Adobe has announced today the public availability of an Adobe AIR alpha release for Linux. Although the alpha is not feature-complete, it is already capable of running some mainstream AIR applications and is robust enough to facilitate AIR development on the Linux platform.
Read more »
Adobe Joins Linux Foundation But Forgets About Flash for Linux
http://blog.internetnews.com –
Adobe is joining the Linux Foundation as part of an effort to show its commitment to Linux. Adobe is also now making its AIR platform available for Linux -- as an Alpha. Finally there is also an update to the alpha version of Adobe Flex Builder 3 for Linux.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Shareware Report: GNU money versus old
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com –
Your moolah mired in Microsoft Money? Are you ready to quit Quicken? We've stumbled across GnuCash, personal and small-business financial-accounting software that's not only free but available on multiple platforms because of its GNU/Open Source pedigree.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Hackers "open source" Vista
http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz –
Microsoft reacted swiftly this morning to close down a site distributing the complete source code of its flagship Vista operating system -- but not before dozens of other sites had mirrored the code.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Formal Protest Filed Asking that Norway's Vote Be Annulled & KEI Statement
http://www.groklaw.net –
The uproar over OOXML just won't quit. There has now been a formal protest filed, stating that due to irregularities, Norway's Yes vote should be changed to No and informing ISO that there has been a request for an investigation by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry:
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Microsoft's Great Besmirching
http://www.linuxjournal.com –
I have been covering Microsoft for over 25 years - I've even written a few books about Windows. During that time, I've developed a certain respect for a company that just doesn't give up, and whose ability to spin surpasses even that of politicians.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Laptop Training Begins in Peru
http://www.technologyreview.com –
This week, teachers from remote rural villages in Peru are gathering in several regional cities to learn how to do their jobs via One Laptop per Child (OLPC) machines distributed to their pupils.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Splashtop “Instant On” motherboard
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com –
So I have had on my desk for about week now a sweet little ASUS laptop containing one of the new Splashtop motherboards. Don’t know what Splashtop is? Well Splashtop is a motherboard that contains, in the onboard memory, a special version of Linux (based on Small Linux - formerly tinyX) that runs right after the bios.
Read more »- Login to post comments
AbiWord v2.6.0 Released
http://abisource.com –
AbiWord 2.6 is a multi-platform word processor that combines state-of-the-art usability, powerful features, and excellent interoperability. Furthermore, it features a powerful framework for supporting custom extensions. AbiWord 2.6 is the most stable and capable AbiWord release ever. In addition to fixing hundreds of bugs reported by our users, it contains several exciting new features.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Twitux - a GNOME Twitter client
http://fosswire.com –
Microblogging service Twitter is ever popular, and is a great way for keeping in contact with your friends in real time and seeing what they are up to.
Read more »- Login to post comments
If you have to ask, you shouldn’t try it
http://kmandla.wordpress.com –
This is that time of year (or twice a year, I guess I should say), when a lot of eager, well-meaning but somewhat out-of-their-league Ubuntu users get crazy and start installing the beta of the next release.
Read more »
- Login to post comments
Sarkozy intervenes in France to revert the OOXML position
http://www.noooxml.org –
"Confidential sources say that President Sarkozy has intervened himself in the French position on Microsoft OOXML, asking members of the committee to revert their position, and support an abstention. Our sources say he was approached by a lobbyist during his 3-days trip in England.
Read more »
Internet Explorer: A Browser Breaks
http://www.microsoft-watch.com –
"IE is vulnerable to aggressive competition right now and likely still will be through early 2009. Only Mozilla's unwillingness to act—to make Firefox deployments easier—would prevent the browser from making even greater enterprise gains against Internet Explorer..."
Read more »- Login to post comments
Firefly extension turns Firefox into a file browser
http://www.linux.com –
Nowadays, Web browsers can act as front ends to many other kinds of applications. For instance, if you want to browse and open the files on your hard drive from within Firefox, turn to the Firefly extension.
Read more »- Login to post comments
Using your Linux box for volunteer computing
http://www.linux.com –
You can do your part to help tackle such global issues as disease control and climate prediction simply by volunteering your computer's resources to solve complex computational problems.
Read more »- Login to post comments
