Yesterday, the Beta 1 version of Internet Explorer 8 was released for download. According to Microsoft, IE 8 is loaded with some exciting new features such as:

The surprise success of the Asus Eee could mark a change in how people view open source — and cause problems for Windows

… in my opinion. When talking to non Linux users, the number one thing I seem to hear (at least where I live) is the difficulty for them to set up their wireless connections. While I appreciate that the initiated are able to work with their configurations, even create powerful war-driving systems. I concede that the average Windows (XP et al) user perceives the lack of a good graphical network management interface as a deterrent to using Ubuntu, (and other distributions?).

Every few months or so, someone blogs that free software would be more popular if it had fewer applications in each category. If a distribution would only include, say, Firefox, rather than Konqueror and Epiphany as well, or only OpenOffice.org without KOffice or Abiword, then users would have less anxiety option and locate the software they need more easily. Recently, though, I was very glad to have the choice.

"Today I listened to Richard Stallman's lection which was recorded at Moscow State University..." -- Richard Stallman @ MIPT (Picture Reports) => http://ezheg.livejournal.com/30780.html ;)

"This page has the project suggestions for GNU's participation in Google Summer of Code 2008. [...] Many GNU projects have more than one suggestion, so they're listed in alphabetical order by project..."

The Linux Foundation (LF), the nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced that Texas Instruments (TI) is joining the Foundation. With its new membership, TI will help foster the growth of the Linux platform and collaborate with industry leaders who define both technical and operational best practices around open source software.

I knew it. Vista simply wasn’t ready for prime time. Some internal documents that emerged from a class-action lawsuit over Vista Capable illustrated that hardware vendor, Dell, pushed back on Microsoft to fix issues with Vista before launching. Microsoft knew fully well of Dell’s feedback as early as Aug 2005.