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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- Улетаю в Латвию до 29ого.
Собственно, такие дела. По делам лечу в Ригу. Через 3 часа самолет, ожидаю дома возращения своей ненаглядной. Не скучайте, дорогие читатели 🙂
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 is out
It's here! Version 5.1 of one of the most popular Linux distributions, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, is out. One of the main additions this time…
- Poll: how many years have you been interested in Linux?
Tell us, don’t be shy.
- A serious vulnerability in Linux kernel 2.6.23
A serious vulnerability was discovered yesterday in Linux kernel 2.6.23. The problem is incorrect frame handling in the 80211 WLAN driver, specifically in ieee80211_rx in…
- $200 for a PC with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled
Wal-Mart’s online store is selling a PC with Ubuntu Linux preinstalled for just 200 US dollars. The sellers insist there are no catches or restrictions!…
- Mandriva Club is now free for everyone
Anyone can now join Mandriva Club completely free and get useful information, developer news, access to the RPM and torrent repositories, a blogging service, an…
- Linus Torvalds opposes adding Smack to kernel 2.6.24
Linus Torvalds says he opposes adding Smack to kernel 2.6.24 because it could actually harm the security of the system as a whole. More details…
- Hewlett-Packard: Linux is ready for the market
Everyone has an opinion. This time it's HP's director of open-source development, Randy Hergett, arguing at the Gelato Itanium Conference & Expo in Singapore against…
- Linux isn’t ready for the desktop market
A very interesting article on computerworld. The author argues that Linux simply isn’t ready to compete fully with other desktop operating systems yet. The main…
- Skype’s plans for Linux
Yesterday, at the Skype Developer Open House conference in San Jose, the company presented its API (Application Programming Interface) to developers. There are also reports…
- Novell launches the Linux Driver Project
Novell is launching the Linux Driver Project to develop drivers for Linux. It has reached an agreement with Greg KH, one of the leading kernel…
- MontaVista releases Mobilinux 5
MontaVista today announced version 5 of its Mobilinux mobile distribution. It is built around kernel 2.6.21, modified for real-time operation. Marketing director Dan Cauchy says:…
- The smartphone OS market
I found an interesting overview of the smartphone market on zdnet.co.uk. The author argues that the Linux mobile market is controlled by two organisations: Linux…
- Which desktop should you choose: Linux or Mac OS X?
The question came to me after reading several posts on the cnet.com blogs. I had never really thought about it, but what actually makes Linux…
- Automatic driver updates in Linux
According to Matt Domsch from Dell’s strategic planning division, the company has been working with Linux kernel developers for around 5 years on Dynamic Kernel…
- R3: An ultra-mobile Linux PC from Asus
Asus has announced a new ultra-mobile PC running Linux. It uses a low-power Silverthorne processor on the Menlow platform. The maximum screen resolution is 1,024…
- 720 million roubles for open-source software in schools
Russia’s acting First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev held a working meeting with domestic free-software developers. Acting IT and Communications Minister Leonid Reiman also attended…
- Robert Love’s Linux System Programming is out
Robert Love, who has devoted part of his life to improving the Linux kernel and is known for his memory-management patches, has released a book…
- 6 top Linux distributions
The 6 best Linux distributions, according to the editor of PC Magazine. So... in 6th place is 6) OpenSUSE (www.opensuse.org) - a free distribution, a…
- Linux as a smartphone operating system
ABI Research expects Linux to take a leading position in the smartphone market over the next 5 years. It forecasts total growth of 75% for…