Yesterday we watched “Berlin am Meer” - not a world-changing, but nice movie filmed in Berlin.
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Ad danger to open source
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As we discussed on Friday, advertising aims to build myths around products, by telling stories about people.
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QGtkStyle now part of Qt
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QGtkStyle made it’s way into the Qt snapshots this week, meaning it will become part of the Qt 4.5 release. Technical users can already compile and use it on their own desktop, but once Qt 4.5 is out it will simply replace Cleanlooks as the default application style Qt uses on GNOME desktops.
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Ubuntu debuts Jaunty Jackalope
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The Ubuntu project has detailed plans for the April 2009 version of its Linux distribution, continuing its habit of naming its software after animals by dubbing Ubuntu 9.04 "The Jaunty Jackalope".
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Gutsy Geeks Computer Show
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- Discussed differences between MS Office and OpenOffice, - Interview: Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation, 40 minute interview with no commercial breaks. - Stallman recommends: fsf.org, defectivebydesign.org
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Will Ubuntu Be The First to Integrate Web Applications With the Desktop?
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Yesterday, Canonical’s founder, Mark Shuttleworth, announced the next version of Ubuntu, that is the one after Intrepid Ibex. The name: Jaunty Jackalope. There are two really interesting bits from this announcement.
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Measuring Community
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You know what, I love being a community manager. I love the challenges, I love the opportunities, and I love the diversity of application and work.
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Next Ubuntu version 9.04 gets a codename Jaunty Jackalope
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As we approach the launch of Ubuntu 8.10, it's time to create space for future plans, and so I'm writing to introduce you to The Jaunty Jackalope. Jaunty, the code name for what will most likely become Ubuntu 9.04, will be the focus of our efforts from November through to April next year.
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Why VIA's Open Source Video Driver Is Missing A Few Things
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A scenario for you: A company announces that it's going to offer open source drivers for its hardware from now on. Rejoicing ensues. Then the drivers themselves arrive, only to be missing things -- not enough to make them useless, but still frustrating. What happened?
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The Top Six Stupid Things People Have Said About Google Chrome
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I have to conclude that the best way to make an idiot of yourself in public, besides actually getting naked and setting yourself on fire, is to become a tech blogger. The world of computing technology news is 90% made-up, with everything being rumors, vaporware, over-reactions, over-corrections to over-reactions, FUD, speculation, and completely blind guessing.
Read more »Firefox suffers Chrome’s bite
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Launched last week, Google’s Chrome web browser is already making inroads into Firefox’s popularity, something that we feared (see comments).
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Strong line-up for second open source awards
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Among the finalists for the second Open Source Awards are an online document converter, a typesetting engine and the State Services Commission’s broadband map.
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OLPC's Amazon Notebook Linux Only
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The folks at One Laptop Per Child got back to me with a statement following my recent blog post on its plans to sell through online commerce giant, Amazon.
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Trendnet: "We support Linux...not really"
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Seriously, they need to be more specific. When it says Linux is supported, they mean strictly that the hardware supports Linux. The software to configure the hardware does not. Tech support does not. And the hardware defaults to a static IP address that very likely is not accessible with your default route…even though it supports DHCP.
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The Next Paradigm Shift: Open Source Everything
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In the past year, open source software and development models have come to the forefront of mobile computing. Whether its Google's Android, the Asus Eee PC with its Linux underpinnings and UI, or even the comparison of the more open development models of Maemo and Nokia's Internet Tablets with that of Apple's iPhone OSX implementation.
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