From 2d382fbc83932afc7859f6ff6e874fa0ba21917b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:01:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] +news 20130122 Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- blog/news-2013-01-22.mdwn | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/news-2013-01-22.mdwn diff --git a/blog/news-2013-01-22.mdwn b/blog/news-2013-01-22.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b99f0213 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/news-2013-01-22.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +[[!meta title="News 2013-01-22"]] + +## Dell sells Notebook with Ubuntu on it + +As all of you know, Ubuntu is the Linux distro being mostly marketed +currently. Dell, on the other hand has trouble staying in the business +and rumours say that Dell is searching for some investors. + +Thus it's interesting to hear that +[Dell is now selling the XPS 13" with Ubuntu on it](http://www.dell.com/us/soho/p/xps-13-linux/pd?dgc=AF&cid=6504&lid=167784&acd=240157118117280) + +## Linux is (becoming) a gaming plattform + +Various different news show you an interesting movement for 2013: +Android (and thus Linux) is becoming a gaming plattform: + +[Valve ported Steam to Linux](http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2012/07/17/valve-steam-linux/) +and begins to +[promote Linux to Windows users](http://www.geek.com/articles/games/valve-starts-promoting-steam-for-linux-to-windows-users-20130121/). +[The Ouya console is successfully being developed](http://www.ouya.tv/) +and even [they have a competitor, the GameStick](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/872297630/gamestick-the-most-portable-tv-games-console-ever), which is also based on Android. + +## Microsoft to (finally) die + +Thanks to the decreasing PC market and people focussing on swiping around their +tablets (instead of doing real work [tm]), Microsoft got a hard time. + +It even got so worse that they are selling Windows 8 for almost nothing. But hey, +who wants a disease for free anyway? + +Seeing the Nokia/Microsoft deal in which Nokia agreed to build Windows phones is +like seeing someone betting on a dying horse, but it is worse than that: +Why would you get a Windows phone, if you can buy an Android or IOS based phone? + +Reading about +[Microsoft probably selling the +Xbox](http://www.geek.com/articles/games/analyst-believes-microsoft-will-sell-off-xbox-division-maybe-even-to-sony-20130121/) gives another indicator for someone totally being frustrated - probably +realising the good times are over. + +This hasn't though changed the FUD approach of Microsoft, which +is [infamously known for their Anti-Campaings](msad.jpg) like the new +[scroogled](http://www.scroogled.com/) one. + +## Cdist gets its own domain + +Suggestions to FOSS I write or maintain is highly appreciated. +Getting a domain for [[software/cdist|cdist]] was proposed and will +soon be activated. + +[[!tag cdist unix foss news ubuntu]]