Submission + - LinuxMint 12 Lisa first Look
donadony writes: LinuxMint RC 12 Lisa is available (First Look) for download through and unoficial download Link, the official RC release should be available in the next few hours.
Submission + - LinuxMint is now the King of Linux Distros, Final
donadony writes: There is a fresh mint(ed) flavor on LinuxMint now. In the last one month, it has scaled the distro charts and is now the number one distro for opensource users. Distrowatch, the unofficial platform for all Linux distros, shows that LinuxMint has been has had the maximum number of hits in the past few weeks to become the most popular distros today.
Submission + - LibreOffice and OpenOffice reach the Crossroads
donadony writes: Now LibreOffice is building up pace and last week hasadded some 7.7 new million new code lines, doing away with some 5.3K, which were defunct. Now burnished and revamped, it is sleeker, faster and provides greater value, in comparison to either OpenOffice or even Microsoft Word.
Submission + - Will Ubuntu lead the next generation of Desktop ?
donadony writes: Open source technologies too are definitely part of the micro-evolution of the conventional desktop functionalities. In the case of Ubuntu, the open source software backed by Canonical, which has been a fast adaptor to emerging technologies with three verticals- cloud, thinner client computing and business consumer based-technologies, users have an alternative to the influence of Windows. From the standpoint of Ubuntu’s adaptability to desktop computing, it is positively poised to determine the next generation of desktops. This is largely because desktop computing, is fast emerging as to be happening in anything but the machine itself and Ubuntu is defining these capabilities to become the desktop of the future.
Submission + - Google Nexus Prime Android 4.0 phone launches Oct. (bgr.com)
zacharye writes: Google’s third-generation “Nexus Prime” smartphone — which will likely be the first Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” phone to hit the market — will launch in October according to a new report from Korean-language Electronic Times. BGR exclusively reported preliminary details surrounding Google’s next Nexus smartphone codenamed Nexus Prime in mid-June, and we followed up with more exclusive details later that month...
Submission + - Malware ID'd 8/18 - root exploit for Android 2.3 (ncsu.edu)
ShipLives writes: Researchers have identified the first malware – called GingerMaster – in any market that utilizes a root exploit to take over phones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Just found it today!
Submission + - LPS-A Linux disto from the US Department of Defens
donadony writes: The Lightweight Portable Security distribution was created by the Software Protection Initiative under the direction of the Air Force Research Laboratory and the US Department Of Defense. The idea behind it is that government workers can use a CDROM or USB stick to boot into a tamper proof, pristine desktop when using insecure computers such as those available in hotels or a worker’s own home. The environment that it offers should be largely resistant to Internet-borne security threats such as viruses and spyware, particularly when launched from read-only media such as a CDROM. The LPS system does not mount the hard drive of the host machine, so leaves no trace of the user’s activities behind.
Submission + - 8 ways in which Google Plus can be a Facebook Kill (googez.com)
AyeshaAhmed writes: "Google Plus is not aimed to be a Facebook killer, actually. The project can be simplified as “fun and easy, and more to private way to share things with friends” and it’s not just friends, you can share anything with anyone may it be your colleagues, your family, your employees or anyone. But naturally, anything aimed at sharing and social networking is unintentionally compared to the now standard Facebook! But personally I feel Google Plus, unlike buzz and Orkut can be a stronger rival."
Submission + - 15 Reasons why i wont buy Ipad 2! 1
donadony writes: iPad 2, surely the most hyped device in the technology world today. Very shortly I have been thinking to upgrade to the most wanted gadget iPad 2. I have a good smartphone a handy laptop; I cannot convince myself on buying an iPad. Do I need it? If yes, then for what? For making internet a wonderful experience as they say. Just to check emails, surf the web, watch movies, is iPad a good buy? Well, I already have a good experience of internet and cheaper than what iPad has to offer. So let me compile in this post, what are the reasons that stop me from spending on iPad.
Submission + - Post-Budapest UDS, where is Ubuntu 11.10 headed 2
An anonymous reader writes: The roadmap for Ubuntu 11.10, Oneiric Ocelot was defined at the Ubuntu Developer Summit from 9th to 13th May. Important decisions, path defining in some ways, for Ubuntu’s future were made here, at Budapest.
Submission + - 10 reasons why is Microsoft buying Skype!
donadony writes: This is a biased post. Biased towards FREE people using the FREE internet! And certainly against the blogging policies of being neutral, but no harms! Everyone is changing the policies; Microsoft is being altruistic supporting its ultimate rivals – the open source community; and hence changing its policies. If the IT tycoons are changing their policies then why not tiny bloggers!
Submission + - The Tale of Red Hat's Name!
Submission + - Linux's Twenty years of Achievement and Success (unixmen.com)
donadony writes: If you think about it, most of us have grown up using Linux. Linux was not how software was done, 20 years ago. There was only paid software, as Stallman so famously said in 1983 and went on to lay the foundation of the Free Software Foundation with the GNU Project that was compatible with all available software. However, the GNU took its time to evolve and had basic structures-compilers, text, Unix shell etc. but elements daemons, device drivers including the kernel were stuttering to completion.
Submission + - Things you didn`t know vlc media Player can do
donadony writes: VLC is beyond doubts the most popular open source, cross-platform media player and multi-media framework written by VideoLAN projects. VLC player is small in size, just about 17 Mb and immensely powerful! In this post we will explore the player and list 25+ things you can do with VLC player.
Submission + - Open source Kimono Lanterns to the rescue
An anonymous reader writes: The devastation in Japan is heart rending and compels each of one of us to contribute to help improve the situation. Similar thoughts have been running through developers at Freaklabs . At the hackerspace they are involved with, a solar rechargeable lantern was designed for garden and patio use. Called the Kimono Lantern, today they are able to put it to better use. Donating the complete design to the open source hardware community, they are indeed standing true to the commitments of the Open Source community.
