Linux has been around for almost two decades now. It has become a resounding success as a server OS (for example as the L in the famous LAMP stack), and more recently as a mobile OS (Android). But what about on the desktop?
Read more »The consistent failure of Linux to grab even 1% of the desktop OS market
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Use HootSuite to update Identi.ca with the help of Ping.fm
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We use HootSuite at the Los Angeles Daily News to manage a growing herd of social-networking accounts across Twitter and Facebook. But the one thing that HootSuite doesn't do is update Identi.ca, the free, open-source microblogging service powered by Status.Net that many FOSS advocates, including myself, use in addition to (or in some cases instead of) Twitter.
Read more »Ubootnu versus the neck beards
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Late last night saw an effective end to what I’m calling “the neck beard incursion”. It started last Saturday with a rather unfortunate post on the popular site OMGUbuntu.co.uk, and ended amicably with the author’s apology.
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Free Software Women's Group Releases Results of Study
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The Software Development Times has published an in-depth look the Free Software Foundation's (FSF) attempts at breaking down barriers for women in open source. It highlights the recently released report by the FSF's Women's Caucus, a mini-summit held last year to address issues in the FOSS community that some say prevent more females from participating.
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How to Easily Create a Custom Lightweight Desktop Environment
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Gnome and KDE are great – they give you a beautiful desktop with all the tools and utilities you need. On either system, you’ll find a solid window manager, desktop icons, a panel full of applets, the works. That’s all well and good for your average desktop PC, but what if you need something lighter, faster, or cleaner in appearance?
Read more »A look at Emacs
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It’s amazing what work can bring your way in terms of technology. For me, (GNU) Emacs Has proved to be such a thing recently. It may have been around since 1975, long before my adventures in computing ever started in fact, but I am asking myself why I never really have used it much.
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Thousands Play Starcraft 2 on Linux
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I play Starcraft 2 on Linux and apparently I'm not the only one.
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Open Invention Network (OIN) and Linux Foundation Still Legitimise Software Patents
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The companies which make up the Linux Foundation are still predominantly supporters of software patents, so they continue to create a pool of such controversial patents rather than abolish them
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Equinox GTK Theme + Faenza Icon Theme = Pure Awesomeness!
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Faenza icon theme is probably the best ever icon theme I have downloaded from third party sources. And when used along with Equinox GTK theme, this is by far one among the best themes for Ubuntu yet.
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First Trojan Hits Android Phones
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A local outbreak of a mobile trojan in Russia has shown us something new: The Android operating system might need an antivirus. The malware was detected by security firm Kaspersky, who confirmed the file is named “Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a” and is downloaded as a typical .APK Android app. The company stated this is the first known Android (Android)-specific trojan.
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Booting Linux With the New EXTLINUX
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If you've ever run a Linux LiveCD (or LiveUSB), or booted from a rescue disk, you've probably used a version of SYSLINUX, even if you didn't know it at the time. SYSLINUX, the work of H. Peter Anvin, is a bootloader for Linux which can boot from an MS-DOS FAT filesystem or create a bootable floppy (very old-school!); its close cousin ISOLINUX handles booting from CDs and similar media.
Read more »AMD Gets Back To Working On The Geode Linux Driver
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Martin-Éric Racine has just announced the release candidate of the X.Org Geode 2.11.9 driver in preparations for the X.Org 7.6 Katamari. The AMD Geode driver is not to be confused with the AMD/ATI Radeon drivers for Linux, but rather this is the driver Geode GX and Geode LX embedded SoC such as what's used by the One-Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.
Read more »Dell Streak: The Versatile Android-powered Tablet Computer
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Is Dell Streak (formerly known as the Mini 5) a tablet computer or a smartphone? We could say both...
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Ubuntu Licensing
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Ubuntu is a collection of thousands of computer programs and documents created by a range of individuals, teams and companies. Each of these programs may come under a different licence.
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Open source BI products compared
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Market research company Forrester has compared a number of open source Business Intelligence products and found some big differences
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