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Subversion vs. Git: Choosing the Right Open Source Version Control System

54 min 10 sec ago
Developer.com: "As with everything in the open source world, version control systems (VCSs) come in several flavors. The grandfather of open source VCSs is CVS, a tool that was the de facto standard in the industry for several years until the likes of Subversion came along and made it almost obsolete."


The Linux �1% myth� is pretty accurate

1 hour 17 min ago
ThePCSpy: "I recently read two posts throwing mud at the 1% statistic. The first didn't offer any positive reasoning and just said the statistics had to be based on sales and that wasn't fair."


KDE 4.5 Desktop Activities Bring New Meaning to Organization

1 hour 23 min ago
Linux.com: "KDE 4.5 brings to the table plenty of useful, functional, innovative features. One of those very features is the Desktop Activity. Although many scoffed at the idea (even tried to get the feature pulled), those same naysayers are (hopefully) glad their requests were not followed. Why?"


Discrimination? Try discouragement.

1 hour 53 min ago
Linux Pro Magazine: "Have you read the Evil HR Lady's article called Illegal Gender Discrimination in Tech? Hardly.? Suzanne Lucas, a.k.a. Evil HR Lady, says, �Everyone wrings their hands and frets, 'what can we do about the inequality in X?' Well, first stop and see if people are making different choices.�"


How to configure encrypted LVM on Zentyal

2 hours 23 min ago
LinuxBSDos: "Zentyal, the Linux distribution formerly known as eBox Platform, is a server distribution which can be used as a network gateway, unified threat manager, office server, infrastructure manager, and a unified communications server."


The Linux �1% myth� is pretty accurate

2 hours 53 min ago
ThePCSpy: "I recently read two posts throwing mud at the 1% statistic. The first didn't offer any positive reasoning and just said the statistics had to be based on sales and that wasn't fair."


The Commons As An Actor in Transforming Global Political Economy

3 hours 23 min ago
Tinyvid.TV: To orchestrate change you need someone who can balance vision with pragmatism. In Eben Moglen the proponents choreographing the software patents debate have such a leader. (Ogg video)


My Quest for Free Licensed Japanese Pop Music

4 hours 53 min ago
Free Software Magazine: "This is my story about searching for Japanese pop music under a free culture license. It's a little tricky, because the best sites for this are of course, in Japan, and not well advertised on the English web"


C++ Help: Installing and Using Code::Blocks On Linux

6 hours 23 min ago
Djere Web Services: "As a web page designer, programmer, and host it is very useful to know the popular Php programming/scripting language."


Help an Old PC: Give KDE 3.5 the Oxygen Touch

7 hours 53 min ago
Das U-Blog by Prashanth: "I mentioned in my review of Kubuntu 10.04 Trinity that while the Trinity revival of KDE 3.5.11 has huge potential as a new contender in the field of DEs for old computers (competing with Xfce and LXDE, among others), KDE 3.5 looks pretty bad."


Linux Mint 9 (Debian) Review

9 hours 23 min ago
Desktop Linux Reviews: "This time around though, we've gotten a delightful surprise from the Linux Mint developers. A Debian version of Linux Mint! Yes, there is now a rolling release Linux Mint distro!"


Mozilla Labs Announces Gaming Platform

10 hours 53 min ago
Linux Pro Magazine: "Mozilla Labs announced its newest initiative, a gaming platform appropriately named Mozilla Labs: Gaming. The goal of the platform is to create browser-based games built on Open Web standards."


More Android tablets break cover

September 9, 2010 - 5:05am
LinuxDevices: "Navigation device manufacturer Rydeen Mobile Electronics announced a seven-inch, Android-based tablet called the "gPad GCOM701" at last weekend's IFA show in Berlin."


GNOME 3 at Xen 4.0.1 (2.6.32.21 pvops) on top of F14 (rawhide)

September 9, 2010 - 3:35am
Xen Virtualization on Linux and Solaris: "In meantime Xen 4.0.1 is available via rawhide repositories . Been installed along with 2.6.32.21 pvops kernel and the most recent libvirt 0.8.3 on top of F14 (rawhide) via just several yum install commands,it doesn't require any longer to build xen rpms using corresponding xen-4.0.1-1.f14.src.rpm."


Old Generals Never Die - They just Wear a Red Hat

September 9, 2010 - 2:05am
Linux Journal: "The Red Hat board of directors announced a new chairman Monday, August 30, to replace outgoing Matthew Szulik. Henry Hugh Shelton, retired Special Forces general, has been serving on the board since 2003 after leaving the elite Army division."


How Stock Photo Agency YayMicro.com was Created Using Only Open Source Technology.

September 9, 2010 - 1:33am
LinuxPR: Instead, every piece of technology was chosen from the open source community. Here is the story of the technology behind stock photo agency YayMicro.com.


Samsung Opens The Door To 1080p On Smartphones

September 9, 2010 - 1:03am
Conceivably Tech: "Following Qualcomm, Samsung is also close to be launching a new smartphone processor with two cores. Based on ARM architecture, the new processor promises five times the graphics performance of current chips and enable 1080p video recording and playback."


The Alexandria Project: Prologue

September 9, 2010 - 12:33am
Standards Blog: "I've been re-working The Alexandria Project in preparation for approaching a literary agent. One thing I'm toying with is whether the book needs to get to a quicker, edgier start than the original first chapter provides - such as what follows below. What's your opinion?"


OrangeHRM clamors to join million-dollar club

September 9, 2010 - 12:03am
ZDNet Asia: "OrangeHRM, the open source human resource management (HRM) software company, wants to join the million-dollar revenue club by 2011."


A Look at KDE Desktop Effects

September 8, 2010 - 11:33pm
MakeTechEasier: "With the coming of KDE 4, the number of effects has multiplied, and KWin (KDE's window manager) is now on par with Compiz (a window manager with numerous desktop effects). Moreover, KWin's primary advantage over Compiz is that it is part of KDE and integrates perfectly with the rest of the desktop."


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