TODAY'S MOST POPULAR HEADLINES
Is Second Place Good Enough In Open Source?
06/08/2008 
In our 'winner take all' society, The VAR Guy is starting to wonder: Can open source companies like Concursive, Compiere and EnterpriseDB ever escape ... 
Ubuntu, Fedora, Mandriva Performance Compared
06/08/2008
Last week we released Phoronix Test Suite 1.0 and one of the article requests we received as a result was to do a side-by-side comparison between the ...
Gates Says Linux Best OS Ever
06/08/2008
At a hastily convened press conference Bill Gates announced that he personally thinks that"Linux is the best OS ever." Linux #1. He added,"Mundie and ...
Amarok 1.4.9.1 Review - Probably the Last 1.x Release
06/08/2008
Since Amarok 2 is on its way with all the fuss around it and the currently stable 1.4.9.1 version will probably be the last in the 1.x series, I decid ...
Ubuntu Netbook Remix: a detailed explanation
06/08/2008
Lately, there has been a lot of noise about Ubuntu’s Netbook Remix. In an unrelated (and definitely lucky) interview with The Guardian, Mark Shu ...
The Next Frontier for Open Source
06/08/2008
Open Source is still a disruptive idea. It has moved beyond that in server operating systems, of course, with Linux on 20% of servers shipped these da ...
Ending the Hardware/Software Rat Race
06/08/2008
We're saved! Or rather, Windows XP is -- at least for the time being. Microsoft announced this week that it is extending the cut-off date for sales of ...
Hans Reiser Offers To Lead Cops to Nina's Body
06/08/2008
Hans Reiser, the Linux programmer facing a mandatory 25-to life term for killing his wife, might disclose the location of Nina Reiser's body in exchan ...
BSDCan 2008: Hardware Sensors Framework
06/08/2008
Constantine Murenin offered a history of the OpenBSD hardware sensors framework during his talk at BSDCan 2008, describing how it was originally based ...
How to write a Gnome Application
06/08/2008
By popular demand, a guide to writing a Gnome app: Find some reasonable app from another platform (Windows, Mac, KDE, whatever, but preferably, Mac). ...
How to Buy the Wrong Color Laser Printer
06/08/2008
Despite the title, I think my experiences could be useful guide for others. Should you need to replace a printer quickly, my choices of criteria could ...
LXer Weekly Roundup for 08-Jun-2008
06/08/2008
LXer Feature: 08-Jun-2008In this week's Roundup we have Essential Thunderbird add-ons, Microsoft Free - One year later, Google Gadgets for Linux, 42 M ...
KDE 4 sucks big time
06/08/2008
I've been a KDE user for many years. Maybe it's just me, maybe the UI world is changing, butthe newest incarnation of KDE sucks big time. All was fine ...
Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
06/08/2008
After Hillary Clinton spoke last night I listened closely for what the loudspeakers would play. It was Tom Petty's hit 'I Won't Back Down.' (UPDATE: ...
20 Essential KDE Applications - Review
06/08/2008
These is a review of 20 essential KDE applications, plus several additions. Included are Amarok, KTorrent, Akregator, K3b, Konqueror, DigiKam and all ...
Screencast Introduces New Mozilla Firefox 3 Features
06/08/2008
Mike Beltzner has created a screencast introducing some of the new features in the forthcoming Mozilla Firefox 3. The overview, which is in Adobe Flas ...
A Technological Singularity: What are the Implications for Free Software?
06/08/2008
I was at another meeting of the Editorial board of the Skibbereen Eagle yesterday. Hopefully you read the outcome of the last one. Some clever clogs s ...
A brief history of Linux and the cosmos
06/08/2008
Fifty years ago scientists were restricted to the use of ink and graph paper to assess and compile their data. The first computer revolution of the se ...
Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0: Package Management, with Duncan Mac-Vicar
06/08/2008
In this article we will be covering all of the changes in and around the package management stack in the upcoming openSUSE 11.0. There have been a ple ...
Wind River spins MID Linux
06/08/2008
Wind River is readying a vertical-market Linux distribution specifically for MIDs (mobile Internet devices). Wind River Linux Platform for Mobile Inte ...
Movial unveils Linux toolkit for fast phone GUIs
06/08/2008
Finland's Movial unveiled a Linux-based toolkit which enables software developers to use web-based technologies to program mobile user interfaces, aim ...
Bringing Web Inspector to Linux
06/08/2008
For web developers, when it comes to debugging the web applications, tools like Firebug for Firefox, Safari Web Inspector and the recently introduced ...
English).Browse articles by date: 06/09/2008 ... 06/08/2008 ... 06/07/2008