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.
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TLWIR 12: Libreoffice 3.4.2, NASA, and the Asus X101
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This week’s edition of The Linux Week in Review maintains a focus on one of the core principles of success: keeping it simple and stupid. Every situation does not call for us to have a PhD in computer science, or Bill Gates’ bank account. Often times, simple is better. Libreoffice can perform what most businesses need at a great price: free.
Read more »Sun cuts global workforce by 10 percent
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Open source hero Sun Microsystems has announced that 3000 more jobs must go, and blames the bureaucrats in Brussels.
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Single-Window Confirmed For Gimp 2.8 (And More)
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The single-window mode has finally been confirmed for Gimp 2.8. Peter Sikking, interface and interaction artist for the GIMP makes this very clear in a recent blog entry.
If you like the multi-window mode, fear not, Peter says that you will be able to switch between single and multi-window by using a menu switch:
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Cross-platform Backup Utility: fwbackups
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fwbackups is a feature-rich user backup program that allows you to backup your documents anytime, anywhere. It is completely free to download and use without any sort of trial or restrictions. In fact, fwbackups is open-source, which means anybody can use, share it and improve it. If you would like to help develop or test fwbackups, see the developer's page.
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Ten obscure Linux applications you need to try
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With thousands of Linux tools available, it is inevitable that some of the best ones get lost in the crowd. Jack Wallen introduces apps that more admins should know about.
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starUML and argoUML - compared
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A comparison of two open source UML modeling applications starUML and argoUML.
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Google Gadgets - Open-Source Gadgets Application from Google!
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I kept hearing about Google Gadgets lately so I decided to get it and see what's all the fuss about it. As the official website says, this project is still in development. This article is a short review of Google Gadgets, together with several screenshots.
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Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
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While the news that Microsoft is developing a version of Windows for the so-called "$100 laptop" has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop per Child project has said the scheme could not promote openness if it blocked Windows.
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