angogps is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS.It runs on any Linux platform from the desktop over eeePC down to phones like the Openmoko Neo.
Read more »PC-BSD 8.0 Goes Gold
Looking for a desktop-centric version of BSD? Check out the latest from PC-BSD, released on Monday. New in this release are improvements in ZFS, KDE 4.3.5 with a new theme, the ability to run 32-bit packages on 64-bit systems, and improvements to the software manager for PC-BSD.
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Lernid 0.6 Released
Lernid is a tool that makes connecting to online learning events such as UbuntuOpenWeek and UbuntuDeveloperWeek simple, easy and fun. Lernid gets you immersed in the content quickly and hassle free.
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Missing Menu Icons?
The option to re-enable missing menu icons in GNOME menus has been removed from the version of GNOME to be included in Ubuntu 10.04. Why?
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SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Reaches RC1
MEPIS has announced SimplyMEPIS 8.4.98, RC1 of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors.
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Head to Head: Office 2010 vs Open Office 3.1
It's a battle of the office productivity suites as we look at how Office 2010 shapes up against its main open alternative. We find out which is best in this head to head review.
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OpenOffice4Kids - Educating kids the right way
Office suites are mainly intended for adults. But sometimes, kids write too. And when they do, they work with tools intended for their parents, functionality and looks wise. This makes the chance of a child liking big, complex word processors and spreadsheet software less likely. This is exactly what OpenOffice4Kids.
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Gaupol - Subtitle editor for text-based subtitle files
Gaupol is an editor for text-based subtitle files. It supports multiple subtitle file formats and provides means of correcting texts and timing subtitles to match video. The user interface is designed with attention to batch processing of multiple documents and convenience of translating.
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Ten 'Must Have' Firefox Add-Ons
Firefox users -- make your Firefox browser even better with these 10 extensions:
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Nine Linux projects in 90 minutes
Previously we gave you 7 Cool Linux Projects that anyone could do, but if you still have a few hours to kill and you've already watched the latest Maru videos on YouTube, we have the perfect follow-up article for you: read on to discover just how versatile Linux is by trying nine easy projects that should take no longer than the kettle does to boil - learn how to run your own wiki, encrypt files,
Read more »Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released
The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris today. Bordeaux 2.0.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a critical bug with sound support. Customers who need sound support are advised to upgrade to this newer release. This release has been tested on OpenSolaris 2009.06 as well as the upcoming OpenSolaris 2010.03 release build 133
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PC BSD 8.0 release made BSD much easier for desktop use | Installation and screenshots
Last Monday PC-BSD was released. PC BSD is based on FreeBSD and uses KDE as its default desktop environment. The 8.0 release of PC-BSD is based onFreeBSD Support for 3D acceleration with NVIDIA drivers on amd64 and improvements in the USB subsystem. PC-BSD is designed to make BSD mu ch easier for desktop use. Screenshots and installation guide
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PC-BSD 8.0 "Hubble Edition" arrives
The PC-BSD developers have released version 8.0, the "Hubble Edition", of their open source FreeBSD-based operating system
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Blender 2.5 Alpha 1 arrives
The Blender developers have released the first alpha for what will become version 2.6 of their open source 3D content creation suite, adding a number of new features and fixing more than 100 bugs from the previous development release
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A preview of Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) is only in the Alpha stage of testing at this moment. It doesn’t look extremely different from the current version of Ubuntu but there are a few noticeable differences.
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