I bumped into Dirk Hohndel, Intel's Chief Linux and Open Source Technologist, at OSCON last week and started probing him on Intel's open-source activities. As it turns out, for a hardware company, Intel writes a heck of a lot of software. Dirk and I found time to talk about Intel's open-source involvement in depth. This interview was born.

2007 has been an exemplary year for software freedom, which makes the keynote speakers selected for Ohio LinuxFest 2007 particularly fitting. The Ohio LinuxFest organizers are proud to announce that Max Spevack and Bradley Kuhn will be keynoting this year.

Nothing. This is what we know about the so-called Red Hat Global Desktop, except that "it delivers a modern-user experience with an enterprise-class suite of productivity applications" and that it's supposed to be installed "on Intel's white box partners' PCs ... primarily aimed at small businesses and governments in emerging countries"

The Singapore Linux Meetup Group (SLMG) and Club Rainbow, a charity that provides services for terminally ill children, have teamed up to create a 10 seat Edubuntu computer lab for the kids. Using donated hardware from the Overseas Family School and National University of Singapore, the Linux Meetup Group used to power of LTSP to deploy 9 thin clients and 1 combined desktop/server.

Black Hat USA 2007 was fast-paced, fun, and informative. It demonstrated that security is big business. The halls were lined with vendors, some new, some old, and the smell of money was everywhere. Still, I'm left thinking this year's show had a different tone to it than last year's.

"Participate in Trophees du Libre, an award for Free Software projects in various categories, focused on unknown and innovative projects. The deadline for registrations is October 1st."

“I am pleased to announce the younger sibling site, PCLinuxOS CN catering for Chinese users of PCLinuxOS. It’s main purpose is to provide Chinese users of PCLinuxOS a place they can be comfortable with in posting questions and problems with PCLinuxOS, a home for PCLinuxOS Chinese experts to help out, and a launchpad to any Chinese-related PCLinuxOS projects.