http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-17-008-39-OP-HW-SW

HP: The Linux distributor?

Cyber Cynic: “Hardware companies don’t tend to have their own Linux distributions. But, no major OEM (original equipment manufacturer) has had a house-brand Linux… until now. Surely HP is not getting into the Linux distribution business? Are they!?”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-15-016-39-IN-BZ-OO

The open-source entrepreneur

BBC News: “Bob Young is a self-confessed contrarian with a strong desire to change the world by allowing people to share and collaborate. The approach has served him well and has helped turn the Canadian into a multi-millionaire.”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-11-001-39-RV-KE

KDE 3 vs. KDE 4: Which Linux Desktop Is Right for You?

Datamation: “Two and a half years after the KDE 4 series of releases began, many users are still using KDE 3. A preference for the familiar seems to motivate some; while others seem influenced by the rumors that began with the botched 4.0 release.”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-08-015-39-OS-HL-SW

Extending OpenOffice.org

The Linux Box: “Statistically OpenOffice.org is used somewhere between 0.2% and 22% depending as to where you live. I am seeing more and more OOo use. My intention with this article is not to proselytize OOo, but instead to show some good ways to extend the use of OOo.”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-06-07-001-39-OS-DV

New Open-Source OS Will Feature ‘Disposable’ Virtual Machines

DarkReading: “A new open-source operating system will come with the option of creating one-time, disposable virtual machines on the fly.”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-05-30-004-35-OS-GN-SW

MeeGo Netbook Performance: It’s Beating Ubuntu & Co

Phoronix: “The MeeGo operating system as a joint project between Intel and Nokia was announced back in February. An initial test release was made available in early April, but yesterday’s MeeGo 1.0 release is the first where they are providing a stable netbook version.”

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[Link] http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2010-05-29-006-35-NW-KE-RL

KDE 4.5 beta brings window tiling, new notifications

ars Technica: “The developers behind the KDE desktop environment have released the first beta of version 4.5. Although the major focus during this development cycle is stability, the release also brings some nice new features and user interface improvements.”

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PangeaVR HD gives iPads a panoramic view

Pangea Software has released PangeaVR HD, an app that lets you interactively view full-screen 360 degree panoramas on the iPad.

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TopicFire Launches Facebook News Pages

Launched in December, news aggregator TopicFire has now turned its attention to Facebook. It has generated two dozen news pages devoted to breaking news topics, populated on Facebook. These run the gamut from Apple News to World News. (Via the latter I just found out actor Gary Coleman is in critical condition in a Utah hospital.)

TopicFire is designed to speedily gather information around topics and locations. The site uses a proprietary algorithm called “HeatRank” to rank online content by popularity in real time. It machine-curates news on topic-specific pages, such as San Francisco news, and news for fans of country music.

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“In the past few months Facebook has really been pushing their fan pages, and reading news on Facebook has been growing fast!” co-founder Ryan Sit told us via email.

In January, TopicFire populated a host of Twitter accounts powered by the aggegator’s ranked gathering of news. Examples include @brkingtech and @breakingafrica. Readers can keep current with their chosen topics or locations by following those Twitter accounts. The company’s entry into Facebook aggregation follows that model. Facebook and Twitter both have become very popular platforms for news distribution, so this may be as well.

The start up, a bootstrapped affair out of San Diego, was created by Jonathan Neddenriep and Sit. Sit says they have no less a goal than becoming social media’s premier news publisher. Given the presence of traditional news sources that are branching out into the Web, search engines like Google News and location-focused outfits like Fwix,

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iPad’s Popularity Comes at Netbooks’ Expense

Enterprise Mobile Today: “Nearly one in three buyers who had been considering a netbook did their evaluations and then bought an Apple iPad tablet instead, according to a survey of more than a thousand U.S. consumers by the consumer electronics review site Retrevo.”

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