With the introduction of Ubuntuzilla repository, it has become even more easier installing latest Firefox updates in Ubuntu. No more command line burn outs, just use the Synaptic instead.
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Start and Control konsole with DBUS
Some time back I wrote about creating a number of konsoles automatically using dcop. Although we were at the time well into the KDE4 era I had not yet upgraded since there were still things that weren't quite working with KDE4, most of these have now been fixed so I've upgraded some of my systems to KDE4, which means it's time to update the original code to now use dbus.
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Library (of Congress) Explores Ways to Release Open Source Software
In the spirit of transparency and community, the Library of Congress has established an internal process to create open source software.
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Calculating the Microsoft Patent Tax at Novell
Brian Proffitt, former Managing Editor of LinuxToday, looks at the amounts of money Novell extracts from SUSE users for Microsoft and Novell to share
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Resolving the /etc/hosts localhost Issue in Apache
This week I once again ran into a problem I've encountered before: issues caused by the default values in /etc/hosts used in several Linux distributions, including older versions of Debian and Ubuntu.
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F-Spot: An Able-Bodied All-in-One Image Machine
No image editing and organizing application is perfect, but F-Spot can be a solid choice to manage your photo collection.
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Microsoft’s Lawsuit Against Google and What It Teaches Us About Mono
Google Books settlement and how it relates to Microsoft, its dirty tricks, and the gradual pollution of GNU/Linux code pool by Novell and others
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Two thousand open source applications for the public sector
The European Union's Open Source Observatory and Repository (OSOR.eu) as of today is offering public administrations access to more than two thousand free and open source applications.
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Red Hat's CEO expects a rosy future
When Jim Whitehurst was named CEO of Red Hat, some Wall Street analysts had doubts because of his lack of experience running a software company. Those doubts have been erased.
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Linux, Windows or both? Doesn't matter to virtual desktop vendor, Ulteo
Ulteo is poised to offer commercial support for its free virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) software, which the open-source startup says will cost companies a fraction of established offerings from Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and VMware Inc., while offering, in some cases, more choice in platforms.
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Fedora vs. Ubuntu: Is Either Better?
Fedora or Ubuntu? That is a question that Linux users are asking with increasing frequency.
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Relationships Map
A mindmap connecting entities that we regularly cover here and how they are connected
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Free PR2 Robots Offered to Open Source Robotics Researchers
Robot Reviews: "10 lucky research organizations will stand to benefit from Willow Garage's PR2 Beta Program, under which they will each be granted free use of one PR2 robot and earn the privilege to participate in the advancement of open source robotics development."
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LCA: Cooperative management of package copyright and licensing data
Kate Stewart is the manager of the PowerPC team at Freescale. As such, she has a basic customer service problem to solve: people who buy a board from Freescale would like to have some sort of operating system to run on it. That system, of course, will be Linux; satisfying this requirement means that Freescale must operate as a sort of Linux distributor.
Read more »Kernel Log: Open source drivers for new Radeon graphics chips
The X.org and kernel developers are working on drivers to support the DirectX 11 graphics cards in AMD's Radeon HD 5000 series. The kernel developers have released numerous new stable kernels and are discussing the integration of utrace in great detail.
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