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Apple: Worse for open source than Microsoft?

Things need to change and Apple needs to be seen for what it really is: a threat to innovation and freedom. For as long as anyone can remember Microsoft has been seen as the primary enemy of free and open source software (FOSS). Free software advocates over the years have held Microsoft up as the pre-eminent example of how software should not be produced and distributed; an example of how they did not want it to be.

gThumb: The Free Software IrfanView

"... for a while now, I've been asked the same question on many occasions, a question I did not previously have a good answer to, "Can I use IrfanView with Debian [Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.]". Before recently my answer was always "You can't use IrfanView, as it's only available for Windows, and there isn't a good IrfanView equivalent for GNU/Linux." Well, I'm happy to say as of version 2.11.3 that I can now tell people that gThumb is as good as IrfanView, if not better."

aTunes - Full-featured audio player and manager

  • ubuntugeek.com (Posted by gg234 on Apr 28, 2010 5:07 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Tutorial; Groups: Ubuntu
aTunes is a full-featured audio player and manager, developed in Java programming language, so it can be executed on different platforms: Windows, Linux and Unix-like systems.Currently plays mp3, ogg, wma, wav, flac, mp4 and radio streaming, allowing users to easily edit tags, organize music and rip Audio CDs.

My Top 5 N900 Applications

  • Thoughts on Technology; By Jeff Hoogland (Posted by Jeff91 on Apr 28, 2010 4:09 PM EDT)
  • Story Type: Roundups; Groups: Linux
Apps, apps, apps! They make or break an operating system (mobile or otherwise). The following are my top five application picks that are not included on the N900 by default.

Top things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx

The final release of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx will be out tomorrow, for customisation here are top things to do after installing Lucid Lynx

Question: Why switch to Linux or a Mac?

I'm no friend to Windows. I know the operating system too well to trust it. But, I did think that even though Windows is defective by design, you could keep it relatively safe by installing patches quickly and using anti-virus software religiously. I was wrong. First, it turns out that one of Microsoft's latest Windows patches just flat out didn't work. Whoops! This isn't the first time that this has happened. But, what really caught my attention this go-around was that at just about the same time the news broke that a flawed McAfee Antivirus update knocked out millions of Windows XP computers. Talk about sloppy quality assurance! How the heck can a Windows anti-virus company release an update that locks XP computers into an endless reboot cycle?

HTC settles with Microsoft in Android patent deal

Microsoft and HTC have signed a patent agreement protecting the handset maker from Microsoft patent lawsuits over its industry-leading Android smartphones. HTC will pay royalties to Microsoft, which for the first time is enforcing its alleged Linux-related patents on an Android-based product -- yet the agreement may help HTC defend against Apple's Android-related lawsuit.

The Next Big Fight: Facebook vs. Firefox?

Facebook's latest moves to control the heart of the Web are worrying many people. Luckily, Mozilla has just announced a new Firefox project to manage identity that may be just what we need: a free software alternative to Facebook's plans. Will the next big battle between open and closed be fought between Firefox and Facebook?

SCO Files Motion for Judgment As a Matter of Law, or For a New Trial

SCO has filed its "renewed" motion for judgment "as a matter of law", with its supporting memorandum. They ask the judge to rule over the heads of the jury and decide that the jury "simply got it wrong" when it ruled that SCO didn't get the copyrights in 1995 from Novell. In the alternative, they'd like a new trial. See, this is the problem with loaning money to SCO. They don't ever want this dance to end. The rest of the world gets it. SCO lost, by judge (Dale Kimball) and now by jury. They'd like this to be over. And us, the musicians, so to speak, at the dance? We're tired and we want SCO to stop already so we can pack up and go home and get some sleep. And no, this isn't normal, stretching a case that was hopeless from day one into what looks to become a more than decade-long event. And can you imagine the international outcry if the judge were to grant a request like this?

Microsoft's FUD goes mobile

HTC has agreed to pay Microsoft a royalty when it sells a mobile phone running Google's Android operating system. But why does Microsoft make money from Google's software? Android is based on open source software - and Microsoft has long raised fears that aspects of Linux may infringe on its patents.

Mono's C# Compiler as a Service on Windows.

The Mono team is proud to bring you a preview of C# 5.0 a few years before our friends in Building 41 do. A snapshot of the code is available in the demo-repl.zip file. This contains the csharp.exe C# REPL shell and the Mono.CSharp.dll compiler-as-a-service assembly.

Tech trouble causing Computer Stress Syndrome: study

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) – Crashing machines, slow boot times, and agony dealing with technical support have Digital Age people suffering from Computer Stress Syndrome, a study available online Tuesday found. "Today's digitally-dependent consumers are increasingly overwhelmed and upset with technical glitches and problems in their daily lives," a communications industry think tank said in a report entitled "Combating Computer Stress Syndrome." The report identified sources of peoples' pain as "frustrating, complex computers and devices, technical failures, viral infections, and long waits to resolve support issues."

[I know my computer related stress has gone down permanently since switching to Linux and becoming my own tech support.. - Scott]

Understanding Oracle's ODF Plug-in Pricing: What it Means for OpenOffice.org

Andy Updegrove may have cracked the code on Oracle's seemingly insane decision to start charging $90 for the formerly free ODF plugin for Microsoft Office. That's $90 in a minimum pack of 100, plus a 22% support fees for updates. Does Oracle really think that this will fly with companies, is Oracle trying to kill off the product entirely? The ODF plugin was developed to allow Microsoft Office users to exchange documents with OpenOffice.org users. It works for spreadsheets, presentations, and word processing docs and Sun gave it away for years. So why has Oracle so suddenly decided to charge for it? Whatever Oracle's strategy, the company isn't talking.

This week at LWN: Catching up with Leslie Hawthorn

Few people in the open source community have touched as many projects as Leslie Hawthorn, the now-former open source program manager for Google. As one of less than ten employees in Google's open source programs office, Hawthorn was at the center of the Google Summer of Code — a project that has worked with hundreds of projects and thousands of college students since its inception in 2005. When Hawthorn announced at the end of March that she was leaving Google, we decided to catch up with her and find out what she's learned from her time at Google and what she has planned next.

Discover the new features in Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx

Ubuntu 10.04 is just around the corner, and it's shaping up to be one of the most eagerly awaited (and controversial) releases in the distro's history. What new goodies are included? How does it tap into the ever-expanding world of social networking? And most importantly, can you move those window control buttons back to the right of the titlebar, as nature intended? Read on for the gory details...

Ubuntu 10.04 Attracts New Software Partners

As Ubuntu 10.04 nears its April 29 launch date, Canonical’s Linux distribution finally seems to be attracting key software partners. That’s good news for Canonical and aspiring Ubuntu channel partners. But is Ubuntu 10.04 really ready to compete with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux?

Firefox powers research

  • MyBroadband; By Alastair Otter (Posted by rpm007 on Apr 28, 2010 3:00 AM EDT)
  • Story Type: News Story; Groups: Mozilla
Firefox is more than just a browser, it's also a research tool on steroids. Mozilla's Firefox is a pretty good browser. But, thanks to a number of add-ons, it can also be an essential research tool for anyone working online. We look at some of the best add-ons available for improving Firefox's research capabilities.

PclinuxOS2010 Gnome: The black pearl | Screenshots tour

Few days ago PCLinuxOS2010 was released, the new version comes with many new features and improvements, the Gnome version comes with a Full Gnome 2.30.0 Desktop, Kernel 2.6.32.11-bfs kernel for maximum desktop performance, Nvidia and ATI fglrx driver support..

Ubuntu 10.04 swap update: It's not an Xorg bug but too much 'swappiness' — and it's easily fixed

My particular Ubuntu 10.04 LTS installation is not suffering from the Xorg memory leak. So what's my increased use of swap all about? I don't know if it's beneficial or not to have so much swapping going on, but a couple of readers have told me that Ubuntu's "swappiness" is set to a level of 60, which is optimal for servers. Desktops run better with lower "swappiness," and 10 is the suggested level. All of this "swappiness" information is available in the Ubuntu community's Swap FAQ.

Linux on 4KB-sector disks: Practical advice

Starting in December 2009, hard disk manufacturers began introducing disks that use 4096-byte sectors rather than the more common 512-byte sectors. Although this change is masked by firmware that breaks the 4096-byte physical sectors into 512-byte logical sectors for the benefit of the operating system, the use of larger physical sectors has implications for disk layout and system performance. This article examines these implications, including benchmark tests illustrating the likely real-world effects on some common Linux® file systems. As disks with 4096-byte sectors become more common throughout 2010 and beyond, strategies for coping with these new disks will become increasingly important.

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