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Google unveils Google Play - a cloud based service that unifies all its entertainment offering into a single entity. Earlier you had Google Music to store your music files, Google eBook store to buy books, Android Market to buy/download apps for your device running Android and so on.
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Gimp 2.8 has been officially released. It includes over 35 new features that is sure to make even the hard core Gimp critic try it out.
To get the full details of what is new, head over to Gimp Users website for a detailed tutorial giving insights into what Gimp 2.8 has to offer.
If you want to try out Gimp 2.8, you will either have to wait for the next iteration of the Linux distribution you use, or download the Gimp source/binary from the Gimp website and compile/install it yourself.
To get the full details of what is new, head over to Gimp Users website for a detailed tutorial giving insights into what Gimp 2.8 has to offer.
If you want to try out Gimp 2.8, you will either have to wait for the next iteration of the Linux distribution you use, or download the Gimp source/binary from the Gimp website and compile/install it yourself.
Fedora 17 beta includes Gimp 2.8 in its repository. So you can also download a live CD of Fedora 17 beta to try out Gimp 2.8.
Xfce team has released version 4.10 of the Xfce desktop. There are few visually appealing changes in Xfce 4.10. Rather, the developers have concentrated on fine-tuning and polishing existing features.
Notable changes in 4.10 are -
A new application finder
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Notable changes in 4.10 are -
A new application finder
xfce4-appfinder re-written from scratch that combines the functionality of the old appfinder and xfrun4. It also allows creating custom actions matching a prefix or a regex pattern.Read more »
Ubuntu 12.04 aka Precise Pangolin has officially been released. This is the next LTS version of Ubuntu. One week back, I had downloaded Ubuntu 12.04 (then in final beta) with an intent to try it out. After I installed it on my machine and started using it, I was very impressed. It is my opinion that the Ubuntu team has pulled off a success here. Unity interface which many people (including yours truly) were eager to banish to the boondocks has made a comeback. It is now simple to use, efficient, and beautiful.
If what I experienced in Ubuntu 12.04 is to be believed, Ubuntu is on the right track in becoming a common peoples operating system.
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If what I experienced in Ubuntu 12.04 is to be believed, Ubuntu is on the right track in becoming a common peoples operating system.
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CDE (Code, Data, and Environment) is a packaging tool which allows you to identically replicate the execution of a program running on one Linux machine, on to another. Put succinctly, CDE aids you in creating portable Linux applications.
It does this by packaging up everything the program needs to run together, which can then be transferred and executed flawlessly on a different Linux machine.
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It does this by packaging up everything the program needs to run together, which can then be transferred and executed flawlessly on a different Linux machine.
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I had recently written about the anticipated release of Gimp 2.8 which brings revolutionary changes to the Gimp user interface and lots more under the hood. However, as of now, if you want to download and try Gimp 2.8 you have to do one of the two things, namely -
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Linus Torvalds has been awarded the 2012 Millennium Technology Prize. The award is offered by a Finnish foundation called Technology Academy Finland (TAF). TAF promotes scientific research and innovation to develop new technology which is based on humane values and has a positive impact on quality of life.
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Remember Raspberry Pi ? The credit card sized $35 computer that comes preloaded with a customized Linux distribution ?
Raspberry Pi Foundation (people behind this project) have released 2 models. Model A costs $25 and Model B costs $35 excluding taxes.
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Raspberry Pi Foundation (people behind this project) have released 2 models. Model A costs $25 and Model B costs $35 excluding taxes.
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Mosh is a secure shell that is touted as a replacement for the venerable SSH.
How is Mosh different from SSH ? Well, Mosh uses a new protocol called the State Synchronization Protocol (SSP) that runs over UDP. This means it is possible to synchronize the state of an object from one host to another.
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How is Mosh different from SSH ? Well, Mosh uses a new protocol called the State Synchronization Protocol (SSP) that runs over UDP. This means it is possible to synchronize the state of an object from one host to another.
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GIMP project has released GIMP 2.8 RC1 - a precursor to the upcoming GIMP 2.8.
GIMP 2.8 RC1 (Release Candidate) gives you a taste of the new features that are being offered in GIMP, which includes -
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GIMP 2.8 RC1 (Release Candidate) gives you a taste of the new features that are being offered in GIMP, which includes -
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Emacs (barring Vi of course) is the finest text editor around. Many consider it to be the holy grail of software, which allow you to do everything from writing text, to checking mails, coding, and even playing games.
For a person new to using Emacs however, it does pose a learning curve. To use Emacs, you need to learn new habits and unlearn a few others. Having a nice, easy to understand tutorial definitely helps.
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For a person new to using Emacs however, it does pose a learning curve. To use Emacs, you need to learn new habits and unlearn a few others. Having a nice, easy to understand tutorial definitely helps.
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Dr Richard Stallman says people who love their Freedom should stop using Facebook.
On a mailing list of the MIT CSAIL, when some students started a thread asking for more votes on their Facebook page, Dr Richard Stallman responded as follows -
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On a mailing list of the MIT CSAIL, when some students started a thread asking for more votes on their Facebook page, Dr Richard Stallman responded as follows -
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Mutt is a free email client that you can run in your terminal. However, some people who would like to see more development take place in Mutt find the Mutt developers too conservative and not receptive to changes.
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There is a simple command in Linux that tells you how long your system has been running. The name of the command is uptime.
Uptime command gives a one line display that offers the following information -
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Uptime command gives a one line display that offers the following information -
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Gentoo Linux has released a new edition of its LiveDVD - ver 12.1. It comes choke full of software and offers a chance for ordinary folks to try out Gentoo on their machines without making changes to their hard disk.
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tmpfs is a file system that stores all the files in virtual memory. tmpfs doesn't create any files on your hard drive. So if you unmount a tmpfs file system, all the files residing in it are lost for ever.
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Red Hat recently became the first open source company that could garner one billion US dollars in annual revenue. To celebrate this new milestone, Red Hat is offering $100,000 US dollars to the future of open source.
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A process is a fundamental part of any operating system - irrespective of whether they are proprietary or Free. And all Operating systems usually have a lot of processes running at any given time. This begs the question, what exactly is a process ?
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Mozilla has launched an online game that runs completely inside a web browser. Which means, the game doesn't use any plugins to run in your web browser as it is fully developed using HTML 5 and JavaScript.
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In fact, this is the list of operating systems I could name :
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Most of you who read this blog know about, and use Linux. But how many of you are aware of terms like Free Software Foundation, GPL and statements like "Linux is GPLed". Have you ever wondered what GPL stands for ? And do you know if there is a difference between GPLed software, freeware and open source software ?
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GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) is a compiler system produced by the GNU project supporting various programming languages. It is the standard compiler used by most Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, BSD, and Mac OS X.
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Linux kernel 3.3 has been released with a few new features. The significant among them being the merging of Android code with Linux. What this means is, in the future, you will be able to install and run Android Apps in Linux without needing any modifications. This is essentially a work in progress and the full Android support is expected to be available only in Linux kernel 3.4.
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Arch Linux is a rolling Linux distribution. This means you need to install Arch Linux only once, and your system will remain up to date forever. The target audience for Arch Linux are people who are comfortable in editing text files to configure their system, and entering commands in terminals.
Arch Linux turns 10 years. For those who are curious, this is how it all started. And this is how Arch Linux website looked way back in 2002.
You can read a review of Arch Linux I had written a few years back, to get to know Arch Linux better.
Arch Linux turns 10 years. For those who are curious, this is how it all started. And this is how Arch Linux website looked way back in 2002.
You can read a review of Arch Linux I had written a few years back, to get to know Arch Linux better.
PHP 5.4.0 - a major update to PHP has been released. Ushering in a whole lot of changes, this release of PHP is deemed to provide 20-30% speed increases in execution of scripts. The following are the important features of this new PHP release.
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