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Comment Re:Developer tools - eclipse died in Debian (Score 1) 165

by BerkeleyDude on Wednesday May 27, 2009 @12:53PM (#28111547) Attached to: Canonical Demos Early Stage Android-On-Ubuntu

The primary problem is that eclipse is not being actively maintained upstream in Debian. It is in some ways rather hard to package which has to be actively maintained much like firefox, and nobody has stepped up to take it over. If nothing changes, I would not be surprised to see eclipse eventually dropped in Debian and by extension in Ubuntu.

And yet, people keep arguing that centralized repositories are the way to go, and there's no need for projects like autopackage. Do we expect Eclipse developers to maintain a Debian package for it? As well as packages for RedHat, Suse, and all the other distros while they're at it?

Comment Re:Indicative of more serious problem? (Score 2, Informative) 408

by BerkeleyDude on Saturday May 02, 2009 @06:49AM (#27797381) Attached to: NoScript Adds Subscriptions To Adblock Plus

A Firefox extension can modify the browser in almost regard.

And not just the browser. You can write a binary add-on that will execute arbitrary code. It's no different from running a regular executable.

Firefox add-ons aren't any more secure than ActiveX on IE.

Comment Re:Good thing (Score 1) 408

by BerkeleyDude on Saturday May 02, 2009 @06:46AM (#27797367) Attached to: NoScript Adds Subscriptions To Adblock Plus

Funny, I thought that all Mozilla (Firefox/Thunderbird/Sunbird/etc) add-ons are already, in effect, open source.

You can write binary add-ons, too. You just need to use Mozilla's API, and put the shared library into the "components" directory of the XPI.

But then, of course, you have to deal with different OS'es, architectures, and so on.

Submission + - College Police: Using Linux is suspicious behavior (eff.org)

Submitted by FutureDomain on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @02:45PM

FutureDomain writes: The Boston College Campus Police have seized the electronics of a computer science student for allegedly sending an email outing another student. The probable cause? The search warrant application states that he is "a computer science major" and he uses "two different operating systems for hiding his illegal activity. One is the regular B.C. operating system and the other is a black screen with white font which he uses prompt commands on." The EFF is currently representing him.

Submission + - Cooliris Releases Linux Plugin! (cnet.com)

Submitted by

Yi Ding

on Tuesday April 14, 2009 @09:37AM

Yi Ding writes: "Cooliris featured in a New York Times article last year, has just released their plugin for linux. It is one of the most popular addons for firefox, and in my opinion among the most innovative. It brings a coverflow-like 3D interface to the web. Just another example of what ISVs can do building on open source software."

Submission + - Open source energy meters help reduce consumption

Submitted by on Friday February 20, 2009 @08:36PM

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at UC Berkeley have released their open-source system for monitoring AC power through the Green Soda project. The AC meters, called ACme, plug into wall outlets and power strips, and form an ad-hoc IPv6 subnet accessible from the Internet. There are over 50 different switches, desktops, and kitchen appliances (and an Xbox!) being monitored by the system. The data is available in real-time on the project web page. Their goal is to significantly reduce the 500kW draw of the computer science department.

Submission + - Sex doll for dogs

Submitted by BerkeleyDude on Wednesday April 18, 2007 @04:35PM

BerkeleyDude writes: If Slashdoters' pets have as much success with females as their owners do, they will probably be interested in this sex doll for dogs from Gizmodo:

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