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Category Archives: Open Source
Are we being too hard on Adobe?
I was looking back on my previous posts about Adobe needing to open source stuff and I wondered….. Was I being too hard on Adobe just because Google are so generous? The perception is that every company can do what … Continue reading
Why 2010 has been a great year so far for open source
2010 so far has been awesome. 1. Ubuntu 10.04 was released and its the best Ubuntu yet. 2. Google released WebM (Vorbis+VP8). 3. Steam began porting their engine to Linux. 4. WebGL and other HTML5 technologies are gaining ground. What … Continue reading
Posted in Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged google, HTML5, Open Web, Steam, Ubuntu, WebM
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RE: Thoughts on flash
I fully agree with Steve Jobs about the problems with flash. All of his points are correct but one of his points is very hypocritical. He complains about Flash being a proprietary technology when most of the apple platform is … Continue reading
The great standardization vs innovation battle
Do standards hold us back? Its a good question to ask ourselves as people who work with technology, should we be always looking to innovate? First of all are all standards bad and the answer is a big no. Doing … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged dbus, Microsoft, OOXML, Standards, tracker, zeitgeist
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Making free smarter
Zeitgeist is awesome and can already do some cool stuff. Here are some examples of stuff that it can do but if it gets support from the development community. Rhythmbox could make up a playlist of songs that you play … Continue reading
Open sourcing proprietary software projects
In Ireland we have a special relationship with software we see the goodness but politicians dont have a clue how to make sure they get delivery on the sanctioned software systems. There have been a few systems an e-voting system … Continue reading
The importance of awesome
Im going to plug a bunch of projects and stuff I like in this post so I hope you guys like it. Shot of jaq is bloody awesome. Well us ubuntu people are a little bit biased here because its … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged acire, docky, gnome do, gwibber, inkscape, lernid, liferea, quickly, shot of jaq, tracker, Ubuntu, vala, zeitgeist
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Gnome 3 world wide release parties
At the last Gnome marketing meeting an interesting idea came up. That was to have a ubuntu loco style release party for Gnome 3 this fall. The proposal is here, im sure sponsors are welcome. I have to stress its … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged fedora, Gnome, Gnome 3, Gnome-Desktop, Mint, OpenSolaris, opensuse, Ubuntu
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Debunking Gnome 3 myths
Some people are slightly confused about what Gnome 3 actually is. The biggest myth is Gnome Shell == Gnome 3 Actually its very far from the truth, in fact there is a lot of work that has nothing to do … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Gnome, Gnome 3, gnome activity journal, Gnome-shell, Myths, zeitgeist
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Lowering the programming barrier
I love quickly and quidgets just for the simple reason they lower the barrier for potential programmers to join in and start easily. But it makes me think that gtk is getting old and its showing its oldness by not … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Gnome, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged code, Gnome, gtk, quickly, quidgets, Ubuntu, UI
20 Comments