With Feisty Fawn coming out Thursday, I thought I would put out some recent Ubuntu/Linux links out there:

• Linux Distro Timeline | KDE-Files.org – Cool timeline of when the different Linux distributions appeared and from what. – (tags: [tag]software[/tag] [tag]ubuntu[/tag])
• Ubuntu Feisty Fawn: Desktop Linux Matured – OSNews.com – “With Ubuntu Feisty Fawn’s latest test beta –for the first time ever– …I was up and running with all the niceties I wanted within 2 hours.” Sweet. – (tags: [tag]ubuntu[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])
• a critical look at ubuntu feisty beta on an hp nc8430 laptop | cpbotha.net – Charl P. Botha installs Feisty HP NC8430 laptop. Unlike a lot of the reviews, he gives his honest opinion: “The Ubuntu people have done a marvellous job, but Feisty Beta (up to date as of 2007-04-10) doesn?t quite Just Work(tm) on the HP NC8430.” – (tags: [tag]software[/tag] [tag]ubuntu[/tag])
• Summary of New Feisty Features from Ubuntu Wiki – The Ubuntu wiki lists some of the features that will be part of Feisty once its releasesd. This covers whats been in the beta versions so far. It covers the Windows migration assistant, easey codec installation, diagnostic tools, desktop effects, etc. – (tags: [tag]software[/tag] [tag]ubuntu[/tag])
• Microsoft’s ‘Men in Black’ kill Florida open standards legislation – It was just a bit of text advocating open data formats that was slipped into a Florida State Senate bill at the last minute with no fanfare, but within 24 hours three Microsoft-paid lobbyists, all wearing black suits, were pressuring members of the Senate – (tags: [tag]software[/tag])

• Why are business rules better than traditional code? – Enterprise Decision Management – Reasons why using business rules management system can be better than implementing rules in code. – (tags: [tag]business[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])
• What you need to know about Decision Services – Enterprise Decision Management – “A key tenet of Enterprise Decision Management is the automation of the operational decisions that drive your business.” – (tags: [tag]business[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])
• Why business rules? A curious reader asks.. – Enterprise Decision Management – a Weblog – Detailed reasons why rules based languages and rules engines should be used. – (tags: [tag]business[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])

• Speech by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin: Real Reasons and Acceptable Reasons – “I don’t know that one could say that folks like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson led balanced lives. Any rational cost/benefit analysis would tell you to stay out of a quarrel with the mother country, and let other people deal with it! Who today would talk about pledging their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to a cause?” – (tags: [tag]philosophy[/tag])
• People have no idea why they’re doing what they’re doing – (37signals) – Clotaire Rapaille believes all purchasing decisions lie beyond conscious thinking and emotion and reside at a primal core. He helps Fortune 500 companies discover the code (i.e. unconscious associations for their products) that will help them increase sales. – (tags: [tag]business[/tag] [tag]psychology[/tag])
• Because buying new running shoes is more fun than actually running | 43 Folders – “there’s a big difference between buying new running shoes and actually hitting the road every morning. Big difference. One is really fun and relaxing while the other requires a lot of hard work, diligence, and sacrifice.” – (tags: [tag]philosophy[/tag])
• All the glory of the universe, in a single Flash app – A Nikon flash app that shows how tiny humans are in terms of the universe. – (tags: [tag]philosophy[/tag])
• Web 2.0 mind-map – A very impressive mind-map of everything important in web 2.0. – (tags: [tag]web[/tag])
• Adobe: Google’s Best Kept Secret Enemy « Tom?s Blog – “Whose version will Java developers buy? I don’t know, but whoever wins this battle will pull ahead in the enterprise space as all the Java-heads will preach that technology solution to those who sign their paychecks.” – (tags: [tag]web[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])

• Boring SAP dismisses open source threat – CBRonline.com – Kagermann believes that OSS developers like to work on “fun” projects, adding improvements that they can boast about, so they won’t work on issues dealing with Sarbanes-Oxley or Basel II. – (tags: [tag]software[/tag])
• » Desktop vs. Browser – when to deploy applications for each – Ryan points out when he thinks applications should be made for the desktop vs browser. He mentions issues over offline access and security are a bit fuzzy at the moment – (tags: [tag]web[/tag] [tag]software[/tag])