The developers of digiKam and the Kipi project came together in Essen, Germany on November 13-15 for the second coding sprint for KDE photography applications. With digiKam preparing for the 1.0 release shortly before Christmas, plans were discussed and work began already in feature branches for the following release.
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Purchase music from Amazon on your Linux machine
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For most lovers of music on the go, the default seems to be the combination of iTunes and iP* (where * is either hone or od). This is great for Apple and Windows users. But where do Linux users get their new music?
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Review: Kahel OS
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To start off, Kahel OS is based on Arch Linux. Therefore, Kahel OS embodies most of the ideals that Arch Linux has. On top of that, Kahel OS does simplify the installation process that may stumble new Linux users.
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Alien Arena 2009 - Dark, morbid and a whole lot of fun
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Alien Arena is a retro-futuristic, high-tech First Person Shooter, based on the CRX engine, a modification of the extremely successful Quake engine. It's a free, standalone deathmatch game, available for Windows, Linux and FreeBSD.
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Chromium OS - Digging deeper into the open source Chrome OS
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With the arrival of the first code of Chrome OS, also known as Chromium OS in its open source form, the H takes a deeper look at the browser-centric operating system. When Google announced Chrome OS, many people assumed Google was launching an assault on the desktop - going after Microsoft Windows and were just not saying that was what they were doing.
Read more »WinFF – GUI for the command line video converter FFMPEG
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WinFF is a GUI for the command line video converter, FFMPEG. It will convert most any video file that FFmpeg will convert. WinFF does multiple files in multiple formats at one time. You can for example convert mpeg's, flv's, and mov's, all into avi's all at once. WinFF is available for Windows 95, 98 , ME, NT, XP, VISTA, and Debian, Ubuntu, Redhat based GNU/Linux distributions.
Read more »ODF on Linux-based Mobile Devices (KOffice and Androffice)
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Videos of Androffice running on Android, KOffice running on Maemo (both with OpenDocument support)
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Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead
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A lot of people at the moment are immensely intrigued by Google Chrome OS. I won't hide that I am one of them. Google promises a much needed shift in the way small computers work. Problems like software updates, backups, installation, maintenance, viruses, have plagued the world for too long: a shift is way overdue.
Read more »Using eBox As A Windows Primary Domain Controller
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eBox Platform is an open source small business server that allows you to manage all your services like firewall, DHCP, DNS, VPN, proxy, IDS, mail, file and printer sharing, VoIP, IM and much more. These functionalities are tightly integrated, automating most tasks, avoiding mistakes and saving time for system administrators.
Read more »Would You Accept Google's Free Netbook?
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Last week it made good on that promise with the release of the code for what is now called Chromium OS, and the first analyses have started rolling in. They're mostly tinged with a vague air of disappointment. But might Google be aiming much, much higher – and planning to turn the personal computing sector on its head by offering computers that cost nothing?
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OpenSuSE 11.2 KDE: Actually quite nice
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SuSE was at one time my distribution of choice. The main reason then was because I could buy it at a retail store and come home with several discs worth of every piece of software I needed, and I didn't need an internet connection for any of it.
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A review of GNOME Do
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GNOME Do is a fantastic little program that makes Linux Mint a very comfortable experience. At first glance, GNOME Do just looks like a collection of launchers that can be docked to your window, with a search function attached for completeness.
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Review: Google Wave so far
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I got this in my Gmail inbox the other day: "Thank you for signing up to give us early feedback on Google Wave. We're happy to give you access to Google Wave and are enlisting your help to improve the product". Since I'm all about making improvements, I clicked the link to accept my invitation to Google Wave.
Read more »Walk-through installation of OpenSuSE 11.2
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Another distribution to release recently is OpenSuSE 11.2. OpenSuSE serves as the base for Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. In some ways, it's to SuSE what Fedora is to Red Hat. But unlike Fedora, OpenSuSE doesn't live on the bleeding edge.
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Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
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Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up instead.
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