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today's leftovers:
- Linux 2.6.34 development marches on
- Open-PC will use KDE
- For Sale: Linux OS and Other Assorted Assets
- Best Lucid Feature: edit-patch
- Project: Getting Ready For Ubuntu 10.04 - Part 1
- Haiku OS Hopes For New 3D Stack
- Your way is the right way
- Distros and End Of Life
- London Government Accused Of Open Source Inaction
- Ubuntu's new look << more important things to do?
- Mozilla borrows from WebKit to build fast new JS engine
- Mozilla lays foundation for web's next 100 years
- New Ubuntu Design Created on Apple Mac
- Task Coach - Your friendly task manager
- For teaching touch typing, it’s clearly Klavaro
- Yellow Dog Linux licks CUDA
- DtO: Orphaned process...
- Linux Basement - Episode 51 - Eating the Tonido
some howtos:
- Create a Larger than 4GB Casper Partition
- Resuming Broken Downloads with Firefox
- How To Share Files and Folders Between Windows and Linux
- Install Avira Antivir on Linux
- How to Create Space Scenes Quickly and Easily in Gimp
- Automated Linux Server Backup Tips and Tricks
- Intro to IO Profiling of Applications
Operating Systems and Market Share Statistics
jeffhoogland.blogspot: Did you know that 55% of statistics are made up on the spot? (or maybe it was 68% I don't recall) If you have ever taken a statistics class you know that data is everything, but it's not just about the data itself.
Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD Installer gets improved look
omgubuntu.co.uk: The Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD has ditched the boring ‘black on white text’ menu approach and instead delivers up a GUI menu. Whilst we’re still 2 months away from the final installer design, here’s a quick peek at it as it currently exists: -
Jonathan Schwartz: How to play patent games
- Jonathan Schwartz: How to play patent games with Steve Jobs, Bill Gates
- Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
- Jonathan Schwartz: What He Couldn't Say (on Patents, OpenOffice, and Bill Gates)
The Linux community is fragmented, or is it?
toolbox.com/blogs: It has been said many times that if only the Linux community were to band together and start rooting for the same team so to speak, then Linux could easily surpass other proprietary operating systems.
The Linux desktop is already here
blogs.computerworld.com: I found it more than a little sad that someone in 2010 could still think that Linux is "still a non-starter on the desktop." Please — wake up: We're all Linux desktop users now.
Embrace Your Inner Geek At The New Linux Store
- Embrace Your Inner Geek At The New Linux Store
- Wear Your Linux Pride on Your Sleeve, Linux.com Launches New Store
- The Linux Store
Why online resources are not free and ChromeOS will fail
tech-no-media.com: On the surface it looks like this is a big win for freedom as you are much less dependent on your operating system or proprietary applications, all is in the browser. There is a big caveat however: this makes you overly dependent on your internet connection, and in a world that is more and more mobile this is a recipe for disaster.
Open Source Saves the Day (and Lots of Dosh)
computerworlduk.com: It seems every day we hear about hideous cost overruns on public sector projects in the UK. What makes it even more frustrating is that open source, a real no-brainer for many applications, is rarely given the chance to prove itself here.
The first pre-release version of Fedora 13 arrives
h-online.com: One week later than scheduled, the Fedora Project has released the first and only alpha version of its Fedora 13 Linux distribution, aka Goddard, which is scheduled for release in mid May.
GNOME and KDE: Seven Attractions in Each
earthweb.com: Despite all the talk about the mythical Year of the Linux Desktop, somewhere in the last few years, free software passed a milestone without anyone noticing. At some point, after years of struggling to rival proprietary desktops, both GNOME and KDE have caught up in features and narrowed the gap in usability. We are now at a point where free software is often an innovator on the desktop.
Open source makes psychological sense
theinquirer.net: ACCORDING TO a recent study random acts of kindness have a very positive impact on humans and regularly spread this good feeling to others.
Linux on the desktop: Still not happening
computerworld.com: I'd love to see viable alternatives to the current mainstream operating systems. The PC market stands ready to be revolutionized by something new. But is Linux the agent of change that can do all of that? Not yet, I'm afraid.
PCLinuxOS 2010 beta review
linuxowns.wordpress: Once upon a time, PCLinuxOS was the biggest desktop distro. It came from nowhere straight to the top, beating Ubuntu and other big distros.
Kubuntu vs Ubuntu
latest-technews.com: The official derivative of the Ubuntu is Kubuntu. Instead of GNOME, Kubuntu uses KDE graphical environment, and shares its underlying system along with Ubuntu; Kubuntu is a project of Ubuntu.
Listen Music Player 0.6.5 Released!
Listem Music Player 0.6.5 was released yesterday and it comes with many changes and fixes:
Paul Frields on Fedora 12 and beyond
linuxforu.com: Two months after the launch of Fedora 12, we spoke to Paul Frields, Fedora Project Leader at Red Hat, about how this release has been received by the community, and what is in store for the next.
Five Improvements for KDE 4.5 (Part 1)
itnewstoday.com: The KDE 4 series has been a very good experience for me. Sure, I have complaints (who doesn’t) but for the most part, the latest generation of KDE contains quite possibly the best open source innovation I have ever seen.