Category Archives: opensource

GNOME 3.8 Released. Brings Back Classic Mode

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in News, opensource, Releases, Software

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This morning, GNOME 3.8 was released. While there are many new exciting features for the GNOME Shell users of 3.8, I will be taking a look at the new Classic Mode reboot for GNOME. Ever since the implementation of GNOME … Continue reading

OpenLDAP Installation and Configuration in Ubuntu 12.10 Server / Debian 6

Written by SK on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, opensource, Ubuntu, Uncategorized

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OpenLDAP is a free open source Light Weight Directory Access protocol developed by the OpenLDAP project. It is a platform independent protocol, so that it runs on all Linux/Unix like systems, Windows, AIX, Solaris and Android.

OpenShot goes cross-platform

Written by Panos Georgiadis on . Posted in opensource, Software

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OpenShot Video Editor is a program designed to create and edit videos on Linux.  It can easily combine multiple video clips, audio clips, and images into a single project, and then export the video into many common video formats. It is … Continue reading

Ubuntu snares 1.12% of Steam’s market share – within two-months of debut

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in opensource, Ubuntu

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In its January 2013 Steam software and hardware survey, the gaming leader had some new stats to show in terms of market share the various OS had gained.

Setup your personal Cloud server in minutes using ownCloud

Written by SK on . Posted in Hosting, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software

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ownCloud is a free Open Source software, used to setup your own personal cloud for file sharing, Calender, Contact and Bookmark sharing and Personal Audio/Video Streaming. It is pretty easy to setup and manage.

Introduction to LanyFS

Written by Chris Jones on . Posted in interviews, News, opensource, Software

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Back in July 2012, I had the privilege of talking with Dan Luedtke. He was busy working on a new project for his studies, developing a new filesystem called LanyFS (or LanyardFS). After Dan giving me a brief introduction as … Continue reading

Top Linux Distributions, 2012

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux distributions, News, opensource, Reviews

Linux Distribution Trends 2012

2013 is just around the corner and it’s time to wrap up the Linux world’s happening for 2012. So let’s start with a most obvious thought “Which Linux distributions made to the top?!”

Firefox 17 launched with FB built-in

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, opensource

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Mozilla Firefox, is Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundations’ web browser that runs on open source technologies and is available as free download for users. Firefox has been developed by the above stakeholders for Microsoft Windows, Linux as well as OS … Continue reading

Opera 12.10 Feature Round-up

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in opensource, Releases, Software

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Opera software shortly released Opera Browsers latest version Opera 12.10. The browser upgrade might not be densely feature packed but apart from handful of decent features upgrade, the best thing is that the new release offers something for everyone, may … Continue reading

Proprietary Browser vs. Open Source Browser [Market Share Analysis]

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in opensource, Reviews

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With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software. Unlike the traditional understanding, open source software have proven to be as capable (or even more capable) than counterpart proprietary software and have been successful in claiming … Continue reading