12.07.08
Gemini version available ♊︎Links 07/12/2008: GNU/Linux Takes Over University, British ISPs Shoot Down Wikipedia
GNU/Linux
- 7 Best Free/Open-source Image Viewers for Linux
- Stable kernel 2.6.27.8
- Cycles and Simplicities
- Learn and Use a Good, Free OS: Linux
- VMGL brings 3-D effects to VMs
- LB – Episode 32 – Python Extravaganza by Linux Basement
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Desktop Environments
- Combined KDE and Gnome developers meeting
- Fancy Up Your KDE or GNOME With Eye Candy [Linux]
- Alternate Linux desktops (Window Manager)
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KDE
- Loving KDE 4.2
Now that KDE 4.2 beta1 packages are finally done we can start using KDE 4.2! I think the changes are absolutely great. Nothing too radical, but the KDE team packed in a lot of features everywhere and it really adds up!
- KDE 4.2: A few points
- KDE 4.2 beta 1 on Gentoo
- An Overview Of Recent KDE 4 Development
- KRunner
- Loving KDE 4.2
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IBM
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Audio
- From the Post 2.0.0 Git Vaults, Amarok Urls and Bookmarks
Amarok 2.0.0 has been tagged! Short of any really bad bugs showing up the release will be upon us shortly, just as soon as the packagers from the different distros have had a chance to do their thing! This release has been nearly 2 years in the making, and all of us developers have shed blood, sweat and tears trying to make Amarok 2 live up to the vision that has driven us all along. Overall, I am very pleased with the result.
- Songbird 1.0
- From the Post 2.0.0 Git Vaults, Amarok Urls and Bookmarks
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Sub-notebooks
- Amid Cannibalization Woes, Netbooks Eat Into Microsoft Sales
But most netbooks have less processing power than their full-featured cousins and can’t run high-spec versions of Microsoft’s Windows, the world’s most-widely used operating system. Instead, the Redmond, Wash.-based software company is selling netbook makers lighter versions of its operating system at a cheaper price. Worse, some manufacturers are choosing to cut Microsoft out altogether by using Linux, an open-source OS.
- Good OS founder: ‘Cloud’ on netbooks to be shown at CES
- gOS Cloud instant-on OS shown on video
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OLPC
- Amid Cannibalization Woes, Netbooks Eat Into Microsoft Sales
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Education
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Distributions
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Fedora
- Fedora 11 release schedule set
At today’s FESCo meeting, the final schedule for Fedora 11 was approved. Now it’s time for some reminders about the feature process for Fedora 11. We’re changing a few things this time around to hopefully make the whole process run smoother than ever!
First., FESCo will be making decisions regarding dropping incomplete features at the meeting *2 weeks before* the freeze date, in order to give rel-eng and QA time to implement whatever contingency plans might be required prior to the freeze. For Fedora 11, these dates are:
Alpha freeze: 1/20 – FESCo meeting – 1/8
Beta Freeze: 3/10 – FESCo meeting – 2/25
Final Freeze: 4/14 – FESCo meeting – 4/1 - Installing Fedora 10
- The Perfect Desktop – Fedora 10 (GNOME)
- The ups and downs of Fedora 10
- Fedora 11 release schedule set
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PCLinuxOS
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Mandriva
- Happy metrics on community growth
The blue line is users, and the purple line is posts. In December 2005, there were 26,771 registered users. During the year 2006, there were around 87,000 posts to the forums. In January 2007, there were 39,596 registered users, a rise of around 13,000. I believe this is partly because the forums were opened up to all users during this time – previously, some areas were restricted to Club members only.
- Happy metrics on community growth
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Puppy
- Puppy Linux – A pocket-size atom bomb
Puppy Linux proves that even simplicity has the power to get all the things done. The basic interface may require sometime from you to get you accustomed to it, but you’ll like it afterwards.
It doesn’t matter whether you are a Linux newbie or a seasoned Linux user, you will like Puppy as much as I did. This has to be one of the best Linux distros around. And it certainly deserves more attention than it is getting right now. Puppy is a tiny atom bomb – loaded with plethora software and utilities – that you can carry in your pocket – in your pen drive, CD, etc. Puppy has so much to offer in so little a size!
- Puppy Linux – A pocket-size atom bomb
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Ubuntu
- A Mac Devotee Looks at Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”
If Apple came out with a netbook, I’d be tempted to choose it over a Linux-based netbook for a variety of reasons. One of them is that it would slot into our Mac-centric home network (mostly in terms of syncing and existing software) more easily. Another is that I’ve been more blown away by the iPod Touch than I ever thought I could be, and an Apple netbook might have the same effect. Today, however, that choice doesn’t exist and won’t for the forseeable future, and as my shoulders and back start to ache and cramp
from the time spent in front of a desktop writing overlong blog posts, an Ubuntu netbook continues to be an increasingly attractive option. - Reasons to Switch from OS X or Windows to Ubuntu
Ubuntu and GNU/Linux offer you total freedom. You can choose the graphical interface of your OS and are not stuck with what the denizens Redmond or Cupertino chose for you. With Ubuntu, you can choose the default look and feel of Gnome, KDE or Xfce. If the default style is not to your liking can customize your desktop.
- Another Win For Ubuntu
So I was talking to my lecturer about Ubuntu in general (he’s a fellow user) and I found out that hopefully, by the start of the next academic year at the University (Sept/Oct 09) the entire University should be in a dual boot situation with Windows, and all linked up to the network.
- A Mac Devotee Looks at Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”
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Debian
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Embedded/Devices
- Vyatta expanding Linux networking appliances
- 5 Regal Microcontrollers meet His Majesty Linux
- The “Roboat”: Solar and Linux-Powered Sailboat
The Roboat is actually an adapted 3.75m Laerling beginner’s sailing vessel that is tricked out with a Linux operating system and a control software suite that uses Java and C++.
- RP firm unveils interactive device
The Ilumina’s basic component is its 32-inch LCD TV panel. Inside it are computer parts that run a scaled-down version of Ubuntu Linux operating system.
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Video
F/OSS
- DragonFlyBSD — another very credible choice for server or desktop
- The Microsoftie Who Embraced the Dark Side (Open Source)
- Ingres Paints a Rosy Picture
- Five open source content management systems you should know about
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National Independence
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Free Software
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India
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Firefox/Thunderbird
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PHP
Copyleft
- Richard Stallman supports Creative Commons. Do you?
- More Musicians Recognizing The Power Of Free
- Handbrake 0.93 released, capitulates on DVD decryption
Leftovers
- British ISPs restrict access to Wikipedia amid child pornography allegations
Wikinews has learned that at least six of the United Kingdom’s main Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have implemented monitoring and filtering mechanisms that are causing major problems for UK contributors on websites operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, amongst up to 1200 other websites.
- British ISPs filtering Wikipedia
- Virgin Killer^W Media
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