linux and Open Source Blog
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VirtualBox 1.6.0 (released 2008-04-30)Sun xVM VirtualBox is an X86 virtualization software package originally developed by German software company Innotek GmbH, now a product of Sun’s xVM family, suitable for both…
Covered By: l-exp.com
2. Has Thunderbird Finally Taken Off?
There’s an interesting set of data on TechCrunch derived from the consolidated activity of users of the RescueTime service. This shows you exactly how long you are spending on each app; the aggregrate results therefore…
3. Digg sucks
I’ve given up on Digg. Now and forever more. It’s a complete waste of my time, and the World’s. I once again went to ‘Digg’ an article (Microsoft wants Facebook) and it rejected my login twice. After finally…
4. How to Protect a US$1 Billion Product Line
It seems like every day I find out about a new company or new organization that is using OpenNMS, and whether they purchase services for it or not I am just happy that people find it useful.A lot of the advocacy for the…
5. links for 2008-05-08
hackety org » Sneaking Ruby Through Google App Engine (and Other Strictly Python Places)just…wow(tags: ruby python google appengine bytecode compiler via:rafe)Share This
6. Another NASA supercomputer with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
NASA is getting its next supercomputer from SGI, specifically a 20,480-core SGI Altix ICE system, for those of you thinking of maybe getting one for the family. As you might have guessed, it will run SUSE Linux…
7. Ubuntu 8.04: Enabling Atheros AR5007 Based Wireless | Linux and Open Source Blog
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If you have Atheros AR5007 wireless network adapter follow this procedure to make it work in ubuntu 8.04 using the latest MadWiFi drivers.For 32-bit Users1. First go to System–>Administration–>Hardware…
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8. openSUSE 10.x: Enabling Complete Multimedia Playback Support | Linux and Open Source Blog
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Support for some multimedia formats cannot be included on the openSUSE CDs because they’re proprietary, patented, Restricted Formats. Some of these include MP3, MPEG-4, playing of Encrypted DVDs, etc. Easy as 1 2…
Covered By: l-exp.com
9. Standards membership thought experiment
Not everyone can participate or support every standards effort they believe has value. There are thousands of efforts but only so many people, hours, and money that can be applied.Let’s say that you had some fixed…
10. Microsoft Ex-Pats Developing Open Source Software Outside of Redmond
It seems that open source maven, Matt Asay along with well-known Microsoft blogger Mary Jo Foley have come to the conclusion that Microsoft doesn’t need open source. Asay contends that Microsoft’s open source…
11. tecosystems The Story of RedMonkTwo
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redmonkone Originally uploaded by sogrady Things were dire. Perhaps not quite as dire as The Contrarian might argue, but suboptimal. Intending to lower the barriers to participation in a series of CommunityOne eve
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12. Linux.com :: What can you do with a second Ethernet port?
Purchase a new PC or motherboard soon, and the chances are good that it will come with two built-in network interfaces — either two Ethernet jacks or one Ethernet and one Wi-Fi. Tossing in a second adapter is an…
Covered By: cyberciti.biz, br-linux.org, lifehacker.com
13. Oracle: ‘We just don’t care’ about Sun-MySQL Merger’
Oracle’s Chief Corporate Architect predicts the Sun-MySQL merger will have little impact on his company or on Linux.In an interview with the Linux Foundation, Edward Screven, who reports directly to Oracle founder…
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14. Building high volume, low latency systems with Java
For those of you not fortunate enough to be jetting overto San Francisco for JavaOne this week, feel free to come and join us this evening for some community buzz at the Coding the Architecture London User Group.…
15. Being Open is hard, as we have seen this week on Dion Almaer’s Blog
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The last week or so has been a stark reminder of how hard it is to do “Open†, and how the term itself doesn’t mean anything. There are many shades of grey when it comes to open. Let’s take a…
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