The next generation of KDE, the popular Linux desktop environment, has arrived. KDE 4.0 features a completely re-written core with new multimedia libraries, better hardware abstraction and desktop eye candy that puts Windows Vista to shame.
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We’re not thieves. We just can’t read contracts (McAfee and Open Source)
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I have borrowed a headline from an earlier posting by Shane Schick to discuss something I saw this week. McAfee filed a report last month with the Securities and Exchange Commission that made a few statements about risks associated with their use of some Open Source software. These statements received quite a bit of media attention.
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KDE 4.0.0: Sweet Follows Sour
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KDE 4.0.0 has been released on January 11th, after a number of delays; the months preceding the release, the KDE developers tried very hard to downplay expectations. KDE 4.0.0 was just the first release in the KDE 4 series, and such, should not be seen as the best possible representation of the KDE 4.0.0 vision. So, when I installed KDE 4.0.0 on my Ubuntu Gutsy installation last Friday, I knew what to expect: KDE 4 Developer Release 1 (yes, I am a BeOS guy - how did you know?). Read on for a few quick first impressions.
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SplashTop Running On Prototype ASUS Notebook
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DeviceVM's SplashTop, a product we had named as one of the greatest Linux innovations in 2007, is sharing a booth this week at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) with ASUS. At their booth we were allowed to check out a SplashTop demo running on an ASUS notebook!
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Ubuntu Mockup Hardy Heron
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A Hardy Heron mockup... looks pretty cool... looking forward to it!!
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Automating Firefox with iMacros
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Do you have some mundane task that you have to do regularly through a Web browser? Are you a developer who wants to automatically test the interface of your latest Web application? Maybe you want to log into all of the sites you visit on a daily basis with one click. If you fall into any of these categories, you should check out the iMacros Firefox extension.
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Apple's Confusing Stance on Open Source and Linux
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Why are we still having this question surface? Apple already zapped the valid question in response. So why in the world would someone want to support a product(s) designed by a company that disapproves of Linux usage this much?
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OLPC on BBC News
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I watched a 20 minute documentary this afternoon on BBC News 24 about the One Laptop per Child program in Africa.
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Vista advertising: Not selling Microsoft's value
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I’m in the middle of watching what apparently others had inflicted on them during the Superbowl (I’m a soccer guy - I watch real football): Microsoft’s Clearification campaign for Windows Vista (link courtesy of OS Weekly.)
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Forwarding GNOME via SSH
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Connect to your Linux computer remotely without needing to take the less secure VNC route yet, still having a GUI to work with. This quick and painless tutorial will show how to forward your GNOME session from your Linux box to another computer, via SSH and X11 Forwarding.
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Howto Mount NTFS VMware Virtual Disk Image (vmdk) read/write
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If you want to Mount NTFS VMware Virtual Disk Image (vmdk) read/write follow this procedure.Vmware server comes with a little utility to mount the VMware virtual file systems called vmware-mount.pl. This utility works pretty well but mounts all NTFS partitions as Read Only!
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What Led to the OLPC-Intel Split?
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The project repeatedly hit snags. Unforeseen production costs nearly doubled the projected price of $100 per machine, hindering poor nations from purchasing it. A Nigerian-owned, Massachusetts-based firm, Lagos Analysis, is suing the foundation for copyright infringement of its laptop keyboard design.
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A Switch Even a Penguin Can Love
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Carla Schroder
I must confess to harboring a bit of a superior attitude toward my colleagues who think they need pricey Cisco and other snooty brand-name networking gear for every little thing. Linux and inexpensive x86 hardware handle all but the most demanding networking tasks capably and inexpensively. I like having complete control and customizability, and not having to pay per-user taxes.
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As if I knew it
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People around the world are cheering up and joy-dancing about the release of KDE4. The Indian EFYtimes for instance said something like:
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One Laptop Per Child Project Extends to American Students
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OLPC America plans to combat digital divide by distributing low-cost laptops to needy students in the U.S.
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