Today I came across a nice bit of software called BitRock Installer when I wanted to evaluate Qt Creator in its Preview Release. Actually, it's a software installer similar in appearance and easiness to the ones available on Windows.
Read more »An Open Source Version of BitRock InstallBuilder Is What GNU/Linux Really Need As Installer
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Why doesn't everyone just run Linux?
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Linux rocks; if you have a netbook, a GPS, a portable media player or any of a number of gadgets chances are it's running Linux under the hood. That's because Linux is reliable, it's versatile, it's robust and it has no licensing fees. So why isn't it mainstream in the desktop world? Here's why.
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The Works With U 1000
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The Works With U 1000 identifies businesses and organizations across the globe that have made the move to Ubuntu on servers, desktops and/or mobile devices.
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Red Hat customers unswayed by Novell's pitch to switch
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Novell Inc.'s latest pitch to lure Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) customers to migrate to Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise appears to be a tough sell.
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Linux Game "System of Tomorrow" Ships in Two Weeks
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Last month I wrote about the EVO Linux-based gaming console. The term "gaming console" seemed a bit misleading to me at the time -- it is ultimately where parent company Envizions Computer Entertainment would like the EVO to be -- but it is an early adopter system in the truest sense of the phrase.
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The Green Penguin – Where Does Your E-Waste Go?
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The article discusses E-Stewards, a new certification program for e-waste recyclers that aims to prevent dumping in landfills and developing countries.
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Exciting Features For Ubuntu 9.04
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If all goes according to plan, the first alpha release for Ubuntu 9.04 (the Jaunty Jackalope) will be released tomorrow. It's not even been one month since the release of Ubuntu 8.10, but this first alpha release will show early signs of what we can expect to see in this next Canonical-sponsored release -- albeit many of the features are still in planning
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Linus Torvalds’ old company acquired and gone
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Transmeta, once a sparkling startup that set out to beat Intel and AMD in mobile computing, announced that it will be acquired by Novafora. The company’s most famous employee, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, kept the buzz and rumor mill about the company throughout its stealth phase alive and guaranteed a flashy technology announcement in early 2000.
Read more »Ubuntu shop for the US opened
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Good news for Ubuntu users in the US of A wanting to buy something from the online shop of Ubuntu/Canonical. A US-based shop has been opened in St. Louis, Missouri enabling less expensive and faster shopping for people in the US.
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A graphical way to MySQL mastery
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MySQL GUI Tools is a suite of graphical desktop applications for working with and administering MySQL servers. The suite consists of three tools: MySQL Query Browser, MySQL Administrator, and MySQL Migration Assistant (available only on Windows). We'll look at the first two to see how well they let us manage MySQL without using the command line.
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How to stitch two photos together with Hugin
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hugin is a cross-platform open source panorama photo stitching program developed by Pablo d’Angelo and others. It is a GUI front-end for Helmut Dersch’s Panorama Tools and Andrew Mihal’s Enblend and Enfuse.
Read more »Sustainability in Uncertain Times
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Today we are posting our audited financial statements and tax form for 2007. We have also posted an FAQ. As in past years, I’ll use this event as an opportunity to review both our financial status and our overall effectiveness in moving the mission forward.
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Teeworlds - multiplayer game for Linux and Windows
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Teeworlds game resembles a bit with worms (design) but it’s more of a mini shooter game. You can play it on the internet, on LAN, and set up your own server. I like it because you can play with people using Windows, from your Linux OS computer.
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30 game scripts you can write in PHP, Part 1: Creating 10 fundamental scripts
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PHP is an easy-to-use, easy-to-learn, widely accessible programming language. It's well suited for developing simple scripts you can use to help you in all kinds of games. Whether you play simple pen-and-paper games by yourself, complex tabletop role-playing games with a group of people, or online games of any kind, this series will have something for you.
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Ubuntu at the Crossroads of System Logs and Community Feedback
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Jono Bacon, Ubuntu's community manager, has been hard at work nailing gelatin to the wall. Okay, not literally, but he's putting a lot of thought into how he can best determine the vitality, growth, needs and wants of the Ubuntu community and how they best mesh with, and give back to, the wider Linux and open source communities.
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