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Tectonic: "“Their time is stretched perilously thin … we in the Fedora community can therefore have a huge, direct, and immediate impact on the success of the OLPC project.”"

Tectonic: "Lately, there has been quite some bitching on the fringes of the KDE project about KDE4 and the direction it takes.

Some people go as far as saying: “Give us back our old desktop!” I beg to differ. The old desktop has served us well for thirty-odd years since its invention by Xerox.

It is beyond its due date by now. We need something new that meets the reality we are living in now."

Tectonic: "Debian, arguably the most important Linux distribution, is readying to celebrate its 15th birthday on August 16."

Tectonic: "As the battle for ultra-slim PCs heats up, a US company has released the Linux-based CherryPal, a PC that the company claims uses just 2W of power at peak performance."

OSTtatic: "But poking around CherryPal's web site reveals no hint of any source code."

Tectonic: "Despite having an open source strategy the South African government doesn't really understand how to benefit from OSS.

This is according to Microsoft director of corporate standards, Jason Matusow..."

Authorities Standardization in Brazil, South Africa and Croatia approve ODF as the national standard. More info you can find:Brazil: http://homembit.com/2008/04/odf-is-now-a-brazilian-standard-nbr-isoiec-2... Africa: http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2365Croatia: http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7563/469