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Happy Birthday Tux, Android Number One in Malware & Kubrick to the Rescue
Although the main reason for this purchase was to beef up Google’s patent portfolio to help them defend Android, there’s been tons of speculation in the press about Google’s other intentions with this acquisition and how it’ll affect their relationship with their Android partners. I intend to offer my own two cents worth in an article next week. Until then, I’ll tell you I don’t think this is going to have a negative effect on Android makers in the least. In fact, it should remove some of the roadblocks that are being constructed by the patent trolls.
Interview: Lucian Langa, gnoduino lead developer
This week we interviewed Lucian Langa, the lead developer of gnoduino, a development environment for Arduino projects under Gnome. Arduino is a very popular open source electronic prototyping platform based on a simple micro-controller board and a development environment written in Java. Enjoy the interview!
When algorithms control the world
In reality, our electronic overlords are already taking control, and they are doing it in a far more subtle way than science fiction would have us believe.
A Brief History of My Life on Linux: Part II
This is the second story in a short series about my experiences with Linux..
For the time being, I was quite happy on Mandrake and even upgraded to a more recent version of Mandriva. After a while though (approximately 6 months) I started getting curious about other distributions, especially when other Linux users talked about how one needed to find the “right” distribution for themselves. I wondered if Mandriva was really the “right” distribution for me or if I just liked it because it was the first distribution I had experienced.
For the time being, I was quite happy on Mandrake and even upgraded to a more recent version of Mandriva. After a while though (approximately 6 months) I started getting curious about other distributions, especially when other Linux users talked about how one needed to find the “right” distribution for themselves. I wondered if Mandriva was really the “right” distribution for me or if I just liked it because it was the first distribution I had experienced.
Digging deeper with Gentoo Linux
Gentoo is not like other Linux distributions. The Gentoo swims faster than other penguins, and dives deeper. Where more fashionable distributions worry about fast installation and ease of use, Gentoo worries about efficient compilation and degrees of customization. Gentoo is not about ease of use or making installation easier for the new user. Computers are what you do with them, and most users have little or no knowledge of how their systems are put together, and care even less. Gentoo is for the users who want to reach under the hood, get their hands dirty, and learn.
Dirk Dashing 2: E.V.I.L Eye is available for pre-order!
After a wicked computer virus destroys G.O.O.D's new computer network, agent Dirk Dashing must track down the cyber criminal responsible for the attack.
GNU make: sample
Having a seamless build system with GNU make to manage external libraries.
Your Zorp remains strong
After the latest version when the whole secure socket layer was opened, now two new proxies are released. Also, the program-stacking feature is extended with the possibility to set the connection state in Zorp. Lets see the details.
Steve Jobs: a reality check
If one were to go by the reaction to the news that Steve Jobs would no longer be the chief executive of Apple Computer, the man is Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama and Henry Ford all rolled into one.
Why I'm not going to VMworld
Thinking of attending VMworld in Las Vegas this year? You’d better think again. It’s much too perilous.
An Introduction to Giganews' & Golden Frog's VyprVPN!
VyprVPN provides a similar service between your Ubuntu or Linux Mint personal computer, Android mobile device, or TomatoUSB (RAF) router, and any one of their VyprVPN servers located around the world (Los Angeles, Washington, DC, London, Amsterdam, and Hong Kong). After the connection between your device or network and the VyprVPN server is established, your traffic is first routed through the VPN and then over the World Wide Web (as it normally would were it connected without VyprVPN).
Wrap Up - Desktop Summit 2011 Berlin
A big "Thank You!" to all the sponsors, Technologiestiftung Berlin (TSB; in English, Technology Foundation of Berlin), Humboldt University of Berlin, and nearly 800 attendees who gathered from around the world to make a successful Desktop Summit 2011!
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HOWTO: Create a Debian Meta Package
The following is a short tutorial on how to create a Debian meta package. Just as a brief background for those that do not know what a meta package is - a meta package is a Debian package that simply tells the package manager to download a whole bunch of other packages. Meta packages are useful for allowing for the quick installation of an entire group of packages.
Dream Studio 11.04 Official Release
As Dream Studio (a multimedia linux distribution) approaches 5000 users, version 11.04 is released today. This is the third official release of Dream Studio
Mozilla WebAPI: champion of open source freedom
Google? Not so much – but who cares?
Open...and Shut As a group, open-source developers tend to be a freedom-loving bunch. If only their fans were the same. Even as open source has become a mainstream way to build software, many of its biggest beneficiaries opt to contribute little to nothing back.…
Mandriva 2011 installation and disk partitioning guide
Mandriva 2011, the latest edition of the popular Linux distribution, is just three days from being officially released, but the daily builds are already available for download. This article, based on a last-freeze daily build, presents an installation and disk partitioning guide for those who are new to Linux and will be installing it for the first time.
There is also useful information for seasoned users, too.
There is also useful information for seasoned users, too.
Linus Ditches KDE and Gnome (so what?)
Having made an earlier defection from KDE to Gnome, Linus Torvalds has now rejected both in favor of Xfce. It’s only natural that the actions of the creator of the Linux kernel would attract extra scrutiny, and I think that his decision is reflective of a wider disenchantment amongst long-term Linux users.
Arch Linux moves up to Linux 3.0
The Arch Linux team has released the first new all-in-one update for its minimalist, rolling-release Linux distribution in 15 months. The Arch Linux 2011.08.19 installation features support for Linux 3.0 and the syslinux bootloader, and offers experimental Btrfs and NILFS2 file-systems, and more flexible source-file selection, says the team....
As Steve Jobs Steps Down, Linux Turns 20: Which Changed the World More?
Yesterday, Steve Jobs officially stepped down as CEO of Apple. Today, the Linux kernel turns 20. That makes it as good a time as any to look back and assess – which has shaped computing, and the world, more? Linus Torvalds' "hobby OS," or Steve Jobs?
A Windows user’s guide to Linux
Don’t know your DEB from your RPM? We offer a short guide to Linux for the Windows user.
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