Tag Archives: Firefox

White House Open Source, Is Oracle Closing MySQL, and Skype Not Trustworthy?

For all of the links to stories mentioned, click here: j.mp A seemingly HUGE week for “This Week In Linux” News, with games, secrecy, betrayal, and more. Watch to find out all about it! If you liked this content, please share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, Google+, or by messenger pigeon. Ways to contact Jordan (me): Twitter: twitter.com Google+: gplus.to Facebook: facebook.com Instagram: twildottv IRC Chat: twil.tv Or just message me here on YouTube.

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Final Release Review

Introduction and Review of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Codenamed Precise Pangolin. The latest Long Term Support release of Ubuntu now offers 5 years security updates for both Desktop and Server editions. Unity is now looking a lot better, and there are some new features such as: Heads Up Display (HUD) that allows you to easily search through applications menu items, New Privacy tool to control what history is saved More Customisation options in Unity Improved support for Dual monitors Chapter Timings: 0:01 Introduction to Ubuntu 0:16 System Features 1:49 Heads Up Display (HUD) 2:37 Customising Unity with MyUnity 3:50 Privacy Tool 4:09 Installing Applications with Software Centre 4:50 Pre-Installed Applications 7:20 Conclusion Ubuntu comes with just about everything you need to get going with, such as Firefox web browser, LibreOffice, Rhythm Box music player, Totem movie player, Shotwell photo manager, plus a few more apps. Website: www.ubuntu.com Download: www.ubuntu.com How to install Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows: youtu.be

Linux Mint 13 Maya Cinnamon Interface

Clement Lefebvre has announced the finale release of Linux Mint 13, code name “Maya: “The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 13 ‘Maya’. Available in two editions, Linux Mint 13 features the choice between a productive, stable and mature MATE 1.2 desktop and the brand, new modern-looking and exciting Cinnamon 1.4. These two desktops are among the best available, they’re perfectly integrated within Linux Mint and represent great alternatives to GNOME 2 users. Linux Mint 13 is also an LTS (long-term support) release and it will be supported until April 2017 linuxmint.com – Home Page

Linux Mint Debian 201204 with Cinnamon, Mate & XFCE

This release features three of the best Linux desktops available at the moment: The traditional and functional MATE 1.2 desktop, the innovative and beautiful Cinnamon 1.4 and the lightweight and rock-solid Xfce 4.8. Both the MATE/Cinnamon and Xfce editions use the MDM display manager. MDM will look familiar to many people, as it brings back GDM 2.20 and all its features: Remote login, configuration tools, fast-user switching, theme-ability, language selection…etc. Yahoo joins DuckDuckGo and is featured as default in the list of search engines which financially support Linux Mint. blog.linuxmint.com Read all about it.

Firefox, Mozilla, & Open Source: Software Design at Scale

(April 3, 2009) John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, and Mike Beltzner, Director of Firefox, share their backgrounds and perspectives on how the Mozilla project produces Firefox and other products: what works, what could be better, and what issues they’ve found themselves thinking about most recently. Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Center for Professional Development: scpd.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

CNET Insider Secrets – Open Source Free Software

I am not the only one who knows that there is an alternative to commercial software.

This video explains how there are open source free software alternatives to some of the most popular commercial software. openoffice, Firefox, Audacity, GIMP, mediacoder. Well worth a watch if you are unsure about the benefits of free software. Source: www.cnettv.com