MeeGo, the mobile Linux operating system that came about when Intel and Nokia joined forces to marry Moblin and Maemo, will be using Btrfs as its default file-system.
Read more »A parallel of principles
...If you are a FLOSS enthusiast, are you ready to start supporting closed source systems if research shows that the closed development method in fact produces better software? For example, security expert Steve Gibson recently argued persuasively on his podcast that there is no real difference in security between the closed and open source software development methodologies...
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Top 10 MySQL GUI Tools
Many third parties create rich applications to facilitate database management, database development and database administration. Here are ten outstanding graphical interfaces for MySQL.
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HTC files patent complaint against Apple, asks for ban on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
The Taiwanese phone manufacturer just filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, asking for importation and sales of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod be halted due to alleged infringement of five patents.
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Pentaho: Open Source BI Sales Soar
Pentaho, the open source business intelligence company, generated record results in 1Q 2010, according to VP of Marketing Joe McGonnell. Pentaho attributes much of its performance to a growing channel partner program.
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GNU inetutils 1.8 released
The GNU inetutils team is proud to present version 1.8 of the GNU network utilities suite. The GNU network utilities suite provides the following tools: ftp(d), hostname, ifconfig, inetd, logger, ping, rcp, rexec(d), rlogin(d), rsh(d), syslogd, talk(d), telnet(d), tftp(d), traceroute, uucpd, and whois.
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Interesting things to do with Audio Visualizations in compiz
I recently got visualizations back on my Linux system by way of XMMS. I cannot resist sharing a few screen shots.
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Former OpenSUSE Community Manager (Novell Employee) Hopes Mandriva Doesn’t Find a Buyer
Mandriva is up for sale; Brockmeier seemingly hopes that Mandriva won't find a buyer
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It's a Windows vs. Linux Mobile Market Turf War
The latest smartphone sales figures from NPD Group show Google's Linux-based Android OS blowing the iPhone and Windows Mobile clean out of the water.
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How to Become Linus Torvalds
What is Linus Torvald's secret to managing the Linux development community? And is it a secret that can be applied elsewhere? Glyn Moody looks at how to become Linus Torvalds
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Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox
Only two countries in the world have software patents which make it impossible to freely use video codecs such as AVC (H.264). [The Wild Fox project] aims to release Firefox builds with the features previously excluded due to software patents. This software will be available to those in non-software patent encumbered countries.
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Microsoft is Against Open Access, Pro DRM
Microsoft makes the contents of the British Library (shown above) hostage of DRM, limits distribution of material that can be distributed infinitely for the betterment of all society
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I lightened up my Ubuntu Lucid desktop appearance
Ubuntu was famous for being brown, even though it was probably half-orange for most of its storied existence. Mark Shuttleworth and Co. mostly blew that notion out of the water in Lucid Lynx (10.04 LTS), which is purplish and dark.
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JRuby boosted to 1.5.0
After nearly five months of development, JRuby 1.5.0 has arrived with improved performance, a native launcher for Unix like platforms and Ant support
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My First Linux Distribution
I was starting to build a internet cafe. Thinking about how to make a internet cafe with low budget. Operating system with licence is too expensive. So i googling internet. And i found a sistem operation called "pclinux3d" i think this is a linux operating system.
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