Google has released the source code for its My Tracks application for Android powered devices that lets users record their GPS coordinates, visualise the routes they've taken and view live statistics
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Slackware Linux 13.1 screenshots
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If you've grown tired of all the hand-holding utilities in Ubuntu or Fedora, then look no further than Slackware.
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REVIEW: Puppy Arcade 8
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Puppy Arcade is one of the few Linux distro’s that Openbytes tries to keep following. Since version 5, Puppy Arcade has not only been a favorite with friends and colleagues, but also has a home on a few of my machines around the house that would otherwise be obsolete.
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Claiming Innovation for What’s Not
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Disinformation in the press gives Microsoft credit for ideas it merely copied; herein we rebut
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Ruby on Rails 2.3.6 released, rapidly updated to 2.3.7
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After six months of development, the Rails developers released Ruby on Rails 2.3.6, but only a day later released version 2.3.7 after some bugs were found in code back ported from Rails 3
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Phipps: WebM/VP8 "not currently open source"
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OSI Board member, Simon Phipps, says Google's VP8 codec is "not currently open source" and it is possible that the licence would not pass the OSI
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MeeGo v1.0 Core Software Platform and Netbook User Experience project release
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Today we are announcing the project release of MeeGo v1.0. This release provides developers with a stable core foundation for application development and a rich user experience for Netbooks. The MeeGo Netbook user experience is the first to appear, with the development of the MeeGo Handset user experience moving to the open in June.
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KWin Can Cause A Performance Hit Too
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Last week we published Arch Linux vs. Ubuntu benchmarks to finally lay to rest that for the overall system performance the speed of the rolling Arch Linux distribution is not too different from that of Ubuntu when running with similar package versions.
Read more »WebM Poised to Bring Open Video to the Masses
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The long struggle for open video on the Web may finally be over for Linux users. Last week, Google announced WebM at its Google I/O conference. What’s it mean for you? In the long run, a totally open media format for the Web, plus the backing of enough companies and organizations to push open media over the top online.
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Testdrive PyGTK Front-end
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TestDrive is a project that makes it very easy to download and run the latest daily Ubuntu development snapshot in a virtual machine. Actually, it can be configured to download and run any URL-access ISO in a virtual machine.
Read more »To Microsoft, Open Source means "Windows Encumbered"
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One of the most interesting things to happen in the past couple of years, is Microsoft's embrace of Open Source. This means different things to various people I've spoken with at Microsoft.
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Open APIs key in cloud computing
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Open source is no guarantee of freedom in the world of cloud computing. The central promise of open source software has always been to release users from vendor lock-in. With open source software, users were no longer beholden to a single vendor.
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Just how popular is Chrome/ium on Linux?
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Google Chrome for Linux will be one year old on Friday 4th June. To mark this relatively minor milestone I’ve decided to take a look at how Google Chrome’s growth on Linux has, well, grown in that time. I can only base my findings on my blog as a whole with some outside context provided by net statistic providers.
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Pandora's Linux Based Gaming Handheld Now Shipping - Open Source Gaming Goes Portable
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In what can only be considered a major victory for the open source gaming scene the fabled Pandora handheld is finally shipping. After almost two years of sneak peeks and disappointing setbacks the first batch of units are finally being massed produced and sent out to paying customers. The end product is the polar opposite of the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP in just about every respect.
Read more »Community Counts: Another Advantage to Linux Mint
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A few months back I listed five reasons I thought Linux Mint is a better choice than Ubuntu for a Linux distro. Today I would like to add another reason to that list.
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