Mobile Companies Surfing Linux Wave EFYTimes, India - 15 hours ago In addition, members will also work on establishment of safeguards to minimise fragmentation; collaboration on a mobile Linux developer ecosystem; …

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Web 2.0 is a popular buzzword, but nobody seems altogether sure what it means. It has something to do with user-driven content and interaction among users, but is there more to it?

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Denx Software Engineering has updated its free embedded Linux distribution and development tool suite. “Embedded Linux Development Kit” (ELDK) Release 4.1 is based on a 2.6.19.2 Linux kernel and Denx’s freely licensed U-Boot 1.2 bootloader, and features support for the Xenomai 2.3 real-time extensions.

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In what appears to be a twist on the conventional wisdom that Windows systems are more vulnerable to viruses than Linux systems, some of TomTom’s GPS navigation gadgets appear to have infected Windows PCs with a “low risk” virus.

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A VMware appliance built on Ubuntu which allows for easy Nokia N800 Internet Tablet console and GUI development, including debugging in the nested Xephyr X server is available. This appliance is targeted at the N800’s Maemo Bora 3.0 platform. This is of particular interest to developers who are thinking about developing for the N800 or wanting to do a quick port/recompile, and are unsure of or not willing to go through the install procedures.

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“This may seem like a bold statement. Apple’s just released iPhone is not only very attractive as we would expect from an Apple product, but includes some impressive features and specifications. It’s probably unrealistic to claim that anything currently available on the market competes with this offering. However, is it really a revolution in mobile communication devices? Maybe not if there still is something that can overshadow it, and do it very soon.”

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Andy Updegrove writes “On Sunday afternoon, the Free Standards Group (FSG) signed an agreement to combine forces with Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) to form a new organization — The Linux Foundation. The result of this consolidation will be to dedicate the resources of the combined membership to ‘accelerate the growth of Linux by providing a comprehensive set of services to compete effectively with closed platforms.’ Jim Zemlin, currently the head of FSG, will lead the new organization as its Executive Director. The new organization will continue to support Linux in a variety of ways, including by providing economic support to Linus Torvalds and other key kernel developers, managing the Linux trademark, and providing legal protection to developers through such initiatives as the Open Source as Prior Art project, the Patent Commons, and the Linux Legal Defense Fund. All in all, a tall order, but eminently possible given its membership: The Linux Foundation’s founding members will include every major company in the Linux industry, including Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, NEC, Novell, Oracle and Red Hat, as well as many community groups, universities and industry end users.”

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(Column) – Linux powered mobiles phones are hardly news. But when you toss in the ability customize your mobile OS just the way you like it, well, that’s another matter altogether.

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thin liquid film (TLF) is an application that allows Linux users to quickly and easily convert video files into a format suitable for playing on the video capable iPods.

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levell writes “The schedule for the OpenMoko, an open source, Linux-based Neo1973 smart phone was posted to the community mailing list by Sean Moss-Pultz this morning. On Feb 11, free phones will be sent to key community developers and the community websites/wiki/bug tracker will be available. Then on March 11 (the official developer launch) we’ll be able to buy an OpenMoko for $350. After allowing some time for innovative, slick software to be created there will be a mass market launch at which point Sean hopes that ‘your mom and dad will want one too.’”

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