Articles - Porting Issues

Actual Chickens Win Plat'Home's "Will Linux Work?" Contest

Well, Linux does have an affinity for birds... "First, there was a 'chicken sitter.' Gordon Smith of Lakewood, CO, wanted to do a Linux project and also had a chicken coop. Obviously they go together. His system is being built around an inexpensive webcam with IR capability to see in the dark, along with a computer vision library to count the chickens.

Submitted Community Manager on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 13:23.

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Quickly Move an Executable Between Systems with ELF Statifier

This looks like a cool tool to help with distribution portability...

Submitted linux.com on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 13:56.

Summit Attendees Discuss Concerns, Gains with Linux

Amidst the halls of a former seminary built in the 19th Century, the future of 21st technology was explored in the 2008 Linux Foundation End User Summit.The Desmond Tutu Center in Manhattan might seem like an unlikely venue for Linux developers and end users to congregate, but the updated facility's nooks and crannies proved a good place for lots of impromptu discussions between Summit attendees.

Submitted on Fri, 10/17/2008 - 15:16.

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