Weekly Wrap-up
Since Linuxlookup news isn't updated over the weekends, here is the weekly wrap-up to hold you over till Monday.
Some top stories this week were:
- Trolltech Announces Pricing and…
The Most Demanding Web 2.0 Sites in the World Run MySQL
If there's one thing the top Web 2.0 sites in the world have in common, it's that they need to deliver fast results to millions of simultaneous users. The other thing they have in common is MySQL…
Debian update-alternatives
A real brilliant feature of Debian is the alternatives system. Couple of days ago i was playing with java. and I wanted both the Sun java and the Kaffe version installed on my system. The problem…
Is open source getting to Microsoft?
Microsoft's decision to not enforce patents on Web services standards underscores the growing acceptance of core open-source tenets.
The software giant on Tuesday published the Microsoft…
Alleged GPL violation spurs accusations, lawsuit
Alexander Maryanovsky, the developer of Jin, a Java-based chess client, has filed a lawsuit in Israel that alleges multiple violations of the GNU General Public License (GPL). In the suit,…
MythTV vs Windows Media Centre: is Linux still in with a chance?
When it comes to media center software, can the Linux solutions hold up against Windows XP Media Center and the looming Vista Home Premium with MCE built-in?
Funnily enough, the answer is…
Government Votes For Open Source
With growing support from policy-makers and adoption by the Department of Defense (DoD), Linux has rapidly moved beyond the curious alternative to become the platform of choice for many government…
Fedora Core 6 Test3 Released
The Fedora Project announces the third and final test release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including Intel based Macintosh…
Massive desktop Linux migration kept quiet
Why has the country's biggest known desktop Linux implementation gone relatively unpublicised for so long?
This week I wrote about Kennards Hire's project to migrate its whole IT…
Wine 0.9.21 Released
This is release 0.9.21 of Wine, a free implementation of Windows on Unix.
What's new in this release:
- OpenGL restructurations.
- The usual assortment of MSI improvements.…