O.S.S.
Teacher threatens to call the cops over Linux
by Ken on Dec.15, 2008, under Linux, O.S.S.
A teacher has threatened to call the police after finding students using Linux in her classroom. She went mad in a letter to the HeliOS Project threatening to report it to the police for distributing illegal software. “I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you made are grossly over-stated.”
gOS’s New Linux OS Embraces Google Applications
by Ken on Aug.11, 2008, under Linux, O.S.S.
gOS–a company known for its debut in the US$199 Wal-Mart gPC and Netbooks–announced the details of gOS 3 Gadgets, the newest version of its Linux OS for consumers.The main feature of gOS 3 Gadgets is its ability to instantly launch Google Gadgets for Linux on start-up, allowing users access to more than 100,000 Google Gadgets applications.
Is your ISP Throttling your Connection? Check using this…
by Ken on Aug.01, 2008, under O.S.S., Tech
Just a warning note: Read the install file and the README before using this to save you from wasting time.
Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of data communications over networks, ISP’s and firewalls. It will spot IP packets which are forged or modified between clients, inform you, and give you copies of the modified packets.
PC-BSD, an excellent alternative.
by Ken on Jul.10, 2008, under O.S.S.
I’ve been using PC-BSD on one of my testing laptops for a couple of weeks and so far I really have found the experience to be spot on with my expectations. I used to use FreeBSD but only occasionally. I was far too busy with all things Linux. My one major dislike is the use of KDE innstead of GNOME. I used to be a KDE fan since back in the 1.0 days. I have since switched over to GNOME almost exclusively. I do like XFCE as well for slower hardware. I am currently downloading the GNOME 2.22.2 PBI file which is 413 megabytes. So I will give GNOME a shot on PC-BSD and post back what I think. I don’t have WPA2 working as of yet and whenever I close the laptop the display flakes out to like 640×480. However, it is easily fixed with a CTRL+ALT+Backspace to reset the X-Server. Those are about my only complaints thus far. Check it out at http://www.pcbsd.org
Adobe Opens the FLV and SWF Formats
by Ken on May.04, 2008, under O.S.S.
The Open Screen Project is working to enable a consistent runtime environment – taking advantage of Adobe® Flash® Player and, in the future, Adobe AIRâ„¢ — that will remove barriers for developers and designers as they publish content and applications across desktops and consumer devices
