http://linuxroom.blogsome.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:52:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Acer Taiwan-based company considered following Dell’s footsteps and included in its offer an Ubuntu-based machine. Despite the fact that the sales for the Ubuntu system went quite well in Asia, Acer said it would not release Linux-based machines for UK, Europe. According to a statement an Acer official made for ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/08/05/acer-will-not-release-a-linux-based-machine-for-uk/ SimplyMEPIS is yet another Linux distribution, initially based on the famous Debian. When it reached the 6.0 version MEPIS switched from Debian to Ubuntu 6.06, mainly because of the long time support and the stable release cycle of Ubuntu. However, it seems that Warren Woodford, founder of MEPIS, is no ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/08/05/mepis-goes-back-to-debian/   Red Hat team released the Linux 5.1 Beta version. For testing purpose only. The RHEL 5.1 beta is said to be available for all x86/x86_64, ppc. S390x and ia64 architectures. According to the release announcement, the testing period for this version will go on until September 2007 and ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/08/05/red-hat-enterprise-announced-beta-release-of-the-red-hat-enterprise-linux-51/ The famous Skype which develops a highly spread peer-to-peer Internet telephony network and competes against the older existing VoIP protocols such as SIP or IAX is now into some troubles with a German court regarding one of its products. It seems that Skype’s WSKP100 Linux-based phone, made by SMC and ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/skype-troubled-by-the-gplv2-license/ After approximately 6 months of hard work, Willy Tarreau announced the availability of the 2.4.35 Linux kernel. One year ago, Willy Tarreau became the 2.4 branch maintainer and this is his second stable 2.4 kernel release: "I’m very conscious that 2.4 has mostly left desktop PCs and notebooks, but it’s ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/linux-kernel-2435-available-now/ Dell Inc. has recently started gaining some popularity as a company very fond of the Linux operating systems. The story started with Dell’s nice initiative of answering the users who demanded some Linux-based products on IdeaStorm forum. At that time, Dell announced the four Ubuntu-based systems which addressed the open ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/dell-needs-better-linux-drivers/ The Ubuntu CE team announced yesterday the availability of the Ubuntu Christian Edition 3.3. This release includes some new features and the usual updates and fixes: "We are excited to announce the release of Ubuntu CE v3.3. This release comes just after Ubuntu CE’s 1st Birthday! We have ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/ubuntu-christian-edition-33-released/ The Free Software Foundation (FSF) recently released the newest version of its General Public Licence, commonly known as GPL v.3. The GPL is a common open-source licence that governs the use of certain software. Anyone that modifies and distributes GPL-licensed software, or uses GPL-licensed software as part of ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/30/gpl-software-licence-has-ramifications/ Cellular networking and GPS daughtercards… that’s the new offer coming from Gumstix Linux vendor. The daughtercards will be called Goliath and they should work with Gumstix’s single board computer, Verdex (Gumstix being well known as a SBC – single board PC- manufacturer), which is based on Intel’s PXA270 SoC (system-on-chip), ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/17/diy-linux-cellphone-components/ According to the latest HP (Hewlett-Packard) press release it seems that the famous world’s largest information technology corporation has recently earned the Top International Linux Security Certification. The certification, called the Evaluation Assurance Level 4 Common Criteriasecurity certification for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, applies to HP servers, workstations and ... http://linuxroom.blogsome.com/2007/07/17/top-international-linux-security-certification-goes-to-hp/