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OLPC Doesn't Need a Global Business Case Challenge
One Laptop per Child Association will be gathering 300 MBA, graduate and undergraduate business students to develop innovative business cases for XO laptop deployment under the auspices of the Global Case Challenge. But I wonder why.
Linux's Future: Observations by a Linux user
Having been inspired by the Neowin original two-part article, "Microsoft's Future" by Max Majewski (part one and part two), I decided that a look at where Linux stands now, and what the future may hold for it. In 1991, Linux was created with a announcement on a Minix Usenet group by Finnish student Linus Torvalds, stating that he was looking for feedback on a free operating system he was developing. A following started, and people began to submit code back for inclusion into the project. The hobby grew legs of its own and, over the years, turned into the powerhouse community that it is today. Large corporations rely on Linux. Businesses make money selling Linux services. Linux is starting to make an appearance almost everywhere.
How to Install Android SDK (and Take Screenshots) in Ubuntu 9.10
If you are an Android developer, looking to root your Android phone, or just a blogger who wants to take screenshots of your latest Nexus One phone, you will need to install Android SDK in your computer. I know that it is kind of troublesome to download/install the SDK just to take screenshots in your phone, but luckily it can be done easily. This article will show you the way to install Android SDK and take screenshots in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic.
Another day, another SUSE/Moblin Linux netbook
Shame on me, I missed that during last week's CES (Consumer Electronics Show), MSI wasn't the only company to announce the release of a SUSE/Moblin Linux-powered netbook. Samsung also announced that they'll be releasing this Linux mix on its N127 netbook. This release, however, is still just getting out of the starting blocks. As several people at the show reported, the one sample netbook that Samsung was showing still had a Windows key emblazoned on its keyboard. Whoops!
Tegra 2 supports Ubuntu Linux
Nvidia has added Ubuntu Linux to the list of supported operating systems. This is extremely important for both Nvidia and Linux in general since a lot of IT-savvy people find Android insufficient for the netbook form factor and ask for a “real” Linux on these very promising devices.
Big Shot: OpenShot Video Editor Version 1.0 Released
Video clip editors have been in short supply under Linux. Jonathan Thomas is now trying to fill that gap with the first stable version of the OpenShot Video Editor. As in many of the applications of the craft, a video editor works on a timeline in OpenShot with clips arranged on multiple tracks, edits them and adds effects. A preview then shows what's been accomplished.
An Android Developer's Top 10 Gripes
Put on your favorite self-pitying emo music and get ready for some developer frustration. I'm running down the top 10 things I love to hate about Android.
Law Firm IT Director Discovers Open Source
If you've ever wondered how IT departments come across and adopt open source software, consider Lance Rae. Lance is an IT Director for a mid-sized law firm in New York City. We were chatting about his firm's use of open source, and I decided it was worth recording our Q & A for posterity - and posting on OStatic. In this conversation, we discussed Nagios, the process of evaluating software, MonitoringForge, and how utilizing one open source tool can lead to a cascade effect, with others surely to follow.
New EGL Gallium3D State Tracker Pushed
The latest work by Chia-I Wu is a new EGL driver / state tracker (named "egl_g3d") that has just been pushed into Mesa. For those unfamiliar with EGL, as described by the Khronos Group, "EGL is an interface between Khronos rendering APIs such as OpenGL ES or OpenVG and the underlying native platform window system."
43 Excellent Wordpress Security Tips & Plugins
After putting in all of the time, and perhaps money, into your Wordpress website or blog, its now time to secure and protect it from outside enemies and general bad guys: hackers, spammers and all round tossers. Here, I have listed some wordpress security tips and plugins that you can use to secure WordPress blog.
Linux Will Save The World
Remember Apple's famous 1984 commercial? That is one of the most brilliant TV commercials of all time, which isn't surprising- Ridley Scott directed it, and legendary advertising agency Chiat/Day produced it. It is a superb piece of filmmaking that still gives me chills, even in the lo-fi YouTube version. And then the spell wears off, and I realize Orwell was a prophet, the commercial bears no relationship to the product, and the athlete wearing the Apple shirt should have a penguin logo on it instead of the Macintosh logo.
Richard Stallman on GPL Exceptions
Richard Stallman raised more than a few eyebrows when he signed the letter objecting to the MySQL purchase. Endorsing, or seeming to endorse, the practice of selling proprietary exceptions to GPL'ed software seemed entirely out of character with Stallman's comments on Free Software up to that point. To clarify, Stallman has written up an essay that spells out his opinion on exceptions and when they're acceptable.
Wine CXGames and Windows 7 Performance Comparison
I blog more than a little about Wine software. In the past I have run benchmarks between the most current pieces of Wine technology out there and how they compare with each other.
Review: Fedora 12 -- A 'Must Upgrade' and 'Strongly Consider' Distro
Fedora 12 is a great Linux distribution with an impeccable pedigree. While it might not be the best distribution to throw at a total newbie, it is technically solid and stable. Paul Ferrill reviews the latest Fedora release.
Snow Leopard on a Mac without a Mac motherboard
So, you sucked it up and you bought a Macintosh. You may have bought one on Ebay, or Craigslist, or even in a store (if you have that much money). Great. So now you upgraded the motherboard, or the motherboard died and you didn't have AppleCare. The EULA says that you can only install on an Apple-branded computer. It does not say that the Macintosh has to be unmodified. So, what are you left with? Windows, Linux, BSD, or Solaris. WRONG. OSX will install and run just fine. It does take a little work though. The advantages are simple. All of your Linux/BSD/Solaris software will be usable through MacPorts or Fink. You can even still have X11 with KDE or GNOME (that's right you can get rid of the finder), but you still have the advantages of commercial application support (Adobe CS4, Microsoft Office, many video games, etc...).
DivX Converter 2.0 released
Today the version 2 of DivX Converter has been released. DivX converter is a simple Mencoder frontend to Produce DivX Player Compatible AVI video format with the ability to merge subtitles . It support many video and audio filters and many presets.
Getting started with Scribus
Commercial desktop publishing tools such as QuarkXpress or Adobe InDesign make desktop publishing easy, but they’re also prohibitively expensive. It’s unlikely that many small organisations and individuals can afford these software packages which is where Scribus steps in to save the day…
Zimbra-VMware Combo: Five Facts Worth Noting
Yahoo will announce the sale of Zimbra to VMware on January 12, according to All Things D. Why should customers and partners care? Here are five key points to consider -- including growing competition between VMware and Red Hat.
Securely Encrypt Removable Media with Ubuntu
In this tutorial we will look at steps toward encrypting removable media such as USB thumb drives for secure management of personal data. This tutorial will walk the reader through seven steps required toward identifying, formatting and encrypting a removable disk for use as a secure partition.
How To Set Up Database Replication In MySQL On Ubuntu 9.10
This tutorial describes how to set up database replication in MySQL. MySQL replication allows you to have an exact copy of a database from a master server on another server (slave), and all updates to the database on the master server are immediately replicated to the database on the slave server so that both databases are in sync. This is not a backup policy because an accidentally issued DELETE command will also be carried out on the slave; but replication can help protect against hardware failures.
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