<b>Distrowatch:</b> "Quite a few of changes have been poured into 10.04, code named "Lucid Lynx", and I was curious to see what the Ubuntu team had put together. Before trying the new release, I had a chance to pick the brain of Gerry Carr, Head of Platform Marketing at Canonical."
After a year of spiraling toward the ground, server sales may be pulling out of the dive, with x86 servers leading the pack. Revenue continued to fall, yet it's still progress.
<b>WorksWithU:</b> "When Canonical launched Landscape 1.5 this week, it was a timely reminder that the software company is trying to develop multiple revenue streams beyond Ubuntu services. Moreover, Landscape 1.5 represents Canonical's latest attempt to make Ubuntu easier for businesses and solutions providers to remotely manage"
OS Roundup: Will the open source server OS from what was once Sun Microsystems soon be known as the project formerly known as OpenSolaris? It's beginning to seem like it.
Sun traditionally offered both AMD and Intel processors in its x86 server lineup. Now, it's looking like AMD's Opteron won't make the cut under Oracle's ownership.
Ongoing revisions to its index are aimed at ensuring that Google's users get even more relevant results, even for long search terms. But the effort has had a major impact on sites' search rankings.
<b>Stop:</b> "How can you guarantee quality education in such conditions, especially when many teachers, either because they only get very short term assignments, every time in a different school, or because their school has more than one campus, work every day in a different neighborhood?"
<b>Cyber Cynic:</b> "Microsoft has never proven, or even attempted to prove, any of these claims. That hasn't, however, stopped Microsoft from using the threat of Linux patent lawsuit to force companies like Amazon into paying them off."
After a year of spiraling toward the ground, server sales may be pulling out of the dive, with x86 servers leading the pack. Revenue continued to fall, yet it's still progress.
<b>LinuxInsider:</b> "With support for over 50 file systems, excluding user space implementations, GNU/Linux has been extremely successful at supporting file system innovation. That success has no doubt been aided by open source development."
<b>FSF.org:</b> "Apple has removed GNU Go from the App Store, continuing their longstanding habit of preventing users from doing anything that Apple doesn't want them to do."
Following a hectic April, the software giant only has two fixes to offer in its monthly Patch Tuesday security release, though both are deemed "critical."
<b>Handle With Linux: </b>"If you are looking for a dual screen ebook reader/netbook which is available now, the enTourage eDge may be exactly what you need."
Another Patch Tuesday from Microsoft, another busy day for IT administrators. April's patch batch includes 11 total fixes, five deemed "critical" in severity.
Learn how to combine text and images on the fly as a single output image. The example scenario is a website that offers printing services with specific fonts and colors.
<b>The H Open:</b> "The DebConf organisers have announced they are now accepting proposals for contributions to this year's Debian conference. The organisers ask attendees to contribute to the annual Debian developers meeting by submitting presentations on a variety of topics."