LXer Features
Ubuntu's Contributions to Linux
By Carla Schroder - Jun 06, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-May-2011LXer Feature: 06-Jun-2011
Ubuntu and Canonical attract a lot of praise and a lot of criticism, and are characterized as angels and devils and everything in between. Love 'em or loathe 'em, Ubuntu has been an energizer all across the Linux world, especially desktop Linux.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - May 30, 2011
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Linux World DominationLXer Feature: 30-May-2011
Was it just me or did yesterday not feel like a Sunday? In the Roundup for this week we have SJVN talking about Novell & SUSE's new structure under Attachmate, Linux Mint 11 ships with retro GNOME 2.32 desktop, Emery Fletcher pontificates on Linux World Domination, it is revealed that HTC pays Microsoft $5 for every Android phone they make and Microsoft is in decline? I thought we already knew that.. Enjoy!
By Emery Fletcher - May 23, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-May-2011
LXer Feature: 23-May-2011
A whole lot of things, actually, among them the fact that Linux has become the engine that runs somewhat over 90% of the world's supercomputers, Linux servers now handle a large fraction of all traffic on the Internet, Linux powers major stock markets all over the globe, and the Android surge is currently swamping iDevices of all sorts. But then there's the desktop...
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - May 23, 2011
10 Things That Make Ubuntu The Best Alternative Operating System
In the LXWR this week we have PJ officially handing over the daily operations of Groklaw to Mark Webbink, Graham Morrison thinks Linux needs rebranding, Miguel de Icaza starts up a company to keep Mono going while almost simultaneously Attachmate names a new head for SUSE. Ever wanted to run Linux in a web browser using a JavaScript emulator? Well now you can. Enjoy!
By Zoe Davis - May 20, 2011
LXer Feature: 20-May-2011LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-May-2011
In recent years, Ubuntu Linux has become increasingly popular as a replacement for Windows. Ubuntu is an operating system which features a number of advantages that make it an appealing alternative for everyday users. Here are 10 reasons why Ubuntu beats Windows hands down.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - May 16, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-May-2011
The big news this week would have to be the acquisition of Skype by Microsoft for 8.5 Billion dollars, Acer and Samsung unveil Chrome OS laptops, and it must be the time of year again to ask ourselves just why is Linux so much more secure than Windows? Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - May 09, 2011
What Is The Target Audience For Natty Narwhal?
In the Roundup this week we have Unity not all that unifying, Steven Rosenberg can feel the speed, Mono Developers get the Axe from Novells new owners, Oracle's claims against Google drop from 132 to 3 in one fell swoop and Emery Fletcher asks just what is the target audience for Natty Narwhal? Enjoy!
By Emery Fletcher - May 04, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 01-May-2011
LXer Feature: 04-May-2011
Yesterday I downloaded, burned, and installed Ubuntu 11.04. Perhaps in the fullness of time I will come to terms with that decision, but let me give you my first impressions.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - May 02, 2011
Review of OpenPandora Handheld Gaming Device
Among the big stories to hit the newswire this past week we have GUI isolation security issues, why patents and software need a divorce, Glyn Moody brings up the not new idea of a blanket Linux PR strategy, our own Carla Schroder learns a lesson in humility, Ken Starks talks about some simple yet big things we could fix and a review of the OpenPandora handheld gaming device. Enjoy!
By Thanh Nguyen - Apr 29, 2011
How to Look Like a Dunce in One Easy Lesson
LXer Feature: 29-Apr-2010
The buyer (me) acts as the investor for this project since their pre-order money will be used to fund the project. It was originally pre-ordered for $330, but after over a year of waiting for the production to take place I canceled it. Now in addition to pre-ordering, the Pandora can be bought and shipped in a week for a premium price of $500 which I took the opportunity, but is it worth the cost? Let's find out..
By Carla Schroder - Apr 28, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Apr-2011
Want to look like a dork with hardly any effort at all? Blame your Telco for losing Internet connectivity when it's your own fault.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Apr 25, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Apr-2011
For your reading pleasure this week we have the Linux vs. Microsoft War is over..again, Oracle unchains OpenOffice, a review of Linux Mint XFCE, sticking a fork in Flock, and Google's Linux servers are hit with a patent suit. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Apr 18, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Apr-2011
Forgive my lateness once again in getting the LXWR out to you, I am out of town and working from a family member's Mac..how does anyone get anything done on these things? No keyboard shortcuts, no right clicking, safari sucks and of course I forgot my mouse! I need some Mac lessons methinks.. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Apr 11, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 03-Apr-2011
In the Roundup this week we have Ubuntu announcing that 11.10 will not ship with the Gnome classic DE, is it worth rooting a Nook Color, Novell shows of Mono for Android, praise for the D-Link Boxee and last but not least PJ says there will be no more Groklaw after May 16th. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Apr 04, 2011
Sharing some bash-script-fu: Re-installing Flash dependencies
Forgive my lateness in getting the Roundup to you. This past week we had Jeff Hoogland recounting his girlfriend's first year using Linux, James Mundu submits a feature on his KMail frustrations, our own Hans Kwint shares some of his bash scripting chops with readers and has Lady Gaga gone gaga for Linux or is it just a good April Fools joke? Enjoy!
By Hans Kwint - Mar 30, 2011
KMail FrustrationsLXer feature 30-Mar-11
Lately Flash became very unstable and crashed both Firefox and Opera time and time again. I had the latest version, so I thought the problem might be outdated dependencies. When finding all the dependencies, I used some of my limited bash-scripting skills, this time also using my first 'intermediate' regular expression. Nothing fancy but on the other hand I thought I might share them with anyone interested; maybe it's of any help to anyone! Because some of the commands may also be useful for doing other work while dealing with file and text streams.
By James Mundu - Mar 28, 2011
LXer Feature: 28-Mar-2011LXer Weekly Roundup for 27-Mar-2011
Upgrading the default KDE email client (KMail) was supposed to be a trivial task, but it ended up as a divorce of sorts forcing me to re-kindle old flames from days gone past... in having to flirt with Google.
Editor's note: Please read Mr Stephenson's (of OpenSuse's KDE team) reply to this article here - hkwint
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Mar 28, 2011
The Freeloading Digital Economy
In the LXWR this week we have HP declaring its OS independence, the claims regarding Linux kernel headers in Android "seems totally bogus" according to Linus. Can free software idealism be pragmatic? Richard Hillesley thinks so. And our own Carla Schroder talks about the freeloading digital economy. Enjoy!
By Carla Schroder - Mar 25, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 20-Mar-2011
This is the terrible bargain of free content: in exchange for content we don't have to pay for, everyone pays in crappy content, ads masquerading as news and reviews, and wholesale invasion and exploitation of our privacy and personal business. We already have crappy advertiser-controlled TV and radio, why would anyone want to extend that to movies, books, and music?
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Mar 21, 2011
Watson's Children
In this week's Roundup we have RMS and the new smartphone threat, the loss of a tech pioneer, Fedora 15 vs Ubuntu Natty Narwhal, Emery Fletcher talks about Watson's Children and Carla Schroder tells tales of Dilbert, Office Space, and Layoffs in her return to the LXer team. Enjoy!
By Emery Fletcher - Mar 18, 2011
LXer Feature: 18-Mar-2011Dilbert, Office Space, and Layoffs
IBM's Watson won the Jeopardy Challenge, but what's more important is the place his offspring will win in the not-to-distant future. When IBM's Watson triumphed at the Jeopardy challenge I cheered, along with a great many other people and a good bit of the media, but most of all I started looking forward to something nobody has yet mentioned: Watson's Children.
By Carla Schroder - Mar 17, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 13-Mar-2011
Yes, life really is a cartoon, and it is impossible to be too cynical. Nevertheless good things happen and life is good.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Mar 13, 2011
How a “Welded-to KDE3.5 User” Began a Move to KDE4.4 Part IIII
In this week's LXWR we have Recovering from motherboard failures, dealing with no Max or Min buttons in Gnome 3, Linux From Scratch 6.8 is released and Dr. Tony Young gets some answers from inside KDE itself when Stuart Jarvis responds to his e-mails in Part IIII of his two part series..;-) Enjoy!
By Dr. Tony Young and Stuart Jarvis - Mar 09, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 27-Feb-2011
LXer Feature: 09-Mar-2011
This is an addition to the series that was never at first envisaged. Indeed, within a recent thread (shown immediately below) and in my response to “hkwint”, I stated very clearly that I had absolutely no intention of writing further on KDE4, but this situation almost developed with a life of its own and I now think it needs to be brought out into the open for the LXer readers.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Feb 28, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 13-Feb-2011
Due to some family issues I was unable to spend nearly as much time at SCALE 9x as I wanted too but from what I did get to see it was bigger and better than ever before. Kudos to the organizers and volunteers for putting on the best FOSS trade show in existence. I hope to make up for it next year.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Feb 14, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 30-Jan-2011
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jan 31, 2011
How a “Welded-to KDE3.5 User” Began a Move to KDE4.4 Part III “Konquering the Dolphin”
In the LXWR this week it is all about the desktop environments. Bruce Byfield makes a case for running Xfce, Dr. Tony Young wrangles KDE4's window manager into shape and Carla Schroder wants to punt KDE altogether. The Fedora servers get hacked, Python for newbies, LibreOffice 3.3 hits the streets and Glyn Moody states why Android will win the tablet wars. Enjoy!
By Dr. Tony Young - Jan 26, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 23-Jan-2011
In this extension of his two part guest editorial and tutorial Dr. Tony Young (an Australian Mycologist by trade) goes into detail comparing the functions of Konquerer and Dolphin and along the way discovers that he might actually keep Dolphin as his file manager.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jan 24, 2011
Being a Free/Open Source Software Catalyst : Part I
In this week's Roundup we have Glyn Moody in defense of hackers, LibreOffice keeps making waves, Xfce 4.8 is released, our own Paul Ferris explains how to be a catalyst for FOSS and just what is this 'Steve Jobs' dilemma Linux is supposed to have? Enjoy!
By Paul (Fericyde) Ferris - Jan 18, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 09-Jan-2011LXer Feature: 18-Jan-2011
Having trouble convincing the Boss when it comes to FOSS? This article discusses common pitfalls that arise when advocating Free / Open Source software in your organization. This is part I of a series of articles focused upon being a part of FOSS culture change.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Jan 10, 2011
Rant Mode Equals One: Linux on the Door Stop
In the Roundup this week we have how to choose the best Distro for a laptop, Linux returns to Walmart, Andy Updegrove reveals more about Attachmate, The "LibreOffice" future of OpenOffice and our own Paul Ferris goes on a rant about the future of Linux. Enjoy!
By Paul (Fericyde) Ferris - Jan 06, 2011
LXer Weekly Roundup for 26-Dec-2010
Paul Ferris reviews the state of Linux over the past decade from multiple perspectives: cloud, desktop, tablet and finally infrastructure market. The most pressing question rises to the top: Will 2011 be the year of Linux on the Doorstop?
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Dec 28, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 19-Dec-2010
Welcome to the last Roundup for 2010 and please accept my apologies for being a day late getting this to you. It seems the holiday festivities have caused me to lose track of time.. Enjoy!
By - Dec 20, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 12-Dec-2010
In the Roundup this week we have a open source driver for Kinect hitting the streets, SJVN gives his take on who is Google's target audience for Chrome OS, more information on where the Novell patents are going and why Mozilla doesn't back a FOSS flash player. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Dec 13, 2010
The LXer Interview: Ulf Sandberg, CEO of SkySQLThe big stories this past week include a Linux Mint 10 review, Matt Asay leaves Canonical, more information on Novell's patents, a nail in Flash's coffin, Chrome OS notebooks will be Windows proof and my interview of Ulf Sandberg of SkySQL. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Dec 06, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Dec-2010Recently SkySQL announced itself to the world with its focus being on former Sun MySQL customers. This comes in the aftermath of Sun being bought by Oracle and the subsequent departures of former Sun executives and engineers before and after the purchase. I recently had a chance to talk with Ulf Sandberg the new CEO of SkySQL for a few minutes.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Dec 06, 2010
How a “Welded-to KDE 3.5 User” Began a Move to KDE 4.4 - Part 2In the LXWR this week we have part 1 and 2 of Steven Rosenberg's farewell to Fedora. why Glyn Moody is rooting for Microsoft, a long overdue look at XFCE, Dr. Tony Young's final (or is it?) installment in his switching to KDE 4.4 adventures and the Linux foundation releases their annual list of who writes Linux. Enjoy!
By Dr. Tony Young - Nov 29, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 28-Nov-2010
In this second part of a two part guest editorial and tutorial Dr. Tony Young (an Australian Mycologist by trade) shares his trials, tribulations, successes and disappointments in working with the new version of KDE. In this installment he configures media players, K3b, Crossover Office, Lucid and Post Script and his final thoughts on his adventures.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Nov 28, 2010
How a “Welded-to KDE 3.5 User” Began a Move to KDE 4.4 - Part 1In the Roundup this week we have all kinds of Open Source goodness for you including the news that Novell has been acquired by a company that may or may not have ties to Microsoft, how to wake up a Linux server remotely, Part 1 of how a KDE 3.5 user moved to KDE 4.4, ARM's co-founder says Intels days of dominating the desktop are numbered and on a personal note today is the 5 year anniversary of the day my relationship with Linux got serious. Enjoy!
By Dr. Tony young - Nov 22, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 21-Nov-2010
In this first part of a two part guest editorial and tutorial Dr. Tony Young (an Australian Mycologist by trade) shares his trials, tribulations, successes and disappointments in working with the new version of KDE. As a long time KDE 3.5 user he decided to see if he could get KDE 4.4 to look, feel and work the way he was used to KDE 3.5 working. Hang on everyone, its going to be a bumpy ride..
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Nov 22, 2010
Fixing Akonadi's warning of the non-existing leap second tableThe big stories this past week included an update on how far away Chrome OS is, a Ubuntu vs.Fedora comparison, 5 unusual games for Linux and a 200 line kernel patch that makes your desktop snappy. Enjoy!
By H.Kwint - The Netherlands - Nov 19, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 14-Nov-2010LXer Feature: 19-Nov-2010
Ever since I installed Kontact 4.5, it has been showing an MySQL warning when starting. The exact error in the logs is:
Can't open and lock time zone table: Table 'mysql.time_zone_leap_second' doesn't exist trying to live without them
While it's only a warning, I don't like to have my logs filled with warnings. Hence, I went on a hunt to prevent this warning. Lots of posts said this issue is fixed in newer versions (certainly not for me!), or it doesn't matter. But that wasn't good enough for me so I felt relieved when I found a workaround yesterday, which I shall explain below.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Nov 15, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 31-Oct-2010In the LXWR this week we have why Wayland is good for the future, Apache tells Oracle they are leaving the JCP, a music player with an ugly name, does Linux competing with Windows matter anymore? and 24 things we would change about Linux. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Nov 01, 2010
Unity Clouding Up The DesktopIn this week's Roundup we have; What makes Linux compelling to use? Ubuntu moves away from GNOME, Learning Linux the hardcore way with Linux from scratch, Microsoft is a dying consumer brand, Why Unity in Ubuntu is good for the future and Ronald trip's response to why Unity is clouding up the desktop. Enjoy!
By Ronald Trip - Oct 29, 2010
LXer Feature: 29-Oct-2010LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Oct-2010Mr. Des Ligneris wrote that the adoption of Unity is a bold move and a good one for Canonical and Ubuntu, as the focus of computing is shifting wholesale to the internet and "The Cloud". It is an interesting viewpoint from Mr. Des Ligneris. I don't see the Unity plans as a blessing though. There is no point in turning a full fledged desktop machine into a "Mobile Internet Device". Their use cases don't overlap. While a desktop is certainly capable of performing MID tasks, it is not the intended operating area of a desktop machine.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Oct 25, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 17-Oct-2010In this week's LXWR we have Canonical going on record about open core, Eight reasons to give the E17 a try, Oracle wants LibreOffice members to leave OOo council, The London Stock Exchange smashes the world record trade speed using Linux and with Ray Ozzie just the latest to walk out of Redmond, is this the beginning of the end for Microsoft? Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Oct 18, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 10-Oct-2010In the Roundup this week we have news of IBM deciding to back Oracle's OpenJDK instead of Harmony, Phoronix releases the 2010 Linux graphics survey results, 5 mistakes Linux newcomers make and lastly John E. Dunn gets the crazy idea to ditch Windows for Ubuntu. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Oct 11, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 03-Oct-2010Some of the big stories this week included Steve Ballmer saying Android isn't free, Bruce Byfield talks about Ubuntu's real contribution to FOSS, Google makes aggressive counterclaims in the Oracle suit, Glyn Moody asks; Is Microsoft running out of steam? and last but not least Scott Charney, a Microsoft VP says that infected PCs should be banned from the internet. You have to read it to believe it. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Oct 04, 2010
Windows users face as many choices as Linux usersIn this week's LXWR OpenOffice.org gets liberated, a nice review of Linux Mint, The GNU Project celebrates its 27th birthday, Jono Bacon talks about how Ubuntu gets built, a case for Linux in schools, Rad Hat's CEO makes it on Mad Money, Microsoft sues Motorola because of Android and a LXer Feature by our own Hans Kwint on the choices Windows and Linux users both have. Enjoy!
By H.Kwint - The Netherlands - Sep 29, 2010
A while ago, Graham Morrison wrote: "The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice". Implicitly, the article refers to "more choice than with Windows". The article led to reactions from Carla Schroeder [1], Caitlyn Martin [2], Alastair Otter [3] and Ron Miller [4]. While the articles provided for an interesting discussion, none of them addressed the fundamentals of Linux distributions and choice of desktop software in my opinion. Because from an objective point of view, Windows users face as many choices as Linux users do. But most Windows users are just not aware of all the choices they're making.
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