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 5 years of
Firefox.
It was on the 9th
of November, 2004, that the Mozilla Foundation released version 1.0
of its Firefox web browser. The community celebrated the new browser
with parties all over the world. Before the launch, the Foundation
had even collected donations via the promotional American
spreadfirefox.com site and its German Firefox kommt counterpart to
pay for full-page spreads in the New York Times and the German FAZ
newspapers, informing the general public about the new browser.
more...
Apache at 10:
You Can't Buy Us.
Money can't buy
everything, especially when it comes to freely available open source
software from the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The ASF is now
celebrating its 10th anniversary as a non-profit foundation that has
grown from its initial project, the Apache HTTP Web Server, to more
than 60 projects today. more...
In re Bilski -
Let us get back to
work.
The case known as
"In re bilski" has the potential to go some way towards
righting some of the wrongs of the patent industry, while
coincidently, transforming the prospects for innovation in the
information and software industries. more...
Faster booting
with Upstart.
A good portion of
the boot time on current Linux systems is spent on system
initialisation and starting dozens of daemons sequentially. The
Ubuntu 9.10 development team have started to parallelise and
accelerate the boot process through the large scale use of Upstart.
more...
A sneak preview
of new OpenOffice
3.2.
The last developer
milestone ( DEV300m60) of OpenOffice.org has been released. The next
version of OpenOffice.org 3.2 has more than 42 features and 167
enhancements . Finally, the release date for OOo 3.2 is expected to
be on 14 December 2009. Many companies have contributed to this
version like RedHat , RedFlag and IBM, making OpenOffice more stable
and useful. Part
1... and Part
2...
Ubuntu 9.10
final ships as IBM spins
Ubuntu-based cloud distro.
Canonical's Ubuntu
project released the final Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition, featuring
faster boot times, improved audio and 3G connectivity, an enhanced
Netbook Remix, and more robust cloud support, among other features.
The release follows IBM's announcement that it is launching an
Ubuntu-based cloud computing distribution for businesses. more...
SPDY: Google
wants to speed up the
web by ditching HTTP.
Google isn't
content with providing us with fast search and a fast browser: we
need a faster protocol between servers and browsers. The search giant
would like us to start forgetting about HTTP:// and learn to love
SPDY://. Ars takes a look at the proposal as well as its strengths
and weaknesses. more...
Grub 2.
GRand Unified
Bootloader, version 2 (Grub 2) is the second version of GNU GRUB. It
is the software responsible for loading and transferring control to
the operating system kernel during the initial boot. Grub 2 is
compatible with standard POSIX (GNU/Linux, *BSD, Mac OS, etc) and can
also connect to systems incompatible with standard POSIX (Portable
Operating System Interface for Unix). GRUB 2 is a complete rewriting
of the Grub interface. more...
FreeNAS 0.7 adds
ZFS support.
The FreeNAS
developers have announced the availability of version 0.7 of FreeNAS,
a FreeBSD-based Network-attached storage (NAS) UNIX-like server
operating system. FreeNAS includes a full Web configuration graphical
user interface (GUI) and supports the FTP, NFS, CIFS (Samba), AFP,
rsync and iSCSI protocols and software RAID (0,1,5). more...
5 Keyboard
Shortcuts .
Here's a list of
the most common Compiz Fusion keyboard shortcuts. If they work for
you depends on what effects you enabled in the CompizConfig Settings
Manager.
SUPER+SHIFT+DRAG
LEFT MOUSE = draw fire
SUPER+SHIFT+C =
clear fire
CTRL+ALT+DRAG LEFT
MOUSE = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+LEFT
ARROW = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+DOWN
ARROW = flat desktop
SHIFT+ALT+UP =
initiate window picker
CTRL+ALT+DOWN =
unfold cube
ALT+TAB = window
switch
SUPER+TAB = flip
switcher or ring switcher, depending on which is enabled.
ALT+F7 = initiate
'move windows'
SHIFT+F9 = water
effect
SHIFT+F10 = slow
animations
CTRL+ALT+D = show
desktop
For Grouping and
Tabbing:
SUPER+S = select
single window
SUPER+T = tab
group
SUPER+Left =
change left tab
SUPER+Right =
change right tab
SUPER+G = group
windows
SUPER+U = ungroup
windows
SUPER+R = remove
group window
SUPER+C = close
group
SUPER+X = ignore
group
Hold the SUPER
button then select the windows you want to group and then hit
SUPER+G.
The SUPER key is
the Windows key on most keyboards.
Misc.
405themovie.com.
Webilder delivers stunning wallpapers to your Linux desktop.
Solar
Installation - Part
1, Part
2, Part
3, Part
4, Part
5.
Microsoft
promises open Outlook PST files.
How To Tips. |
Today Canonical
announces the upcoming release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop and Server
Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux desktop
distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download on
Thursday 29 October. 
Dell has confirmed
that its Android phone will launch in the U.S. next year, says eWEEK.
In other Android news, Samsung is prepping a "Galaxy Lite i5700"
for Europe, a music-oriented phone is coming from INQ, Spotify, and
Telia, and Verizon is spinning a MiFi-enabled phone, say various
reports. 