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Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

Linux kernel 2.6.29/30: with a preliminary Btrfs

I just read a “cute” article at The Register talking about the 2.6.29 kernel release which includes a preliminary release of Btrfs. P

lease note this is still a fast changing filesystem technology and should not be used on anything near production workloads.

I can’t wait to see 2.6.30 release and this is one technology I will try out right away. For more information on Btrfs, you can check out this page.

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

TomTom flexes Linux muscle in Microsoft’s face

Interesting news being covered at The Register

TomTom has belatedly joined a patent holding company, which champions the Linux ecosystem, in a clear message that the GPS maker won’t take its escalating legal with Microsoft lying down.

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The group, which has some big backers in the open source community, including IBM, Novell and Red Hat, was founded with the sole aim of acquiring patents relating to Linux and offering them royalty-free to Linux developers.

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“I’d say the Microsoft/TomTom battle just got bigger, and TomTom is in a stronger position than it was”, wrote Groklaw today in response to the OIN announcement.