A Guide to Today's Top 10 Linux Distributions (PC World)PC World - One of the most confusing things for the newcomer to Linux is how many distributions, or versions, of the operating system there are. Ubuntu is the one most people have heard of, but there are hundreds of others as well, each offering some variant on the basic Linux theme. Full text |
Oracle's Suit Against Android Could Split Open Source (NewsFactor)
Red Hat Board Gets Military Leadership (PC World)
Open-Source Facebook Competitor Diaspora to Launch Sept. 15 (PC Magazine)
The Anti-Facebook Arrives September 15: Will You Switch? (PC World)
Mozilla Releases Fennec, Firefox Mobile Alpha for Android (PC Magazine)
What Will Ubuntu 10.10 Look Like? (PC World)
Dell Answers Critics Demanding Streak's Source Code (PC Magazine)
Red Hat Offers Its Cloud APIs as Industry Standard (PC World)
Developers backing new phone OS (Investor's Business Daily)
Chrome Patches Show the Power of Open Source--and Google (PC World)
PC World - Today's commercial-grade programming languages -- C++ and Java, in particular -- are way too complex and not adequately suited for today's computing environments, Google distinguished engineer Rob Pike argued in a talk Thursday at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Full text
