Links 1/9/2011: Mandriva 2011.0 Reviews, MeeGo-based Phones in Australia, Sony Tablet With Android
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2011-09-01 12:22:50 UTC
- Modified: 2011-09-01 12:22:50 UTC
Contents
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Server
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Applications
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Instructionals/Technical
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Games
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This version is a complete rewrite, and is free and open source
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New Releases
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PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandrake/Mandriva Family
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Mandriva 2011 includes LibreOffice 3.4.2 in full version with Math and Draw applications. You can also find Okular document viewer in Office section of menu.
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To explain the paradox, I have to go back in time, a retrospective trip of my dealings with Mandriva. In 2009, I chose Mandriva and installed it to my Asus Eee PC 900 after downloading four distributions at random. All I knew about Linux back then was that there were many versions (I didn't even know what the word "distro" meant!) and that some were more difficult to use than others. Somewhere I read that Mandriva was labeled an "intermediate" distribution.
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Gentoo Family
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Both editions have it as a great light weight alternative. The menu is customized enough to allow access to several applications including Konsole, no dead entries. It's a good start and if you want to use it full time you can add the rest later.
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Red Hat Family
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To manage virtual resource requirements of enterprises and their private and public cloud infrastructures
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Debian Family
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Derivatives
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Canonical/Ubuntu
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Flavours and Variants
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Ubuntu based multimedia software Dream Studio announced the laest release 11.04. As with other Ubuntu distros, Dream Studio release follows the latest Ubuntu release, this summer Ubuntu 11.04, Natty Narwhal, and includes new changes for the new Unity environment.
So, there is a lot of excitement happening with the new release says,Dick MacInnis, while announcing the release of Dream Studio 11.04. The new version includes all of the earlier greater features and more for the new changes happening with Ubuntu 11.04.
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Phones
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Nokia has revealed that its N9 smartphone will be available on Optus, Telstra and Vodafone, as well as from a range of retailers including Dick Smith, JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman.
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Android
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Sub-notebooks/Tablets
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Sony is taking orders for a 9.4-inch, Android 3.1-based "Sony Tablet S" it will release next month, and says a folding, dual 5.5-inch display "Sony Tablet P" model (with Android 3.2) will follow later this year. Both models are equipped with 1GHz Nvidia Tegra 2 processors, and the Sony Tablet S costs $499 with 16GB of storage or $599 with 32GB, according to the company.
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A survey by market researchers ABIresearch concluded that Android tablets have grabbed a market share of about 20 per cent from market leader Apple in a year. However, ABIresearch said that no individual manufacturer has managed to become a significant competitor – since its introduction in April 2010, 29 million iPad devices have been sold – "None are separating themselves from the pack", said ABIresearch expert Jeff Orr. Some vendors have even launched their tablets at a higher price than that of the iPad.
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Just as quickly as one file-sharing solution bites the dust, another steps in to take its place. In the wake of LimeWire’s demise we take a look at Groovejaar, a downloading software client which takes the only real weakness of streaming music service Grooveshark and turns it into its strength – fully downloadable high-quality MP3s in an instant.
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Telekom Slovenije-owned video-on-demand provider Najdi has chosen the Open Broadcast Encoder (OBE), an open-source encoder platform developed in collaboration with various broadcasters and telcos, to create VOD content.
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Open source essentially refers to a movement which allows software and web developers access to the software “code” upon which software and web applications are built. In other words, it’s literally an international (programming) language that is developed and maintained by a community of programming professionals.
As such, it’s “owned” by nobody and everybody at the same time.
The alternative to open source software is “proprietary” software, ie. software that has been developed by a business whose ultimate mission is profitability for all concerned.
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Events
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In this, the third in a short series of articles introducing some of the topics which will be discussed at the upcoming TransferSummit in Oxford, Steve Lee and Sally Khudairi discuss the importance of accessibility solutions and the benefits of an open-source-based approach to such technologies.
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Web Browsers
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Healthcare
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Business
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Zemlin cited Red Hat as a positive example of contributing back to open source and the benefits that result: "Red Hat gives a ton back – a ton – and they are really the most successful Linux distro out there." He made the point that others who perhaps do not contribute as much would come round to doing so because it is always in their business interests, and that this would eventually bring them to make a greater contribution.
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Openness/Sharing
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Programming
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Stop the flame war. It matters less and less every year what operating system you use, because every year we all spend more time on our computer using nothing but the browser. And browsers are cross-platform.
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Security
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Cablegate
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WikiLeaks released a mysterious encrypted file on Wednesday after telling its followers on Twitter to stand by for "an important announcement."
WikiLeaks did not identify the contents of the 571 megabyte file and it could not be opened without a decryption key, which the anti-secrecy website said would be released "at the appropriate moment."
In July of last year, WikiLeaks posted what it called an "insurance file," which was also encrypted.
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Copyrights
Recent Techrights' Posts
- When I discovered people trafficking in open source software
- Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- [Meme] Being Believed, Not Censored or Defamed
- Daniel Pocock, Zini, and John Sullivan (FSF)
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- Aside From Red Hat Spam and Partisan Media There's a Lingering Rumour of Layoffs
- Some rumour said IBM had second thoughts about a WARN notice and delayed that a bit
- The Albanian open source community is very healthy indeed
- Windows nosedives from 99.1% to a lot less
- Web Sites Hijacked by WIPO on Behalf of Microsoft-Sponsored SPI (and People Looking to Hide Embarrassing Facts)
- debian.chat; debiancommunity.org; debian.day; debian.family; debian.finance; debian.giving; debiangnulinux.org; debian.guide; debian.news; debian.plus; debianproject.community; debianproject.org; debian.team; debian.video
- Julian Assange on Privacy of People, Even Little Children
- Facebook/Google (or GAFAM, an acronym I coined with Assange) knows you better than your mom knows you
- [Meme] Miscomprehension of GDPR
- Social control in general is a ticking timebomb
- In Haiti, the Market Share of Windows Collapsed (From 97% to 27% on Desktops/Laptops)
- A couple of months ago Windows was measured at 3.04%
- In Most Countries It's Still Possible Not to Have a 'Smartphone' and to Pay for Nearly Everything With Cash
- Withdrawing money will be possible as long as enough people use many ATMs (cash machines)
- Expect Lots of Material From Daniel Pocock as Election Day Nears
- The experiences of Daniel Pocock were an excellent example of reprisal or retribution against either whistleblowers or people who give a voice to whistleblowers
- I've Been Promoting Free Software for Over 25 Years
- I wrote my first computer program when I was about 14, maybe a little younger (I have visual memory of it)
- Reminder: Richard Stallman's Talk is This Week in Paris (and in French)
- Defending rms isn't the same as defending everything he has ever said
- IRC Proceedings: Saturday, May 11, 2024
- IRC logs for Saturday, May 11, 2024
- Online Bullying (Trying to Make People Unhappy)
- Narcissists and bullies behind mice and keyboards, no honesty or fact-checking required
- Talk About Software Freedom
- "Linux" and "BSD" may mean a lot to more and more people, but they're still just brands or acronyms
- Windows in South Korea: From 98.5% in 2010 to About 30% (Android Rises to Almost 50%)
- Samsung ships like a million Linux devices per day
- Improving Site Navigation for Easier Discovery and Catch-ups
- This site is run by code we wrote ourselves
- LibrePlanet 2024 Recordings
- Let's hope independent recordings by viewers can help recovery of "lost talks" (recordings)
- GNU/Linux Reaches 11% Market Share in the United States Of America - an All-Time High
- The United States Of America is where the operating system started (Boston) and where Linus Torvalds works (Portland)
- Links 11/05/2024: XBox Crisis, Spotify Exodus Continues
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 11/05/2024: Why to Delete GitHub
- Links for the day
- In Europe, Bing Fell Every Month This Year, Lost a Considerable Share Since "Bing Chat" and All the Chatbot Hype
- Microsoft's Bing has had many layoffs lately
- Links 11/05/2024: Analysis of the Microsoft Crisis and Backdoor-Looking Bugs
- Links for the day
- Attacking the Messenger?
- Stack Overflow and LLM licencing
- Microsoft Fired Loads of Staff in Kenya, Which is Another Large Country Where GNU/Linux Has Grown a Lot
- Microsoft pays Kenyans only 2 dollars an hour for an IT/office job
- Knowing the True History of Debian, Owing to Irish Debian Developer Daniel Pocock (Currently Running to Become Member of the European Parliament)
- Irish-Australian and scapegoat of a highly dysfunctional 'Debian family'
- Attacking by Credentials
- Modest people do not demand fancy titles
- Microsoft Windows Used to Have 99% of the OS Market in Jordan, Now It's Just 13% (Less Than iOS)
- Based on the data of statCounter, GNU/Linux in Jordan climbed from 0.62% in May 2014 to nearly 5% right now
- More Nations Are Reaching and Exceeding 5% Market Share for GNU/Linux, Microsoft Wants to be Bailed Out Again
- Microsoft is once again reaching out to Biden for a bailout - a subject we'll cover in a video some time this weekend
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Friday, May 10, 2024
- IRC logs for Friday, May 10, 2024
- [Meme] What Do You Call a Woman Who Does BDS on Free Software? Elana Hamasman.
- Here are some confused thoughts
- [Meme] Mission Aborted
- Mission Aborted: cancel RMS
- Taking Things Up a Notch
- we strive/aim towards 15-25 new pages per day, i.e. around 500 per month or 6,000 per year
- Gemini Links 10/05/2024: Love Is Infinite and Books vs Internet
- Links for the day
- Links 10/05/2024: Fears Over TSMC, Microsoft Loses Major Patent Case
- Links for the day
- Links 10/05/2024: Burner Phones in 6-Eyes Government, “Hatred and Demonization” on the Rise
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Layoffs and Closures Now Reported in Africa
- Microsoft Uninstalls Nigeria as it closes African Development Centre (ADC) in Lagos
- [Video] Richard Stallman, "I Saw You Playing Your Recorder in Paris" (Due to Proprietary Software Only)
- Corporate autocrats do not want counterparts or alternatives to even exist
- Five Years After the Extensive Campaign of Defamation Against Richard Stallman He's Still Giving Public Talks
- "Richard Stallman will give a talk, in French, Free Software and Freedom in a Digital Society at Centrale Supelec in Saclay, on May 15."
- Microsoft Is Rebranding Its 'Chatbot' Search for the Third Time Because It Fails to Gain Adoption
- it always means that something has failed - not that they'll openly admit it
- Richard Stallman Gives a Talk in Paris Next Week (in French) and It's About Freedom
- another talk, which he has only just announced
- Pace Up, Distractions Down
- We've made our curation process faster and more efficient
- In Algeria, GNU/Linux Estimated to Have Grown Tenfold in a Decade
- a sharp rise in GNU/Linux usage
- [Meme] Red Hat Diversity
- Red Hat: don't mention Haghighi
- Our Sister Site Turns 20 in Exactly One Month
- twentieth anniversary of the site
- Corporate Media Focuses on Who's Suing Red Hat, Not What It's Sued For
- The unfortunate thing is, anybody who has an opinion on this lawsuit will inevitably be framed as "pro-Trump" or "anti-Trump"
- Links 10/05/2024: Many More Microsoft Layoffs on the Way
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Thursday, May 09, 2024
- IRC logs for Thursday, May 09, 2024
- Microsoft OSI Uses Its Money to Hire PR Agencies That Spy and Spread Mindless Openwashing of GPL-Violating Microsoft Ploy
- `We're under attack. But the attackers smile at us and hire PR firms to spy, mislead etc.
- Gemini Links 10/05/2024: geminispace.info to Shut Down in 3 Weeks
- Links for the day
- In Nigeria, Africa's (by Far) Largest Population, Microsoft Bing is the 0%
- To Microsoft, Africa is just "someplace" to get intensive, hard-working human 'resources' (tech labour) at 2 dollars 'apiece' as in per person per hour