The Linux Heart Archive
This is the earlier Linux Heart: technical discoveries, short news items, personal opinions and the occasional detour. They belong to the story of this blog, even where the product, service or debate has long since moved on.
The original dates and addresses are preserved. Technical posts have English translations; some personal entries remain in their original language. A revisited guide keeps the original account alongside a separately dated follow-up. The archive is available for reading without advertising.
For practical walkthroughs, start with the selected engineering guides. For current product and marketing stories, return to the journal.
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- Steve Ballmer joins the Linux Foundation leadership
Not long ago, we wrote that the Linux Foundation finally had its leadership team. Today we learned that one of its members is none other…
- Cross-platform ASP.NET is becoming a reality
Thanks to Mono, the software suite developed by Novell, cross-platform ASP.NET is getting closer to reality. The second round of a competition for the best…
- Novell responds to the GPL 3 drafts
In a recent statement, Novell representative Bruce Lowry said he believes version 3 of the GPL, which we mentioned in a previous post, will not…
- GPL 3 could hit Novell’s business hard
It's been 16 years since version 2 of the GPL, the licence underpinning the open-source world. On Wednesday, the third draft of version 3 was…
- Red Hat’s income drops 25%
Red Hat Inc. has reported a 25% drop in income in its financial report. The company brought in US$59.9 million this year, compared with $79.7…
- Cheap laptops will come with Linux
Intel’s low-cost Classmate PC laptop range will go on sale with Mandriva 2007 Linux preinstalled. The new machine weighs 2.9 pounds and has a 7-inch…
- Accessing Linux shared folders from Vista
Today, while browsing the zdnet blogs, I came across a post about setting up access to shared folders on Linux PCs from Vista workstations. The…
- 10 things to do before connecting a Linux machine to the internet
Another primer from the editors of builderau.au covers the 10 things a Linux administrator should do first, before connecting a machine to the internet, to…
- Dell: “We’re installing Linux because you asked”
Dell has finally decided to install Linux on its products. The decision was prompted by the fact that more than 70% of users surveyed were…
- Dell starts selling cheap Linux PCs in China
Last week Dell started selling the Dimension C51-n series with Athlon64 3200 CPUs, 17-inch LCD monitors and Linux preinstalled. One of these marvels costs 2,999…
- Sabayon Linux v3.3: the CD edition is out
The Italian Sabayon Linux project has released a CD edition of its security-focused distribution. It runs kernel 2.6.20 in a jail environment and leaves out…
- The Linux Foundation names its board
The newly formed nonprofit Linux Foundation has named its 15-member board. The organization grew out of talks between Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the…
- Does installing Linux on an HP laptop void the warranty?
I found an amusing item on techspot. Apparently, HP support representatives have acknowledged that installing Linux on their laptops voids the owner’s warranty because "installing…
- Access licenses a platform for watching video on mobile phones
Access has licensed a Flash player built using Bluestreak technology for watching video on Linux-powered mobile phones capable of receiving digital television. The new product…
- The next Linux kernel will include VMI support
An item on eWeek reports that the next stable Linux kernel release will support VMI, a technology developed by VMware, the well-known maker of the…
- 13 things to do straight after installing Ubuntu
On the blog linuxondesktop I came across an interesting post about what to do immediately after installing Ubuntu on a PC. It goes through the…
- 6 tips for switching to Linux
A couple of days ago, LinuxWorld published an article organizing the main problems involved in moving a Windows PC to Linux. It takes the form…
- How to make Linux boot faster
A new article on IBM’s website looks at ways to speed up Linux booting. According to the authors, boot speed is one of users’ most…
- CBC recommends Linux for everyday users
CBC [Canadian Broadcasting Corporation] has published an article recommending Ubuntu Linux to ordinary users. The exception is gamers: Linux, it says, definitely lags behind there.…
- HP, CDW and Dell will sell Oracle’s Enterprise Linux (OEL)
Oracle's Larry Ellison says the company has reached an agreement with HP to resell Oracle's Enterprise Linux.