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Local hero: Stefan Lesicnik on Linux and Ubuntu

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:08:39 -0600

South Africas Stefan Lesicnik was this week confirmed as an Ubuntu contributing developer. Tectonic asked Stefan where his work with Linux started.

IBM Linux Ads Show Up Microsoft’s Seinfeld Campaign

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:32:47 -0500

Tectonic: "By way of comparison, have a look at these two older ads from IBM promoting Linux. Irrespective of whether you’re a Linux and IBM fan or not, the message is clear an unambigious."

Tectonic » IBM certifies Suse Linux Real Time

admin — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:39:59 -0500

Novell’s Suse Linux Real Time 10 is now certified to run on IBM’s BladeCenter hardware and is supported by Websphere Real Time middleware.

Fedora Launches OLPC Group

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:27 -0500

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.”"

Beyond the Desktop With KDE4

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:30:27 -0500

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."

Debian Celebrates 15-year Legacy

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:00:27 -0500

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

Linux-powered CherryPal uses just 2W; CherryPal, Where's the Cod...

admin — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:35:41 -0500

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."

ODF is now a national standard in Brazil, South Africa and C

admin — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:55:23 -0500

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