Cody Taylor

Marty writes “The PlayStation 3 has recently seen an explosion of releases of emulators and games for the Yellow Dog Linux distro for PS3; once you have installed Yellow Dog Linux you then have the ability to try out MAME, SNES, Amiga, Dos, Commodore and Atari emulators (that’s the tip of the iceberg) and such games as Quake 2, Duke Nukem 3D, Hexen 2 and Alephone. Time to start installing Linux on your PS3?”

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At some point, nearly everyone who uses Linux has someone ask them “what’s that?” This question almost invariably leads to “why is it better than ?” What do you say when someone asks you this?

“Businesses, educational institutions, governmental agencies and other organizations around the world are converting their computer operating systems from Microsoft Windows to Linux at an increasing pace. They are likewise converting their application programs from commercial software to free software”

Small, efficient devices such as the Acer Aspire One and Asus Eee PC are taking the battle for free software to a different front, bringing Linux to hordes of computer users who don’t know or care about Linux. They just want something that works, and when they try it, they like it.

The developers behind Novell’s openSUSE Linux distribution have unveiled the roadmap for version 11.2 and the schedule for the next several releases. The distro is moving towards an eight-month cycle.

“Google CEO Eric Schmidt has hinted that his company – or at least its partners – will one day subsidize the purchase of extra-low-cost Linux netbooks in an effort to promote the use of its myriad online services”

Shutter is a user-friendly app to take screenshots (of a window, fullscreen, a custom selection or even a site), edit them (apply a plugin effect, draw directly, or use an external editor like GIMP) and upload! + more features inside.

Putting fuel in my truck was the last place I expected to get into a confrontation.Especially concerning Free Open Source Software. I mean, come on…

Microsoft is suing TomTom because of Linux-related patent violations. One reason why they think they can get away with it? It turns out Microsoft already has Linux-using customers who’ve signed similar deals.

Samba’s Jeremy Allison says it’s all about forcing TomTom either to violate the GPL or to switch from Linux to Microsoft’s embedded software – and that this isn’t the first time a company has had to choose.