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Alcune settimane fa abbiamo chiesto a Judd Vinet, creatore e sviluppatore principale di Archlinux, di parlarci un po' del progetto in questione da lui creato alcuni anni fa. Di seguito vi proponiamo l'intervista completa (in lingua inglese), che speriamo possa essere di vostro gradimento.

[The actual interview with Archlinux creator/maintainer, Judd Vinet, is in English. - dcparris]

If Microsoft's 1976 was all about "hobbyists" and "Altair," then its buzzwords for 2006 were things such as "connected entertainment," "interoperability," "Zune," and "Windows Vista.

[Bishop writes about a FOSS project the PI is using... Interesting. - dcparris]

With so many RSS aggregators to choose from, you can pick the one that fits your specific needs. If you don't want to install anything on your machine and you need to be able to access your news feeds from anywhere, you can opt for a Web-based solution like Netvibes. If you prefer a dedicated desktop RSS reader chock-full of features, then something like RSSOwl or BlogBridge is the way to go. But if you don't want to get used to a whole new application, you might want to give infoRSS a try. Unlike other RSS aggregators, infoRSS is a Thunderbird/Firefox extension that runs inside your email client or browser.

It's been kinda sorta available since mid-November, but it wasn't since the past week or two that Terra Soft's Yellow Dog Linux 5.0 was freely available (i.e. you didn't have to pay $100 for the DVDs) to make all your open-source PS3 dreams come true.

Once upon a time, Google was a small start-up run by a couple of bright graduate students and everybody loved it. Now it's a hugely-profitable multinational corporation run by three multi-billionaires, it has a monopoly market share of the search market, and almost life-or-death power over thousands of small companies -- a power it exercises in secret, with no accountability, in what some would regard as an arrogant and autocratic way. Google may still be loved, but it is also feared. Really really feared.

p2pnet.net News:- "Welcome to the Streaming Service of the Council of the European Union," says the site. "Here you can select to view live transmissions of ongoing public events at the Council or browse in our archives."

[Obviously, we strongly encourage our European friends to LOUDLY protest the locking out of GNU/Linux users. - dcparris]

Though I'm reasonably comfortable with computers –- to use, not to sound intelligent about –- and I like the opportunity for playtime they provide, I'm not what the techies would call an early adopter. It was probably a year after my brother encouraged me to get out of my Internet Explorer comfort zone and try Firefox before I took the plunge. Then I kicked myself for not doing it sooner.

[Aw, c'mon! Take the plunge! At least go dual-boot for a while. - dcparris]

Are you glad that New Year only occurs once a year? Who wants to look back and forward on the same day? It's inevitable, I suppose.Lately, I have reflected a lot on my Linux career in contrast to other IT work and environments. Linux started in 1997 for me and encompassed about nine years. I have looked back and have looked forward to the year ahead. I certainly have plans and hope you do also. But before looking ahead at our plans, we might examine our personal history to give ourselves a context in which to view a future with full knowledge that the best laid plans often go astray.

The title of this article touched on two questions that have caused a stir in the last few days. To begin, we'll take a look at a video that can be seen on YouTube that apparently shows an Xbox 360 exploited into running code (specifically a Linux coming soon message) while running Peter Jackson's King Kong. The video has got a mixed reception from the community; some believe it is real, some believe it is just another bluff.

I've concluded that just as PDAs (personal digital assistants) stand alone, MP3 players will be on their way out in 2007, replaced by phones that pick up this capability. This is one of the reasons Apple is expected to enter the phone space, and since it owns the MP3 space, it has an advantage coming in. Still, it is questionable whether music or messaging will drive the next wave.

Seasons greetings, readers... welcome to our New Year’s edition of the Free Software Magazine newsletter! Happy New Year, and Happy Reading!

How many times has this happened to you: no sooner are the holidays over than one of your friends begs you to let him borrow the brand new DVD set you just got -- and the next thing you know, it's Labor Day, and your so-called friend swears he wasn't the one who borrowed it? What you need is a collection manager like GCstar so that you don't lose track of your valuables.

Celebrating the new year, the KernelTrap.org theme has been updated to a new and improved look. The Drupal software that manages the website has also been upgraded to a newer version. If you run into any problems with the new website, please post a comment here orsend me an email. Improvements to the website will continue to be implemented in the upcoming weeks.read more

The KernelTrap.org website is being upgraded, and moved to a new server. You are currently accessing the old read-only website. Within the next few hours as DNS propagates you will be taken to the new website.

While hackers eagerly work on getting Tux onto their Zunes, M:Robe fans can rejoice as their wait is finally over. After cracking the firmware, crafty "Shirour" has managed a great feat in not only getting his media player to run Linux kernel 2.6.15, but also in creating a touchscreen driver for it and putting together a serial interface to make those "wasted job hours" more productive.

Google (GOOG - commentary - Cramer's Take - Rating) revealed a glitch in what may be its second-most successful service, ranking only behind search.

Novell plans to release open-source interoperability technology between the OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office 2007.

New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) It is called the 'hall of shame'. Within its cyber walls are pilloried a long list of websites, Internet service providers and websites which do not treat all their visitors fairly.

From the LXer team, here's hoping the best for you and yours in 2007!

Virtual Dimension is a virtual desktop tool for Windows. Before we proceed, let's clear the doubtful air around the term itself.

[Virtual Desktop is Free Software (for Windows), released under the GNU GPL. - dcparris]