Say What You Want From Us But Not What we Don't Want to Hear
mmu_man's blog: "Oddly it seems I'm not the only one asking for opensource on that forum... But it seems to be more "politically correct" when it's for GNU/Linux... which usually means the result would be GPL, so unsuitable licence-wise for porting to Haiku, and unportable anyway because no stable driver API in Linux means no way to understand it easily. "
10 Linux Desktops You Shouldn't Overlook
TechRepublic: "In fact, the Linux desktop might very well be the area where there are the most options. But for a lot of users, desktop selection doesn't usually go beyond KDE or GNOME. With this article, I hope to help the average Linux user get beyond the standard fare."
Fedora 10, a "Live" Solution for One Laptop Per Child.
On-Disk.com: "When One Laptop Per Child starts their next Give 1 Get 1 program on November 17th, there will be an option to purchase an upgrade that will allow users to run a standard Linux desktop based on Fedora 10, on their XO system (pronounced "ex - oh"). This special edition of Fedora 10 is an alternative for adults who may not find the child focused graphical interface called Sugar practical for daily use."
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Bash: Preserving Whitespace Using set and eval
Linux Journal: "If you don't care much about whitespace bash is great: it normally turns multiple whitespace characters into one and it breaks things into words based on white space. If on the other hand you'd like to preserve whitespace bash can be a bit difficult at times. A trick which often helps is using a combination of bash's eval and set commands."
Reduce Power Consumption Through Smart Activity Monitors
IBM Developerworks: "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and the power configuration systems built into modern computers provide a wide range of options for reducing overall power consumption. Linux and its associated user space programs have many of the tools necessary to master your PC power consumption in a variety of contexts."
Ultrasol - 400 different Solitaire games in one pack in openSUSE
SUSE & openSUSE: "Ultrasol is a collection of nearly 400 different solitaire or patience games. There are games that use the 52 card International Pattern deck, games for the 78 card Tarock deck, eight and ten suit Ganjifa games, Hanafuda games, Matrix games, Mahjongg games, and games for an original hexadecimal-based deck."
Chrome and Firefox Browser Betas Duke it Out in Speed Tests
OStatic: "Speed tests are starting to come in from several sources for the updated beta versions of the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox browsers."
IBM, Sun Microsystems Launch ODF Toolkit Union
Openoffice.org Conference: "IBM and Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced the launch of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Toolkit Union, a new open-source software community project organized to make document software more innovative, versatile and useful for business."
Midgard 8.09.2 "Bosporus queries" Released
Midgard Project: The Midgard Project has released the second maintenance release of Midgard 8.09 Ragnaroek LTS. Ragnaroek LTS is a Long Term Support version of the free software content management framework.
Intrepid Ibex Lays Claim to the Black Tower
DeviceGuru: "It finally happened: Ubuntu 8.10 (aka "Intrepid Ibex") has uprooted Kubuntu 8.04 from the Black Tower. Although I’ve been a staunch KDE advocate for many years, this exceptional new distribution -- based on Linux 2.6.27, GNOME 2.24, and X.Org 7.4 -- has unexpectedly converted me into a GNOME user."
Linux Border Patrol: Porn Breath Tests for PCs Heralds 'Stop and Scan'
The Register: "Technology that claims to pick up traces of illicit images on PCs has attracted the interest of Australian cops. The software, developed in an Australian University, might eventually be used to screen PCs for pr0n during border inspections."
Quick Firefox Tip: Word Count Bookmarklet
LinuxPlanet: "Authors need to count the words in articles. But when it's an HTML document all full of tags, you don't want to count the tags. Akkana Peck shows a fast way to count only the words."
How to Understand Color Codes
WebReference: "In this article you'll learn how the mechanism behind color code values works with the aid of a simple program that I've created. The program, Colourcoder, is designed to not only let you find a color you want with ease, but also help you gain a more intuitive grasp of color codes while you use it."
Bilski: What It Means, Part 2 -- Listening to the Dissenting Opinions
Groklaw: "The first thing you probably noticed in the ruling was that not all the judges thought identically. Two justices strongly dissented, two answered their points in a concurring decision, and one felt that the court didn't go far enough and should have just decided that business methods could never be patented."
IBM Commits to Future of ODF With Symphony Roadmap
Geekzone: "IBM has announced a long-term commitment to the OpenDocument Format (ODF) by unveiling a roadmap for the expansion of the free Lotus Symphony office application suite to MacIntosh, Ubuntu Linux, OpenOffice 3.0 and Microsoft Office customers."
Microsoft Prepares Hardwae Manufacturers for 7
Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is in full swing this week, hot on the heels of the recent PDC. The main subject is, of course, Windows 7. This being a conference focused on hardware makers, Microsoft made a whole slew of announcements related to how Windows 7 will deal with hardware.
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Benchmarks: Mac OS X 10.5 vs. Ubuntu 8.10
Phoronix compared the performance figures of Mac OS X 10.5.5 with those of Ubuntu 8.10. They conclude: "Apple's Mac OS X 10.5.5 Leopard had strong performance leads over Canonical's Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex in the OpenGL performance with the integrated Intel graphics, disk benchmarking, and SQLite database in particular. Ubuntu on the other hand was leading in the compilation and BYTE Unix Benchmark. In the audio/video encoding and PHP XML tests the margins were smaller and no definitive leader had emerged. With the Java environment, Sunflow and Bork were faster in Mac OS X, but the Intrepid Ibex in SciMark 2 attacked the Leopard. These results though were all from an Apple Mac Mini."
ReactOS 0.3.7 Released
The ReactOS team has released version 0.3.7 of its Windows NT compatible operating system. This release along with the rest of the 0.3.x series is still considered alpha quality software. ReactOS 0.3.7 continues further work on the main three principles of current ReactOS development: bugfixes, compatibility and stability.
Lotus Symphony 1.2, Now with Mac OS X Support
IBM has released Lotus Symphony 1.2, with a beta release for Mac OS X. "Lotus Symphony release 1.2 is now available and includes Beta support for the Mac OS X platform in English. I know many of you have been waiting for this new platform and hope you will take the time to try it out and give us your feedback. We expect to have a Generally Available version for Mac in all the languages we support in 1Q09." You can get it from here.
Zimbra Collaboration Server Open Source Edition is a Promising Low-End Package
Linux.com: "If you're looking to run a serious open source collaboration server, Yahoo's Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) should be on your short list. This Web 2.0 email and groupware server offers AJAX Web-based administrator and user interfaces, a variety of useful groupware features, and email import functionality."
Windows 7: Should Open Source Fans Keep An Open Mind?
The VAR Guy: "The VAR Guy ultimately jumped to Ubuntu Linux in mid-2007. But now -- as Microsoft gears up for Windows 7 -- it's time for our resident blogger to reengage with the software giant. Here's why."
Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) LAMP Server Setup
Ubuntu Geek: "In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation."
Linux Threat to Microsoft
The Age: "Small laptops are becoming a big problem for Microsoft's Windows business."
Harvard Professor Challenges RIAA Anti-Piracy Campaign
Linuxworld: "A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the industry group to bring lawsuits against alleged copyright violators."
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Raises the Bar
Linux.com: "Each new Ubuntu release has raised the standard by which other Linux distros are judged. With the new Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, the focus is on mobility and 3G network support. I found Intrepid to be a fast and stable release, yet I experienced some minor issues that keep it from absolute perfection."
Not Free at Any Price
Boston Review: "But just as I was switching to an OLPC, the project backed away from its commitment to freedom and allowed the machine to become a platform for running Windows, a non-free operating system."
A Gallery of Extremely Geeky Bumper Stickers
Royal Pingdom: "There is no place like home; The most famous IP address of them all, good old localhost"
SanDisk Claims Hundredfold Speed Boost for Flash
It's no secret that SSDs suffer from performance penalties when it comes to small random writes. Even though more modern SSD try to solve some of these issues hardware-wise, software can also play a major role. Instead of resorting to things like delaying all writes until shutdown and storing them in RAM, SanDisk claims it has a better option. At WinHEC yesterday, the company introduced its Extreme FFS, which it claims will improve write performance on SSDs by a factor of 100.
Microsoft Prepares Hardware Manufacturers for 7
Microsoft's Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is in full swing this week, hot on the heels of the recent PDC. The main subject is, of course, Windows 7. This being a conference focused on hardware makers, Microsoft made a whole slew of announcements related to how Windows 7 will deal with hardware.
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