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.
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Open Source Movement vs. Free Software
From ‘RevolutionOS, the Linux story’, a documentairy about Linux and Open Source
About OpenOffice.org
Free your files with OpenOffice.org Office Productivity Suite. Learn about the open source alternative to MS Office.
Two New Compiz Fusion Plugins: Screensaver and Aquarium
Here is a quick screencast demonstrating the two newest plugins for Compiz Fusion: Screensaver and Atlantis Cube. Enjoy!
Google Gadgets in Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Screencast Tutorial
In this new and improved Video Screencast Tutorial from the www.OSGUI.com Tech Show I will show you how to step by step install and use the Google Gadgets for Linux on Ubuntu Linux 9.10 Karmic Koala, it provides a platform for running desktop gadgets under Linux, catering to the unique needs of Linux users. It’s compatible with the gadgets written for Google Desktop for Windows aso well as the Universal Gadgets on iGoogle.
Google Developer Day Hamburg: Open Source Development
In dieser Session erklären wir Ihnen, warum Google Open Source unterstützt und nutzt, und wie auch Sie davon profitieren können. Wir werden Ihnen einige Open Source-Projekte von Google vorstellen und auch über andere Initiativen rund um dieses Thema sprechen. Jeremy Allison ist einer der leitenden Entwickler im Google Samba-Team in Mountain View. Diese Gruppe arbeitet an einer Windows-kompatiblen Open Source Datei- und Druckserver-Lösung für UNIX Systeme. Ähnlich wie das Linux System ist Samba dezentral über das Internet entwickelt worden und wird von allen Linux-Distributionen und mehreren tausend Unternehmen genutzt. Jeremy koordiniert die Samba-Entwicklungen und ist der Ansprechpartner für alle Unternehmen, die den Samba-Code kommerziell nutzen möchten.
The Screen Savers – Open-Source Music
Leo and the founder of magnatune.com, John Buckman, explain what open-source music is on The Screen Savers Originally aired 2003 on TechTV.
Dafydd Crosby – A World of 100% Open Source Software @ COSSFest 2010
Linux hovers around 1% (desktop) market share. What would happen if the entire world had to go Linux in one week? Is it even feasible? And what of the long-term implications?
What's In It for Me? Benefits from Open Sourcing Code
Open Source Developers @ Google Speaker Series: Ben Collins-Sussman and Brian Fitzpatrick What’s In It for Me? How Your Company Can Benefit from Open Sourcing Code As the open source community continues to clamor for more companies to open source their code, more and more executives are asking themselves just what open source can do for their company. There are a number of ways for a company to open source an internal project: from tossing code over the wall on the one hand to running a fully open development project on the other to any combination of the two. This talk will discuss the costs and benefits associated with each method as well as how to successfully launch your new open source project.
Google Chrome Tour – Open Source Browser Features
Here, as promised, I talk about the features inside google chrome. I was going to do a “first impressions” video but some people have already done this, so here is a tour of the open source browser available in beta for Windows. Kind of a review. www.google.com