It is not the most profitable of those in its class, neither is it the oldest nor the classiest. However, it is the most popular and that popularity is set to increase come this April with the release of the LTS edition of Ubuntu Linux.
Read more »5 reasons why Ubuntu Lucid Lynx may be a game changing release
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Malaysia's government touts 95 percent OSS adoption
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Some 95 percent of Malaysia's government agencies have adopted open source software (OSS), but the remaining 5 percent have not warmed to the concept--and is unlikely to anytime soon, according to a government official.
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Could open source abandon the Google train?
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As arguably the world's largest open-source company, Google has a big stake in maintaining its place at the heart of the open-source ecosystem. Recent events, however, suggest that Google can't rest on its laurels if it wants to secure the hearts and minds of open-source developers.
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Waiting for the open source impact
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Waiting for open source to give Microsoft a much-needed kick up the jacksie has seemed like waiting for Godot. We wait, we wait and we are still waiting.
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KDE Software Compilation 4.3.5
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KDE Software Compilation version 4.3.5 is released. This latest KDE (Linux Desktop environment) Software Compilation is a package of 15 packages with applications. This version is mainly a maintenance release.
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Android angling toward multi-touch
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Cypress Semiconductor announced a touchscreen device driver for Android and Linux that supports Cypress' TrueTouch touchscreen controllers, complete with "all-points" multi-touch signaling support. Meanwhile, "Cyanogen" has hacked a multi-touch interface for Google's Nexus One phone, and Google is upgrading the Android-based phone's spotty 3G support, says eWEEK.
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New Qt Training Courses, KD Tools 2.2 Released, Steven Kelly Interviewe
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LinuxPR KDAB, the Qt Experts have issued a new release of the Qt Addon collection KD Tools. This release goes along with a significant extension of KDAB's training course offering, now including in-depth trainings and more advanced topics.
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Emacs Muse 3.20 released
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"Emacs Muse 3.20 is now available. Emacs Muse is an authoring and publishing environment for Emacs. It simplifies the process of writing documents and publishing them to various output formats. One of the principal aims in the development of Muse is to make it very easy to produce good-looking, standards-compliant documents..."
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How to Clone Drives and Partitions with Clonezilla
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Some hard drive cloning programs support a wide variety of filesystems. Some can create image files and store only the sectors that are actually in use. Some can clone over a network, and a few can multicast a drive or image file to multiple targets simultaneously. Clonezilla can do all of the above, with the added benefit of being free.
Read more »I'm in a good open-source software place
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I ran my first Linux live CD in January 2007. I've been using free, open-source operating systems on my personal machines for much of my work for the past two years, more intensively in the last year.
Read more »Opengear Scores $1 Million Open Source Deal
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Chalk up another win for open source. Opengear, which makes an open source server console, has won a $1 million business deal. Plus, Linode (a virtual private server specialist) is embracing Opengear. Here are quick details.
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What's new in Office 2010?
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In this session, we will introduce you to the new functionalities of Office 2010 and what functionalities makes working with SharePoint 2010 in combination with Office 2010 a blast. This demo-filled session shows the new Office 2010 upload center, integration with SharePoint 2010, offline use of SharePoint 2010 and more.
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Mitigate the Security Risks of PHP System Command Execution
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Hopefully, you understand how important it is to thoroughly validate all user input accepted through a web form; after all, if you neglect this task, your data could be stolen or damaged via a SQL injection attack, or your users could be spoofed via a cross-site scripting attack.
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Apple’s iPad vs Notion Ink’s Adam tablet with Ubuntu: battle of two worlds
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We can safely say that the Apple iPad is received with mixed feelings by the IT-savvy community. The main problem is that the tablet is just not as revolutionary as many expected it would be. It keeps many of the limitations of the iPhone (no multitasking, tightly controlled app-store) and doesn’t provide impressive new features which could keep the balance.
Read more »New ATI Video Driver (10.1) for Linux Supports Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
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Last evening, January 27th, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) announced a brand-new version of its versatile ATI Catalyst proprietary Display Driver for Linux users. ATI Catalyst 10.1 updates the software to version 8.69 and it introduces production support for the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system from Canonical.
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