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Google taps student developers for OSS

News The search giant kicks off fifth year of its Summer of Code project, hoping to build on its successes in Singapore last year with more contributions this year.

Tuesday, March 24 2009 07:00 PM

Tags: Open source, Fedora Project, KDE, Google Inc., GNOME, Singapore, Developer, Environment, Linux desktop, Linux

Expanding text with Snippits

Techguide Find out the basics on Snippits, a Linux-based text-expanding tool similar to Typinator or TextExpander for Mac.

Sunday, October 05 2008 07:14 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, Ruby, Gem, Hotkey, GNOME, Tool, Apple Macintosh, Debian, Mandriva

Ubuntu creator wants to squash 'upstream' bugs

News Mark Shuttleworth has called for Ubuntu developers to accept responsibility for all flaws in the OS's code, including those in 'upstream' source code.

Tuesday, July 01 2008 12:13 AM

Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Software, OpenOffice, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, QA, Mark Shuttleworth, blog

What makes a good Linux distribution?

Techguide Take the proprietary driver system and installation tools of Ubuntu, add the desktop of Elive+Compiz, add the foundation of Debian, and the security of Bastille Linux and you would have one killer distribution.

Monday, July 27 2009 08:44 AM

Tags: Linux, KDE, GNOME, Tool, Ubuntu, Standards, Hardware, Linux Distribution, desktop, MP3

Nokia to bridge Maemo, Symbian with Qt

News Use of Qt is expected to make it easier for developers to write apps both for the Maemo mobile Linux OS and for Symbian, Nokia's smartphone platform.

Tuesday, July 07 2009 08:47 AM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Linux, Smart phones, Symbian, KDE, Smart Phone, GNOME, desktop environment, Symbian Inc., Finnish company

10 predictions for Linux and open source in 2009

Techguide The year holds a great deal of promise for the Linux OS and open source software--from an explosion in the mobile arena to widespread adoption of OpenOffice 3, says industry watcher.

Sunday, February 01 2009 01:15 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., KDE, File System, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, GNOME 2.24

Sun updates OpenSolaris

News The second release of OpenSolaris incorporates improvements aimed at making it more competitive with desktop-orientated Linux distributions such as Ubuntu.

Sunday, December 07 2008 11:33 PM

Tags: UNIX, Open source, Network infrastructure, Virtualization, GNOME, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., ZFS, Hardware, software

DropBox seamlessly syncs files between systems

Techguide DropBox is an open source file synchronization service that works for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients.

Sunday, November 23 2008 10:31 PM

Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Authentication, Fedora Project, File, GNOME, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Mandriva, Mandriva Linux

Fedora Core 10: How does it compare?

Techguide After using a single distribution for many years, it can be hard to give something new a try. Vincent Danen puts Fedore Core 10 through its paces.

Saturday, April 04 2009 09:48 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, Security, GNOME, Fedora Core 2, HP Media Center, Ubuntu, FC10, FC10 Installation

Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope released into the wild

News Version 9.04 of the Ubuntu Linux distribution has been released, promising functionality to let users test the deployment of their applications to the cloud.

Friday, April 24 2009 12:23 PM

Tags: Linux, Adobe Systems Inc., GNOME, X.org, Ubuntu, Jaunty Jackalope, Linux Kernel, Server, 3G, Ubuntu Linux

Get a multi-item clipboard with Glipper

Techguide The productivity application allows users to store and re-use clipboard contents, and retains clipboard history across sessions.

Monday, June 22 2009 08:56 AM

Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Fedora Project, KDE, Hotkey, GNOME, Item, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, applet

Shuttleworth: Open source desktops need a facelift

News Chief executive Mark Shuttleworth has said Canonical is hiring a team to make open source desktop software more appealing.

Friday, September 12 2008 09:48 AM

Tags: Open source, Linux desktop OS, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, software, OpenGL, Mark Shuttleworth

Linux file management alternatives

Techguide Tools such as Gentoo, Krusader and Midnight Commander, offer something different--here's a look at the basics.

Sunday, October 19 2008 06:49 PM

Tags: Open source, Linux, Business applications, Gentoo, KDE, Management Tool, Norton Co., File System, GNOME, Vincent Danen

Searching with Gnome Do

Techguide GNOME Do, an application-launching utility is similar to Mac�s Launchbar and features a number of plugins that boost its usability and efficiency.

Sunday, November 09 2008 12:26 AM

Tags: Linux, Open source, Google Inc., Hotkey, Plug-in, GNOME, desktop environment, Mandriva, GNOME Do, Environment