Are you facing Linux and FLOSS Resistance? Let us Help....

Does your company have a strong Linux Presence?  What about other Open Source Tools like Apache, MySQL, Tomcat, or any of the Open Source Wiki's?  If not then why not? 

If you have ever asked people these questions what was the response?  What amazes me is how often Corporations are paralyzed with fear around just a few issues when it comes to FLOSS.  In this weeks article we are going to try to teach everyone how to combat one of the most common arguments we have heard against FLOSS.  We would like to write several articles explaining how we defuse or debunk most of these complaints, whines and irrational reasons against FLOSS. With your help and your feedback we will write follow-ups to this article addressing other common anti-patterns for Open Source and how we would approach countering them. 

So please leave us a comment here telling us what else to discuss.

Our must have CES Gadget...

We have, as with all self respecting geeks, watching everything that has come out of CES.  Since I was on Vacation I am just catching the cool stuff.  Gizmodo shows off pictures of and talks about Lenovo's announcement of a "hybrid" laptop to be released later this year.  What do they mean by "hybrid"?  Well it's a laptop that is both a Linux and Windows Laptop.  It consists of two parts: a tablet disguised as the LCD Screen and the base part of the computer.  The Linux part of the system is the detachable Tablet PC/screen which is powered by an ARM Chip with 512MB of RAM and a touch screen.  The Windows PC half is the bulk of the physical machine running a Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM. 

Don't let your thumb drive data go unprotected just cause you use Linux...

Most companies I have worked with require that all laptops have the harddrives encrypted.  With 16 GB Thumb drives dropping below $50 we should all probably be encryting them also right?  The loss of data on a thumb drive is no less costly to your company than any other drive.  So what can you do on Linux?  Well I came across this simple step by step proceedure to encrypt a thumb drive on Linux.  While I haven't verified the steps they all seem reasonable and correct.  As with anything you do with data please remember to backup any data you have on the drive before you attempt these steps.

Episode 16 - Microsoft Green Lights Moonlight, Best Buys and others sued over alleged GPL Violations, Predictions for 2010

 Running Time: 43:49 and found here

1) Introduction

2) News

Microsoft approves MoonLight as part of the deal with Novell

http://bit.ly/7vmnry

Lawsuit against Best buys and other over GPL

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/12/best-buy-lawsuit-shows-how-gpl.html

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3853311/Best+Buy+Caught+in+GPL+Tussle.htm

http://www.developer.com/open/article.php/3853281/News-Brief-Best-Buy-and-CE-Vendors-Sued-over-GPL-Software.htm

3) Predictions for 2010(both things we think will happen and won't)

An App Store for Linux like there is one for the IPhone and Android Phones

Microsoft will be try to make a serious run at VMWare for the Virtualization Market on XSeries, Red Hat will come from no where and put Microsft into 3rd place behind Xen.

Someone will figure out what to do with Google Wave in an enterprise or just in general.  Wave Federation will take off.

Chrome OS and Android will merge.

This will not be the year of the Linux Desktop.  Linux will continue to gain share in the X86 Server market.  Linux will be the perfered Netbook OS paired with something like Chrome OS.

Linux will not see a major virus in 2010.  Really we don't think there will be a major issue with Viruses in general in 2010.

4) Conclusion

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Thank You all for listening in 2009.  We have grown faster either Joe, Bill, Jason or I thought we could.  That couldn't have happened without the listeners passing us along.  We look forward to podcasting for you next year.  Have a safe and happy New Year.

Watch the site for the exact date of our next podcast.(Should be 1/15/2010.)

Episode 15 - Nexus One, 5 important Distros, Recap of 2009 - Bonus Epidode

Episode 15 - Linuxinstall.net Podcast - The Holiday Season Bonus Edition

Episode running time: 47:33

1) Introduction

 2) News

Here is a link to a story that we definitely need to discuss:

Why google wants an ad based app phone

Five Linux Distros that changed linux....

3) Top 25 things of 2009

Google showed Linux and the OpenSource Community a lot of love this year with the release of:

Chrome OS

Android OS

Chrome Browser for Linux

Google Wave(Yeah who knows what you are supposed to do with it really?

Ubuntu One

Suse Studio

OpenSuse Build Service

Netbook Revolution

KDE/OpenSuse Choosing KDE

 4) Conclusion

E-Mail us at podcast@linuxinstall.net

Go to the WebSite to call us via Google Voice

Follow us on Twitter @linuxinstall

Follow us on Indenti.ca as linuxinstall or http://identi.ca/linuxinstall

Look for us and comment on iTunes, odeo