Linux Smartphone Firm May Be Headed for China IPO
Taiwanese entrepreneur Roger Kung has bet on Linux for its low-cost, high-flexibility, customizable user interface. Linux-based smartphones held a 48 percent market share in China in 2004,…
Motorola speeds open source momentum with Apache
The biggest obstacle in Java's path to becoming the dominant software architecture for mobile phones has been its fragmentation - both in terms of technical features and the various licensing…
Linux on More Dell Client Systems?
As highlighted in Michael Brown's post, we put a lot of effort into our Linux offerings on our workstations and servers.
On the client side, our efforts are much more behind-the-scenes. We…
Former SCO CEO admits under oath that SCO's lawsuit against IBM is bogus
Ransome Love basically admits that all of SCO's claims against IBM and against Linux are bogus. For example, SCO says Linux is derivative of Unix code that it owns. Bull. "To my knowledge, while I…
FOSS.IN 2006
FOSS.IN is one of the world's largest and most focussed FOSS events, held annually in India. Over the years, it has attracted thousands of participants, and the speaker roster reads like a "Who is…
Google Pledges Annual Donation to Samba
The Samba Team is delighted to announce that Google has committed to providing the Samba project with an annual donation of US $20,000.00.
"This is fantastic news for the Samba project"…
Xfce 4.4 Release Candidate 2 Released
The second and hopefully last release candidate of the Xfce 4.4 desktop is now available for download. This release focuses primarily on bug fixes and optimizations. Please refer to the changelog…
Listing of Packages Included with Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 for the Sony PS3
This database showcases the 2248 (RPM) packages included with Yellow Dog Linux v5.0. Either search for a specific package or browse the categories below, including, but not exclusively: Amusements…
Weekly Wrap-up
Since Linuxlookup news isn't updated over the weekends, here is our weekly wrap-up to hold you over till Monday.
Some top stories this week were:
- Why Opera isn’t planning to go…
Linux interoperability takes center stage at TechX World
On Tuesday, upwards of 100 IT managers and administrators attended Penton Media's TechX World conference in Dallas -- the third of four such one-day seminars this fall. Server room strategies were…