Free Software Linux

I do a lot of work on my home computers; one is a desktop, and the other is a laptop. Both of them are running Simply Mepis Linux, and are working very well. The desktop has Simply Mepis 7.0 as its main operating system, while the laptop has both Mepis 7.0 and 7.9.80-beta2 running on it at full speed.

Colin Mutchler is one of the original CC success stories. Back in 2003, he posted his song, My Life, to Opsound under a CC BY-SA license. A month later a violinist name Nora Beth added a violin track, calling the new work My Life Changed. It was one of the first instances of CC facilitating unsolicited collaboration, laying the ground work for the amazing remix culture we have seen develop over the past 5 years.

Last week, the Silicon Valley based TiVo Inc - in alliance with Nero - launched an online version of its DVR called TiVo PC. This TV tuner that can be plugged into a PC will be available in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada Oct. 15; $199 buys you a full year’s service with an annual renewal fee of $99.

Blog adalah free software yang disediakan oleh si pembuat untuk kita semua mencurahkan isi hati kita, dan boleh juga untuk memuat artikel yang kita ketahui sehingga orang lain dapat mengetahuinya. Selain  itu blog juga gratis sehingga kita tidak perlu mengeluarkan uang rutin untuk membayar blog kita.^^ Maka pakailah blog dan pergunakan dengan baik.^^

Are you bored of the year 2008, what with the global economic woes and rubbish weather (at least in England)? Convince yourself that it's already 2009 with a minty-fresh new distro release. Mandriva 2009.0 includes KDE 4.1.2, kernel 2.6.27, a late release candidate of OpenOffice.org 3.0, and top-notch netbook hardware support. Download from here or snag a copy from the upcoming LXF113 DVD.

XOOPS.org: "The XOOPS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of XOOPS 2.3.1 Final. This release is mainly focused on bug fixes for XOOPS 2.3.0 release according to community feedback.A couple of bugs in upgrade scripts from 2.2 to 2.3 have been fixed, as well as profile field access problems. Debug information visibility has been improved according to community demands, debug information level is enabled as a temporary solution.  Meanwhile XOOPS news aggregator has been improved for non UTF-8 charset websites, multiple feeds are enabled." Complete Story

Did you know that it is possible to alter the look of your iPod's boring default graphical user interface? Thanks to Rockbox, an open source firmware for mp3 players, you don't have to be a hacker to customize the appearance of your iPod's GUI.

Adobe AIR is a technology that lets you run Internet applications on the desktop. With AIR you do not need a browser to run such desktop applications. This tutorial explains how you can install Adobe AIR 1.1 for Linux beta on an Ubuntu 8.04 desktop.

If you’re interested in remix culture, digital activism, copyright, open tech, open access to knowledge, and/or free software, then come to the Free Culture Conference. It’s all going down this Saturday and Sunday (Oct 11th & 12th) at UC Berkeley. Just make sure you register right now — the conference has limited space and was recently boingboinged. I’ll be there with Miro, a projector, some tee shits, and a handful of stickers… drop by and say hi!

Packt has today announced details of Matt Butcher’s new Drupal 6 JavaScript and jQuery book, which is scheduled for release in December. The book is being released as Packt’s first RAW (Read as we Write) book, which are designed as the most immediate and cutting-edge way to buy a Packt book. Generally available 4-6 months before the book is published, buying a RAW book gives you the opportunity to gain immediate access to content and share in the editorial process of producing a book.

eBay is not going through the happiest of times. Not only has it found it necessary to make 1000 people %u2013 10% of its workforce %u2013 redundant, it has had to own up to a serious breach of trust with its Internet telephony program, Skype.

Thanks for the support y'all. The likes of Ademero, CMS Watch, Ektron, Ephox, eTouch SamePage, The Gilbane Group, Lyris Hot Banana, Kentico, Open Text, Quantum Art, Sitecore, Telerik Sitefinity, Xythos and of course dear old uncle Google have kept the Nespresso machines running this week.

Ubuntu on the beach

Dopo un periodo di silenzio e di meritata vacanza, l'Opera Linux Group riparte con una serie di appuntamenti aperti al territorio e una buona quantità di idee e progetti da portare avanti in preparazione dell'evento di aprile 2009.

Di seguito il verbale dell'ultima riunione

It's hard to know what the deal is with Vignette. Poor financial results and some unflattering press throughout the summer suggest all's not well with this aristocratic web and enterprise content management brand. But awards aplenty and an enduring client-base chock-full of marquee names suggests the opposite. The company has been kicked around a little bit lately in the press.