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Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian? - CIO

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:16:12 +0000

HP is taking WebOS open source with the hope that it can attract developers by providing a write-once-run-everyplace platform. However, Rob Enderle writes, history hasn't been kind to operating systems as only few survive, but while WebOS has risks it also has potential, if HP willing to invest properly.

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CIO — HP has made its expected announcement regarding what it plans to do with WebOS. It is going the open source route and is positioning it as an alternative to the other contenders for the next desktop. This desktop isn't focused on a standard desktop or laptop, but encompasses all form factors from smartphones and tablets to Smart TVs. HP is using the Java-like message of "write once run everyplace" that has been promised, but never truly delivered by Sun's old Java platform. The operating system market has been an ugly one since the beginning, wiping out once powerful vendors such as Atari and Commodore in the early years; crippling IBM, which had to exit the segment over a decade ago; and claiming upstarts like Palm, NeXT and Netscape during the process. Right now there are three viable operating systems contenders: Windows dominates PCs; iOS, which is slated to replace the MacOS at some point across Apple's ecosystem; and Android, another fork of Linux from Google. ChromeOS and MeeGo are all but stillborn, Symbian is on its deathbed and Metro has yet to be fully market-tested.

Is WebOS the Next Desktop Linux, Java or Symbian? - CIO

PHYTEC Announces Linux Support for the phyCORE-OMAP4430 System on Module - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:11:15 +0000

PHYTEC's production-ready phyCORE-OMAP4430 and Linux BSP provide a core foundation so that developers do not have to design an OMAP4 based embedded application from the ground up.

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PHYTEC has announced the availability of a fully featured ready-to-use Linux Board Support Package (BSP) supporting kernel 3.0.9 for the phyCORE-OMAP4430. PHYTEC has a long history of bringing industrial embedded Linux projects to the market and this announcement for Linux support is sure to get OEMs excited about building devices that stand apart from the competition.

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The Board Support Package - PHYTEC's rich set of integrated open source software components are packaged in an easy-to-use development environment for Linux application development. The BSP supports the peripherals of the OMAP4430 with source for barebox bootloader, root file system, the kernel, and is packaged with the GCC C/C++ cross development tool chain, Eclipse IDE, and PTXdist. PTXdist is a GPL licensed build system that uses the Kconfig configuration system from the Linux kernel. PHYTECs robust and industry-best Linux distribution offers free build tools, long-term maintenance through mainline compliance, and expert technical support based in our US offices.

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PHYTEC Announces Linux Support for the phyCORE-OMAP4430 System on Module - San Francisco Chronicle (press release)

A first look at Ubuntu Linux's Head-Up Display (Gallery) - ZDNet

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:34:36 +0000

In Ubuntu Linux's new Head-Up Display (HUD ), menus come second. Instead your primary interface is the search bar. Here, we're looking for a filter inside a graphics program.

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I actually quite like this, though I've always been a fan of search based actions. You know, like the Vista/7 search bar in the start button. It's a thousand times faster than trying to click through a bunch of folders/options/whatever.

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Not to burst anyone's bubble, but this sort of functionality has existed via Gnome Do for quite some time.....although this HUD seems more integrated than Gnome Do could be. I'm all for the concept as I LOVE Gnome Do (and it's counterpart Docky).

Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure - ZDNet (blog)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:45:31 +0000

As I blogged earlier this month, Microsoft is preparing to enable Linux to run on its Windows Azure cloud platform . A test build of the coming Linux virtual-machine capability is slated for March, according to my contacts.

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For those still doubting this is on the Microsoft roadmap, I’ve got a new piece of evidence. A contact of mine provided me with a link to a Microsoft job posting for a software development engineer at Microsoft that calls for some serious Linux credentials .

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The Windows Interoperability Team at Microsoft has an immediate opening for a senior software development engineer. The purpose of this position is to become a key member of a highly specialized development team whose mission is to identify, define, scope, implement and drive to completion software projects that promote full, transparent interoperability between Windows and Linux in Microsoft virtual and cloud environments.

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Microsoft seeking open-source expert to help put Linux on Azure - ZDNet (blog)

Linux Mint 13 Gets Back to Desktop Basics - PCWorld (blog)

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:45:02 +0000

Bucking the trend of increasingly experimental desktop interfaces, the developers behind the Linux Mint are adopting a simpler desktop for the next version of the open-source Linux distribution.

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Linux Mint 13 will feature an entirely new user interface, called Cinnamon. Earlier this week, the Linux Mint developers released a version of the shell. Previous editions of Linux Mint used a standard version of the Gnome environment. "We're hoping [Cinnamon] will seduce most Linux Mint users, whether they're coming from Gnome 2, Gnome Shell or other desktops," said Linux Mint creator and lead developer Clement Lefebvre.

Linux Mint 13 Gets Back to Desktop Basics - PCWorld (blog)

Microsoft's magic bullet for Azure: Red Hat Linux - Register

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:45:57 +0000

Last June Microsoft ran a build of Linux on its Windows Azure compute fabric in the labs of the Server and Tools division, which is responsible for its cloud.

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That's a critical pick given North Carolina's favourite brand of Linux continues to reign as the market's number-one distro and is a preferred choice for Windows shops when going Linux.

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Microsoft knows Red Hat is important: as much as it hurt his eyes , in 2005 Steve Ballmer presided over a demonstration of Microsoft's Virtual Server at a Microsoft Management Summit running Red Hat and managed through Operations Manager. This rapprochement came five years into a Redmond campaign to dismiss and vilify Linux with Ballmer saying his company had listened to customers who'd demanded better support for non-Windows machines.

Microsoft's magic bullet for Azure: Red Hat Linux - Register

Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop - ZDNet (blog)

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:46:21 +0000

GNOME 2.x fans get ready to rejoice. Mint has just released the first stable version of Cinnamon, its GNOME 2.x look-alike Linux desktop interface.

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Clement Lefebvre, lead developer of Linux Mint , has announced the first “fully stable” version of its new GNOME 2.x-like “Cinnamon 1.2″ for k of the GNOME 3.x desktop environment is now available for not only Mint, but for Ubuntu 11.10, Fedora 16, OpenSUSE 12.1, Arch Linux, and Gentoo. The Cinnamon interface looks and works a lot like the popular GNOME 2.x interface, but it’s built on top of the GNOME 3.x infrastructure. It was created because many people, including Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds dislike the new GNOME 3.x interface . Lefebvre tried to work with the GNOME developers to make a more user-friendly GNOME, but they weren’t interested.

Linux Mint releases Cinnamon, GNOME 2.x style desktop - ZDNet (blog)

Linux Vendors Rush to Patch Privilege Escalation Flaw After Root Exploits Emerge - PCWorld

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:23:35 +0000

Linux vendors are rushing to patch a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can be exploited by local attackers to gain root access on the system.

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The vulnerability, which is identified as CVE-2012-0056, was discovered by Jüri Aedla and is caused by a failure of the Linux kernel to properly restrict access to the "/proc//mem" file.

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According to Carsten Eiram, the chief security specialist at vulnerability research firm Secunia, the flaw was introduced in the Linux kernel code in March 2011 and affects versions 2.6.39 and above. "Any Linux distributions providing these kernel versions should be vulnerable," Eiram said.

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Linux Vendors Rush to Patch Privilege Escalation Flaw After Root Exploits Emerge - PCWorld

Poll: Linux's big data crunching worries melt away - Register

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:26:41 +0000

Fears that the open-source operating system isn't up to the job of processing big data have fallen by 40 per cent in the last 12 months, according to the Linux Foundation's annual Enterprise Linux report.

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Last year 20.3 per cent had expressed reservations â€“ today that number is 12.2 per cent. The poll found 75 per cent had expressed concern about the need to support big data, while 72 per cent plan to run big data sets on Linux. Just 35.9 per cent will pick Windows.

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The Linux Foundation surveyed 1,900 individuals with 428 respondents at organisations with $500m or more in annual revenue or more than 500 employees. It reckoned these are shops running mixed Linux and Windows systems.

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Poll: Linux's big data crunching worries melt away - Register

Big Business, Big Linux - ZDNet (blog)

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:48:43 +0000

IT funds may be short, but The Linux Foundation has found that companies are still investing in Linux for cloud computing, “Big Data,” and greenfield deployments.

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Will your business move to Windows 8 server ? Will your office support iPads for work ? I don’t know. I do know that chances are your enterprise is very likely to increase its use of Linux.

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According to new report by The Linux Foundation , the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, “ Linux Adoption Trends 2012: A Survey of Enterprise End Users ,” in a lousy IT economy Linux is still growing by leaps and bounds.

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Big data, cloud expand enterprise Linux - ITworld.com

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:44:57 +0000

Enterprise users are still doubling down on their Linux bets, thanks to the motivation brought on by big data, cloud computing, and virtualization.

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That's one takeaway of a new report released today by the Linux Foundation , based on a survey of just over 400 enterprise Linux users. The survey, conducted in conjunction with the Yeoman Technology Group, reveals that 84 percent of companies currently using Linux have expanded their usage of the operating system over the past 12 months.

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Cloud computing and virtualization are big motivators for continued Linux adoption. "All told, 61% of organizations now cite cloud-based applications, whether public, private, or hybrid. Of those users in the cloud, 66% are using Linux as their primary platform, up 4.7% from last year. Going forward, 34.9% of organizations are planning to migrate more applications to the cloud, up from 26% last year.

Big data, cloud expand enterprise Linux - ITworld.com

Windows 8 hardware rules 'derail user-friendly Linux' - Register

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:48:57 +0000

Red Hat engineer Matthew Garrett, one of the first to flag up the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface issue, has blogged that Microsoft's rules for certified Windows 8 hardware do not make it easier to boot Linux despite what some have claimed.

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Redmond's requirements mention the existence of a boot option for PCs that can fire up a digitally signed Linux kernel. This custom boot-mode would allow the user to modify the contents of the machine's Secure Boot signature database and the platform key (PK) that verifies kernels during system start-up.

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This, according to Garrett, implies the user can install their own keys, including ones provided by Linux vendors, to run whatever operating system they want. While this sounds conceptually simple, Garret points there are lot of practical details missing, a fact that will make working with Microsoft's key infrastructure harder.

Windows 8 hardware rules 'derail user-friendly Linux' - Register

Grahics Driver Developer, Software, Linux, Kernel - ElectronicsWeekly.com

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:28:25 +0000

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Linux won't be locked out of Windows 8 PCs, but FUD continues - ZDNet (blog)

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:48:54 +0000

A new draft of Microsoft’s Windows 8 hardware certification specs confirms what we already knew: the new Secure Boot feature won’t lock out Linux on hundreds of millions of new PCs. But Linux backers are demanding the right to hack a new class of devices that doesn’t yet exist.

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Lawyers have an old saying: If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If the law is on your side, pound the law. If neither is on your side, pound the table.

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A tiny but vocal minority of Linux fanatics are pounding the table today over a new security feature called Secure Boot that will be introduced in Windows 8, shrilly accusing Microsoft once again of a conspiracy to “lock out” Linux.

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Linux won't be locked out of Windows 8 PCs, but FUD continues - ZDNet (blog)

Microsoft Locks Out Linux On ARM Systems Shipping Windows 8 - Hot Hardware

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:49:54 +0000

It's been a few years since Microsoft really shot itself in the foot by making itself look really unfriendly, and someone at the company must've been missing the pain. A careful read of the company's "Windows 8 Hardware Certification Requirements" document has revealed draconian policies that require vendors to block the installation of other operating systems on ARM devices.

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First, a bit of history. Earlier this fall, Microsoft briefly made waves when it announced that Windows 8 would require that UEFI (the successor to BIOS) Secure Boot be enabled on all systems that ship with Windows 8 installed. Secure Boot uses vendor-provided signed keys to ensure that the OS in question has been properly validated. The concern was that this process could be used to effectively prevent the installation of Linux on ARM products.

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There's no technical reason why MS would support disabling Secure Boot for one CPU architecture but enabling it for another, which leaves us with non-technical justifications -- of which there are plenty. By locking out alternate OS's, MS ensures that Windows customers stay Windows customers.

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