links for 2007-05-08
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“[Ubuntu’s] move to offer a mobile and embedded version comes on the heels of a similar project that Intel is supporting: the Gnome Mobile & Embedded Initiative.” — Canonical and Intel score press for their mobile operating system platform efforts. Rock!
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“Because you’ll be smarter when you leave.” — Havoc, Eben, Greg, Chris, Max, Alan. Wow! I can imagine it’s possible to leave dumber, but only if you got caught on a bender with these dudes. Tip for those competing: Get Havoc started on the girly drinks.
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“[Ubuntu Mobile] will be developed by members of the community, along with staff from chip giant Intel [who have] endorsed another open source project to develop applications for mobile phones known as the [GNOME Mobile] Initiative.” — Coverage from BBC!
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“I am not in marketing, but it seems like a no-lose proposition to me.” — These Indy 500 nutballs have no shame whatsoever. It would be hilarious if it wasn’t such a horrifying waste. No call to action, no market research whatsoever, no results…
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“The idea behind the [Linux Foundation travel] fund is that while open source software is created globally and virtually, there’s just no substitute sometimes for face-to-face collaboration.” — With many thanks to LF, I’ll be at DAM4 and the Summit!
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“So I picked up the iRex Iliad reader, and so far I am way more impressed than I thought I’d be. What does that mean? Well lets break this down…” — Chris DiBona reviews the Linux and GNOME based iRex Iliad Reader, giving it both carrot and stick.
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“Deluge is a Bittorrent client written in Python and GTK+. Deluge is intended to bring a native, full-featured client to Linux, BSD, and other *NIX GTK desktop environments such as Gnome and XFCE.” — Clearly inspired by the very excellent utorrent. Rock!
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jdub, whatchu think of this article? The guy seemed to be part of Spread Firefox.
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/85698/index.html
“The idea to have the Open Source community sponsor a car in the Indianapolis 500 put forth recently has more than just the Open Source Press taking notice. Here is my take on it.”