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Chromium Graphics Overhaul

31.08.2010 16:07  The Chromium blog reports on some developments in graphics handling in the free Google Chrome-based browser. The intent is to speed up graphics rendering by taking advantage of the GPU. "At its core, this graphics work relies on a new process called the GPU process.

KDE 4.5: Your New Desktop Awaits

31.08.2010 16:00  For the longest time I saw KDE as a distant third, or fourth, on the Linux desktop usability scale. For me, first came GNOME, then came Enlightenment E17, then came XFCE4, and then came KDE. This was a change from when KDE 3.5 — one of the most user-friendly desktops around. The KDE development team rolled out 4.0 and everything was turned on its head. KDE was no longer much use on the desktop, due to bugs, poor performance, and instability.

Incredible Stories Of Free Software and Open Source

31.08.2010 16:00  A little while back I blogged about wanting to reconnect with our ethos. In a continuation of that theme I am keen to talk about stories. I have talked about stories quite a bit in my writings on community management . Stories are important entities in communities – they are vessels in which we share ideas, lessons we have learned, our experience and more. Many stories come laced with these underlining nuggets of wisdom that we then take aware and help us to refine and improve how we interface with the world and the people around us. Stories...

Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chips

31.08.2010 15:52  Researchers say they can overcome a barrier to the continued rapid miniaturization of computer memory.

Lightspark 0.4.4 open source Flash player released

31.08.2010 15:36  The Lightspark project has released version 0.4.4 of its free, open source Flash player, adding support for localisations and ActionScript exception handling.

KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1 Released

31.08.2010 15:21  The KDE team has announced the release of KDE Software Compilation 4.5.1 less than a month after the release of KDE SC 4.5.0...

New Wine: Running Windows Music Sound Applications Under Wine 1.2

31.08.2010 15:00  Wine runs many Windows programs nicely these days, including more and more serious music applications. Dave profiles some of those applications running under the latest greatest Wine 1.2.

Hands On With Stream TV's Surprising, Open Source-Friendly Tablet

31.08.2010 15:00  If anyone unseats the iPad, the victor might be the one that doesn't try to beat Apple at its own game. We checked out Stream TV's eLocity Android tablet firsthand, and this plucky contender may put up a serious fight.

Mozilla releases Fennec 2.0 Alpha 1 for Android Nokia N900

31.08.2010 14:23  Mozilla has released the first alpha for version 2.0 of Firefox for Mobile, also known as " Fennec", for the Nokia N900 and various Android 2.0 or later devices...

NVIDIA 256.53 Stable Linux Driver Release

31.08.2010 14:15  Over the weekend there was a new Linux binary driver release from NVIDIA that was the 256.52 driver in a pre-release state. It didn't deliver on OpenCL 1.1, Fermi Linux overclocking support, or any other radical features, but it did bring a handful of bug-fixes.

ViewSonic ViewPad 7 official: Android 2.2 and 'full' phone functionality

31.08.2010 13:14  We know you're positively giddy with excitement to get at this OlivePad rebadge and ViewSonic is today fanning those flames of desire with a little bit of pre-IFA PR. Made official today, the 7-inch ViewPad 7 will try to lure in Android lovers with its tasty Froyo parfait, underpinned by hardware that includes front- and back-facing cameras, 3G for both phone and data transmissions, and a full-sized SIM slot.

Google Adds Phone Calls to Linux Gmail Use

31.08.2010 13:00  Five days after the announcement of Voice and Video Chat service in Gmail for Debian-based Linux distributions, Google unveiled a Gmail phone call service for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

CEDET 1.0 adds IDE features to Emacs

31.08.2010 11:17  CEDET brings project management, code completion, reference analysis, code generation and more to the Emacs editor...

MySQL 101: Working with the MySQL DB on Linux

30.08.2010 23:39  Some people are born to be a database administrator, and others have database administration thrust upon them. If you're in the former group and you need to perform some very basic operations, like creating and backing up databases, you'll find it's much easier than it sounds. Let's take a look at some very basic MySQL administration to get started.

Open Contact with Open Compliance Officers

30.08.2010 14:00  There’s nothing quite like having an urgent issue to pursue with a company – a real thorn in your side – and lacking a name or phone number to contact for follow-up. What do you do if you’re an open source developer – a copyright holder – and you have concerns about the open source compliance of a product that uses your code? And you can’t find a contact in that company to communicate your concerns? Here’s what you do: You let us know at The Linux Foundation and we’ll use our extensive network of relationships to provide you a point of contact in the company for open source compliance. Just use the web form at Open Compliance Directory...