Free and Open Source Video Editors for Linux: I've shared with you a list of free and open source video editing software before, and noticed that there are other excellent video editors for Linux that I failed to mention. So today, I would like to feature some more video editing software...
Read more »Debate Rages on Regarding the Open Invention Network (OIN)
Groklaw defends IBM and OIN very stubbornly (as well other initiatives that help legitimise software patents rather than immediately eradicate them), but Florian Müller from Germany disagrees with this approach
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Ubuntu fights iPad fever with netbook shot
Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is bullish on PCs exposing millions of consumers to Linux – despite the industry succumbing to Jobsian tablet fever. Shuttleworth reckons that Ubuntu is approaching a tipping point among the ordinary PC-buying public, with the distro shipping on a record (for Ubuntu) five million machines this year.
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Almost Every Installation of GNU/Linux is a Download of OpenOffice.org
A quick analysis of office suites market share, a word about Microsoft's semi-exclusion of GNU/Linux from Office, and a criticism/assessment of lack of value in the next release
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Free software in Africa: Striding ahead
The Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa (FOSSFA) recently elected a new executive which will sit for two years until the Idlelo 5 conference in 2012. Tectonic spoke to the newly elected officials about the successes of the past, new challenges and hopes for the future.
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Ylmf OS - Ubuntu-based Linux distro identical in look and feel to Windows XP
An Ubuntu-based Linux distro identical in look and feel to Microsoft's Windows XP's been updated.
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OpenOffice.org Resource Files
Most users interact with OpenOffice.org on the desktop. But what if you need to do a selective restore on the files that store custom gradients or colors? Troubleshoot why an extension won't install? Share resources with other users? For these kinds of tasks, you need to know a bit about where OpenOffice.org stores its files, and what you can do with them.
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Installing Nginx With PHP 5.3 And PHP-FPM On Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04)
In this post I will explain how to install Nginx with PHP 5.3.2 and PHP-FPM on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx (10.04-amd64). The Lucid release is a Long-Term Support (LTS), meaning that it will be supported for three years on the desktop and for five years with the server version.
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Trojaned App Demonstrates Need for Better Practices, Not More FUD
You've likely heard this one already, but here it is again: over the weekend, the UnrealIRCd team discovered the "Unreal3.2.8.1.tar.gz file on our mirrors has been replaced quite a while ago with a version with a backdoor (trojan) in it." Yeek.
Read more »A Week With Google Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Google’s new Android treat has been named “Froyo” after frozen yogurt, and it’s nearly every bit as sweet as it sounds. I’ve been running a leaked Android 2.2 ROM on my Droid for a week now. Here are my first impressions.
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OpenCL 1.1 features backward compatibility, enhanced performance
The Khronos Group announced version 1.1 of OpenCL, the multiprocessor programming standard. OpenCL 1.1 features a variety of enhancements, the one that really caught my eye was Improved OpenGL interoperability through efficient sharing of images and buffers by linking OpenCL event objects to OpenGL fence sync object. That'll come in handy.
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Ubuntu Developer Summit: Maverick Meerkat highlights…
UDS is always held in a different location, and usually switched between Europe and the USA each time. The latest one was held in La Hulpe (near Brussels), Belgium, to plan the next Ubuntu release Maverick Meerkat. Ubuntu's Dave Walker takes us through the event…
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Apple iPad: Helping or Hurting Ubuntu Mobile Internet Devices?
At first glance, it will be difficult for Canonical and Ubuntu to compete with Apple's dominant iPad in the tablet market. But now that I've had some time to really think about the situation, I think the iPad will help to re-ignite Ubuntu's Mobile Internet Device (MID) effort against Microsoft Windows. Here's why.
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Xen 4.0.1-rc2 … source & kernels packaged for Ubuntu
The whole procedure can be run by simple:
wget http://virtualusr.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/mk-xen40x9.doc
catdoc mk-xen40x9.doc > mk-xen40x.sh
sh mk-xen40x.sh
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Ubuntu-based Windows XP looker freshens up
An Ubuntu-based Linux distro identical in look and feel to Microsoft's Windows XP's been updated.
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