Historically, installing Flash Player, and therefore getting access to much of the internet’s video content, on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions has been a right pain.
Read more »Free Flash community reacts to Adobe Open Screen Project
From the presentation, you might imagine that Adobe's announcement of the Open Screen Project was major news. According to the news release, the project's goal is "to enable a consistent runtime environment" by relaxing some restrictions on the Flash format and releasing some specifications.
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What is Linux?
Linux is an Open-Source Operating System (OS). It was first created by Finnish grad student Linus Torvalds in 1991.
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The 'Right' Linux
Any talk of Linux brings with it talk of what it will take to get Linux on the desktop in big numbers. Much of the talk in this vein revolves around distribution X versus desktop Y, or something of that nature. The real issue, though, may not be a particular distribution or package model, but the mind-set of the creators.
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First Issue of The Nixed Report Now Available!
The first issue (2nd volume) of THE *NIXED REPORT is now available at the introductory price of $1.95 USD. This issue contains the following:
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How To Add Users To Linux OS From A Text file
This tutorial is about a bash script to add, delete and verify the users either from a text file; it can also add, delete and modify the users manually.
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Big Money and Open Source May Not Compute
UPDATED: Open source has the adherents and the contributors, but what about the income? Patience, say the developers.
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Sandy Gupta Shows Up - Working at Microsoft - Updated
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A Guide to Cryptography in PHP
This comprehensive guide discusses where to get, how to install, and how to use the various cryptography packages available to enhance the security of your PHP applications.
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The Grand Unification Theory
In Open Source, nobody owns anybody. If you can't find what you need, if you don't agree with somebody, you make your own. There is nothing or nobody stopping you as long as you are willing to comply with the license.
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3D with Open Source Drivers - ATI is coming on strong
Seems like ATI/AMD did the absolute right thing with opening up their drivers and/or hardware specs, following the good example of Intel. The good news of the day are:
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Upgrading to Mythdora 5.0
Today I decided to upgrade my Mythdora to the latest verison, 5.0. I downloaded the CD media and booted into the install. I had to do a text install to be able to watch it on my TV. Then I just needed to yum install the kmod-nvidia drivers.
Read more »Outsider to lobby for OLPC Down Under
It's quite characteristic of the cultural cringe that prevails in Australia that a man who works in America, Barry Vercoe, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is coming to the country next week to lobby for the local branch of the One Laptop Per Child project.
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Google launches security group for open source
Google is spearheading a volunteer workforce it hopes will become the centralized authority for responding to security issues in open source software.
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Coming along strong: first look at openSUSE 11 beta 2
We like to keep a close eye on Linux desktop distribution alphas and betas so we can give you the goods and show you what is coming long before the official release. When the openSUSE community announced the availability of openSUSE 11 beta 2 this weekend, we knew that we had to give it a spin.
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