WORKSTATION AND SERVER VENDOR Silicon Graphics International (SGI) represents how a once fiercely proprietary company has been able to leverage open source for High Performance Computing (HPC), much to its benefit.
Read more »The Experimental Nature of Linux
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With Ubuntu, Fedora, Red Hat, just to name a few having recently put forth their latest offerings. This will always be followed by the derivative distributions like Mint and Centos. So what is so great about all this new stuff? Well everything of course. Don't you want to be on the latest and greatest version of the Kernel? Don't you want access to new file systems like BRTFS?
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Easy Media Converter for Linux? You bet! Miksoft nails it.
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I have used a few converter programs on Linux in the past like, Avidemux, OggConvert, and Pitivi. However, a few months ago I stumbled on a media converter for Linux that I had not heard of before and discovered they had a deb file already created for Ubuntu Linux, so I figured it was worth the few clicks to check it out.
Read more »digiKam Photo Manager To Get Face Recognition
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Linux users really love Google Picasa even though it's not a native Linux application (unpack the .deb and you'll notice some wine.exe and other such files). Reading the comments from our "best linux photo manager / organizer" post, it seems face recognition is the feature that attracts people the most to Picasa.
Well, it seems Google Picasa will have a serious native Linux competitor,
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Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 4) - Architecture and virtualisation
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Faster suspend and resume, better utilisation of power saving mechanisms for I/O devices and a range of performance enhancements are just some of the kernel infrastructure changes in Linux 2.6.34
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New Indications That HP is Dumping Windows for Linux (for Mobile Form Factors)
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Vista 7 is put where it belongs (the trash can) as Linux remains lighter and more suitable for devices such as tablets; new security headaches involving Vista 7
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Detailed Dissection of Symantec’s Anti-GNU/Linux Lies
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Symantec exploits journalists' ignorance, but there is at least one news site (PC World) that claims Symantec is lying
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Gnome Shell Might Add Real Multiple Desktops
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Right now you have multiple desktops but only from the applications point of view: you can move applications from one desktop to another and that's it. There is currently a mockup posted @ Gnome Shell Design Playground website (and a lot of discussion about it on the Gnome Shell mailing list) which seems very interesting:
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Sony is Now Facing a Total of 3 Lawsuits Over Other OS Renoval
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You shouldn't act surprised to find out that Sony is being sued yet again over its decision to remove Linux support from its PS3 game console. Attorney Rebecca Call was the first lawyer to smell blood and find a disgruntled PS3 owner who was willing to file suit and go along with a class action status.
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Why there is a Market for Linux Games
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Alright - enough speculation and assumptions, lets look at some cold hard numbers. Two recent games that had successful Linux ports would be 2DBoys World of Goo and Frictional Games enumbra Series. 2DBoy reported that since they released their Linux port of the game 10% of their total game sales have been for the Linux platform.
Read more »The Legend of Edgar 0.55
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Changes: Added the Armoury map, you can get to it via the Fortress Ground Floor. Fixed a problem with some key mappings. Added some statistics, such as play time and enemies killed. Fixed a bunch of memory leaks. Added more Medals to earn, check Parallel Realities for details. Scripts no longer freeze when they are interrupted when loading a game
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The Cost of Patent Trolls Who Attack Linux
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Why patent trolls or puppets like Acacia (and Microsoft) do manage to cause harm to Linux, even when their case is altogether bogus
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KDE Plasma Media Center Status Report and Introduction
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So here it is, prepare for some stunning screenshots and much magnificent marketing mash :-) . Article doesn't talk about the technical/coding stuff, just about what you get at the moment. Details will be for another post.
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KDevelop 4.0 IDE Released with C++ and PHP Support
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The KDevelop Hackers are proud and happy to announce that KDevelop 4.0 is finally available as a stable release. Released together is the first version of KDevelop PHP plugins, which make KDevelop a very interesting option for PHP developers. The major features for C++ support include code navigation, and semantic highlighting.
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Apple: Worse for open source than Microsoft?
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Things need to change and Apple needs to be seen for what it really is: a threat to innovation and freedom. For as long as anyone can remember Microsoft has been seen as the primary enemy of free and open source software (FOSS).
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