They call it the Zii EGG handheld, the first device running on the Plaszma open source platform (built on top of Linux) and utilizing the ZMS-05 chip. Apart from the amazing Zii stuff, it also comes with an accelerometer, WiFi, GPS, BlueTooth, 32GB internal storage, and an SD expansion slot. This being Creative, it also comes with Creative's X-Fi audio processing chip. Pretty darn impressive.
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Does openSUSE need a default desktop?
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The most popular feature in openFATE (at least of this writing) is a proposal from KDE e.V. member Frank Karlitschek to make KDE the “default” in openSUSE. Michael Loeffler has also blogged about this and put it on the opensuse-project mailing list.
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Intel Linux Graphics On Ubuntu Still Flaky
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This new development release of Ubuntu carries the latest kernel, Mesa, and Intel driver packages as we see how the graphics performance is with an Intel 945 and G43 chipsets.
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Three Questions for the Open Source Channel Alliance
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It has been roughly four months since Red Hat, Synnex, Alfresco, EnterpriseDB and other open source companies unveiled the Open Source Channel Alliance. The effort aims to promote open source applications and Linux to IT consultants, integrators and resellers. Here are the top three questions I plan to pose to the alliance on Aug. 3.
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Debian adopts time-based releases -- somebody check the temperature in hell
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You may have seen that the Debian project (my particular GNU/Linux distribution of choice) has decided to schedule fixed time-based releases in future. This has come as a surprise to many - including possibly some Debian developers - largely because of Debian's long-standing "we ship when it's ready" policy. So what caused this change of heart and is it a good idea.
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Sony Pictures Imageworks Launches Open Source Program
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Sony Pictures Imageworks, the award-winning visual effects and digital character animation unit of Sony Pictures Digital Productions, is launching an open source development program, it was announced today by Imageworks' chief technology officer, Rob Bredow.
Read more »Linux Chrome Builds Get Plug-In Support
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If a lack of third-party plug-in support (i.e. Flash) kept you from trying out Chrome on your Linux system, then avoid no longer. The "early developer version" now supports many plug-ins, and they seem to work pretty well.
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Mac OS X bandwidth monitoring with Surplus Meter
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In any operating system, it is possible for an internet user to monitor the bandwidth usage. This is useful to keep track of internet usage in case you have a maximum bandwidth cap or download limit.
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FireFTP: No mindshare for Ubuntu?
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The fact that FireFTP only currently links (easily) to the FireFTP version designed for Firefox 3.5 leads me to believe that they don't really have Ubuntu in mind in the same way they do Windows and Mac OS X users.
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Mozilla Sunbird Finally Approaches 1.0
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After about five years of development, the Mozilla Sunbird 1.0 is nearly ready to fly out the door. The 1.0 beta made its way to the servers this week, and Mozilla’s calendaring app is almost gold.
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Gnome 2.27.5 released
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The Gnome team has released an update of the Gnome Desktop Environment, version 2.27.5. The highlights of this new release are Brasero 2.27.5, fixed memleaks, lot's of bug fixes, added documentation to libbrasero-burn and lots of Translation updates.
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Firefox to reach 1 billion downloads today
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Mozilla's popular Firefox web browser is quickly approaching one billion downloads for all versions since it was officially launched. According to the Firefox Download Guesstimator, the total number of downloads should reach one billion between 13:30 and 15:00 GMT today.
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Dear Judge Gross - A Letter from SCO
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SCO has sent a letter to Judge Gross, in which it agrees to an auction and the appointment of someone to oversee the auction...
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Security FUD Against GNU/Linux
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Twitter, Linux, Red Hat, Microsoft "honored" with Pwnie Awards
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Think of the annual Pwnie Awards delivered at the Black Hat conference as a geek version of the Oscars – if they were combined with the tongue-in-cheek Razzies that celebrate the worst of Hollywood.
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