| Linux Distribution Popularity Trends Plotted Posted Sunday, August 22, 2010 @ 9:49 PM by mayhem |
 "In order to get a sense of the popularity of various Linux distributions over the past several years, LinuxTrends entered their names into Google's search insights tool and grabbed images of the resulting graphs. The graphs display some fascinating trends and bode well for the future of Linux, particularly its ability to adapt to changing requirements and opportunities. What's especially noteworthy is that Android is the first Linux spin to take on a life of its own within consumer devices. It's certainly not the first use of Linux as an OS for devices; what's unique, however, is that it's the first branded Linux-based OS to be widely marketed to consumers." (Source: Slashdot) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta Now Available Posted Saturday, May 8, 2010 @ 10:44 PM by mayhem |
 The next generation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux is now available in Beta form. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta is a major update and includes significant features including, but not limited to:* comprehensive power management capabilities * performance enhancements * scalability enhancements * new security features * enhanced resource management * improved virtualization capabilities The currently supported release, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, continues to be the cornerstone of Red Hat's software product portfolio. Read more about what's new in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta. Please visit here to access the Beta. |
| OpenBSD 4.6 Released Posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009 @ 10:21 AM by mayhem |
 "The release of OpenBSD 4.6 was announced today. Highlights of the new release include a new privilege-separated smtpd; numerous improvements to packet filtering, software RAID, routing daemons, and the TCP stack; a new installer; and lots more. Grab a CD set or download from a mirror, and please support the project (which also brings you OpenSSH and lots of other great free software) if you can." (Source: Slashdot) |
| Kubuntu 9.04 Out in the Wild Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 11:20 PM by mayhem |
 The Kubuntu Team is proud to announce the release of Kubuntu 9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope!With this release, the development team brings you the best KDE distro out there. With its world-renowned Ubuntu core and the KDE 4.2 desktop, Kubuntu 9.04 gives users a well-rounded, feature-filled and elegant desktop. On the top, KDE 4.2 brings beauty, innovation and updated software with new & improved features. Underneath, updated kernel and core systems bring stability and speed. Kubuntu 9.04 includes an upgraded desktop containing many bug fixes, new configuration options, as well as many new and updated applications. Below are some highlights: * KDE 4.2 * System Settings * Quassel for IRC * Amarok 2.0.2 * KDE 4 Network-Manager Plasma Widget * KTorrent 3.2 * Digikam 0.10.0 * Qt 4.5 * GTK application integration Download: http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu Upgrading from 8.10: Instructions Upgrading from 8.04: Instructions Additional Release Information is available here. |
| TomTom Anounces an Open Source GPS Technology Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 11:12 PM by mayhem |
 "According to OStatic, European company TomTom (which recently settled a patent agreement with Microsoft) has announced a new open source format OpenLR for sharing routing data (relevant points, traffic information...) in digital maps of different vendors, to be used in GPS devices. The LR stands for Location Referencing. They aim is to push it as an open standard to build a cooperative information base, presumably in a similar way than its current TomTom Map Share technology in which end users provide map corrections on the fly. The technology to support the format will be released as GPLv2. Does it make OpenLR a GPL GPS?" (Source: Slashdot) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Now Available Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 11:02 PM by mayhem |
| The newly released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 update is the first product to deliver commercial quality open source virtualization featuring Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor technology. Experience the power of virtualized computing on your server and client systems. With the availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, Red Hat delivers the foundation for the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization portfolio of products. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization builds upon and extends the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, trusted by millions of organizations around the world for their most mission-critical workloads, to provide cutting-edge features and performance for enterprise virtualization. For more information on the beta highlights visit this link, you can also sign up for a 30-day trial here. |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.31 Released Posted Thursday, September 10, 2009 @ 10:58 PM by mayhem |
 The latest stable 2.6 Kernel for Linux has been released, Kernel 2.6.31 has been released. Changes are listed in the changelog.As usual you can download the kernal in various formats from kernel.org |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta Now Available Posted Sunday, August 2, 2009 @ 1:03 AM by mayhem |
| The most exciting new capability in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Beta is the incorporation of KVM-based virtualization, in addition to existing Xen-based virtualization. Customers will also benefit from advances in performance, security and developer tools to benefit both virtual and physical environments. All subscribing Red Hat customers can download the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 beta via Red Hat Network. For more information on the beta highlights visit the press blog. |
| myKP ADSL2+ Powered by Telstra Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 @ 9:15 AM by mayhem |
 Australia's newest ISP, myKP has announced today that it has chosen Telstra as its exclusive ADSL2+ partner and has started the processes of full integration between Telstra and the myKP Hero Platform.myKP has teamed up with Telstra to bring Hero to more users. The myKP trial currently underway is proving a smash hit among users. As part of our agreement with Telstra, myKP will have access to over 1400 Telstra ADSL2+ enabled exchanges nation wide and will deliver services to all exchanges. Telstra represented the best coverage as well as the best ordering and support options. In addition Telstra were the only vendor capable of demonstrating their commitment to continued product development and innovation in line with myKP's plans for Hero. |
| BASH 4.0 Released Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 @ 9:23 AM by mayhem |
| "The widely used Bourne-Again Shell (BASH) version 4.0 is out. The new major release fixes several remaining bugs in the 3.x releases, and introduces a bunch of new features. The most notable new features are associative arrays, improvements to the programmable completion functionality, case-modifying word expansions, co-processes, support for the `**' special glob pattern, and additions to the shell syntax and redirections. The shell has been changed to be more rigorous about parsing commands inside command substitutions, fixing one piece of POSIX non-compliance. Most of us will probably wait for the distros to test the new version and upgrade gradually, but you always have the option of grabbing the source and compiling it yourself. Enjoy." (Source: Slashdot) |
| Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 @ 11:35 AM by mayhem |
 "The Debian Project is pleased to announce the official release of Debian GNU/Linux version 5.0 (codenamed Lenny) after 22 months of constant development. With 12 supported computer architectures, more than 23,000 packages built from over 12,000 source packages and 63 languages for the new graphical installer, this release sets new records, once again. Software available in 5.0 includes Linux 2.6.26, KDE 3.5.10, Gnome 2.22.2, X.Org 7.3, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, GIMP 2.4.7, Iceweasel 3.0.6, Apache 2.2.9, Xen 3.2.1 and GCC 4.3.2. Other notable features are X autoconfiguring itself, full read-write support for NTFS, Java programs in the main repository and a single Blu-Ray disc installation media. You can get the ISOs via bittorrent. The Debian Project also wishes to announce that this release is dedicated to Thiemo Seufer, a Debian Developer who died on December 26th, 2008 in a tragic car accident. As a valuable member of the Debian Project, he will be sorely missed." (Source: Slashdot) |
| February 13th, UNIX Time Will Reach 1234567890 Posted Monday, February 9, 2009 @ 10:19 PM by mayhem |
| "Over at Linux Magazine Online, Jon maddog Hall writes that on Friday the 13th, 2009 at 11:31:30pm UTC UNIX time will reach 1,234,567,890. This will be Friday, February 13th at 1831 and 30 seconds EST. Matias Palomec has a perl script you an use to see what time that will be for you: perl -e 'print scalar localtime(1234567890),"\n";' Now, while this is not the UNIX epoch, Alan Cox does assure us that Linux is now working on 64-bit time, and the UNIX epoch 'roll-over' would happen about the time that the sun burnt out." (Source: Slashdot) |
| No Download Caps - Newest Aussie ISP 'myKP' to shake up the market Posted Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 10:30 PM by mayhem |
| Australia’s newest ISP, myKP, stands ready to shake up Australian Internet access with the launch of broadband Internet access with no download caps. Called the myKP Hero Platform. "myKP Hero is an in home service and operates in similar style to your existing provider. The service is fully standards based and will come with a very simple, easy to follow pricing model. myKP is dedicated to the continued development of Hero and will soon be offering a number of new and exciting initiatives to further enhance your online experience." myKP will be releasing the full product details, features as well as terms and conditions on Australia Day and we look forward to change. Hero - No Download Caps Register your interest here. UPDATE: More information is now available here, for pricing you can look here. |
| Linux Kernel 2.6.28.1 Released Posted Sunday, January 25, 2009 @ 10:04 PM by mayhem |
| The first stable 2.6 Kernel for 2009 has been released, Kernel 2.6.28.1 has been released. Changes are listed in the changelog. As usual you can download the kernal in various formats from kernel.org |
| How Kernel Hackers Boosted the Speed of Desktop Linux Posted Saturday, October 4, 2008 @ 4:43 AM by mayhem |
| Kernel hackers Arjan van de Ven and Auke Kok showed off Linux booting in five seconds at last month's Linux Plumbers Conference. Arjan and other hackers have already improved the Linux user experience by reducing power consumption and latency. O'Reilly News interviewed him about his work on improving the Linux experience with PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and Five-Second Boot. (Source: Slashdot) |