Consortium develops Linux-based IPv6 router
“The device is a modified Ubuntu […] with open source IPv6 software loaded and configured with the aim of allowing straightforward, inexpensive IPv6 connectivity.” — IPv6 for e-Business project success with Open Source.
(tags: linux ipv6 ubuntu dcita wp:news)
“Now, in ‘07, the task of the Australian Labor Party is to address and redress the growing inequality created not by neglect or drift or indifference, but by the deliberate infliction of a decade of the most ideologically driven regime in Australia’s history.” — Gough Whitlam, with Margaret, as the first recipients of the ALP’s national life […]
JaLiMo
“JaLiMo is a recently started project with the aim to maintain a full featured free java stack for mobile linux devices.” — Some more folks doing cool work who ought to be in GNOME Mobile orbit.
(tags: gnome mobile embedded gmae midpath jalimo java-gnome midp phoneme cacao jamvm classpath via:robilad)
Chaser’s war on Wikipedia founder
“It was always just a matter of time before Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales had a run-in with The Chaser.” — In which Jimmy Wales fails the Mr Ten Questions test. He really *does* look like a daytime soap star!
(tags: jimmywales thechaaser andrewhansen abc wikipedia)
Innovation at Nokia: Thinking ahead with the Nokia 770
“And then […]
GNOME Foundation announces embedded initiative
“The GNOME platform is a cohesive assortment of high-level software building blocks designed to expedite Linux application development. [A full spectrum of] GNOME technologies can be used together to build feature-rich applications with minimal effort.”
(tags: gnome mobile embedded gmae)
Gnome extends reach to mobile and embedded devices
“An initiative backed by industry giants Intel and Nokia aims to increase the development and use of open source software in mobile phones.” — Coverage on Infoworld (also Computerworld, Techworld, etc).
(tags: gnome gmae mobile embedded infoworld)
Linux groups teaming up for Mobility
“Forget the technical details, what it really means is that […]
GNOME pushes open source Linux into mobiles - 19/04/2007 - Electronics Weekly
“Nokia, Wolfson Microelectronics, Intel and open source developer Collabora are among the founding members of the GNOME Mobile and Embedded Initiative (GMAE).” — Great coverage for Collabora here.
(tags: gnome gmae embedded collabora telepathy)
Gnome initiative targets mobile and embedded apps
“However, with embedded processors gaining power, and memory […]
Michael Dell’s Linux choice? Ubuntu
“What operating system do the heads of Fortune 500 companies run on their personal laptops? In the case of Michael S. Dell, president and CEO of Dell, it’s Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.” — Hilariously good press for Canonical/Ubuntu.
(tags: ubuntu canonical dell desktop linux)
GNOME Mobile and Embedded Initiative launched
“You may already be using the […]
Startup touts virtualizing microkernel
“OK Labs is shipping a commercially supported, BSD-licensed ‘OKL4’ microkernel that runs Linux and other guest OSes in user space, targeting devices such as mobile phones.” — Aussie rockers OK Labs and Fluffy Spider, working together.
(tags: oklabs fluffyspider embedded linux l4 nicta wp:news)
LLinux FlyBuys into financial transactions
“The open source platform will enable Loyalty Pacific […]
DHH Translation
“Translation From PR-Speak to English of Selected Portions of Rails Developer David Heinemeier Hansson’s Response to Alex Payne’s Interview” — Hilarious.
(tags: rails funny ruby scalability rubyonrails performance)
