Archive for 'Open Sauce - Linux Blog'
The wonders of Windows: worms, worms, worms
Published on January 5th, 2009.
There are times when this blog makes a foray into the wonderful world of Windows to examine some of the reasons why people delight in running that operating system.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
LCA2009: the leader of the band
Published on January 1st, 2009.
Leah Duncan loves cheese and salami. And given that fact, the Australian Linux community is probably lucky that she didn't like the micro-organisms used in the making of such foods...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
One Bush who has designs on LCA2009
Published on December 29th, 2008.
In some ways, Joshua Bush is very much your typical open source person. But, in some other ways, he, very definitely, does not fit the mould.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Do women matter in FOSS projects?
Published on December 25th, 2008.
When will women be taken seriously in the FOSS community? That's a question that needs to be asked after the Debian GNU/Linux project garnered headlines earlier this month over an...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
OpenSUSE 11.1: Evolution dependent on Mono
Published on December 22nd, 2008.
Any .1 release of a Linux distribution is generally meant to fix bugs which were present in the .0 release, not to introduce new features.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Debian secretary quits over Lenny release vote
Published on December 18th, 2008.
Long-time developer Manoj Srivastava has resigned as the secretary of the Debian GNU/Linux Project and is thinking of leaving the project altogether.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Debian developer loses privileges due to offensive post
Published on December 17th, 2008.
Debian developer Josselin Mouette has had his privileges of posting to the announcement mailing list for developers withdrawn, following an offensive post to the list in November.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Debian women may leave due to ’sexist’ post
Published on December 15th, 2008.
At least two Debian women developers are reconsidering their participation in the GNU/Linux project following the posting of what they deem to be a sexist message to one of the...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
LCA 2009 co-organiser just ‘likes keeping busy’
Published on December 11th, 2008.
Tasmania will host its first national Linux conference in just over 30 days and while the pace is getting crazy, the organisers appear to have one thing in abundance -...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
MySQL: does marketing win over technology?
Published on December 10th, 2008.
When version 5.1 of the open source database MySQL was released for general availability late last month, the most surprising reaction came from its original developer and one of the...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
PCs for schools: an open source solution
Published on December 10th, 2008.
Last year, when Australia went to the polls, one of the major promises held out by the Labor Party - which ultimately returned to government after 11 years - was...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Red Hat bucks the trend
Published on December 8th, 2008.
At a time when most companies are happy if the balance sheet does not show any red ink, Red Hat Linux has bucked the trend. Its stock price leapt 32...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
LCA 2009: man behind the conferences within a conference
Published on December 4th, 2008.
What do you do when you are 20, passionate about open source and want nothing better during the long summer holidays than to be involved in activities surrounding FOSS?Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Mandriva falls on bad days - again
Published on December 1st, 2008.
The global economic crisis is taking its toll on many technology companies and Mandriva, the Linux company based in France, has now taken a hit.Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
LCA 2009: the financial controller speaks
Published on November 27th, 2008.
The financial crisis enveloping the world will probably hit sponsorship funds for the forthcoming Australian national Linux conference, but registrations for the event, which begins on January 19, 2009, have...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Linux: for all things great and small
Published on November 17th, 2008.
Most of us get a chance to see Linux in action at the desktop or single server level. Some of us use Linux on mobiles and other little gizmos without...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Novell bid to cannibalise Linux market
Published on November 13th, 2008.
Novell is getting increasingly desperate for sales. One can come to no other conclusion on reading the latest offer from the company which once dominated the world of PC networking....Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
How to ensure that your distribution gets rave reviews
Published on November 10th, 2008.
Companies which sell GNU/Linux distributions could increase the profile and sales of their products in one way: install them on top-tier laptops, tune them up so that everything runs like...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
GNU/Linux is user-friendly - and logical too
Published on November 6th, 2008.
Over at iTWire, we are often in the position where we disagree with a fellow writer and say so. This morning, I found my colleague Davey Winder's piece (content/view/21537/53/)...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.
Is Ubuntu killing other distributions?
Published on November 3rd, 2008.
First, it was the Debian people who were jealous of the success of Ubuntu. They, at least, had some reason to be annoyed. Now it appears there are others, from...Filled under Open Sauce - Linux Blog, latest news. No Comments.