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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.
Tags: Open source, Fedora Project, KDE, Google Inc., GNOME, Singapore, Developer, Environment, Linux desktop, Linux
Linux-Windows gap to remain for five years
News Don't expect mainstream adoption for Linux five years down the road, even if Linux operating systems become more user-friendly, say analysts.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Open source, Open Source, Ovum, Operating System, Linux Desktop Experience, GUI, Microsoft Corp., Sales, Microsoft Windows
DTrace gets guernsey in new FreeBSD
News The FreeBSD Project has released a new stable version of its popular Unix operating system, officially incorporating for the first time Sun Microsystems' flagship DTrace performance analysis and debugging tool.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, CPU, Database, Unix, operating system, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., DTrace, Environment
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.
Tags: Linux, KDE, GNOME, Tool, Ubuntu, Standards, Hardware, Linux Distribution, desktop, MP3
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.
Tags: Open source, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., KDE, File System, GNOME, Ubuntu, operating system, GNOME 2.24
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.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Linux, Smart phones, Symbian, KDE, Smart Phone, GNOME, desktop environment, Symbian Inc., Finnish company
KDE starts testing version 4.1
News The new release's aim is to make KDE 4.1 a full replacement for KDE 3--something the project admitted is not yet the case with version 4.0.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, KDE, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, performance, software, Linux, desktop
Developers respond to KDE 4 backlash
News Continued criticism of KDE 4.0 has prompted key developers of the open source desktop environment to justify their handling of the transition from KDE 3.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Fedora Project, KDE, Red Hat Inc., Developer, Environment, software, desktop, application development
KDE 4.1 released
News The latest version is intended to answer some of the most serious criticisms of the KDE 4.0 graphical user environment.
Tags: Software engineering/development, Open source, Linux, UNIX, KDE, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, performance, desktop, application development
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.
Tags: Open source, Linux desktop OS, OpenOffice, KDE, GNOME, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, software, OpenGL, Mark Shuttleworth
Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Product Reviews Linux Mandrake 8.0 Standard
Tags: KDE, GUI, XFree86, GNOME, Kernel, personal finance, Linux-Mandrake 8.0, Hardware, network, Linux
Linux file management alternatives
Techguide Tools such as Gentoo, Krusader and Midnight Commander, offer something different--here's a look at the basics.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Business applications, Gentoo, KDE, Management Tool, Norton Co., File System, GNOME, Vincent Danen
Get a complete security toolkit with BackTrack 3
Techguide The BackTrack LiveCD provides over 300 different tools that can be used by security professionals or system administrators. Vincent Danen tells you how to create a portable version on a USB keychain.
Tags: Open source, Linux, Security Management, Security applications/tools, KDE, Security, Tool, USB, reverse engineering, Computer
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.
Tags: Open source, Operating systems, Fedora Project, KDE, Hotkey, Item, GNOME, Tool, Apple Mac OS X, applet
Ubuntu gets Web-based file sync and sharing
News Beta-testing is under way for the Ubuntu One synchronization service for those running the Jaunty Jackalope version of the Linux software, aka Ubuntu 9.04.
Tags: Linux desktop OS, Apple Mac OS X, Ubuntu, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, Linux, desktop
