F-Spot Out of Ubuntu
Posted by Jason in Free Software on May 14, 2010
Fantastic news! I first caught wind of this from I’Been to Ubuntu: F-Spot has been voted off the island by developers at UDS this week. The Mono application will be replaced by Shotwell, written in Vala. Since the only other Mono application I see in the default install is Tomboy, would it make sense to conspire to kick [...]
Microsoft on Interoperability
From ChannelWeb Stephen Elop, president of the Microsoft Business Division and one of the company’s foremost cloud proponents, also dismissed Google’s claims of Office-Docs interoperability. “It clearly shows their lack of maturity and lack of understanding for the business market,” Elop told The New York Times Wednesday. “Companies don’t want to mix their technology.” I [...]
Humble Indie Games Bundle
I’ve been following the saga of the Humble Indie Games Bundle. It’s quite eye-opening. The recipie Start off with a bundle of 5 indie games. All the games are cross-platform. Real cross-platform (Linux, not just Mac and Windows). No DRM. No middle-man. Let the user pay what they want. $1? $5? $10? more? less? Allow [...]
Official? Steam Coming to Linux
Phoronix is justifiably happy, now that Valve has confirmed Steam will be “available to Linux users in the coming months”. (We are assuming here the Telegraph is accurate in its reporting.) I think this is a very positive development. First Mover For one thing it shows Valve recognizes that although Linux may be small proportionally, [...]
The Week Link – 10.05.07
Ubuntu 10.04 Post-Install Guide: What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx! Top 5 Changes You Should Make on a Fresh Lucid Install Always interested in post-install tweak stories. Open vs. Closed: Jimmy Wales on Being Open Mr. Wikipedia makes some interesting points despite laughably biased questions from GigaOM. Know Your Rights: H.264, patent licensing, [...]
Linux vs. E. Coli
Discover’s The Loom blog has a really cool comparison of Linux and E. coli. One of the nifty bits is a comparison of the gene interactions of E. coli and Linux system calls: The author also draws some very interesting comparisons between the evolution of E. coli and Linux: Both networks developed, step by step, [...]
PulseAudio and Jack
Lennart Poettering has an interesting discussion on JACK vs. PulseAudio, “PulseAudio and Jack“. I like his table of comparison: Consumer Audio (i.e. PulseAudio) Pro Audio (i.e. Jack) Reducing power usage is a defining requirement, most systems are battery powered (Laptops, Cell Phones). Power usage usually not an issue, power comes out of the wall. Must [...]
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