Category Archives: Linux

MonoDevelop 2.0 and Mono 2.4 officially released

Posted on 2009-04-01 by Niels R.

The Mono project has announced the official release of Mono 2.4 and MonoDevelop 2.0. The new version of MonoDevelop introduces support for a long-awaited integrated debugging tool. Full article at Ars Technica Release notes Wanna test it right away? Download … Continue reading →

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Linux 2.6.19 released

Posted on 2009-03-24 by Niels R.

A new version of the Linux kernel is released. The full list of changes/features can be found here.

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Replacing Avant Window Manager with GNOME Do

Posted on 2009-03-16 by Niels R.

I came across an article of Ars Technica about the release of GNOME Do 0.8.1. I’d never heard of it before, but after reading the article I decided to give it a spin. After trying it out using a VM … Continue reading →

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French Police Save Millions Switching To Ubuntu

Posted on 2009-03-13 by Niels R.

Always nice to see positive stories about migrations from Windows to Linux. This time it’s the French police. Read the full article on Ars Technica.

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Linux holds back our children’s evolution

Posted on 2008-12-12 by Niels R.

Or this is what a teacher from some middle school in the USA. She found out that a student of her was giving a demonstration of Linux to classmates and handing out discs of the HeliOS Project. She confiscated the … Continue reading →

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The silver light of the moonlight (or something like that)

Posted on 2008-12-03 by Niels R.

Not that the install base of Silverlight is so big, but it might still be nice to have a working browser plug-in for non-Windows platforms. The brave developers of the Mono Project have released a beta version of Moonlight 1.0, … Continue reading →

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NetworkManager 0.7.0 doesn’t manage my network

Posted on 2008-10-30 by Niels R.

After an upgrade of my desktop machine to Ubuntu 8.10 Beta the NetworkManager in GNOME makes a mess of my network settings (Say truely, which “manager” doesn’t make a mess out of the thing he/she needs to… manage :p). Anyway… … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu is slowing down

Posted on 2008-10-28 by Niels R.

The guys (or are they girls?) at Phoronix have done some benchmarking with Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10, 8.04 and 8.10 Beta. It seems that the oldest release is still the fastest… Hopefully, Canonical and its Ubuntu team will work their asses … Continue reading →

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Google open sources Android’s source code

Posted on 2008-10-22 by Niels R.

Check this nice article on Ars Technica: Google liberates Android source code, so start developing!

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Google’s Chrome declining in popularity

Posted on 2008-10-14 by Niels R.

A post on Slashdot states that Google Chrome is losing users. It started with a 4% market share and is now just above 1.5%. Seems logical to me. The browser was announced with a lot of attention by the media … Continue reading →

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