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Free software and redundancy as a marketing benefit
Outsiders often criticize free software because it offers too much choice. Choice confuses people, they say, and free software would be more efficient if everyone concentrated on improving the best application in each category instead of developing alternatives. To me, this argument has always seemed conditioned by monopoly, but recently I found reason to believe that it couldn't be more wrong.
Spotlight on Linux: Toorox
Toorox is a Gentoo-based installable live CD that features your choice of KDE or GNOME desktops. It comes with lots of useful applications including system configuration tools, easy package management, and proprietary code installers.
Generate HTML Photo Galleries with digiKam
There are so many clever ways to share photos on the Web that the idea of creating a static HTML photo gallery may sound positively obsolete. But in certain situations, the ability to turn a bunch of photos into an HTML gallery can come in rather handy.
TI updates DSP line with new chips, Linux support
Texas Instruments (TI) announced a new single-core TMS320C6671 member of its multicore TMS320C66x digital signal processor (DSP) family, as well as enhancements to its TMS320C6670 radio system-on-chip (SoC). In addition, the company released a free multicore software development kit (MCSDK) update for its C66x DSPs featuring updated Linux kernel support, optimized DSP libraries, and support for the OpenMP programming model.
Linux Fest Northwest 2011 This Weekend!
Just an update, Linux Fest Northwest is this weekend! If you're free and in the area be sure to come by for at least one (or part of one) of the days! For more information, see the quote below from my previous post!
Big Apple, Big Google, Big Brother
In some ways, all the uproar about Apple saving location data on its iOS device users is old news. Guess what? Big Brother, or Big Google, also collects geo-location information from its mobile, Android-powered devices. It’s like anything else in computing: geo-location can provide great services and resources, but it can also be abused.
Deployment Ease, Experimentation Highlights of Ubuntu 11.04
The latest and greatest release of Ubuntu — 11.04, or “Natty Narwhal” — is nearly upon us. To get a sense of how the new version situates Ubuntu and the rest of the open source community going forward, I spoke with Canonical VP Steve George. Here’s the update.
Nook Color gets tablet makeover
Barnes Noble announced an automatic update this week for its Nook Color e-reader that turns the device into more of a low-cost Android tablet. New features offered by the 1.2.0 update include 125 apps, an email application, and support for Adobe Flash, says the online retailer.
Developer Interview: Ronald “wattOS” Ropp
Biff Baxter, real name Ronald Ropp, is a technology consultant based in Portland, Oregon. He's also the developer behind wattOS, an Ubuntu derived Linux distribution (see our overview). We were quite impressed with wattOS, so we got in contact with him for some Q+A.
How To Change GNOME 3 (GNOME Shell Or Classic) GTK / Mutter / Metacity Theme
In the latest GNOME 3, changing the theme isn't as easy as you're used to. Using Gnome Tweak Tool you can change the GTK theme but how about the titlebar (Mutter/Metacity theme)? Read on!
One more step for Ubuntu Natty
It's just a few days to go until the next major release of Ubuntu and the developers have issued a final testing version. Released late last week the second Ubuntu Natty Narwhal Beta will be the final pre-release ahead of a planned 28 April final release.
Embracing Streaming Music on Linux
If you're like me, you've got music playing all day. When you have tapped out your personal collection, want to troll for new music, or just let someone else handle the playlist — you'll find plenty of Internet radio stations and streaming services. Thankfully, Linux offers plenty of ways to tune into Internet radio stations. From Banshee to Pithos, you have a bevy of options at your fingertips.
Will NVIDIA Optimus Inevitably Come To Linux?
Aside from political issues surrounding open vs. closed-source (graphics) drivers on Linux, the proprietary NVIDIA Linux driver is widely liked. The proprietary NVIDIA Linux driver is relatively bug/trouble-free, has a performance parity to the Windows driver, supports new hardware right away, and has a near feature parity to the Windows driver. There's not much more you could ask for from a closed-source driver, aside from a few missing features. One of the missing features that's been widely talked about as of late has been Optimus.
Open Invention Network Grows, Can it Stop Patent Feuds?
OIN has continued to grow over the years, and for the first quarter of 2011, the group grew by over 70 new licensees including HP, Facebook and Juniper Networks. Though OIN aims to reduce patent risk, that doesn't mean that it eliminates all patent risk, just look at Oracle and Google. Oracle and Google are OIN members, yet they are both involved in a legal battle with each other over patents.
19 things we'd change about KDE
KDE has courted controversy in recent releases. It's improved now, but it's far from being perfect. We straps on our goggles, dive into the Plasmoidal soup and dredge up some suggestions for change.
[Here is an article that should perk the interest of my good friend Tony. - Scott]
[Here is an article that should perk the interest of my good friend Tony. - Scott]
31 Best Tutorials of Inkscape!
nkscape is an open source vector graphics editor. Inkscape is cross-platform and runs on Unix based OS, Windows and Mac (typically under X11). In this post we have attempted to gather some best tutorials around the web, categorizing them into various groups, organized from novice users to advance level. If you have not installed inkscape then you can follow the following tutorial.
Cloud Haters Have Field Day after Amazon Fiasco
Cloud haters had a field day last week when Amazon EC2 went down and took down a bunch of popular Internet services with it, but while haters love to hate, the Cloud will survive and thrive in spite of it.
Linux patent suit ruled against Google
A Texas jury has ruled against Google in a suit that alleged some of its use of open source Linux code amounted to patent infringement, something that could have big implications for other companies using Linux technology and other open source systems. In the verdict, delivered last week, the jury decided that Google should pay US$5 million for the infringement.
LXer Weekly Roundup for 24-Apr-2011
Ubuntu Linux boosted by 10,000 seat PC win
Canonical has taken the wraps off a morale-boosting deal that has seen German insurance giant LVM Versicherungen convert 10,000 PCs to use Ubuntu Linux across the company's operations. The project included the conversion of 3,000 desktop and laptop computers in LVM's Muenster HQ with a further 7,000 in the company's agencies around Germany. The core software used by the company is LAS, a Java-based claims-processing application of its own design, backed by Lotus Notes, Adobe's Reader and the OpenOffice suite.
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