Jan
31
9 Things That Are Never Admitted About Open Source – Datamation
9 Things That Are Never Admitted About Open Source – Datamation.
Tag Archives: Linux
Oct
11
Linus Torvalds Answers Your Questions
Slashdot (yes, they’re still around) had their users send questions for Linus Torvalds, creator of Linux. Linus Torvalds answers the twelve that were rated highest.
Aug
20
A Generation Lost in the Bazaar
Poul-Henning Kamp bemoans the current state of FreeBSD and by extension the entire open source movement.
Posted in OpenSource
Tagged development, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenSource, quality, Software
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Aug
08
SCO finally collapses
After their adventures in court yielded them nothing but judgements against them, SCO filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and is finally shutting down completely. They were already in Chapter 11 but it’s obvious they had no chance of ever … Read More
Mar
29
Building the worst Linux PC ever
Building the worst Linux PC ever requires emulating an ARM chip on an 8-bit microcontroller. With an effective clock speed of 6.5 kHz (yes, you read that right), it takes 2 hours to boot up to a bash prompt. Not … Read More
Feb
29
The Raspberry Pi Launch
What is The Raspberry Pi ? It’s a $35 SoC (System on a Chip) computer than can run Linux. It’s intended to encourage kids to learn programming but the price along with the capabilities make it a great low-power server … Read More
May
06
Game developer David Braben creates a USB stick PC for $25
Seriously, a USB stick PC for $25 running Ubuntu. All you need is a HDMI display and a USB keyboard.
Mar
17
Xv6, a simple Unix-like teaching operating system
If you know Linux history, you know that it started as a derivative of Minix, which was a fairly simple OS intended specifically for teaching purposes. But Minix isn’t alone. MIT has used the Sixth Edition of Unix (V6) as … Read More
