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Xandros Reportedly Buying Linspire

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Practical Technology is reporting tonight that California-based Linux distributor Linspire is being bought by Canadian Linux vendor Xandros. Linspire CEO Larry Kettler alerted stockholders this afternoon of the decision to sell all of Linspire's assets, including the company's free version, Linspire, and its Click N' Run desktop installation platform.

 



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GigaOm: 10 Biggest Platform Development Mistakes

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When you're developing a platform--whether it's an open source effort or not--it's just as important to avoid mistakes as it is to execute on good decisions. Over at our sister blog, GigaOm, two analysts from AKF Consulting have written up the 10 Biggest Platform Devlopment Mistakes. These range from failing to design for code rollback, to scaling through third parties, to not taking into account the multiplicative effect of failure. These look like some good ways to stay out of trouble.


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OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

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Oracle remains top dog in databases, but faces many open source challenges.....

Will open source blow mobiles open? .....

Linux runs 85 percent of the world's fastest computers.....

Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 1 packs a new theme.....

The European Commission is considering doing research on whether it should migrate to open source software.....



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LugRadio Records Its Last Show

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LugRadio listeners got a surprise this weekend when the voices behind the popular podcast announced they were pulling the plug on the show after five successful years. The group recorded its last episode -- Season 5, Episode 21 -- and will do its last show at LugRadio Live UK in July.

 



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BitNami Adds Modules

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I previously introduced you to BitNami, which is doing an excellent job of packaging popular open-source applications for turnkey installation. They've not been idle in the past few months. In addition to adding ever more applications to install, they've now taken the next step and modularized the process.


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Whoisi Isn't Just Another Friend Aggregator

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As the people you know sign up for more and more social networking sites, using an aggregator to keep up with their activity has become a necessity.? The trouble is, typically you must bug your friends to sign up for the service you want to use to follow them, which is a hassle for everyone. Whoisi.com is a new service Mozilla's Open Source Evangelist, Chris Blizzard, developed in his spare time. It's user-friendly, doesn't require you to hassle your friends into signing up, and, as expected, relies on open data and APIs.

 



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Beyond Open Source Software

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Most people think software when they hear open source - but there are plenty of other things using open source principles to distribute their intellectual property. We've covered some of these: the OpenMoko phone, the Open Graphics Project, VIA's OpenNote, and even the RepRap self-duplicating machine. But they're just the tip of the iceberg. Here are five more projects that show how healthy open source is beyond the software arena.


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You've Got Firefox 3, Now Don't Forget the Add-ons

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Even though Firefox 3 is fantastic in its own right, tossing a few add-ons in the mix makes it that much more fabulous. In fact, so many people use add-ons, Firefox now features a way to get new ones right from the Add-ons Manager. Now that the dust has settled following Firefox's latest release, many of the most beloved add-ons have been tweaked to work with it. Everyone has their favorites, but let's take a look at a few of the most popular.

 



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Is Microsoft Going to Acquire Powerset?

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While it's still only a rumor, VentureBeat is reporting that Microsoft has agreed to buy Silicon Valley semantic search engine Powerset for over $100 million--apparently to be announced next month. Powerset's search technology uses the open source cluster-based technology Hadoop, which provides fast answers to queries by using the resources of many computers. We wrote about both Hadoop and Powerset here, and got to hear from Powerset's Chad Walters. Based on what I saw Chad demonstrate, and Microsoft's need to catch up in search, I won't be surprised if this rumor is true.


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Paperless Schools and Linux Notebooks for Every Kid

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I was very interested in this piece from Computerworld U.K., titled Can we give every school child in the U.K. a Linux notebook and still save money? It provides a cost breakdown of what it would take to give every student a Linux notebook, compared to the costs schools in the U.K. currently face for software licenses, other technology fees, and printing and photocopying. According to the author of this story, the fees for printing and photocopying alone at schools are staggering--to the point where if electronic materials replaced much of the printed materials, there would be enough money to give each student a low-cost Linux notebook--and lots left over. Would this work in the U.S.?


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