It’s been a while since we posted a good round-up, and there’s so much we’ve come across lately that we really wanted to tell you about. In no particular order, here’s a list of things that have piqued our interest in the last few weeks:
- Thomas Chung’s photo essay from SCALE 6X.
- Here is another SCALE 6X trip report from Fedora Engineering Manager Tom “Spot” Callaway
- Mary Lou Jepsen’s (the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project) keynote at the Greener Gadgets conference: How green is the XO?
- Top 10 Linux distributions for audio
- Check out Gobby on fedoraproject.org. For those not in the know, Gobby is “a free collaborative editor supporting multiple documents in one session and a multi-user chat. It runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and other Unix-like platforms.”
- More One Laptop in the news: A comparison of sub-$300 laptops
- Dave Eggers, winner of a 2008 TED prize, wants 1,000 people to engage with their local public schools through onceuponaschool.org. They need domain hosting, developers, and non-technical people. A perfect opportunity to combine open source’s benefits with education…
- Love. As in the love of game development. Check out the amazing graphics in this multiplayer first-person shooter game that was created entirely by one person.
- You’re going to have to pull yourself away from the screen sooner or later. When you’re looking for something to eat this weekend, may we recommend bacon cups? (Because here at Red Hat Magazine? We like bacon.)
- Neil Gaiman’s giving away books and name-checking Cory Doctorow. Trent Reznor’s up to much of the same with NIN’s new album, Ghosts. Yay for major artists getting on the sharing bandwagon.
- And speaking of Cory Doctorow, check out this list of 20 science fiction novels that will change your life. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom is a particular favorite and shouldn’t be missed. But what’s your favorite that didn’t make the cut? For us? Madeline L’Engle’s transformative series about the Wallace family, starting with A Wrinkle in Time.
Filed under from the editors, culture, education, events, One Laptop per Child on March 7th, 2008 | 1 comment »
This week we’ve got DJ Spooky, Linux-friendly gaming, and animated explosions. That should be enough to fill your weekend. See you Monday! » Read more
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- Happy birthday, Mozilla! Ten years ago, Netscape released its source code. Today, Firefox claims 125 million users.
- CNET posted this week about the NowHouse project, which you’ve learned about on Red Hat Magazine twice. (Read Part 1 and Part 2.) Check out CNET’s gallery of plan designs!
- Project VGA is working on a low-budget, open source, VGA-compatible video card. Their goal is to provide something you can build yourself as well as an option for buying it from them.
- PC World reports that open source spending in schools is expected to rise in the next few years. The study cited predicts that schools will spend $489.9 million on open-source software by 2012, an increase from $286.2 million today.
- In a similar vein, ZDNet posts that the open source business model is reaching a tipping point. “With the recent fundings and transactions, the financiers are no longer questioning whether open source, or software-as-a-service, are viable business models.”
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This week it’s some comments on CentOS and Microsoft along with a few other goodies. » Read more
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We’re getting down to serious shopping time for the holidays. Lucky for you, we’ve got ideas for you and the geeks you love. And like last year, we’re giving away loot. Send an email to contest@redhat.com on one of the following topics: tell us what you’d like to read about in Red Hat Magazine in the coming year, the open source story you’ve never told, or just whatever open source topic is rattling around in your head this week. You’ll be entered to win some of the items in this year’s gift guide, including TokyoFlash’s Eclipse watch. Read the official rules before you enter. » Read more
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