"Git‘s great! But it’s difficult to learn (it was for me, anyway) — especially the index, which unlike the power-user features, comes up in day-to-day operation. Here’s my path to enlightment, and how I ended up using the index in my particular workflow. There are other workflows, but this one is mine. What this isn’t: a Git tutorial..."

While the 'Big Press' speaks of Microsoft opening up and supporting standards the reality is rather different.

The essence of Plasma revolves around two basic concepts: Plasmoids and Containments. Plasmoids are Applets, small applications that live on the desktop. Containments are applets as well, they act as container for Plasmoids. That's it. Really. On a default desktop, there are two main elements: the Panel and the desktop itself. Both are containments in the Plasma sense.

Late last month, Ubuntu 8.04 arrived on the scene, right on time, right on its six-month refresh cycle and readily available via a simple ISO image file download. While that may have been big news for the Linux community, the question remains, what if any impact will this latest release have on mainstream computer users?

Via Technologies released the hardware design for a low-cost laptop with WiMax support under an open-source license in an effort to make customisation easier and shorten design cycles for system makers. The CAD (computer-assisted design) files for the OpenBook reference design can be downloaded for free and made available to anyone under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license.

"2008-05-27 Workshop on [free software] of the Economic Community of Southern and Eastern Africa COMESA began yesterday in Tripoli.. During the workshop, specialized professors will deliver lectures on the history and future of [free software], utilizing software in education and trade and its advantages."

Advocates are concerned SaaS providers will transform but not contribute their innovations back to the community.

AirRivals is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) with the characteristics of both Third-person shooters and flight simulators, developed by MasangSoft and owned by Yedang.

This post is a how-to, with screenshots, perfermance tweaks and links to the download and support.