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Archive for August 2007

August 31st, 2007

September 15 is Software Freedom Day!

Be free and choose your software!
If you’re sick and tired of getting locked in to particular software because the vendor says so, think again. You have the right to choose the software you will use and there are so many others out there who can help you!
If you’re someone who has made the choice, […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

August 30th, 2007

ABCDE - your command line CD-ripper

One of my favorite command line tools in ABCDE, also known as A Better CD Encoder. You could run it on the commandline. Though it hasn’t been updated, it’s still in the repos. The nice thing about it is that ripping a CD is quick and you could still interact with the […]

By Clair -- 3 comments

August 30th, 2007

Hardy Heron to succeed Dapper Drake as Ubuntu LTS

It has been announced that the next Ubuntu LTS release (for April 2008) is going to be named Hardy Heron. (And, as far as animal naming conventions go, this has been welcomed by some with snickers.) Anyhow, it’s cool to have them talk about the next LTS release. :D Especially because I’d like to […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

August 28th, 2007

Zencafe Linux for Your Internet Cafe

In the Philippines, we have so many internet cafes, or internet shops (as one could see on the shop windows). Most of them are running Windows because of the MMORPGs and also because their customers ask for applications like Microsoft Office, and the like. I’ve actually seen one shop use Ubuntu on its […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

August 26th, 2007

Singapore Airlines gets Linux for inflight system

Whether you are in business class or economy class, you could enjoy Singapore Airlines’ inflight entertainment system. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
How does it work?
The latest version of KrisWorld is based on Panasonic Avionics Corp.’s eX2 in-flight entertainment system and was jointly developed by the two companies. The system consists of a central Linux server […]

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August 26th, 2007

Use Windows or else…?

Scott McCausland, who used to be an administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent server before it was shut down by the FBI, pleaded guilty in 2006 to two copyright-related charges over the uploading of “Star Wars: Episode III” to the Internet. As a result, he was sentenced to five months in jail and five months of […]

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August 23rd, 2007

Linus and his views on the state of Linux

Some snippets from the interview with Linus Torvalds on apcmag.com:

“We really don’t expect to need to go to a 3.0.x version at all: we’ve been very good at introducing even pretty big new features without impacting the code-base in a disruptive manner, and without breaking any old functionality.

“I dislike the frothing-at-the-mouth ideology (to me, ideology […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2007

Join the Gnome Bug Day!

As the announcement goes:
The next Bug Day will be held on Wednesday August 22 on IRC.
Just start your favourite IRC application, go to the channel #bugs on irc.gnome.org and say hello!
For you to participate…
You should have:
* decent ability to read English
* a user-level knowledge of GNOME
[…]

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August 21st, 2007

Translating Ubuntu docs on Launchpad

I am able to manage my time fairly well these days that I decided to go back to translating Ubuntu docs. I’ve been quite inactive in Launchpad because some projects have taken up my time. Anyhow, translating docs in your native tongue is a really great initiative if you want software to be used […]

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August 21st, 2007

Linux Text Editors: Geany and Emacs

I recall when I was fiddling around with Mandrake 10 (now Mandriva)’s package manager, I installed several text editors and IDEs. I installed Quanta, Screem, GNU Emacs 19 and Vim. At the time I liked Quanta a lot because it was something like Dreamweaver, as far as I was concerned at the time. […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

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