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Let us Pray: Yea Verily, Filesharing is a Religion. Official.
You've just got to love those crazy Swedes. Liberal, progressive, cool and politically correct. What's not to like? They've excelled themselves this time though. As dedicated filesharers they applied, and succeeded at the third attempt, to register filesharing as a religion.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
Staying happy with Gnumeric: text as
Gnumeric is an excellent spreadsheet application and gets a lot of use in our house. Every now and then, though, you can hear a "!Q#z$%* Gnumeric!" from me or my wife, because we didn't pay attention to cell formatting.
By default, every cell is formatted 'General', which means Gnumeric guesses what type of data you enter in that cell. Gnumeric seems to be particularly fond of dates, and strings that are definitely not dates get interpreted as dates anyway. If I enter 12/3, Gnumeric uses my Australian date format preferences and displays 12/3/2012.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
By default, every cell is formatted 'General', which means Gnumeric guesses what type of data you enter in that cell. Gnumeric seems to be particularly fond of dates, and strings that are definitely not dates get interpreted as dates anyway. If I enter 12/3, Gnumeric uses my Australian date format preferences and displays 12/3/2012.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
Allwinner A10: A GPL-compliant computer for $15
This is getting seriously ridiculous. Relative to the power and feature sets computers are getting cheaper and cheaper. But they don't come much cheaper than the Raspberry Pi, a $25 computer designed specifically to encourage children to program. My colleague, Ryan Cartwright wrote about it right here on FSM.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
Read more at Free Software Magazine.
COM Express module taps dual-core, 1.8GHz Atom
Aaeon announced a COM Express Type 2 computer on module (COM) equipped with an Intel Atom D525 processor and an optional wide DC input range. The COM-LN Rev.B supports up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, provides a PCI interface and five PCI Express interfaces, and features gigabit Ethernet, USB 2.0, PATA, and SATA connections, according to the company....
Tizen and Bada to merge, says Samsung
Samsung plans to combine the emerging MeeGo Linux-based Tizen operating system with its own home-grown Bada OS for feature phones, a Samsung executive told Forbes. This year, however, it appears the platforms will stay separate -- as many as two Samsung devices will likely ship with the HTML5-focused Tizen this year, says the report....
Google TV to gain personalized recommendations
Google is planning a new version of Google TV that will integrate personalized recommendations based on user preferences, says a report. Meanwhile, Google TV 2.0 received a review from DeviceGuru, which praised the Android 3.1-based interface and Chrome browser, but dinged the poor Flash performance and continuing lack of Android apps....
How to install Linux Mint 12 KDE on a btrfs file system
While we are still waiting for Btrfs, the B-tree File System, to be mature enough and be used as the default file system in Linux, it is already possible to install your favorite (Linux) distribution on a Btrfs file system. Linux Mint 12 KDE, a distribution based on Ubuntu Desktop, is one of those. In this article, the steps required to install it (Linux Mint 12 KDE) on a Btrfs file system, are presented in an easy to follow manner.
People in Closed Source Houses Shouldn't Throw Stones
The open source news media is at it again - Microsoft has announced they are doing exactly what we thought they would - they are implementing secure boot on Windows 8 ARM devices. There have been various blogs and even decent open source websites posting foolish notions such as:
Microsoft ready to war with Linux
or
Did Microsoft Just Kill Ubuntu Tablets?
Microsoft ready to war with Linux
or
Did Microsoft Just Kill Ubuntu Tablets?
Are Your Tech Skills Right for HPC Jobs?
Do you have what it takes to land that job with an HPC vendor you've got your eye on? Brent Welch, the director of software architecture at Panasas, talks about the role Linux plays in HPC at Panasas and the in-demand technical skills supercomputing suppliers need from job applicants.
Exclusive Interview: The Core Of ownCloud Will ALWAYS Remain Free And Open Source
The ownCloud project recently announce its evolution as a company. We reached out to the ownCloud team to understand the evolution of the project into a company. Here is an exclusive interview with Markus Rex, the new CEO, CTO of ownCloud Frank Karlitschek the founder of ownCloud.
The Lafayette Deception, Chap. 7: What a Difference a Diet Makes
Frank was sitting inside his camper, a bowl of diet popcorn at one elbow and a small dumbbell at the other. The elbow next to the popcorn was getting most of the exercise. On the opposite side of the camper hung a large flat screen TV, and on that set the latest, pre-primary season Republican debate was about to begin.
Wine 1.3.36 released
The Wine development release 1.3.37 is now available.
Add a Vintage Effect in digiKam
Want to add a vintage effect to your photos? digiKam has all the tools you need to turn your digital snapshots into vintage masterpieces.
New To Linux: Part 1 - What is It and is It For Me?
Many people, when they hear the word Linux, immediately dismiss it as a hard to understand, command line environment designed for hackers and computer geeks. Images of scenes from the 1983 movie War Games start to pop into their heads, with the green on black text based computer systems. In reality though, it is not that scary... in fact, you've probably used Linux hundreds of times and not even known it. As the title suggests, this series of articles will be directed towards people new to Linux, or toying with the idea of making the switch.
LibreOffice 3.4.5 Is Now Available for Download
A few minutes ago, January 16th, The Document Foundation company proudly announced the fifth maintenance release of the LibreOffice 3.4 open source office suite software for Linux, Windows and Macintosh platforms, bringing several bugfixes and improvements.
Now A $15 Linux Computer?
Looks like everyone is trying to build a smaller and cheaper Linux computer. FXI is bringing Cotton Candy for about $200, production for $25 Linux computer Raspberry Pi has already started and now Rhombus Tech is aiming to deliver a low cost $15 Linux PC - Allwinner A10.
Putting SOPA on a shelf
Congress says SOPA is dead (for now).
How to install a custom ROM on an Android smartphone
If you're looking to begin hacking and tweaking your Android smartphone or tablet this complete tutorial shows you how you can get started with installing custom ROMs
Installing An Oracle-Ready CentOS 6.2 Server
This is a tutorial for installing an Oracle-ready Linux box with CentOS 6.2, it covers the steps involved on the preparation of an Oracle-ready server for the posterior installation of Oracle Database Server/Oracle Fusion Middleware Suite on a multi-role server deployment.
Microsoft Says No to Disabling UEFI Secure Boot on ARM
Remember last year when questions arose about Microsoft's policies on UEFI secure boot on Windows 8? Microsoft's response, or lack thereof, was that "OEMs are free to choose" how or whether to enable turning off secure boot on systems shipping Windows 8. It appears, however, OEMs may not be as free to choose if they're shipping ARM hardware.
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