Who Writes Linux and Who Supports It

• Who is Writing Linux?

* Every Linux kernel is being developed by nearly 1,000 developers working for more than 100 different corporations. This is the foundation for the largest distributed software development project in the world.
* Since 2005, the number of active kernel developers has tripled, reflecting the growing importance of Linux in the embedded systems, server, and desktop markets.
* Between 70 and 95 percent of those developers are being paid for their work, dispelling the “hobbyist” myth present from the start of open source development.

• Who is Sponsoring Linux?

More than 70 percent of total contributions to the kernel come from developers working at a range of companies including IBM, Intel, The Linux Foundation, MIPS Technology, MontaVista, Movial, NetApp, Novell and Red Hat. These companies, and many others, find that by improving the kernel they have a competitive edge in their markets.

• How Fast is Linux Developed and Released?

* An average of 3,621 lines of code are added to the kernel tree every day, and a new kernel is released approximately every 2.7 months.
* The kernel, since 2005, has been growing at a steady state of 10 percent per year.

Linux XP Desktop 2008

Its a simple, reliable and user-friendly system

In the modern dynamically changing world with wide business and personal communications are very important for feeling assured and to have habitual, reliable and comfortable tools for work and communications.

Quickly growing sector of IT-decisions offers set of variants similar tools, but comfort and satisfaction from use similar tools it is not always equal to your expenses for their purchase.

We consider, that modern technologies have reached that level, when the program becomes not simply technical set of bits, and turns in work of art in which it would be desirable to take pleasure everyone minute of work with it. Therefore, we offer for you ergonomic, comfortable and functional workplace � Linux XP Desktop.

Linux XP Desktop makes your computer virus-free, stable and dependable. You'll spend less time fixing your PC and more time using a standard well-known graphical interface to get work done.

* The most user-friendly interface ever made for Linux
* Simple and clear installation and Windows-style setup tools
* Full set of applications for work in the Internet.
* Support of Microsoft Office document formats (WORD, EXCEL and others)
* Useful tools for working with Windows networks and VPN
* Full control of your computer, data and applications
* Stable, dependable and without any reinstallation
* Absolutely virus-free environment
* Free updates through a simple but useful interface (no RPM knowledge is required)

You will always know what programs are running and forget about viruses. A set of Windows-like setup tools allows you to perform system management duties in a way that is familiar to you.

To start working with Linux XP Desktop, your Windows-experience is all you need. You do not have to read tons of files on your screen, buy mountains of manuals, search the Internet for answers or call your Linux-guru every hour for help. Just install Linux XP Desktop and use it.

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How can I enable theme support in Windows Server 2003?

Windows Server 2003 has the theme support services disabled by default.

To enable themes on Windows Server 2003 follow the next steps:

1. Go to the Services applet in Administrative Tools (or click Start, then Run, and type "services.msc" (without quotes) and click
   OK).
2. Find the "Themes" service, right-click and select Properties, select "Automatic" instead of "Disabled" in the startup type box.
3. Click Apply.
4. Right-click the Themes service and select Start.
   

You can also modify start state and start it from a Command Prompt console by using the following command:
sc config Themes start= auto
sc start Themes (or net start Theme)

For now you only have Luna Blue, Silver and Olive Green to choose from.

1. Go to Control Panel, select Display and then go to the Appearance tab.
2. In the "Windows and Buttons" drop-down list select "Windows XP Style". Click Ok.
3. Now you can choose the color scheme.

Google phone coming in October

T-Mobile is about to launch the first phone based on Google's Android design. It hopes the new device will compete with Apple's iPhone.

This smartphone will be manufactured by High Tech Computer, a Taiwan-based company. It will have a large touch screen that slides out to reveal a five-row QWERTY keyboard. The device, which will be called the G1, will sell for $150 to T-Mobile customers in the first week of launch before it is offered to other customers at a higher price.

Google developed the Android design to help it expand its successful advertising business into the increasingly lucrative mobile market. It released the parameters to an alliance of mobile phone carriers, developers and manufacturers earlier this year.

Deutsche Telecom's T-Mobile announced in February that it would introduce Android-based phones in the fourth quarter of 2008.

How to change IP address from the Windows command line

To do the same thing via the command line, use the netsh tool.

After some experimentation, I found that the following two commands were sufficient to give my machine a static IP address and have everything still work ok. The "interface ip set address" command changes the IP to 192.168.1.101 (this address is outside the range allocated by our DHCP server, therefore it will be different to what we had before) and I also had to provide the subnet mask (255.255.255.0), default gateway (192.168.1.5) and a gateway metric. The second command explicitly sets the DNS server to use for name resolution - normally this is done for us by the DHCP server.

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.1.101 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.5 1
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" static 192.168.1.200 primary

To change the interface back to using DHCP and so have it allocated a different IP address

netsh interface ip set address "Local Area Connection" dhcp
netsh interface ip set dns "Local Area Connection" dhcp