Samsung today entered into the mobile OS arena with bada. The software, named after the Korean for \"ocean,\" is designed to be open and will compete directly against Linux-based rivals like Android or LiMo. It will be based on universal standards and won\'t consider even core aspects of the OS off-limits.
GetDeb\'s web site has long been the go-to spot for Ubuntu (and Debian, and Mint) users to grab the latest copies of software not yet released by their official repositories. Now GetDeb makes it even easier with a repository.
According to the article, a team of 30 Google engineers is rebasing to the mainline kernel every 17 months, presently carrying 1208 patches to 2.6.26 and inserting almost 300,000 lines of code; roughly 25% of those patches are backports of newer features.
A former Microsoft Research employee says that Windows 7 won\'t stop Linux from market domination. But he goes further. He thinks Microsoft and its customers would be better off if the company ditched Windows and instead built its own version of the Linux operating system.