Results tagged “open source”

μTorrent, the defacto standard BitTorrent client is getting an upgrade. The forthcoming 2.0 version will feature a new implementation of the BitTorrent protocol called uTP as created by several developers including Bram Cohen, the inventor of BitTorrent. The stated objective... Read More >>

Some people subscribe to the idea of proprietary software. They live in a Windows or Mac OS X world. Some people subscribe to the notion of open source. Linux or BSD is the preferred platform, but there is also a... Read More >>

Microsoft epitomizes the world of proprietary software. For the most part, they don't share their source code. Microsoft charges a lot for their development tools mostly because of the assumption that the ones buying their software are businesses with deep... Read More >>

I was looking at this entry over on Vichar's Linux blog and was amazed. It's basically a list of a lot of open source alternatives to proprietary software. It's a very excellent list, and the software listed there is... Read More >>

Glyn Moody has A Modest Proposal for Michael Dell. Dell recently launched a site called IdeaStorm that's based on the idea of user interaction. Like Digg, people can submit ideas to the site, and then people place votes on the... Read More >>

Well, the new version of openSUSE has been released. It's version 10.2, and initial word is that it's great. You can download the entire operating system and applications as a single DVD image or 5 + 1 CDs here.... Read More >>

Have you been feeling the blues lately? Been feeling like your life has no direction? Ask yourself this question: What OS would Jesus use? Why, Ubuntu Christian Edition! That's right. If you think there isn't enough spiritual firepower in... Read More >>

Robert Scoble wrote an entry about what he sees as a reason Linux won't be adopted by the masses as their desktop operating system: the fonts. I couldn't disagree more with him. I'm looking at Gnome via SUSE Linux 10.1... Read More >>

You all know my love for SUSE Linux. It's my platform of choice. I'm glad too that Novell has switched the default install to Gnome from KDE. As I've said before, KDE is like running a Windows clone. Why... Read More >>

When Apple first released Mac OS X in 2000, they had the goal of seeding the operating system in open source style. The Darwin project released, and continues to release, the foundations for Mac OS X under an open source... Read More >>

openSUSE has the scoop: SUSE Linux 10.1 is due to be released tomorrow. There are two varieties that you can download for free or buy. There's SUSE Linux 10.1 the commercial product from Novell costing $59.99. And then there... Read More >>