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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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Packaging and ppa firsts (for me at least)
Today I spent the day messing about with local packaging and manually uploading to my ppa. I had already done some ppa and packaging using quickly but its a lot easier than I thought to do it manually. So what … Continue reading
Oh OGG when will it be your time….?
I’m an optimist, specifically for ubuntu and the open source/free software world. One thing that puzzles me is OGG Theora and Vorbis. We see Wikimedia (Wikipedia, wikidictonary…etc) using OGG technologies as well as mozilla, google and opera embracing it. It … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Chrome, fedora, Firefox, Free Software, freebsd, google, Google Chrome, HTML5, Mozilla, OGG, open solaris, opensuse, Opera, Theora, Ubuntu, Vorbis, Wikipedia
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Google chrome weirdness with basic html
I just looked at my site and google chome doesnt understand height or width tags for images. I only use it for the ubuntu logo for my link to the ubuntu website but it looks really large in Chrome. Firefox … Continue reading
Theora and Vorbis, HTML and Google
What an interesting company Google is they announced that they are buying On2. On2 is the company that provided the basis for OGG Theora by open sourcing the VP3 codec. Google, Mozilla and Opera all supported the addition of Theora … Continue reading
Posted in Free Software, Open Source, Technology, Ubuntu
Tagged Adobe, Apple, Chrome, Firefox, Flash, google, HTML, HTML 5, Internet Explorer, Java Script, Microsoft, Mozilla, Nokia, OGG, On2, Open Source, Opera, Safari, Silverlight, SVG, Theora, Vorbis
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Google Wave
I got an invite to test out wave in the sandbox. Its very good but the main thing I have to say is it has a very steep learning curve. You can use it (kinda) just like an email but … Continue reading