The Associated Press has reported that ReiserFS author, Hans Reiser, has lead police to a site where a body believed to be Nina Reiser was buried. The site, in the Oakland Hills, is rugged and less than one mile from the home Hans Reiser shared with his mother. Reiser has maintained his innocence throughout his trial and it is unclear why he is now leading authorities to a grave believed to contain the remains of Nina Reiser.
On can read about Hans Reiser’s conviction here
Red Hat’s “Network Satellite Server”, now called “Spacewalk” for the community.
However, RHN Satellite services will still be available for Red Hat clients while “Spacewalk” will be community driven. One could think of these two titles as the RHEL and Fedora of the satellite and proxy offerings for systems management and provisioning.
Read here to learn more about Red Hat Network Satellite and here to find out all about Spacewalk.
I have long been involved in the development of php based ERP/CRM/CMS software. It has always been curious to me why more professionals such as Lawyers, Nurses, Doctors, and even Consultants have such as small representation in the world of free and/or open source practice management software.
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Recently a friend and I were talking on the phone and in the course of our conversation I asked him if he has tried Fedora. He explained to me that he meant to but still hasn’t given linux a shot yet.
That was my opportunity to tell him about the Fedora Live spins and how they were a great way to give Fedora a test try. While we spoke he was browsing around the Fedora website and asked me about installing Fedora on a USB drive. This was something I have always wanted to try myself but had not yet gotten around to it.
As of this morning Fedora 9 has been released.
Check out the release notes.
Visit the Fedora Wiki for an overview and other information about this release and how to obtain a copy.
Is it just me or does it seem like news about Linux is on the decline?
At first I thought this was a bad thing. Then it occured to me that perhaps this is an indication of something much more significant. Imagine Linux is at the point where ‘no news is good news’.
The linux phone. ‘The’ and ‘linux’ meaning the one wireless phone that embraces the true meaning behind F/OSS and living linux in our everyday life. I’m not talking about a wireless phone that gives linux developers a woody just because of what they might be able to run on a tiny device carried around in a pocket.
I’m talking about a tiny device that just works; unencumbered by so-called ‘intellectual propery’ legaleze and just so happens to run 100% F/OSS. Specifically Linux. I am talking about a modern wireless phone that can compete with Smartphones, iPhones, Blackberry’s, and other popular wireless communication gadgets. One with all the bells and whistles of the latest offerings from AT & T, Sprint, Orange, T-Mobile, Fido, Rodgers, Vodaphone and many others.
It should be so complete and easy to use that the simple everyday consumer wouldn’t have a clue, or even care, that it was running on Linux.
Does it exist? Read on and maybe we will find out …
I’ve run across a specialized spin of Fedora 8 specifically tailored to Micro-Nano Electronic Engineering. A brief description of the specialized live spin can be found on the Fedora Electronic Lab website.
The Fedora Electronic Lab is run by Chitlesh Goorah who was one of the guys who worked on Kadischi, which is the very first attempt at a Fedora Live CD codebase.
“Fedora Electronic Lab” targets mainly the Micro-Nano Electronic Engineering field. It introduces:
- tools for Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Flow process to the Fedora Collection.
- extra open source standard cell libraries supporting a feature size of 0.13µm. (more than 300 MB)
- extracted spice decks which can be simulated with gnucap/ngspice or any spice simulators.
- interoperability between various packages in order to achieve different design flows.
- It is intended for electronic, VLSI students and hobbyists for educational purposes.
