Submission + - Ubuntu 11.10 Released (ubuntubuzz.com)
ubuntubuzz writes: Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot for Final Officialy release and ready to download, Ubuntu 11.10 bring several changes that actually Good Looking !!
Comment Re:Its just sony (Score 1) 282
Someone really needs to consolidate all the bad stuff Sony has done onto one web page. That way next time someone questions my adversity to all things Sony, I can just point at it.
Submission + - Mozilla Firefox 4 Released
Shining Celebi writes: Mozilla has finally released Firefox 4, a couple months behind schedule. It features hardware accelerated graphics, UI performance improvements, a massive boost in Javascript performance, reduced memory usage, WebGL, a new HTML5 parser, App Tabs, tab grouping via the Panorama feature, bookmark and history syncing, and much more. Many users will also be happy to know the status bar has been more-or-less restored after Mozilla removed it in early betas. Firefox 4 scores over 3 times faster on Sunspider, V8, and Kraken.
Submission + - Can you run a PC mag/website on Ubuntu? (pcpro.co.uk) 4
An anonymous reader writes: PC Pro is undertaking a one-day experiment where they're attempting to run their magazine and website entirely off Ubuntu. The editorial team are live blogging about their experiences of switching from Windows to Ubuntu all day, and also providing regular updates on PC Pro's Twitter account.
Trend Micro Chairman Says Open Source Is a Security Risk 258
dkd903 writes "Steve Chang, the Chairman of Trend Micro, has kicked up a controversy by claiming that open source software is inherently less secure than closed source. When talking about the security of smartphones, Chang claimed that the iPhone is more secure than Android because being an open-source platform lets attackers know more about the underlying architecture."
This comes a week after Trend Micro released a mobile security app for Android.
Comment You know that Internet 2 that everyone wanted? (Score 1) 120
There was a Slashdot post earlier about forking the Internet, and mesh networking was shot down pretty quick because of large distances between nodes. Could networking over powerlines be a solution?
Submission + - Is net neutrality about to disappear in the UK? (bbc.co.uk)
Anonymous Brave Guy writes: 'UK Culture minister Ed Vaizey has backed a "two-speed" internet,' reports the BBC. 'Mr Vaizey said ISPs must be free to experiment with new charges to help pay for the expansion in internet services. But critics warn the move could harm free speech and stifle innovation.'
LimeWire Lives Again 278
Slayer Silver Wolf writes with this excerpt from TorrentFreak:
"'On October 26 the remaining LimeWire developers were forced to shut down the company's servers and modify remote settings in the filesharing client to try to harm the Gnutella network. They were then laid off. Shortly after, a horde of piratical monkeys climbed aboard the abandoned ship, mended its sails, polished its cannons, and released it free to the community.' And so, LimeWire Pirate Edition (LPE) was born. Based on the LimeWire 5.6 beta that was briefly released earlier this year and then withdrawn when Lime Wire LLC lost its lawsuit, LPE is now in the wild. In many ways, it is better than the version killed by the RIAA."
Comment Re:Nothing to see here.. move along (Score 1) 370
Gallium3D is cross platform - you could write winsys layers for Haiku or whatever, but OSX is one of Wine's main targets and I don't see them shipping Gallium3D anytime soon. Unfortunately no, it's not going to make things any easier.
Comment Nothing to see here.. move along (Score 4, Informative) 370
This isn't really that exciting. Firstly it doesn't benefit Wine at all. Wine supports other platforms than Linux and other drivers than Gallium3D and Mesa and so this is useless to them, if that isn't enough the Wine source structure isn't built for this kind of swap out, specifically because Wine limits X interaction to a single DLL, winex11, and the WineD3D stuff doesn't have direct access to X. The Wine D3D developers have long said that a D3D state tracker won't help them.
Secondly, it's not gonna help porting games to Linux either. D3D is only one part of the DX API and a game does a lot more than just draw stuff. Arguably swapping out D3D for OGL is relatively straightforward in comparison to swapping out sound API, file IO API, network IO API, message handling, etc. etc. that's why some games allow you to switch between the graphics API.
Submission + - Europe embraces Open Document format (ffii.org)
Elektroschock writes: The European legislature has decided to support the open document format as to advance electronic business. It asks the European Commission take concrete steps to support the adoption of ODF 1.2 and its spread. Open Document is an open standard implemented in the latest incarnations of Microsoft Office, Open Office, Google Docs, Abiword and many other products.
Submission + - Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04 (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: PC Pro has performed a comprehensive test of Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04. They've tested and scored the two operating systems on a number of criteria, including usability, bundled apps, performance, compatibility and business. The final result is much closer than you might expect. "Ubuntu is clearly an operating system on the rise," PC Pro concludes. "If we repeat this feature in a year’s time, will it have closed the gap? We wouldn’t bet against it."
Submission + - HDCP possibly broken (engadget.com)
allaunjsilverfox2 writes: Engadget reports that unknown persons/groups have broken the Master Key for HDCP. If true, it could have wide ranging implications for devices everywhere.
Submission + - Breaking : ARM Enters Laptop Market (itproportal.com)
siliconbits writes: ARM's starting to look A LOT like AMD.... ITProPortal writes that "ARM has just announced a partnership with a Chinese company to produce 40nm SoC chips for netbooks, laptops and computers. The SoC uses a 2Ghz dual core Cortex A9 processor and consumes around 2w. The first products will be demoed at CES 2011 in Las Vegas. "
Submission + - Mark Shuttleworth Announces UTouch Framework - Lin (linuxpromagazine.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Canonical found Mark Shuttleworth today announced the UTouch gesture suite that will make its first appearance in the 10.10.10 build of Ubuntu. The code is published under GPLv3 and LGPLv3.
"There's no reason why anyone else can't ship them as well," Shuttleworth said. "There's nothing in there proprietary to Canonical," he added.
Shuttleworth explained that UTouch goes beyond standard touch frameworks by allowing users to chain a series of gestures into a sophisticated series of commands known as "gesture sentences."
"There's no reason why anyone else can't ship them as well," Shuttleworth said. "There's nothing in there proprietary to Canonical," he added.
Shuttleworth explained that UTouch goes beyond standard touch frameworks by allowing users to chain a series of gestures into a sophisticated series of commands known as "gesture sentences."
