Most of you might have already installed the brand new Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. I did too. But here is something I would really like to know from you guys. I tried upgrading the whole distro 2 times before and failed miserably. It took a heck lot of time and post installation issues were simply overwhelming.
Read more »Dist Upgrade Or Clean Install - Here is What I Prefer And Why
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GNU/Linux Users Contribute Twice As Much As Windows Users
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One of the companies behind The Humble Indie Bundle, Wolfire Games reports that GNU/Linux users contribute twice as much as Windows users !
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I Wish to Make a Complaint!
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There are some areas in which it's a bit weak. Take one of my personal annoyances: setting up the screen. There is something very wrong with screen setup under Linux, and as often as not, I have spend far too long fiddling with text files in order to get a new install working. In short, it's just not good enough.
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Ex-Sun exec Padir turns focus to startup's open-source software
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Karen Tegan Padir is an evangelist. Her gospel is open source software, and she recently changed denominations when she left Sun Microsystems Inc., where she was in charge of running the departments that determined the future of such ubiquitous Internet software as Java and MySQL.
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News In the GNU/Linux audio world
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There's always something noteworthy happening in Linux audio development. This week's news includes reports about a new Linux audio blog, music made by particle acceleration, how to use a laptop as a virtual music stand, synth emulation from the terminal command prompt, and watching the Linux Audio Conference on-line.
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Eben Moglen: Microsoft Would Call Its GNU/Linux Distribution ‘Novell’
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Video from last year shows a revealing remark about Ron Hovsepian and Microsoft
Read more »The People Who Support Linux
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The Linux Foundation's individual members help to support the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds and other important activities that advance Linux, while getting a variety of other fun and valuable benefits. The series begins with Matthew Fernandez, a senior application developer based in Sydney, Australia.
Read more »Who Cares About Linux on the PS3?
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Have you been following this mess? I don’t know about you but I’ve been amused at the amount of coverage in the media about Sony pulling the plug on alternative operating systems on the PS3.
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Is Android becoming a Tower of Babel?
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We use the phrase Tower of Babel a lot in the technology world, often badly. But evidence is mounting that Google's Android project is becoming just that, a failed attempt to unify.
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Krusader Team Celebrates 10th Birthday and Seeks New Contributors
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Ten years ago a simple twin panel file manager was released. It had a few small glitches like showing rrr instead of rwx for permissions, had some compatibility issues with Debian and Solaris, did not save keyboard settings, but it was, in spite of many bugs, sort of usable for everyday work.
Read more »LinuxCon keynotes feature Linux insiders -- and outsiders
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The Linux Foundation (LF) announced keynote speakers for LinuxCon, scheduled for August 10-12 in Boston. LinuxCon will feature keynote speakers including Virgin America's Ravi Simhambhatla, GNOME's Stormy Peters (pictured), the SFLC's Eben Moglen, and Forrester Research's Jeffrey S. Hammond, and will host a Linux Kernel Roundtable.
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Big Names in FOSS to Keynote LinuxCon; Mini-Summits Announced
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The Linux Foundation announced the first round of keynote speakers and several mini-summits for its upcoming conference, LinuxCon. The event, scheduled for August 10-12, 2010 in Boston, MA, draws FOSS users and developers from around the country to learn, discuss, and collaborate on all things Linux.
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Interview with Cory Fields of XBMC
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I recently had the honor of spending time with Cory Fields, the Public / Business Relations Manger for XBMC.
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Tilting at Windows. Why rejecting Microsoft’s OSS contributions is counter-productive
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Yesterday I had a look at the response of the Joomla! community to the news that Microsoft had signed the Joomla! Contributor Agreement and was contributing code to the content management project.
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Upgrading your distro should come with a warning
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It's that time of year again when a lot of the major distros are putting out new releases, and people are clambering to get the new versions installed. But there are two camps of people in this rush to get the latest and greatest.
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