Monday - June 15, 2009
There has been plenty of news and excitement on the Linux blogs in recent days, including the release of Linux kernel 2.6.30 and word that Linux will be the first OS to support USB 3.0. Woohoo! In an ordinary week, such news would be sure to put a smile on any geek's face. Yet the mood on the blogs hasn't been particularly celebratory or cheerful; in fact, in recent days, one could even say it was downright dark. To wit: "Don't Get Me Wrong, Linux Sucks as Much as Windows" is the title of one recent post.
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Thursday - March 26, 2009
Patents, patents, patents. Ever since Microsoft announced its suit against TomTom a month or so ago, patents have become an increasing focus of conversation on the Linux blogs. We've already discussed some of the rampant speculation about Microsoft's motivation in the case, as well as TomTom's subsequent countersuit.
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Friday - March 20, 2009
If the FOSS community is united by its love of passionate debate, it is arguably divided in equal measure by diverging views on the purpose of free and open source software. To some, FOSS means simply software that is intended to be free, or without financial cost; to others, the open availability of its source code is what matters.
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Friday - March 6, 2009
The free and open source software community is known for many things, but perhaps none more than its propensity for passionate debate. No topic is too small for the community's spirited analysis, so it should come as no surprise that the Linux kernel -- one of the most central elements of the FOSS world -- figures so frequently and so prominently.
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Wednesday - February 11, 2009
Desktop virtualization is entering into the corporate limelight, after many years of existence as a consumer toy. Recently, for example, Citrix and Intel announced a partnership that will deliver an embedded bare-metal client hypervisor by the second half of 2009.
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Monday - December 8, 2008
There's nothing like the approaching dawn of a new year to make a person sit down and take stock of things. Apparently the folks over at Infoweek were feeling a similar urge last week, if their article titled "Fixing Linux: What's Broken and What To Do About It" is anything to go by.
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Monday - December 1, 2008
Well, the holiday season is upon us once again, and that means it's the beginning of what, for many geeks, is a time of unnatural, enforced, repeated and prolonged socialization. Yes, it can be an uncomfortable time for those of us who aren't perky, extroverted cheerleader-types, and we here at LinuxInsider are no exception.
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Monday - November 17, 2008
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who are the greatest geeks of us all? That question -- posed in an Australian iTnews article, "The Top 10 Greatest Geeks of All Time" on Monday -- sparked quite a discussion in the blogosphere last week, garnering more than 1,300 Diggs and 280 comments by Friday.
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Friday - November 14, 2008
So here we are. Home prices and incomes are falling, foreclosures are rising, layoffs are multiplying, and wealth is evaporating. Everyone is looking for signs of stability, but each new day brings new despair and uncertainty. Amidst the reckoning, it's hard to imagine the future, but regardless, it will arrive soon enough.
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Monday - October 27, 2008
Hard on the heels of Linux's 17th birthday came two more notable milestones for the operating system, both of which came to light in the past week. First, the Linux kernel surpassed 10 million lines of code -- albeit with blank lines, comments and text files included.
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