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OSFA joins OSI in refuting IIPA’s attack on open source

bob@lxer.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:24:15 +0000

Open Source For America (OSFA), an organisation created to promote the use of open source in government, has denounced the IIPA’s “Special 301″ call saying it is irresponsible and misleading. The International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA) had called for the US Trade Representative to place countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and India, on a “Special 301″ watch list, normally reserved for dictatorships or repressive regimes, because the governments advocate the use of open source. OSFA say that this request is “both irresponsible and misleading in its characterisation of OSS”.

Open Source For America (OSFA), an organisation created to promote the use of open source in government, has denounced the IIPA's "Special 301" call saying it is irresponsible and misleading. The International Intellectual Property Association (IIPA) had called for the US Trade Representative to place countries such as Indonesia, Brazil and India, on a "Special 301" watch list, normally reserved for dictatorships or repressive regimes, because the governments advocate the use of open source. OSFA say that this request is "both irresponsible and misleading in its characterisation of OSS".

Linux summit dissects MeeGo

Eric Brown — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:27:04 +0000

The Linux Foundation has announced sessions for its Collaboration Summit, scheduled for Apr. 14-16 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This year’s event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as discussions of Linux topics including toolchain, cloud computing, printing, filesystems, ISV porting, and open source compliance.

The Linux Foundation has announced sessions for its Collaboration Summit, scheduled for Apr. 14-16 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This year's event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as discussions of Linux topics including toolchain, cloud computing, printing, filesystems, ISV porting, and open source compliance.

Firefox 3.6 sees 100M downloads, now pushing notifications

Ryan Paul — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:29:53 +0000

Firefox 3.6—the latest version of the popular open source Web browser—was officially released in January, but there are still many users who have not yet updated. In an effort to increase awareness about the availability of version 3.6, Mozilla announced today that it will start rolling out upgrade notifications to its users through the browser’s built-in update system. According to Mozilla’s statistics, the new version has already been downloaded over 100 million times since its release in January. That doesn’t include the significant number of existing users who have already migrated to 3.6 by using the browser’s built-in upgrade system without being prompted to do so.

Firefox 3.6—the latest version of the popular open source Web browser—was officially released in January, but there are still many users who have not yet updated. In an effort to increase awareness about the availability of version 3.6, Mozilla announced today that it will start rolling out upgrade notifications to its users through the browser's built-in update system. According to Mozilla's statistics, the new version has already been downloaded over 100 million times since its release in January. That doesn't include the significant number of existing users who have already migrated to 3.6 by using the browser's built-in upgrade system without being prompted to do so.

gThumb Photo Manager Finally Gets Flickr Support

Andrew Dickinson — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:32:42 +0000

Today seems to be a very good day for GNOME photo managers. After Shotwell 0.5 release, gThumb got a really nice extension which many of you I’m sure have been waiting for. Read on!

Today seems to be a very good day for GNOME photo managers. After Shotwell 0.5 release, gThumb got a really nice extension which many of you I'm sure have been waiting for. Read on!

Digg says yes to NoSQL, bye to MySQL

bob@lxer.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:35:31 +0000

After twitter, now is Digg who decided to replace MySQL and most of their infrastructure components and move away from LAMP to another architecture called NoSQL that is based in Casandra, an opensource project that develops a highly scalable second-generation distributed database.

More Reasons Why Chrome OS Will Be Your Extra Operating System

Sebastian Rupley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:38:16 +0000

Google CEO Eric Schmidt, speaking at a conference in Abu Dhabi this week, confirmed that the Chrome OS operating system is on track for delivery in the second half of this year. While we already know that it’s headed for netbooks, there are new reasons to believe that its brightest future may be as an adjunct OS on netbooks and tablets. Google is taking several big gambles with its upcoming OS, not the least of which is that it will require users to work with all data in the cloud. That will rule out countless applications and utilities that are, in some cases, beloved to users, and there is a good chance that Google’s cloud-only gamble could backfire. But what if Google adopts an “if you can’t beat them, join them” strategy with its Linux-based operating system, and oversees its shipment on netbooks and tablet devices alongside other OSes? If the idea sounds far-fetched, check out the video below from Mobile World Congress, in which Freescale shows a $199 tablet computer concept that runs Chromium OS (the open-source core of Chrome OS), Linux and Android.

More Reasons Why Chrome OS Will Be Your Extra Operating System

Sebastian Rupley — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:38:16 +0000

Set Up a VNC Linux Server in 5 Easy Steps

Juliet Kemp — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:49:34 +0000

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) allows you to log into a full desktop on a remote server (as opposed to just opening windows on your local machine, as with X11 over SSH). It can be very useful, and it’s very fast to set up.

Turn Firefox into an Ebook Reader with EPUBReader

Dmitri Popov — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:52:23 +0000

You can use a dedicated application like FBReader or Calibre to read and manage ebooks on your machine, or you can do it without leaving the convenience of the Firefox browser courtesy of the EPUBReader extension.

Linux summit dissects MeeGo

bob@lxer.com — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:55:12 +0000

The Linux Foundation has announced sessions for its Collaboration Summit, scheduled for Apr. 14-16 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This year’s event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as Linux sessions ranging from cloud computing to desktop distros to open source compliance.

The Linux Foundation has announced sessions for its Collaboration Summit, scheduled for Apr. 14-16 at the Hotel Kabuki in San Francisco. This year's event features a full-day workgroup on MeeGo, as well as Linux sessions ranging from cloud computing to desktop distros to open source compliance.