February
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Feb 19, 2008
Design better Web pages with Firefox extensions
If you've ever tried to create or edit a Web page, you know that getting the little details just right can sometimes take a long time. Here are a few Firefox extensions you can add to your toolbox that will help you measure images, align objects on your page, and capture colors quickly and easily. read more...
Feb 18, 2008
Open Source Has Potential with Solutions for the Disabled
Open Source India Week (OSIW), India’s largest Linux and Open Source concluded its two-day activities in Delhi today after scintillating sessions that spanned three-cities, a week-long 17 events and 100-plus speakers, and was accompanied by the ManageIT Expo. read more...
Making music with M-Audio on Linux
M-Audio has supplied hardware and software to computer-based musicians for 20 years. Its new "make-music-now" line of products, aimed at musicians just getting into computers or PC users with an interest in music, includes a microphone, speakers, drum machine, and DJ mixer deck. Unfortunately, its bundled software, called Session, is for Windows only. read more...
Feb 15, 2008
Government/corporate project declares plan to promote OSS within the EU
An ambitious initiative that aims to bring open source software to a new level in Europe hopes to make competition with US companies more interesting. QualiPSo is a four-year project partly funded by the EU. read more...
The Demise Of Commercial Open Source
Steve Goodman, co-founder and CEO of network management startup PacketTrap Networks, is predicting that commercial open source companies are doomed to fail. Goodman's not railing against open source or commercial software, per se. It's converting the former into the latter that he sees as inherently flawed. read more...
Feb 14, 2008
Your next phone could run Linux
Linux seems to have chosen the 2008 Mobile World Congress to quietly make its way onto the new consumer devices so in abundance at the annual mobile Mecca. read more...
Interview with LinuxFund cofounder Scott Rainey
LinuxFund.org is back -- with a new bank and some new people running things. Scott Rainey spoke with Linux.com at the Florida Linux Show on February 11 after a red-eye flight from Los Angeles, where he'd been touting the resurrected LinuxFund credit card program at SCALE 6X. read more...
Feb 13, 2008
OpenSuse 11, Fedora 9 alphas top new releases
Another week has slipped by with a good handful of Linux releases being announced. In case you missed them the first time around here again are some of the more interesting: OpenSuse released a second alpha version of the forthcoming OpenSuse 11.0. read more...
Feb 12, 2008
Open source turns 10
On February 9, 1998 Bruce Perens published his defining document of the open source movement, the Open Source Definition. On the same day, together with Eric Raymond, Perens announced plans for the Open Source Initiative the two were planning to launch. read more...
Feb 11, 2008
Unions Urge Senate To Oppose Patent Reform Act
A letter sent this week claims the bill would "significantly weaken" U.S. patent protection and give competitors ideas to steal. read more...
Sending love with OSS for Valentine's Day
What can a Linux geek do for that special someone on Valentine's Day? Create a gift using open source software, of course. read more...
Feb 08, 2008
Subtitle manipulation tools for Linux
Subtitles may not mean much for the English-speaking part of the world, but for the rest of us, they are the difference between truly enjoying a movie or just watching the screen, trying to decipher the events. read more...
Gartner: 80% of software built on OSS by 2012
In a press release issued late last month analyst heavyweight Gartner made a series of technology predictions for the coming years. read more...
Feb 07, 2008
Open Source PostgreSQL 8.3 Better Suited For Web Applications
New features include a full text search tool, improved overall throughput, and ANSI standard SQL/XML support. read more...
Feb 06, 2008
Linux.com chats with new OpenSUSE community manager Joe Brockmeier
Yes, it's the same Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier who used to be editorial director of Linux.com, and was later editor in chief of Linux Magazine. read more...
Well-appointed Darkstar Linux has a dark side
Darkstar Linux 2008.1 is one of the first stable distro releases of the year. This distribution from Romania is based on Slackware and is available as a DVD image. read more...
Feb 04, 2008
Egypt joins LPI ranks
Linux certification body Linux Professional Institute has added another African country to its ranks with the inclusion of Egypt as an LPI affilliate. read more...
Microsoft, Yahoo deal bad for Internet, advertising
There are a number of ways to view the proposed Microsoft takeover of Yahoo. And, frankly, none of them is very encouraging. read more...
Feb 01, 2008
$1million OSS innovation fund kicks off
Sun Microsystem’s innovation awards, announced late last year, kick off today. The Open Source Community Innovation Awards Programme, is offering up to $1 million to innovative developers working on any of Sun’s six pet open source software projects. read more...
Nokia to buy into open source platform
Mobile deal: Trolltech has announced that it is to be bought by Nokia in a deal estimated to be worth €104 million(R1.1bn). Trolltech are the developers of QT and QTopia, both open source cross platform application frameworks. read more...
