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LXer Weekly Roundup for 28-Nov-2010
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 1LXer Feature: 28-Nov-2010
In 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-2010LXer Feature: 22-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 21, 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
LXer Weekly Roundup for 26-Sept-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.
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 27, 2010
Living Through the Wild West of FOSS HistoryIn the Roundup this week we have Mandriva saying "We're not dead" and news of their assets being sold to a Russian firm, Linux From Scratch 6.7 gets released, Dave Newman leaves .net, living through the wild west of FOSS history, the future of KDE, Carla Schroder gets a shiny new laptop and what is the best way to move 60 million files from one Windows server to another? Linux of course. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 21, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 19-Sept-2010Could things be more exciting in the the world of FOSS right now? Yes it could, but let's not be too hasty..
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 20, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 12-Sept-2010The big stories to hit our newswire this week raised some questions it seems. We have Joe Brockmeier asking why e-mail is still stuck in the 1990's, who is in the running to buy Novell, could it be VMWare or possibly even Red Hat? Steve Rosenberg is intrigued by the latest Linux Mint, a review of TinyCore 3.0, Linux applications with peculiar names, the bully in the Linux schoolyard and to wrap things up we have some Microsoft FUD on how Android is not really free. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 12, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 05-Sept-2010In the LXWR this week we have some new happenings with Diaspora, debunking the 1% Myth and a rather subdued response to the announcement of the Open Solaris fork known as OpenIndiana. Also, a Gartner report predicts Android will the top mobile OS by 2014 and could Oracle fracture open source community? Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Sep 05, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 29-Aug-2010There is nothing quite like a good conversation and we have a plethora of articles that started many a good one in our forums this past week including Abiword has smart quotes, what technology has Microsoft ever been the first to market with? Another "There are too many Linux's" article and look out, your Linux system fell down and it can't get up. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 29, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 22-Aug-2010The big stories this week include still more fallout from the Oracle-Google lawsuit, 10 differences between Linux and BSD, the joys of determining Linux market share, Microsoft says they love Open Source..again, and last but not least Paul Allen decides to sue just about everybody for patent infringement. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 23, 2010
LXer Weekly Roundup for 15-Aug-2010In this week's Roundup we have more on the Oracle - Google lawsuit, how corporate America went open source, games that transmit GPS coordinates, converting eBooks, a space elevator and a Happy 17th Birthday to Debian. Enjoy!
By Scott Ruecker (Phoenix, U.S.) - Aug 16, 2010
The big news this week is a double shot of Oracle both suing Google for supposed Java copyright infringement in Android and the killing of OpenSolaris. Our own Hans Kwint expounds the merits of anticipating lock-in and much more in this weeks LXWR. Enjoy!
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