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Linuxcon Coverage

I'm in Boston at Linuxcon and while I usually liveblog the events I attend, I'm going to try something new this time. While I may blog some of the event, I'll be tweeting much more heavily than I have at past events. Check my

Intel

Intel & Nokia Merge Maemo + Moblin to form MeeGo

In case you haven't heard, Intel and Nokia are merging their respective Mobile Linux initiatives into a project called MeeGo (an unfortunate name, IMHO, but I guess that's fairly common in the FLOSS world these days) that will be hosted by The Linux Foundation. From CNET:

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LinuxCon: Let's Get Together: Coordinated Software Releases, The Linux Ecosystem and the Impact on the Global Marketplace (liveblog)

Keynote - Mark Shuttleworth * Open Source has the power to "end up defining the experience that the average person has when they turn on their computer" * For every 1 Ubuntu alpha user there are about 10 beta users and then about 100 final release users. * There's

Linux

LinuxCon: Beyond the Hype: The True Cost of Linux and Open Source (liveblog)

Moderator: Matt Asay Panel: Noah Broadwater (Sesame Workshop), David Buckholtz (Sony Pictures), Anthony Roby (Accenture) * Open Source was the number one answer for what kind of software executives are planning to implement in the next year * roughly 4 of every 5 programmers have used some kind of Open Source. Even

Linux

LinuxCon: Roundtable - The Linux Kernel: Straight from the Source (liveblog)

I'll be liveblogging from LinuxCon here in Portland. I have not been posting as many traditional blog posts recently, something I'd like to remedy after LinuxCon. Stay tuned. Panel: Bottomley (moderator), Jonathan Corbet, Greg KH, Linus Torvalds, Arjan van de Ven (detained in Holland - NP)

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Roundtable Discussion: Why Can't We All Just Get Along (Liveblog)

Panelists: Jim Zemlin - Linux Foundation Ian Murdock - Sun Sam Ramji - Microsoft * Lessons learned after being at MSFT for a couple years as the "Open Source" guy * Sam: When he came in from BEA, things working together "just made sense" to him. Day 1

Linux

Linux in the Enterprise: The Journey, Milestones and What's Ahead (Liveblog)

Edward Screven - Chief Corporate Architect at Oracle. * In the late 90's they were looking for an OS to recommend to their clients. They immediately ruled out Windows for a variety of reasons, both technical and political/personal. It came down to BSD and Linux. They went with

community

Panel: Measuring Community Contributions (Liveblog)

Panelists: Joe Brockmeier - OpenSUSE Jono Bacon - Ubuntu James Bottomley - Novell Dan Frye - IBM Karsten Wade - Fedora * Don't always associated "contribution" with "code". * People tend to contribute things that are of value to them - they are scratching their own

Linux

Panel: The Linux Kernel - What's Next (Liveblog)

Panelists: Ted T'so - CTO Linux Foundation Greg Kroah-Hartman - Novell Andrew Morton - Google Keith Packard - X.org * 2.6.30 * now has a staging tree * X.org * moving forward, focus will be on fixing what is already there. * Intel stuff mostly "just works"

Intel

Linux Foundation to Host Moblin (Liveblog)

Imad Sousou, Director of the Open Source Technology Center at Intel, explains the decision to have the Linux Foundation host the Moblin project. * "Big corporations are not good shepherds of Open Source" * "The Linux Foundation provides a vendor neutral forum where the project and its developer community

Linux

Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

I'm in San Francisco for the 3rd annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit. I wasn't able to attend the event last year, but I was at the introductory Summit and really enjoyed it. I know this blog has been quiet in the recent past, but posting frequency

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Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit

As I mentioned in the podcast, I had planned to attend the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit but had to cancel due to a last minute conflict. Since I wasn't able to attend I've been keep a close eye on the coverage. It looks like I'

Linux

Sun and Open Source

Sun takes a lot of heat in the community. Some would say too much, others would say not enough. I find the situation fascinating, really... and think it's a good look into the complex and sometimes antithetical nature of the Open Source ecosystem. I don't think

Linux

Announcing the 2007 Linux Desktop/Client Survey

From The Linux Foundation: The Linux Foundation Linux Desktop Workgroup is conducting a survey. The information from this survey will assist the Linux Foundation Desktop Linux workgroup to focus on areas of development that are important to you. The results of this survey may also be valuable to your business.

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OSCON Executive Briefing II

(live blogging, so forgive the grammar and lack of proof reading) Always Better Matt Asay (Alfresco) and Mike Olson (Oracle via SleepyCat) discuss the value of source code. Mike argues that zero cost frictionless distribution is more disruptive than source access. A response from the crowd asked why he doesn&

Google

Google Desktop is now available for Linux

At the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit, it was alluded to by a few Googlers that more Google Linux apps were coming "real soon now". Making good on that quickly, Google just released the Google Desktop for Linux. While it is a native app, it's not Open

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Future of Enterprise Linux kernels

Greg K-H discusses the current state of Enterprise Linux kernels. This is a topic that was discussed at length at the LF Collaboration Summit and is one of those issues that has a whole host of pros and cons on all sides. It's easy to point out the

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Linux leaders plot counterattack on Microsoft

This is from an article recently posted to Reuters about the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit: Dressed in the alternative software movement's casual uniform of T-shirts and jeans, the group is coming to grips with internal divisions that sap at its success -- Linux is now used to power

Google

Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit Update

It's lunchtime at the summit and I have enough time for a quick update. First, a big thanks should go to Google. They are treating us extremely well and it's fantastic that they do things like this. The last time I was at the GOOG campus