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The next
generation of Linux
notebooks arrives at CES.
 After Dell broke
the ice for pre-installing Linux on desktops and netbooks in 2007,
the other major OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) reluctantly
tried it out. Some, like Lenovo, backed right out of the Linux
desktop market again. As 2010 dawns though, Lenovo and HP are both
back in the pre-installed desktop Linux game. more...
Big Shot:
OpenShot Video Editor
Version 1.0 Released.
Video clip editors
have been in short supply under Linux. Jonathan Thomas is now trying
to fill that gap with the first stable version of the OpenShot Video
Editor. more... and OpenShot
1.0 Has Arrived! and Install
OpenShot Video Editor 1.0 in Ubuntu Karmic.
OpenMovieEditor
And Blender: More
NLE Delights.
We're getting
close to the last stops on our tour of non-linear video editors
(a.k.a. NLEs) for Linux. This week I've focused my attention on two
editors, both of which surprised me in many ways. OpenMovieEditor
"... designed for basic movie making capabilities... [and] to be
powerful enough for the amateur movie artist, yet easy to use".
In fact I found OpenMovieEditor to be a surprisingly capable NLE,
modest in its stated goals yet possessing some features not commonly
found in Linux NLEs. more...
YouTube Videos
With Linux.
My brother wanted
to put a short business video on YouTube to pull in British clients.
We produced the video using Linux-based tools, half a day or so of
work, and a minimum of additional equipment. Not only can you make
your own videos for business, similar techniques can be used for
creating video tutorials, including screen-casts, and voice-over
narration. Part1... and Part2...
The best Linux
games for kids.
The best
collection of Linux educational software for all ages that I know of
is the openSUSE-Edu Li-f-e (Linux for Education) Live DVD. This is a
Live DVD - you simply place the DVD in the computer's DVD drive and
reboot the machine from it. When the machine comes up, you will be
running Linux. Normally, the software won't write to your computer's
hard drive unless you specifically ask it to. more... and Learning
is Childsplay.
Nightshade Forks
From Stellarium,
Designs Open Source Software for Planetariums.
Stellarium is a
great astronomy application for helping you learn about the skies
overhead, but it's aimed mainly at astronomy buffs and casual users.
Nightshade is a newly-launched fork of Stellarium designed
exclusively for use for planetarium, teaching, and educational
settings. more...
Free Therapy:
RawTherapee as of
Version 3.0 Under GPLv3.
RawTherapee is
undisputedly the number one Linux program for reworking digital
images into RAW format. With the license change the program becomes
free software. more... and RawTherapee
3.0 alpha 1 and license changes.
Do you know
which more things vlc
mediaplayer can do?
VLC is the
favorite media player for most people because it plays everything
they throw at it without hiccups. No hunting for codec. But VLC can
do a lot of other things as well. so lets see together which more
things vlc mediaplayer can do. more...
Lenovo unveils
ARM-based smartbooks.
Lenovo announced
two "smartbooks" that run Linux on an ARM-based Qualcomm
Snapdragon SoC. The Skylight is a 10.1-inch netbook, while the
IdeaPad U1 is hybrid mini-notebook that runs Windows 7 on an Intel
Core 2 Duo and -- when its tablet/display is detached -- Linux on a
Qualcomm Snapdragon. more...
AMD Does RAID On
a Chip.
AMD is adding RAID
data protection to its server chips, thanks to an OEM deal with Dot
Hill. Dot Hill's RAIDCore virtual RAID adapter technology will be
embedded into platforms based on the AMD SR5690/SP5100 server
chipset. more...
Complete
database administration
package MySQL Workbench.
Recently I covered
the MySQL GUI tool MySQL Administrator (see the article “Create a
database with MySQL Administrator“). However, this tool was just
given the official EOL (End of Life) announcement by the MySQL dev
team. Although this is sad news for a tool that had recently become
my standard for working with databases, this death knoll has lead me
to another, even better, tool MySQL Workbench more...
Misc.
GCompris Release 9.0.
Blu-Ray
Comes to Linux, Finally!
Silicon
- auto image mounter for KDE 4.
Songbird
1.5 gets Video Playback Feature.
WiiCan:
Easy Wii remote control on Linux.
Inkscape
Class Day 1 and Inkscape
Class Day 2.
DivX
Converter 2.0 released.
Four
Open Source Apps for Your iPhone.
How To Tips. |
The saga of
Oracle's $7 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, which started
back in April 2009, is near its end. Oracle today announced that the
European Commission has finally provided it with unconditional
regulatory approval to acquire Sun. The Europeans had held up the
acquisition for months over concerns about how the open source MySQL
database owned by Sun would exist under Oracle ownership. European
regulators formally made their objections known back in November.
Yahoo sells
Zimbra to Vmware.