Topic: Kevin Dean

European DataCentre Expo to be Held in Germany

The organizers of DataCentre Expo: The European Data Centre Event 2010 (www.datacentre-expo. com) announced that it will host a free, two-day exhibition and conference on September 16 to 17 at the Dusseldorf Congress Centre in Dusseldorf, Germany. DataCentre Expo will offer ...
Among the many reasons to be thankful for Linux and all that is FOSS are qualities like portability, flexibility, comprehensiveness, a cooperative nature, receptivity to innovation -- oh, and the fact that open source makes such things possible as an electric motorcycle that ...

FOSS and the Google Question

"I find it kinda funny that folks tout that Google uses Linux when the most useful tool they have developed -- the Google FS -- they keep internally and therefore don't have to share the code! "So how exactly is Google different from ...

Fat or Fit? The Penguin's Bulging Waistline

LinuxCon was a hugely satisfying event for many conference attendees, but it also brought out some discontent. Reflecting on the issue of sexism in the Linux community, blogger Carla Schroder morosely observed that "the face of Linux is still a bearded one ...
Sony may be doing FOSS a favor by discontinuing the option to install GNU/Linux on its new PS3. "The release of hardware that is more attractive to the core demographic -- gamers -- means it is likely that a new supply of 'old ...

Linux in 2013: One *Billion* Dollars!

It's a rare day on the Linux blogs when comparisons don't get made between Windows and our favorite operating system, but when those comparisons take the form of benchmarks, we can't help but sit up and listen.. Sure enough ...
Indeed, such was the fever pitch the debate had already reached on that topic by late last month -- particularly after RMS weighed in and Microsoft (Nasdaq: NOVL), for example, has incited no end of argument in recent weeks by launching a series ...

Is Linux Suffering From Mono?

Is Mono an affliction that should be eradicated or a choice that should be respected? Does its inclusion in a distro reek of obeisance to Microsoft, or should the threat of a Microsoft claim to "ownership" be considered irrelevant to true FOSS ...

The Android Netbooks Cometh

Computerworld's Seth Weintraub seems to have been the first to shine a spotlight on the Skytone Alpha 680, which was apparently announced a few weeks ago in Hong Kong.. So, we here at LinuxInsider took to the streets for some more ...
A controversy arose when Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst told attendees at a conference he didn't know how to make money with Linux. A strange admission for a Linux company CEO, to be sure. On another note, Linux geeks pondered how ...