Archive for the 'open source' Category



The HeHe2-ness Holiday Gift Guide 2008

Originally posted to the Linuxologist blog, a free software enthusiasts site.
Doing some shopping for your technical friends this year? Or just following the Golden Rule of Giving? That is, Give Something That You Yourself Would Like In Case They Don’t Get Around To Using It. Either way, we’ve shifted through a wide [...]

A Geek’s Guide: How To Pimp Your Car With Linux

Originally posted on the Linuxologist, a free software enthusiast’s blog. Comments section has some great information on Do-It-Yourself car stereo projects.
Author’s note: I was intending to research and write a piece on how Linux is being used as an mp3 player in cars. I’ve owned a Linux based mp3 player for six years. I was [...]

Plat’Home’s Will Linux Work? Contest

Interesting technology news for Linux enthusiasts. Plat’Home, a Linux pioneer in Japan, is running a contest around their OpenMicroServer series. If you’re not familiar with their products, several reviews have come out lately including Jason Perlow’s at ZDNet. (Note this is not the exact model that is being offered in the contest.)
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Plat’Home’s OpenMicroServer

plat’home’s linux microserver sitting on my desk so compact! they’re a startup in the US but a real company in japan

Matt Asay, C|Net, on open source in Japan

Matt Asay blogged about open source in Japan I’m really thinking there’s more open source activity in Japan now