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by Rom Feria on July 21, 2007
There is an influx of web-based applications prompting projects that try to create an entire operating system that is based on the web, i.e., WebOS. Examples of WebOS are eyeOS, Goowy and WebDesk....
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by Rom Feria on July 13, 2007
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project of Dr. Nicholas Negroponte and Intel finally reached some sort of an agreement that they will collaborate. This is really great news for those who are waiting...
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by Rom Feria on July 09, 2007
I found this blog entry, "Confessions of a Linux Fan: 10 Things You Might Want To Know Before Switching Over To Linux", and I could not help but react. I am not saying that the list is...
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by Rom Feria on June 16, 2007
Now that you know what virtualization is all about, it is time to find out if virtualization is indeed what you need. Jonathan Hassell, of LinuxInsider, writes a short guide to determine if...
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by Rom Feria on May 22, 2007
KDE, one of the two most popular Linux desktop environments, recently announced the release of version 3.5.7. Although the release is mostly bug-fixes, it also comes with feature enhancements and a...
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by Rom Feria on May 13, 2007
Last week, I went to San Francisco (from Manila, Philippines) to attend JavaOne 2007. Whilst this is not my first JavaOne conference, this year seems to have featured Linux on the desktops more than...
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by Rom Feria on May 13, 2007
I personally prefer Gnome over KDE but with this new and polished look available on version KDE 4, code-named Knut, it may just be enough to make me switch. The new look-and-feel is beginning to be...
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by Rom Feria on April 29, 2007
First, what is GCompris? GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still...
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by Rom Feria on April 28, 2007
We are familiar with Gnome and KDE, the desktop environments shipped with most Linux distributions. Do you have an idea how these two desktop environments came about? Well, PC Authority's Leigh...
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by Rom Feria on April 24, 2007
With linux kernel 2.6.20 and upwards providing full virtualization solution via the Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM), it is best to learn what you can and cannot do with this new feature. M. Tim Jones...
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by Rom Feria on April 13, 2007
If you are like me who has been bitten by the Twitter bug (add me!), then you may be looking for other ways of posting your tweets besides using the web, IM and SMS interfaces. Here's the...
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by Rom Feria on March 23, 2007
I normally write editorial pieces over at my personal blog but this one simply invites questions to be asked of the conclusion of the said study. In Symantec's Internet Security Threat Report...
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by Rom Feria on March 04, 2007
The free software Foundation is lobbying for the computer's release from the grasp of proprietary software vendors. By making the recommended changes in any or all of these five areas (free...
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by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
McKesson has joined with Red Hat (NYSE:RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, to introduce the Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform, a cost-effective open source...
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by Rom Feria on March 01, 2007
Hang-on, you can't win US$20,000 if you are not a Graduate student from the Asia-Pacific region, namely, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Australia (what? No...
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by Rom Feria on February 20, 2007
The recent news about Dell selling computers with pre-installed Linux might have come as a surprise but it joins the likes of IBM and HP/Compaq in doing so. Does it mean that Linux is going...
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by Rom Feria on February 17, 2007
Manolis Tzanidakis updates his tips on suspending and hibernating laptops running Linux. Last June I wrote about suspending and hibernating laptops under Linux. Since then a few things have changed --...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
The International Open Source Network of the United Nations Development Program is currently looking for author(s) for a FOSS Disaster Management Primer. Objectives Each part of the paper will: ➢...
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by Rom Feria on February 14, 2007
How often do you find an application that costs an arm and a leg on Windows and Mac platforms but zero on Linux? Well, Light Crafts's LightZone is one of them. This is a professional...
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by Rom Feria on February 05, 2007
Whilst not directly a Linux post, it still concerns Linux users since the Free Software Magazine publishes articles related to Linux. Until recently, free software Magazine releases their publication...
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by Rom Feria on January 26, 2007
Although I am not fond of the K Desktop Environment (KDE) (I prefer Gnome), the new and/or improved features on the new version is worth a look. This release includes a number of bugfixes for KHTML,...
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by Rom Feria on January 15, 2007
Although not an entirely Linux geek post, this web-based service provides a nifty tool for web application developers who use only one platform for their development. Testing how your web application...
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by Rom Feria on January 12, 2007
Not too long ago, using Linux on notebooks requires that you shutdown the system before closing the lid because hibernation or sleep is a hit-or-miss affair (heck, the same can be said of Windows!...
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by Rom Feria on December 30, 2006
With Intel's Core 2 Duo and AMD's Athlon 64 64-bit processors becoming widely available, operating systems and user-land applications can now take advantage of the performance upgrade. Linux...
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by Rom Feria on December 28, 2006
Virtualization will be big this 2007 and Linux will not be left behind. I wrote about Kernel-Based Virtual Machine (KVM) and OpenVZ. Today, I lead you to a KVM-based benchmark with a video of Windows...
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