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Apache OpenOffice 3.4 |
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| Apache OpenOffice 3.4, the first (stable) release of the free software office suite since its development was handed over to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF), has been released. The announcement was made earlier today. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9950 | -finid, May 10, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Build an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server |
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| This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier). read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9937 | -falko, May 8, 2012 |
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Why have 2 scrollbar types in Ubuntu 12.04? |
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While we can excuse developers for installing more than one application for the same computing task, there is no excuse for what Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is doing with the scrollbar.
For reasons that do not make sense, the scrollbar has become a distraction in the minds of the folks responsible for Ubuntu. So they came up with a new type of scrollbar called the overlay- or Ayatana scrollbar. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9906 | -finid, May 1, 2012 |
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Quest for the perfect desktop distribution |
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| There was a time when distro-hopping was fun, but for me, it has since lost its shine. Now, I just want to stick with one desktop distribution. But I do not want to stick with just any one. It has to be perfect. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9901 | -finid, May 5, 2012 |
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Gameplay 1.2, open source game development framework, released |
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| Gameplay 1.2, a cross-platform, C++ game framework designed for learning and writing mobile and desktop games, has been released. Gameplay is an open source project hosted on Github and developed by Sean Paul and Steve Grenier, both graphics and game developers at Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry® smartphone and PlayBook tablet computer. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9875 | -finid, April 26, 2012 |
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Calligra 2.4.0 released |
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| Besides a complete set of office productivity application that you will find on most office suites, Calligra also comes with two graphics applications (Krita for drawing and Karbon for vector graphics) and a project management application named Calligra Plan. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9864 | -finid, April 16, 2012 |
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Does disk encryption really protect your data? |
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| Disk encryption is one of several physical security measures that could be used to protect data on your computer from unauthorized physical access. And it is best configured during installation, not after. But once configured, how effective is it? read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9848 | -finid, December 11, 2011 |
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Kubuntu Active 12.04 beta 2 screen shots |
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That edition is Kubuntu Active 12.04 beta 2, a version with a graphical interface called Kubuntu Active, which is designed for use on tablet computers.
Whether it will gain traction or not is another matter, but at least it is a distribution you can play with. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9845 | -finid, April 5, 2012 |
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The Coming HTML 5 Revolution in Linux |
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| I have spent the last couple of weeks working on a very ambitious C++ program. The program is a software model of a mechanical engineering system. I have never undertaken a more challenging or more rewarding computer programming project. As I spent hour after hour poring over the code, I began to realize why everyone is making such a fuss about HTML 5. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9819 | -aweber, December 13, 2011 |
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Install Apache2, PHP5, MySQL on CentOS 5.7 |
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| LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.7 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9802 | -falko, December 11, 2011 |
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Pissed Off Penguins: A Free Game Project |
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| Kris Occhipinti is currently in the middle of creating a 2D game using the Blender 3D game engine. The game, called Pissed Off Penguins, looks similar to the popular “Angry Birds” game most of you have likely heard about. I wanted to outline this open-source project and expose some of the unique techniques Kris is using to both fund this project and create the game itself. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9779 | -aweber, December 11, 2011 |
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Jitsi 1.0 released |
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| Jitsi offers several advanced communication features, including secure video calls using ZRTP, conferencing, chat, file transfer, and cross-platform remote desktop sharing. It is available under the LGPL license. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9777 | -finid, April 12, 2012 |
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Create an app for MintChip and win 10 oz of GOLD or a Gold Wafer |
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| Think of MintChip as Bitcoin, but backed by a country. Bitcoin is cross-platform, with applications available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. The Royal Canadian Mint wants to do the same for MintChip. To spur the effort, they are sponsoring a MintChip Challenge, a competition for developers. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9750 | -finid, April 13, 2012 |
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The Debate OS Project |
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| Today I ran across another open-source Kickstarter project that I thought was worth sharing. The project, called Debate OS, is an Ubuntu spin focused on providing a debate environment for high school and college students. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9732 | -aweber, December 15, 2011 |
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Update on Apache OpenOffice |
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Oracle’s history of not caring too much about Free Software led several contributors to fork OpenOffice.org. And that is a very brief account of how LibreOffice came to be. Not knowing what to do with OpenOffice.org after most of the contributors left to join The Document Foundation, which oversees the development of LibreOffice, Oracle donated OpenOffice.org to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) on June 1 2011.
Since then, the ASF has been working behind the scenes to take over complete control of the project’s development. It has since been renamed to Apache OpenOffice. So what exactly has the ASF being doing? The following graphic, published in a blog post here, provides a clue. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9715 | -finid, March 17, 2012 |
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Pear OS Linux Panther 3 screenshot preview |
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Pear OS is a new Linux desktop distribution based on Ubuntu. Development started in early August 2011, and Pear OS 1.0, the first version marked “stable,” was released on August 15 2011. The newest release is Pear OS Linux Panther 3.
I tend not to pay too much attention to Ubuntu-based distributions especially when there is no feature or features that truly distinguishes them from their parent distribution, but Pear OS appears to be different. In fact, it looks to be better than any other Ubuntu-based distribution. Perhaps even better than Ubuntu itself. read more... |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9686 | -finid, December 16, 2011 |
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Pear Linux Comice OS 4 Netbook screen shot preview |
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| Pear Linux is a relatively new community project that publishes several versions of Linux desktop distributions. While I am still working on a review of the standard and netbook editions, here are a few screen shots from a test installation of the NETBOOK edition. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9676 | -finid, March 27, 2012 |
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Tutorial: Replace Windows with Pinguy OS 11.10 |
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| This tutorial shows how you can set up a Pinguy OS 11.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9673 | -falko, December 14, 2011 |
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Linpus Lite Desktop 1.7 screen shot preview |
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| Linpus Lite Desktop 1.7 is the latest stable release of Linpus Lite Desktop. The previous version, Linpus Lite Desktop 1.6, was reviewed at Linpus Lite Desktop 1.6 review. While I am still working on publishing a review of the latest version, here are a few screen shots for your viewing pleasure. read more... |
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| | permapage | score:9653 | -finid, March 19, 2012 |
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Linux dominates Windows |
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Linux dominates Windows -- and everything else -- on supercomputers in 2010. Microsoft's renowned engineering quality and down-to-earth pricing shows brilliantly in its capturing 1% of the top 500 supercomputer projects. Perhaps next year, utilizing all the organizational pressure they can bring to bear, they can retain 0.8%.
Formal Unix, now long dead*, controls 4.4%. Meanwhile, Linux is now installed on 91% of the remaining 95% of top systems. Add in the single BSD system and you have Unix-like systems (Unix+Linux+BSD) accounting for 95.6% of the top supercomputer projects. The remaining 3.4% of are 'mixed' systems and may also contain significant percentages of Unix and Linux.
There are many reasons for Linux' success. Among the top factors are surely these four, in no particular order:- Price (starting at free)
- Quality (excellent code, Unix-based design)
- Hardware Support (most all modern quality gear is supported)
- Open Source (open to tinkering -- and redistributable)
Check my math on the top 500 systems here.
*Of course, counting functional Unix systems while ignoring the trademarked term, Unix is clearly not dead since Linux is one of the truest of the true Unix work-alike systems. Linux is, of course, the reason formal Unix has suffered such a precipitous decline. Many Unix users just switched flavors -- and Linux was a most appealing flavor. |
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| | mail this link | permapage | score:9628 | -Ray, June 2, 2010 |
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