LinuxSnap for Thursday 8/8/13
Linux News Headlines
Ubuntu Edge Price Drops to $695
Earlier today, Canonical announced on the Ubuntu Edge Indiegogo page that they were dropping the price of the Ubuntu Edge smartphone to $695 USD, down from $775. As of today, funding for the Ubuntu Edge is at $8.7 million, needing to hit $32 million with 2 weeks left. From the announcement regarding the price drop:
With 14 days to go, it’s time for our biggest announcement yet. From now until the end of the campaign, we’re fixing the price of the Ubuntu Edge at $695! No limited quantities, no more price changes. You wanted a more affordable Edge, and now you’ve got it. How are we able to do this? Mainly thanks to all of you. The huge support the Ubuntu Edge has been
receiving from all corners of the world has really sent a message to the mobile industry — and that message has been received loud and clear. Yesterday we announced that Bloomberg LP has snapped up the first of the $80,000 Enterprise bundles, and we expect more businesses to follow suit. To make it even more appealing, we’ve raised the number of phones included in the bundle from 100 to 115. Even better, since the campaign started breaking records on day one, we’ve been negotiating with several major component suppliers who are keen to see the Edge reach its goal and drive the adoption of new mobile technologies. This is one of the key benefits of keeping some of the core specifications open: as a result of these negotiations, we can now produce the same state-of-the-art device for less than we originally estimated.
Read the full announcement here.
Latest Distro Releases
gNewSense 3.0
gNewSense, a Linux distribution composed entirely of free software, hit version 3.0 this week. From the release announcement:
The stable release of gNewSense 3.0 is a fact. With the help of GNU Linux-libre and various other people helping to check and hack on freedom issues, we’ve been able to produce a new major version that aligns with the Free Software Foundation’s freedom guidelines as well as Debian’s quality standards. You’ll find that the look has changed from previous releases, marking the change from Ubuntu to Debian as a base. We also support 3 architectures now: i386, amd64 and mipsel (Lemote Yeeloong).
Articles of Interest
Ubuntu App Showdown challenges development for Ubuntu Touch – linuxuser.co.uk
OS X apps run on Linux with Wine-like emulator for Mac software – arstechnica.com
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