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Linux Journal Insider - June 2011 -
This month, Shawn and Kyle discuss sticks of bubble gum and horror movie spider robots. Well, OK, maybe not exactly. This is our embedded issue, so the guys talk about getting Linux into small places. (The spider thing was real though...)
What's your favorite platform for developing Rich Internet Apps? -
Converting Office Documents -
Now and then, office-type documents need to be converted. The latex users have always been able to produce a variety of formats from the command line, but for the OpenOffice/LibreOffice users, manual labor has been the solution. That changes with unoconv. Now you can convert to most file formats directly from the command line. more>>
Fabulous Virtual Window Manager Sees First Release in Five Years -
After five years, a new stable release of FVWM has finally been announced. FVWM is a lightweight and fast window manager still used by a few distributions and offered as an option on several. This landmark release brings several new and improved features.
Some of the new features include: more>>
No Ubuntu Default Extras Install -
The Ubuntu Technical Board has voted not to install the non-free extras package by default during a standard Ubuntu Install. This an option that, if selected, installs proprietary software including hardware drivers, media codecs and the Flash player. It has been opt-in rather than opt out since its first appearance. more>>
LibreOffice 3.4 Beta 1 Available, Oracle Unchains OpenOffice -
April 15 brought some interesting developments in the office suite front. more>>
Torvalds Honored by Gaggle of Lawyers -
Linus Torvalds, the father of Linux and hero to many Open Source users, might not be the first person one might think would be honored by an organization of lawyers, but that's exactly what's happening. The International Technology Law Association will award Torvalds its ITechLaw Achievement Award at their upcoming 40th anniversary celebration. more>>
The Humble Frozenbyte Bundle -
The folks over at HumbleBundle are currently running their third amazing game sale. It's a package deal from Frozenbyte, a Finnish game developer, that contains several computer games. What makes the sale amazing? Several things: more>>
All Games Are Linux Compatible
WebOS 2.1 - Give It a Spin with Emulation Through the WebOS SDK! -
It seems like only yesterday that Palm announced its brand new Linux-based WebOS and Palm Pre, ready to shake up the world with awesomeness and Linux in a little package. more>>
Canonical To Drop Support For Ubuntu 9.10 -
With an announcement on the security mailing list, Canonical has confirmed that support for Ubuntu 9.10 will cease on April 29 2011. This came as no surprise as it adheres to the expected support cycle of a .10 Ubuntu release, and 9.10 is now 18 months old. more>>
Introducing Mixbus And The Ardour3 Alpha -
Mixbus (Figure 1) is a version of Ardour2 for Linux and OSX that replaces Ardour's native mixer with one designed by the Harrison company, a manufacturer of professional audio mixing boards. more>>
The MosKeyto's Buzz -
A review of a USB drive might seem like a silly notion, but when the USB drive is barely bigger than the USB port itself, it seems worth mentioning. I recently was sent a LaCie MosKeyto USB drive, and I must admit, it's even smaller than I expected it would be. In fact, the cover to the Flash drive is actually bigger than the drive itself! more>>