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Strings in Python

Now that you have learned how to work in interactive mode with...

Short Introduction to Netcat

Playing with tools has always been fun for me. You enjoy and learn at the same...

Haiku Lifts Another Interoperability Barrier

These days, Haiku is seeing a long standing barrier to interoperability fading away as its NFSv4 client is getting merged. It's the first sign...

GNOME 3.8 Released. Brings Back Classic Mode

This morning, GNOME 3.8 was released. While there are many new exciting features for the GNOME Shell...

OpenShot goes cross-platform

OpenShot Video Editor is a program designed to create and edit videos on Linux.  It can easily combine multiple video clips, audio clips, and...

Introduction to LanyFS

Back in July 2012, I had the privilege of talking with Dan Luedtke. He was busy working on a new project for his studies,...

Top Linux Distributions, 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...

Firefox 17 launched with FB built-in

Mozilla Firefox, is Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundations’ web browser that runs on open source technologies and is available as free download for users....

Opera 12.10 Feature Round-up

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...

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

With time open source software have emerged as potential contenders to proprietary software. Unlike the traditional understanding, open source software have proven to be...

Watch worldwide cyber-attacks live with HoneyMap!

Have you ever wondered how many cyber-attacks happen every second worldwide? Apparently they are a lot more than you would probably imagine and you...

Imagine Internet without Firefox

In my previous post I analyzed the browser market share and trends prevalent for last 2 years. The analysis yielded interesting facts; firstly Google...

Piwik – Open Source Web Analytics

Piwik is a free to download and use open source web analytics tool that gives users full control of their data. It is a great...

Open-Source Software Licenses

To some people’s surprise, even open-source software has a license attached to it. And with that license comes a description and agreement for what...

Enterprise Desktop for the Home Office

For the home office, I’ve been searching for a new stable enterprise class operating system to replace my current desktop. I thought it might...

Red Hat Forum 2012 (Brisbane, Australia) – Summary Part 2

This is the second and final part of our Red Hat Forum 2012 summary, which was held in the city of Brisbane QLD, Australia....

Red Hat Forum 2012 (Brisbane, Australia) – Summary Part 1

I was lucky enough to be invited to the Red Hat Forum 2012, which was held in the city of Brisbane QLD, Australia. I...

Pixar goes open source

A few days ago at SIGGRAPH 12 conference, Pixar presented their latest hot technology called Open Subdiv. This is what Pixar uses in all...