update date November 2010 The AccessLinuxPlatform ALP , once referred to as a next generation version ... http www.engadget.com 2007 02 12 accesslinuxplatform on display at 3gsm AccessLinuxPlatform on Display ... http www.palminfocenter.com news 8921 accesslinuxplatform at linuxworld sf AccessLinuxPlatform at LinuxWorld ... LinuxPlatform was first announced in February 2006. ref http www.access company.com news press Access 2006 021406.html Access and PalmSource Announce the AccessLinuxPlatform , Access Co. Access ... development kits for the AccessLinuxPlatform were officially released in February 2007. ref http www.access company.com news press Access 2007 20070212d alp pdk.html Access Releases AccessLinuxPlatform PDK and SDK to Licensees and Developers , Access Co. Access press release , February 12, 2007. ref As of February 2009, the AccessLinuxPlatform has yet to ship on devices, however development ... of the LiMo Foundation . The first smartphone to use the AccessLinuxPlatform is the Edelweiss Smartphone ... systems. The appearance of the platform ref http www.mobilelinuxinfo.com 392 accesslinuxplatform screenshots New AccessLinuxPlatform Screenshots , Mobilelinuxinfo.com, August 9, 2007. ref is intended ... for mobile devices. Application development The AccessLinuxPlatform presents standard APIs ... ARM versions of the standard GNU Compiler Collection gcc tool chain. Security The AccessLinuxPlatform ... http www.access company.com products platforms linux alp.html Official AccessLinuxPlatform site http ... Embedded Linux Category Mobile Linux Category Palm OS cs AccessLinuxPlatform de AccessLinuxPlatform fr AccessLinuxPlatform it AccessLinuxPlatform ja AccessLinuxPlatform ru AccessLinux ... by Access Co. , of Tokyo , Japan . The platform includes execution environments for Java programming ... frameworks and APIs defined by Access for these areas. Applications for ALP can be developed as Linux ... security modules Linux security module to implement fine grained access controls. The components for ALP ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Convergent LinuxPlatform or CLP for short is an initiative of a la Mobile a la Mobile, inc. to present to the market a Linux embedded mobile phone with raised security issues as well as the first Linux based smart phone operating system . ref name eweek Cite web url http www.eweek.com c a Linux and Open Source Startup Plans Complete Linux Smart Phone OS title Startup Plans Complete Linux Smart Phone OS accessdate 2008 05 22 date 2006 06 19 work eWeek ref ref name vend Cite web url http www.pcworld.com businesscenter article 135349 linux vendor strengthens smartphone security.html title Linux Vendor Strengthens Smartphone Security accessdate 2008 05 22 date 2007 08 01 author John Cox work PC World ref References reflist External links http www.a la mobile.com solutions convergent.html http www.linuxdevices.com news NS2549276490.html Startup plans complete Linux smartphone OS on Linuxdevices.com LinuxLinux distro Category Embedded operating systems Category Embedded Linux distributions linux stub ... more details
Advert date May 2008 Infobox Company company name Jinwoo Group company type public company Public foundation 1998 founder Lee Jae Ho location Muju , South Korea subsid Jinwoo SMC key people Lee Jae Ho Hon ble President , br Lee Jun Ho Vice President industry Special Purpose Machineries Aerial lifts or Cherry Picker or Man lifters, Scissor Lifts, Self Propelled Boom Lifts, etc... hubs 268 1, O San Ri, Chun po myeon, Iksan Si, Chollabuk do secondary hubs 1924, Jangki ri, Ansung Myeon, Muju, Chollabuk do num employees 500 revenue profit 4 billion 2007 net income profit 2.5 billion 2007 homepage http www.jinwoolift.co.kr http www.jinwoolift.co.kr english index.php?type 1 Jinwoo Aerial Lift started in 1992 with primary name as Hosung Machineries aimed at manufacturing Industrial Machinery and Automation equipments. They shifted focus onto Aerial lifts Sector in 1998. Products The company produces Platform Aerial Lifts mounted on either Tata Daewoo or Hyundai Heavy Automobiles with 8.5m to 68m Range possessing different Section Booms and loading is between 300 kg. and 500 kg. depending on lifting Heights. Ladder lifts up to 56metres, Scissor Lifts up to 22metres and Self propelled Engine run Articulated Booms Lifts can also be provided for, up to 26metres lifting heights range. See also List of South Korean companies Economy of South Korea http www.jinwoolift.co.kr english index.php?type 1 Jinwoo Aerial Lifts http www.jinwoolift.co.kr english file as office.php Business Locations DEFAULTSORT Jinwoo Smc Aerial Access Platform Category Manufacturing companies of South Korea ... more details
emulator program is often used to access the CLI from a Linux desktop. A Linux system typically ...about the operating system the kernel Linux kernel infobox OS logo File Tux.svg frameless upright screenshot caption Tux the penguin , mascot of Linux ref name LinuxOnLine2008 cite web url http www.linux.org info logos.html title Linux Logos and Mascots accessdate 2009 08 11 last Linux Online authorlink ... ref cite web title Debian GNU Linux Licenses url https www.ohloh.net p debian analyses latest publisher Ohloh accessdate 2009 03 27 ref Linux trademark owned by Linus Torvalds ref name US trademark cite ... United States Patent and Trademark Office accessdate 2006 04 01 ref and administered by the Linux Mark Institute language Multilingual updatemodel working state Current Linux IPAc en audio Linus ... linux pronunciation title Pronunciation of Linux last Safalra date 2007 04 14 work Safalra s Website accessdate 2009 09 15 ref ref name Foldoc09Jun06 cite web url http foldoc.org linux title Linux ... Linux ? id 1992Apr23.123216.22024 klaava.Helsinki.FI date 23 April 1992 accessdate 2007 01 09 ref ref cite web url http www.paul.sladen.org pronunciation title How to pronounce Linux? accessdate 2006 12 17 ref ref cite web url http www.kernel.org pub linux kernel SillySounds title Linus pronouncing Linux in English and Swedish accessdate 2007 01 20 ref is a Unix like computer operating system ... component of Linux is the Linux kernel , an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 ... Is Linux An Overview of the Linux Operating System url https www.linux.com learn resource center 376 linux is everywhere an overview of the linux operating system publisher Linux Foundation date 2009 04 03 accessdate 2011 08 15 ref Linux was originally developed as a free operating system for Intel ... url http www.trl.ibm.com projects ngm wp10 e.htm title Linux Watch accessdate 2009 09 29 last IBM ... c a News Trolltech rolls complete Linux smartphone stack title Trolltech rolls complete Linux smartphone ... more details
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The A platform is a term most commonly associated with automobile body type and has several meanings Chrysler A platform , a Chrysler automobile platform used in the 1960s GM A platform RWD , a midsize automobile platform of General Motors in use from 1961 to 1981 for rear wheel drive vehicles GM A platform FWD , a midsize automobile platform of General Motors in use from 1982 to 1996 for front wheel drive vehicles Volkswagen Group A platform , an automobile platform shared by the compact cars of the Volkswagen Group disambig ... more details
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Orphan date July 2009 Infobox Company company name Access IS company logo Image Access IS logo 240px.jpg company type Private foundation Reading, England 1985 location Reading, Berkshire , UK industry Manufacturing products Computer keyboards br Bar code readers br MSR br OCR br Passport readers homepage http www.access is.com Access IS website Access IS is the UK s largest independent computer keyboard manufacturer. More widely, Access IS designs and manufactures products to input data into computer systems. In addition to making keyboards where an operator types the information into a system, other Access IS hardware reads data from various media, particularly from printed barcodes, magnetic stripe media for example, information stored on the magnetic strip on the back of a credit card and through optical character recognition for example, reading the text printed on traditional passports . Access has its headquarters in Reading, Berkshire Reading, UK , with approximately 55 salaried ..., Australia. Access IS has four major vertical markets airports, retail point of sale, retail banking and dealer rooms. Access IS is the trading name of Access Limited. For further information on the brand name, see below. Background to the name Access IS is an abbreviation of Access Interfacing Solutions . Originally Access Keyboards Limited, the company was renamed Access Ltd and adopted the brand name Access IS in October 2007 to reflect the broader product offering the company offered. The new ... in December 1984 and was wholly owned by the Videcom Group of companies. Access IS then named Access ... 3i s shares were sold back to the company. br 2006 Access manufacture BGR boarding gate readers . br 2007 Subsidiary established in Atlanta. br 2007 Access Keyboards Limited renamed Access IS, and began trading as Access IS. br 2009 Access IS gained ISO 9001 2008. Product range Custom computer keyboards ... readers BGRs , passport readers. External links http www.access is.com Access IS website Category ... more details
Linux 5.0 Ark client server suite, 1DVD 1CD per platform i586 and x86 64 School Suite mostly i586, also ...Cleanup date January 2009 infobox OS name ALT Linux logo screenshot Image AltLinux 4.1.png 250px caption ALT Linux 4.1 developer ALT Linux Ltd ref http www.altlinux.com ref and ALT Linux Team ref http en.altlinux.org ALT Linux Team ref family Unix like source model Open source released start date 2001 03 25 ref http www.altlinux.org Releases History?uselang en Releases History ALT Linux Wiki ru icon ... Linux Mandrake RE Spring 2001 ru icon ref latest release version 6.0.1 If you update this, remember to also update Comparison of Linux distributions latest release date release date 2012 02 13 . ref http ... kernel type Monolithic kernel Monolithic Linux kernel Linux ui Bash Unix shell bash KDE Plasma Desktop in Desktop , Xfce in Desktop Lite working state Current website http www.altlinux.ru ALT Linux ... RPM ALT Linux is a set of RPM Package Manager RPM based operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus ref http en.altlinux.org Sisyphus ref packages repository. ALT Linux is developed jointly by ALT Linux Team developers community and ALT Linux Ltd. History ALT Linux Team arose from the merger of IPLabs Linux Team and Linux community of the Institute of Logic, Cognitive Science ... project manager alt linux ref The latter cooperated with Mandrake Linux and SUSE Linux distributions SUSE teams to improve localization specifically Cyrillic , producing a Linux Mandrake Russian ... acronym meaning ALT Linux Team . The split led to the creation of the Sisyphus package repository, which is an unstable branch of the ALT Linux development. In 2007, the Sisyphus repository won a prestigious ... of distribution variants date June 2008 Linux Mandrake Linux Mandrake 7.0 Russian Edition , released in the beginning of 2000, was the first de facto independent distribution of IPLabs Linux Team ... Linux team release, released several months later. ALT Linux 1. Since the summer of 2001 ALT Linux ... more details
a library DirectFB which provides a framework for hardware acceleration of the Linux framebuffer ... experience with very little memory use. History Linux has generic framebuffer support since 2.1.107 ... not have a Text mode text mode display , and was later expanded to Linux s originally supported IBM PC compatible platform. References references Portal Free software External links SourceForge linux fbdev http www.xfree86.org 4.3.0 fbdev.4.html XFree86 doc http directory.fsf.org wiki FramebufferUI FramebufferUI in kernel windowing system Linux DEFAULTSORT Linux Framebuffer Category Free software programmed in C Category Free system software Category Linux kernel es Fbdev fr Framebuffer Linux pl Linuksowy bufor ramki pt Framebuffer Linux ru Linux framebuffer ... more details
About the album by Dilated Peoples other uses Platform disambiguation Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Platform Type Album Artist Dilated Peoples Cover DilatedPeoplesThePlatform.jpg Released May 23, 2000 Recorded 1998 1999 Genre Hip Hop Length 64 20 Label Capitol Records Capitol Producer Dilated Peoples , Alchemist, T Ray, E Swift, Joey Chavez, Beni B, Kut Masta Kurt Last album This album The Platform br 2000 Next album Expansion Team album Expansion Team br 2001 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 4.5 5 ref name allmusic review cite web first Steve last Huey title Review The Platform Dilated Peoples url Allmusic class album id r479058 review pure url yes publisher Allmusic accessdate 26 June 2009 ref rev2 RapReviews rev2score 8 10 ref name RapReviews Review cite web first Steve last Juon title Review ted Peoples The Platform Capitol url http www.rapreviews.com archive 2000 05 theplatform.html date May 28, 2000 publisher RapReviews accessdate 18 December 2011 ref rev3 Rolling Stone rev3score Rating 2 5 ref name Rolling Stone Review cite web first Rob last Sheffield title Review Dilated Peoples The Platform url http www.rollingstone.com artists dilatedpeoples albums album 198040 review 6068330 the platform date August 17, 2000 publisher Jann Wenner accessdate ... title Review DILATED PEOPLES The Platform Parlophone url http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment ... first James last Poletti title Review Dilated Peoples The Platform url http uk.launch.yahoo.com l ... generated by DASHBot The Platform is the debut album of the West Coast hip hop group Dilated Peoples ... extra1 sup Dilated Peoples length1 0 48 title2 The Platform note2 extra2 sup The Alchemist length2 4 ... In the Hand by Ocean Sgt. Pepper s Lonely Hearts Club Band by Bill Cosby The Platform Crane by Dominic ... center 42 2000 The Platform align center 22 References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Platform, The Category ... produced by The Alchemist Category Capitol Records albums fr The Platform it The Platform ... more details
Platform specific Linux distributions Category Xbox Category Xbox mods ...Original research date September 2007 Image XBox and TV setup with linux running.JPG thumb Xbox Linux booting Xbox Linux is a project that ported the Linux operating system to the Xbox video game console ... by the Xbox Linux project. Catalyzed by a large cash prize for the first team to provide the possibility of booting Linux on an Xbox without the need of a hardware hack, numerous software only hacks were ... the boot loader booting of a Linux loader xbeboot straight from a save game. The Xbox is essentially ... access memory RAM although on all earlier boxes this is upgradable to 128MB , and 4 Universal ... are enough to run several readily available Linux distributions. From the Xbox Linux .... As on every PC, you can run Linux on it. p p An Xbox with Linux can be a full desktop computer .... You can either dual boot or use Linux only in the latter case, you can replace both IDE devices. And yes, you can connect the Xbox to a VGA monitor. p blockquote Uses Image Linux Booting on Xbox screenshot.JPG thumb Xebian Booting An Xbox with Linux installed can act as a full desktop computer with Mouse ... TV , a server, router or a node in a cluster. One can either dual boot or use Linux only in the latter ... of Xbox Linux will run on the version 1.6 Xbox the third newest version, including 1.6b . Xboxes ... Linux is through a softmod , which does not require a modchip to use. The Xbox Linux softmod utilizes ... with the new Linux option after rebooting the system. Another softmod that can be used is the hotswap ... and is solely for Linux on the Xbox. Although, once the TSOP BIOS chip is flashed with Cromwell ... . List of Distributions There are several distributions of Xbox Linux ref http www.xbox linux.org wiki Download Full Linux Systems ref , most of which are based on PC Linux distributions. class ... Linux distribution that can install to the Xbox hard drive, or start a live session. A MythTV frontend ... more details
refimprove date September 2010 Infobox software name TOMOYO Linux logo Image TOMOYOLinux penguin.png author NTT Data Corporation operating system Linux genre Mandatory Access Control license GNU General Public License GPL v2 website http tomoyo.sourceforge.net TOMOYO Linux is a Mandatory Access Control MAC implementation for Linux operating systems. Despite its name, it is not a Linux distribution . Overview TOMOYO Linux is a Mandatory Access Control MAC implementation for Linux that can be used ... of TOMOYO Linux include System analysis Increased security through Mandatory Access Control Automatic ... been merged in Linux Kernel mainline version 2.6.30 2009, June 10 ref cite web title TOMOYO Linux, an alternative Mandatory Access Control publisher Linux Kernel Newbies work Linux 2 6 30 url http kernelnewbies.org Linux 2 6 30 head eeb259e0ba81d96d59015b8f79456d9a5283c650 ref it is currently one of four standard Linux Security Modules LSM modules, along with SELinux , AppArmor and Simplified Mandatory Access Control Kernel SMACK . The TOMOYO Linux project started as a patch for the Linux kernel to provide Mandatory Access Control MAC functionality. Porting TOMOYO Linux to the mainline Linux ..., more hooks are needed to port all the remaining Mandatory Access Control MAC functionality of TOMOYO Linux to the mainline version. Consequently, the project is following two parallel development lines TOMOYO Linux 1.x , original version uses purposely created non standard hooks fully featured Mandatory Access Control MAC released as a patch for Linux kernel Since this version 1.x does not depend ... in March 2003 and is sponsored by NTT Data Corporation , Japan. TOMOYO Linux focuses on the behaviour ..., TOMOYO Linux allows each process to declare behaviours and resources needed to achieve their purpose. When protection is enabled, TOMOYO Linux acts like an operation watchdog, restricting each ... publisher LWN.net url http lwn.net Articles 313346 ref into the Linux Security Modules LSM , which ... more details
Primary sources date July 2009 Infobox software name Cooperative Linux logo Image CoLinux logo.png 40px ... system Microsoft Windows genre Platform virtualization license GNU General Public License website http www.colinux.org www.colinux.org Cooperative Linux , abbreviated as coLinux , is software which allows Microsoft Windows and the Linux kernel to run simultaneously in parallel on the same machine. ref http www.colinux.org coLinux main website ref Cooperative Linux utilizes the concept of a Cooperative ... every guest OS in an unprivileged state to access the real machine. Overview File Ubuntu on Windows ... in parallel. In effect Cooperative Linux turns the two different operating system kernels into two ... access to the real hardware, modern PC hardware is not designed to be controlled by two different ... the Cooperative Linux portable driver to run in CPL0 mode Ring computer security ring 0 and allocate ... of Cooperative Linux based on similar work with User mode Linux . He announced the development on 25 Jan 2004. ref http lkml.org lkml 2004 1 25 96 Dan Aloni announces Cooperative Linux ref In July 2004 he presented a paper at the Linux Symposium. ref http www.colinux.org publications Reprint Aloni OLS2004.pdf Dan Aloni paper presented July 2004 at Linux Symposium ref The open source software ... various patches and additions to the software. Comparisons Cooperative Linux is significantly different ..., Cooperative Linux runs a specially modified Linux kernel that is Cooperative in that it takes ... Most of the changes in the Cooperative Linux patch are on the i386 tree the only supported ... tree involve the initialization and setup code. It is a goal of the Cooperative Linux kernel design ... as much as possible. The coLinux package installs a port of the Linux kernel and a Network ... , Ubuntu operating system Ubuntu , Fedora operating system Fedora and Gentoo Linux Gentoo are especially ..., installing Linux distributions under coLinux is generally difficult. Therefore users generally ... more details
Infobox software name Mac on Linux logo Image Mac on Mac.png 48px screenshot caption developer Mac on Linux Project latest release version 0.9.72.1 latest release date June 25, 2007 operating system Linuxplatform PowerPC genre emulator license GNU General Public License GPL website http mac on linux.sourceforge.net Mac on Linux is an open source virtual machine program for running Mac OS on PowerPC computers running Linux . It can also be used to run another instance of another PowerPC based operating system OS supported OSs include Mac OS , Mac OS X , and Linux . See also Portal Free software Mac on Mac Comparison of platform virtual machines External links http sourceforge.net projects mac on linux Project homepage http maconlinux.org Original Project homepage http www.linuxjournal.com article 3678 LinuxPPC on the Macintosh PowerBook DEFAULTSORT Mac On Linux Category Macintosh platform emulators Category Linux emulation software Category Virtualization software Category Free emulation software emulation stub de Mac on Linux es Mac on Linux ja Mac on Linux pl MacOnLinux ... more details
United Linux was an attempt by a consortium of Linux distribution Linux distributors to create a common ... and form an effective competitor to Red Hat . The founding members of United Linux were SUSE Linux ... of the project was announced on January 22, 2004. Formation With the rise of Linux during the 1990s, Linux distribution s proliferated. Since the Linux kernel and GNU were both free software , anyone ... Linux project were made at COMDEX in November 1999. There were a number of false starts, but the participants consistently agreed that a unified Linuxplatform for business made sense. The key factors for success were identified early in 2000. Starting in March and April 2002, the United Linux ... and their business partners and vendors. Image Penguin Outline.png right frame United Linux mascot ... to make derivative works of the Software, to provide access to the Source Code and or Object Code to any ... to United Linux member partners on August 14, 2002, a public beta was released on September 25, 2002 and United Linux 1.0 was released on November 19, 2002. For a detailed case study in what led one of the four partners to embrace the ideals of United Linux see Caldera OpenLinux . Technical overview The distribution was based on SUSE Linux and the Linux Standard Base , with the plan being .... Minimum technical requirements were Linux kernel 2.4.18 or higher GNU C Library 2.2.5 Linux Standard ... The end of United Linux was announced in a Novell press conference on January 22, 2004 by Richard ... Group s public attacks on Linux had made the alliance unworkable. ref cite news url http www.eweek.com c a Linux and Open Source UnitedLinux RIP title UnitedLinux, RIP date 2004 01 23 publisher eWeek ref It emerged that no real work had been done on United Linux since soon after SCO v. IBM had started, and that SUSE had ceased active participation around this time. The last United Linux announcements ... s distribution of SuSE Linux. ref name novell 96 cite web url http groklaw.net pdf Novell 96.pdf ... more details
intro platform title Maemo platform described as being based on Linux kernel date 2010 04 09 publisher ... name Linux This is the name used to transclude the Latest stable software release Linux and Latest preview software release Linux version templates logo File Tux.svg 50px Tux screenshot File Linux 3.0.0 boot.png frameless caption Linux kernel 3.0.0 booting author Linus Torvalds developer Linus Torvalds ... article 06 07 28 HNtorvaldsnofan 1.html title Linux creator Torvalds still no fan of GPLv3 accessdate ... needed date January 2012 website http www.kernel.org www.kernel.org The Linux kernel is the operating system kernel computing kernel used by the Linux family of Unix like operating system s. ref name README cite web url http git.kernel.org ?p linux kernel git torvalds linux 2.6.git a blob f README ... date 2006 09 25 title Re GPLv3 Position Statement ref The Linux kernel is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 GPLv2 ref name COPYING http git.kernel.org ?p linux kernel git torvalds linux 2.6.git a blob f COPYING COPYING this updates with the kernel, at citation was h ca442d313d86dc67e0a2e5d584b465bd382cbf5c ... by contributors worldwide. Day to day development discussions take place on the Linux kernel mailing list . The Linux kernel was initially conceived and created by Finnish computer science student ref ... article 3655 date 1 November 1999 publisher Linux Journal accessdate 20 August 2009 ref Linus Torvalds in 1991. Linux rapidly accumulated developers and users who adapted code from other free software ... accessdate 2010 11 12 ref The Linux kernel has received contributions from thousands of programmers. ref cite web url http go.linuxfoundation.org who writes linux 2012 title Linux Kernel Development ... from over 200 different companies have contributed to the kernel. postscript . ref Many Linux distribution s have been released based upon the Linux kernel. History See also History of Linux ... community contributed code and ideas to the Linux kernel. At the time, the GNU Project had created ... more details
Refimprove date September 2009 A Linux distribution is a member of the family of Unix like operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel . Such distributions often called distros for short are operating ..., media players, and database applications. These operating systems consist of the Linux kernel ... six hundred List of Linux distributions Linux distributions . Over three hundred of those are in active ... packages are free and open source software , Linux distributions have taken a wide variety of forms ... Canonical Ltd. , and Mandriva Linux Mandriva , and entirely community driven distributions, such as Debian and Gentoo Linux Gentoo . History Image Gldt.svg thumb right http futurist.se gldt GNU Linux Distro Timeline , timeline representing the development of various Linux distributions. Before the first Linux distributions, a would be Linux user was required to be something of a Unix expert, needing .... Citation needed date May 2008 Linux distributions began to appear very soon after the Linux kernel was first used by individuals other than the original Linux programmers who were more interested ... disk pair with the kernel and the absolute minimal tools to get started MCC Interim Linux , which ... time SLS Softlanding Linux System Yggdrasil Linux GNU X , the first CD ROM based Linux distribution ... The Slackware Linux Project Slackware Release Announcement publisher Slackware.com date 16 July 1993 ... attracted to Linux distributions as alternatives to the DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems ... versions of Unix . Most early adopters were familiar with Unix from work or school. They embraced Linux ... the usual choice even for Unix or Linux experts. To date, Linux has proven more popular in the server ... , and in embedded devices market than in the desktop market. Components File Linux Distribution en.svg thumb 350px components of a Linux distribution A typical desktop Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel , GNU tools and libraries, additional software, documentation, a window system , window ... more details
to greater acknowledgement of Linux as a gaming platform. ref name cheese cite web url http www.twolofbees.com ...Linux gaming refers to playing or developing video games for the Linux operating system s. The reference for most of the games listed is the icculus.org Linux Gamers Game List. Keep improper and unabbreviated ... Linux gaming refers to all game titles that can run on Linux based operating systems. This can ... faq.html commercial Avaneya FAQ Free & Commercial , September 27, 2010 ref that run natively on Linux, or proprietary games that have Linux ports. Linux gaming can also refer to Linux based gaming ... . Linux gaming can also be considered to be related to Android operating system Mobile gaming gaming on the Android operating system Android platform, although there are distinct differences between the two systems and industries. In recent years Linux gaming has also become more closely related to gaming on other alternative platforms, such as Mac gaming Linux gaming and free software games Mac gaming . As far as development is concerned, library support for Linux gaming is provided by OpenGL , Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ALSA , OpenAL and Simple DirectMedia Layer SDL , a cross platform multimedia wrapper around system dependent libraries, as well as Pygame . The Direct .... Linux also runs on several game consoles, including the Xbox , ref cite web url http www.xbox linux.org wiki Main Page title Xbox Linux Wiki publisher Xbox linux.org date accessdate 2010 08 18 ref PS2 Linux PlayStation 2 , PS3 PlayStation 3 , Nintendo GameCube GameCube , ref cite web url http www.gc linux.org wiki Main Page title Gamecube Linux Wiki publisher Gc linux.org date accessdate 2010 08 18 ref and Wii which allows game developers without an expensive game development kit to access console hardware. Several gaming peripherals also work with Linux, such as gaming mice from Roccat which have official Linux drivers and even a free software user space utility. ref http www.phoronix.com ... more details
LF Linux Protection statement ref and standardizes ref http www.linuxfoundation.org en LSB About the Linux Standard Base ref Linux by providing a comprehensive set of services to compete effectively with closed platforms. ref cite press release title New Linux Foundation Launches Merger of Open Source Development Labs and Free Standards Group publisher The Linux Foundation date January 22, 2007 url http linux foundation.org weblogs press 2007 01 21 new linux foundation launches E2 80 93 merger of open source development labs and free standards group accessdate 2011 04 28 ref Promoting Linux The Linux Foundation serves as a neutral spokesperson for Linux and generates original content that advances the understanding of the Linuxplatform. It also fosters innovation by hosting collaboration ... want to start or continue to develop applications for the Linuxplatform. The Linux Developer Network s goal is to empower developers to target the Linuxplatform. One of the ways the Linux Developer ... platform developers want to work with. Linux Training The Linux Foundation Training Program ref ...Primary sources date April 2011 refimprove date April 2011 Infobox non profit Non profit name Linux Foundation ... en FAQ Where is the Linux Foundation located.3F ref origins Open Source Development ... Worldwide focus Linux kernel Linux method Promotion, protection, and standardization of Linux by providing ... platforms. revenue endowment num volunteers num employees num members Linux Foundation Corporate Members ... footnotes The Linux Foundation LF is a Non profit organization non profit technology consortium chartered to foster the growth of Linux kernel Linux . Founded in 2007 by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs OSDL and the Free Standards Group FSG , the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation promotes, ref http www.linuxfoundation.org en Collaboration ... more details
The Linux Symposium commonly referred to as OLS , from Ottawa Linux Symposium , though it is not necessarily held in Ottawa is a Linux and Open Source conference held annually in Canada . It features 100 paper presentations, tutorials, birds of a feather sessions and mini summits on a wide range of topics. There were 650 attendees from 20 countries in 2008. The 2009 Symposium was held in Montr al, Quebec . The Linux Symposium is one of the three major international grass roots Linux and Open Source conferences in the world. The other two are linux.conf.au and Linux Kongress . 2011 The 2011 Linux Symposium will be held in Ottawa on June 13 15, with the Opening Presentation to be given by long time Linux proponent Jon Maddog Hall. The Call for Participation runs from February 1 through March 15. Keynote Speakers 1999 Alan Cox 2000 David S. Miller , Miguel de Icaza 2001 Ted Ts o 2002 Stephen Tweedie 2003 Rusty Russell 2004 Andrew Morton computer programmer Andrew Morton 2005 David Jones 2006 Greg Kroah Hartman 2007 James Bottomley Disambiguation needed date June 2011 2008 Matthew Wilcox , Werner Almesberger , Mark Shuttleworth 2009 Keith Bergelt , Jonathan Corbet , Dirk Hohndel 2010 Jon C. Masters , Tim Riker 2011 Maddog Jon Maddog Hall Mini Summits The Symposium hosts mini summits on the day before the conference. They are open to all conference attendees and have their own programme. Five mini summits were hosted in 2008, including Platform virtualization Virtualization , Security Enhanced Linux , Kernel Container Developers , Linux Power Management and Linux Wireless LAN. There were two mini summits in 2009 Linux Power Management and Tracing software Tracing . See also Open Source Developers Conference External links http www.linuxsymposium.org Linux Symposium http www.linux.com feature 142710 Linux.com feature on 2008 Linux Symposium Linux Category Linux conferences ja Linux ... more details
Infobox OS name Feather Linux logo screenshot File Feather Linux Screenshot.png 300px caption Feather Linux developer family Unix like source model Open source working state Dormant latest release version 0.7.5 latest release date 2005 07 04 kernel type license Mainly the GNU GPL others website http featherlinux.berlios.de featherlinux.berlios.de Feather Linux , created by Robert Sullivan, is a Knoppix based operating system which fits in under 128 MB ref cite web url http www.itwire.com content view 13292 53 1 1 title Secure web browsing through Live Linux distros publisher iTWire accessdate 2009 ... flash drive , into a Fluxbox desktop environment . ref citebook title Linux Bible 2005 Edition Boot ...&pg PA456&dq 22Feather Linux 22 PPA456,M1 ref It has a wide range of desktop and rescue software, and can load entirely into Random access memory RAM if enough RAM is available or be installed to a hard drive. ref Cite document url http featherlinux.berlios.de about.htm title Feather Linux About publisher Feather Linux date 15 May 2008 postscript None ref Feather Linux contains GTK applications, such as AbiWord and Pidgin software Pidgin . Feather Linux has tried to include software that people ... title Linux.com Feather Linux Light is right publisher www.linux.com accessdate 2009 02 22 ref With its most recent release being on 2005 07 04, Feather Linux is now dormant. Feather Linux and Damn Small Linux share some common goals. See also Portal Free software Comparison of Linux distributions Lightweight Linux distribution References Reflist External links http featherlinux.berlios.de Official website DistroWatch feather NAME Feather LinuxLinux distributions Category Knoppix Category Mini Linux distributions Category Discontinued Linux distributions Category Live USB Linux distro stub da Feather Linux es Feather Linux nl Feather Linux simple Feather Linux sr Feather Linux sv Feather Linux ... more details
Infobox OS name Gentoo Linux logo image Gentoo Linux logo matte.svg 100px Gentoo logo screenshot File Gentoo12.0.jpg 250px caption The desktop as provided by Gentoo Linux LiveDVD , release 12.0 developer ... architecture the minimal install iso is being built for kernel type Monolithic kernel Monolithic Linux kernel Linux userland GNU Core Utilities GNU ui KDE Plasma Workspaces KDE Plasma Desktop from LiveCD ... website http www.gentoo.org Gentoo Linux IPAc en d n t u respell JEN too is a computer operating system built on top of the Linux Kernel Linux kernel and based on the Portage software Portage ... doc en faq.xml title Gentoo Linux Frequently Asked Questions publisher Gentoo.org date 2008 10 25 accessdate ... programs which are unique to themselves. ref name gentoo about History Gentoo Linux was initially created by Daniel Robbins as the Enoch Linux distribution. The goal was to create a distribution .... ref cite web url http www.gentoo.org doc en articles making the distro p1.xml title Gentoo Linux Documentation ... http public.planetmirror.com pub enoch enoch 0.75 title Planet Mirror enoch Enoch Linux enoch 0.75 ... changed name to Gentoo Linux the Gentoo penguin Gentoo species is the fastest swimming penguin ref ... Linux distributions experienced similar speed increases. ref cite web url http www.gentoo.org doc en articles making the distro p2.xml title Gentoo Linux Documentation Making the distribution, Part ... own system, Robbins halted Gentoo Linux development and switched to FreeBSD for several months, later ... p3.xml title Gentoo Linux Documentation Making the distribution, Part 3 publisher Gentoo.org date 2005 10 09 accessdate 2010 01 28 ref Gentoo Linux 1.0 was released March 31, 2002. ref cite web ... Gentoo Linux Documentation Gentoo Foundation Charter publisher Gentoo.org date 2010 01 02 accessdate .... ref cite web url http www.gentoo.org news 20080302 foundation election.xml title Gentoo Linux ... cite web url http www.gentoo.org proj en council title Gentoo Linux Projects Gentoo Council publisher ... more details
Refimprove date March 2010 The Linux console is a system console support in the Linux kernel . The Linux console was the first functionality of the kernel, developed as early as in 1991 see history of Linux ... hardware. Implementations of computer graphics on Linux are excluded from the scope of this article. Linux console, like pure text mode, uses monospace font s. Purpose The Linux console is intended ... consolechars tt . The Linux kernel tt keyboard.c tt driver has almost complete support for keyboard ... data files are packed in Linux Console Tools http lct.sourceforge.net shipped with many Linux distribution s. Efforts on the internationalization of Linux at the kernel level started as early as in 1994 ... layout. Linux 2.6 introduced the ability to load a different font for each virtual console kernel versions predating 2.6 change the font only on demand . Text modes The Linux console is capable ... Feature Linux Windows DOS VGA compatible text mode Text buffer VGA text attributes Yes Yes ... text , br any code page or UTF 8 colspan 2 223 number 223 or 256 number 256 characters depends on access ... on PoV Terminal emulation Yes , ANSI art ANSI compatible br terminfo TERM linux No Yes , ANSI br ... kernels make this more practical for some video hardware. Linux framebuffer Main Linux framebuffer The Linux framebuffer fbdev is a graphic hardware independent abstraction layer, which was originally implemented to allow the Linux kernel to emulate a text console on systems such as the Apple ... platform. Its advantage over currently unmaintained SVGATextMode is a reliance and better hardware ... restrictions of VGA text modes . A Linux framebuffer console differs from a VGA one only in ways ... the same. Unusual implementations Linux serial console is a console implementation via serial port ... with computer operator operator is not expected. The serial console allows the same mode of access ... c 4 align right 0 current console See also xterm Linux Category Linux kernel Category ... more details
of application repositories and access to the source code . Linux desktop distributions also ...Infobox title Linux adoption image Image JaguarXT5.jpg 200px caption The Oak Ridge National Laboratory ... Linux Environment as its operating system was the world s fastest supercomputer from July 2009, until surpassed in October 2010 by the Chinese Linux powered Tianhe I . ref name CrayJag cite web url ... node 45558 title Nearly every supercomputer runs Linux accessdate 28 October 2010 last srlinuxx authorlink year 2010 month May work Tux Machines ref Linux adoption refers to new use of the Linux computer operating system by homes, organizations, companies, and governments, while Linux migration refers to the change from using other operating systems to using Linux. Many factors have resulted in increased use of Linux systems by traditional desktop users as well as operators of server ... for open source principles. ref name Cornet cite web url http www.whylinuxisbetter.net title Why Linux ... governments have passed policies moving governmental computers to Linux from proprietary systems ... Linux has crossed the chasm to mainstream adoption. His declaration was based on the huge number of enterprises that had moved to Linux during the late 2000s recession . In a company survey ... LinuxCon Analysts Linux Is Winning.htm title LinuxCon Analysts Linux Is Winning accessdate 12 August ... of Linux Gartner claimed that Linux powered personal computer s accounted for 4 of unit sales in 2008 ... Netbooks A Linux Stronghold .aspx title Netbooks A Linux Stronghold? accessdate 2008 08 12 last ... Linux in addition to as a dual boot arrangement or in place of the pre existing Microsoft Operating platform. ref name Siu28Jul06 Timeline Recentism date September 2011 1983 September GNU project was announced publicly 1991 September first version of the Linux kernel was released to the Internet 1999 EmperorLinux started shipping specially configured laptops running modified Linux distribution s to ensure ... more details
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