ot my sentiment but that of Johnathan Nightingale, the Firefox security interface designer no less who has gone on record as saying that "we didn't want to put in something that was half baked" when talking about how the privacy button might interact with websites and mashups alike.
Read more »Firefox privacy button a crash waiting to happen
http://www.daniweb.com –
Songbird 0.6 Review - The Bird Got Wings
http://vivapinkfloyd.blogspot.com –
This is a review of the latest Songbird release, 0.6. The best feature Songbird has is the integrated web browser from Mozilla, which allows tabs, the ability to enter any web address (for example you are not only limited to Wikipedia or Last.fm, you can search anywhere on the web for music), and it's completely configurable via the Tools -> Options menu.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Guide to customizing Ubuntu’s look and feel
http://linuxowns.wordpress.com –
In this guide I’m going to explain, as easy as humanly possible, how to customize the look and feel of just about anything in Ubuntu.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Open Enterprise Interview with Ryan Bagueros, North-by-South
http://www.computerworlduk.com –
Like the future, open source is already here, it's just unevenly distributed. In particular, Latin America is emerging as a real hotbed of not only free software coding, but free software uptake by governments - to an extent that puts the UK's pathetic bumblings in this area quite to shame.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Interview: Palamida on the Risks of Undocumented Source Code
http://ostatic.com –
Many companies are beginning to see the intrinsic value of open source software for the enterprise but as businesses piecemeal solutions together from a variety of options, it's easy to lose track of each app's updates and revisions -- leading to potential security issues from unknown or undocumented code.
Read more »
Mail merge in OpenOffice.org
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com –
The office where I am network administrator switched most users to OpenOffice.org (OOo) back at version 1.1, and has followed the upgrade process to the current version 2.3 (a few poor users who have to exchange documents outside the office with high fidelity are still clinging to their MS Office 97).
Read more »The Novell Danger (to Free Software) Becomes More Widely Recognised
- Login to post comments
Install Google Gadgets for Linux on Ubuntu
http://tombuntu.com –
Google has released a platform for running their widget applications (Google Desktop Gadgets and web-based Universal Gadgets) on Linux. Google Gadgets for Linux is an open source project, and includes front-ends for GNOME and KDE environments.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Vancouver Joomla!Day provides case study in community-building techniques
http://www.linux.com –
As free software projects balloon in size, many struggle to create and maintain a sense of community. One of the projects that has been most successful in its community-building efforts is the content management system Joomla!
Read more »Darwine 1.0-rc5 for OS X released
http://wine-reviews.net –
Instead of having to compile or run a script to set Wine or Darwine up fully (fonts stuff mostly), I've packaged everything into a .pkg that installs the latest version of Darwine, FontForge, FreeType, and symlinks fonts from /Library/Fonts to the proper directory for Darwine to use. Enjoy!
Read more »- Login to post comments
Microsoft and Its Open-Source Gambit
http://www.eweek.com –
Microsoft's most recent move to support for open source is its sponsoring the Open Source Census.
Read more »- Login to post comments
my (not yet) package of the day - circular application menu
http://www.screenage.de –
(Not yet a package, but still interesting enough to tell and hey: bleeding edge.) Circular Application Menu for Gnome is a Google Code hosted project providing a different access method to your Gnome menu. Actually all it does, is displaying the menu as circles:
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Software installation woes on Linux
http://www.brajeshwar.com –
While we gracefully installed our favorite Linux distro, one of the mundane problems which most users face is - installing a new software. In the beginning, software installation on a Linux distro can seem extremely intimidating while using a terminal but more often than not we can install things graphically.
Read more »3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows User
http://www.linuxhaxor.net –
One of the arguments I often hear from people who are trying to use linux for the first time is that they are not sure if they can switch back to their original choice of OS (usually windows), if they are not satisfied with their experience with linux.
Read more »
Day 2 of the Trial: The Darl - transcript of his testimony, with line #s
http://www.groklaw.net –
Let's continue with our look at the trial testimony in the SCO v. Novell litigation. This is day 2, April 30, when our star witness of the day is Darl McBride. That day, the Chris Sontag testimony had finished up, which I've shown you already, and after him, Novell called Darl to the stand. After him, there were two other witnesses but we'll look at their testimony separately.
Read more »
