Android an alternative to Windows in netbooks, says Gartner

Google's Android mobile phone software worked well on mini-laptops at the Computex Taipei 2009 electronics show and, backed by the strong Google brand, may be headed for prime time, two Gartner analysts said Monday.

Sun shareholders will vote on Oracle deal on July 16
Sun Microsystems has scheduled a special shareholders meeting for July 16 for a vote on whether to accept Oracle's US$7.4 billion proposal to buy the company. Sun's board has unanimously recommended the transaction go through.

MontaVista to release adaptable Linux for mobile, embedded platforms
"If the market gives you lemons, make lemonade" is the thinking behind the newest version of MontaVista 6, a commercial Linux implementation for mobile and embedded devices.

Acer may be first with Android netbook
Acer plans to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google's Android mobile operating system in the third quarter of this year, a top executive at the company said Tuesday.

Garmin-Asus' first Android smartphone due next year
Garmin-Asus plans to launch its first smartphone based on Google's Android mobile operating system no later than the first quarter of next year, executives said Tuesday in Taipei.

Asustek puts Android netbook on ice for now
A day after an Asustek Eee PC running Google's Android operating system was shown at Computex Taipei, top executives from the company said the project will be put on the backburner for now.

Ubuntu Server: Lean, mean, cloud-making machine
Ubuntu Server is a fast, free, no-frills Linux distribution that fills a niche between utilitarian Debian and the GUI-driven and, some would argue, over-featured Novell SUSE and Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Survey: Even Linux-loving firms only deploy it to one-fifth of employees
Half of the businesses that have deployed Linux on the desktop have rolled it out to less than 20% of their workers due to perceived and real obstacles, according to a survey by released by a U.K. analyst firm.

Ex-Microsoftie: Free software will kill Redmond
Bill Gates probably will not sing the praises of Keith Curtis, a programmer with Microsoft for 11 years who's now left the fold and written a book about why the Redmond way will fail. Oh yeah, Curtis is not afraid to speak his mind as a Linux guru, either.

Xen released with more client device, Hyper-V integration
Xen, the de facto virtualization hypervisor for Linux and the basis of Citrix's commercial products, has reached version 3.4.0 bringing improved support for client devices, integration with Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor, better reliability and power management, and many CPU-level big fixes.

Linux business pioneer dies in home accident
The Australian Linux community has been rocked by the sudden death of Linux and free software businessman Anthony Rumble in an apparent home accident.

Novell throws support behind Moblin Linux for Intel Atom netbooks, devices
Eschewing its own SUSE Linux, Novell said it will back Intel's Moblin Linux in the fast-growing market for netbooks and smartphones.

New Moonlight release available for testing
A new version of the Moonlight open-source technology that puts Silverlight on Linux is now available for developers to test.

Make the Most of Your Presto Linux Installation
Two days ago, I told you about Presto, the fast-booting Linux OS that's just about perfect for old and/or slow PCs and laptop users who want zippy access to e-mail and the Web.

Last hurrah: Sun updates Solaris with Nehalem features
In the last major release before its acquisition by Oracle, Sun on Thursday made available version 10 05/09 of its venerable Solaris server operating system.

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