Linux News: Developer

Friday - June 26, 2009

I believe with the right approach, Linux can take a great chunk of the market; you just have to give the market what it needs and wants, while allaying its fears. What's needed is a true Linux SMB Edition, targeting specifically the needs and fears of those businesses that are using Windows -- especially those that are still using Windows 2000, which is going to lose support in 2010. It should run using low resources, thus giving a better performance than Windows on the same hardware. [More...]

Flash to Brighten Most Smartphones - iPhone, BlackBerry to Stay Dim

Tuesday - June 23, 2009

With the news that its omnipresent-on-the-desktop Flash player will be available in more mobile forms before the end of the year, Adobe is finally following through on its goal of joining the smartphone party -- but the two biggest names in that market are still missing from the invitation list. [More...]

Is Linux Suffering From Mono?

Monday - June 22, 2009

In the general population, "Mono" may be best known for infecting teenagers with the "kissing disease." On the Linux blogs, it's recently caused a different kind of anguish as geeks far and wide have debated whether it's infected Linux too. It's a different Mono, of course, but its effects -- or, at least, the discussion of them -- have been no less agonizing. [More...]

SourceForge Grows Up - and Out

Friday - June 19, 2009

SourceForge, a media services and e-commerce company that provides open source software downloads and development, is enjoying the best of both business worlds. It is one of the largest open source software repositories -- the SourceForge Web site has more than 30 million unique visitors per month -- and it reported more than $40 million in earnings for its last quarter, with no outstanding debt. [More...]

Trolls and Astroturfers and Shills, Oh My!

Monday - June 15, 2009

There has been plenty of news and excitement on the Linux blogs in recent days, including the release of Linux kernel 2.6.30 and word that Linux will be the first OS to support USB 3.0. Woohoo! In an ordinary week, such news would be sure to put a smile on any geek's face. [More...]

Leeches or Users? Should Enterprise IT Have to Give Back to FOSS?

Thursday - June 11, 2009

When an enterprise adopts open source software, that's generally cause for celebration in the eyes of most Linux fans, signifying as it does another victory for all that is FOSS. Not everyone sees it that way, however, as a recent debate on the Linux blogs made patently clear. [More...]

'MobMovs' Give New Meaning to 'Community' Theater

Wednesday - June 10, 2009

Think the only way to see a big-screen movie is while slurping a 64-oz. soft drink, eating a five-dollar candy bar and shushing the wannabe film critic behind you? That's not the case anymore, thanks to people like John Young, part of a loosely knit network of celluloid renegades resurrecting the drive-in for a new age. [More...]

Ruminations on the Chrome-to-Linux 'Clusterf*ck'

Monday - June 8, 2009

It may be natural for Linux aficionados to get upset when someone criticizes their favorite operating system, but that doesn't make it any easier to bear. So when some less-than-flattering comments about Linux were revealed recently -- made back in January by none other than Google Chrome developer and ex-Firefox lead Ben Goodger -- many Linux bloggers were dismayed. [More...]

White House Works the Web

Friday - June 5, 2009

President Obama in Egypt told Muslims he wants to engage them and their countries. More than 5,000 miles away, U.S. administration officials sent notes to supporters -- and critics -- via Twitter, Facebook and text messages to reinforce the point. Obama's speech Thursday was an illustration of the administration's aggressive strategy to work the Web to enhance the White House's message. [More...]

Openness, Linux and Mobile Innovation

Wednesday - June 3, 2009

As the most dynamic and commercial industry on Earth -- which has grown its annual revenues from zero to US$1 trillion in less than 25 years and today manages 4 billion consumer relationships -- mobile has propelled itself forward with a highly discriminating attitude toward openness within device technology. [More...]

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