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KDE Commit-Digest for 17th March 2013
Dot Categories: DeveloperIn this week's KDE Commit-Digest.
GitHub Graciously Helps Female Programmers Cower In Fear
Gender shouldn't be an issue when developing open source software, so why is GitHub giving free private repositories to female developers?
Descent|OS 4.0 Has Been Officially Released
Brian Manderville has announced a couple of hours ago, April 28, that the 4th release of his Descent|OS Linux operating system is now available for download.
KDE Commit-Digest for 17th March 2013
Calligra sees improvement in read-only mode handling and initial code for COffice (Calligra for mobile); Fill Tool is ported to strokes KDE-PIM adds an option to limit the item age in Google Calendar; introduces theme manager. Work on Nepomuk Service 2. Wacom tablet management sees large GUI rework and more utility classes. Artikulate adds course skeleton. KDevelop includes updated Branch Manager dialog.
Semplice Linux 4 Switches to a Full Rolling-Release Model
Eugenio Paolantonio had the pleasure of announcing today, April 27, that the 4th version of his Semplice Linux operating system is now available for download.
KDE Commit-Digest for 24th March 2013
Dot Categories: DeveloperIn this week's KDE Commit-Digest:
Left 4 Dead 2 Linux Beta Coming Next Week!
Next week's scheduled launch of the public Left 4 Dead 2 Beta app (similar to the TF2 Beta) will include a native Linux client!
The Achilles Heel of Open Source: Elitism
Beware the effects of working collaboratively on an open source project. Dietrich Schmitz cautions how one Elitist can lead a company or project down the primrose trail.
Ubuntu 13.04 Minor Unity Desktop Changes
Ubuntu 13.04 was released yesterday, but is 13.04 a hit, or miss? This release brings some major underlying changes to Ubuntu, though Unity is still nearly the same. Here are some of the new features for anyone that is looking for an excuse to download Ubuntu 13.04.
Vituperative Rejoinder: Security
There is one common saying among Linux advocates that is really annoying to hear. There is this constant claim that Linux is "secure by design," or that it is more secure than Redmond's Windows. Let's look at this.
KDE Search and Destroy, I mean Launch
In a galaxy far far away, long before there was Android en masse, long before touch was popular, I mean retro-popular, because we have been using the touch technology for at least two million years, long before there was any modern, simplistic interface for smartphones and tablets, there was KDE. It’s all in the name. KDE is one of the few remaining staple desktop environments of the Linux world. It’s been around forever, and it does not seem to be slowing down. In fact, it’s evolving and growing. So far so good. One big thing that sticks to KDE is its spartan name. KDE, as the acronym aptly puts it, is a desktop environment, but this very nomenclature underlines what this graphical computing framework is all about. And perhaps therein lies the rub. Oh, we are getting ahead of ourselves, and you may be wondering what this article is all about. Perhaps I should tell you, it’s about KDE, a desktop environment, being a great choice for non-desktop systems. There, I wrote it.
Fedora 18 with Xfce on the HP Pavilion g6-2210us — all systems are very, very ‘go’
Just a quick post to tell you that my Fedora 18 with Xfce installation on the HP Pavilion g6-2210us is doing very well indeed.
GNOME Initial Setup 0.9 Updates the Keyboard Panel
The GNOME developers announced a few days ago that a new version of the GNOME Initial Setup software for the GNOME desktop environment is available for download, fixing various issues found in previous releases.
Wine 1.5.29 released
The Wine development release 1.5.29 is now available.
Defense Grid 2 is happening and coming to Linux!
Defense Grid 2 is now happening thanks to a private investor and it will even be coming to Linux in 2014!
Kali Linux 1.0.3 Brings Accessibility Features for Blind Users
Offensive Security, the developer behind the Backtrack and Kali Linux operating systems, has announced on April 26 that a new version of the the Kali Linux distribution for forensic and penetration testing tasks has been released.
Big Bottom Update - E18 on target for 2013 Release
It’s been a while since I’ve written a real blog post, so I’m going to do a bit of a roundup here. Brace yourselves.
Linux-enabled HDMI stick promises universal AirPlay
Plair is now shipping its 'Plair' media-streaming device to U.S. customers. Unveiled earlier this year at CES, the $99 embedded Linux-powered gadget is said to provide AirPlay-like beaming of multimedia content from Apple, Windows, and Android devices to “any HDTV” with an available HDMI port.
Red Hat Linux is here Today and Now
Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz endorses Red Hat Linux. Read why.
The Good & Bad Of Btrfs In A Production World
A web hosting company has publicly shared their thoughts on the Btrfs file-system for Linux. While often discussed as the next-generation Linux file-system, Btrfs isn't fully baked for use in a production world quite yet.
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