The following articles below were published during the month of August 2011 (times are based on UTC):
Javascript is fast becoming THE language of choice for everything from Desktop environments to... Desktop applications. The web itself is becoming the desktop. That's why it comes as little surprise when browser makers keep looking for ways to make javascript faster. The most recent move in this chess game has been made by Mozilla, with the introduction of their IonMonkey engine. Currently the only big feature is type inference but, running the Nightly build I can testify that there have been huge increases in speed. And when I say huge, I mean huge. I mean... noticeable! (even). Hopefully Mozilla will keep on this track in the future, and won't slack off as they often do. Also, I'm hoping they ...
Why on earth am I telling the world we bought a new printer? Because (yes, because; I started a sentence with because) - gasp - we didn't need to do anything but plug it in for it to work. So just what kind of printer is this? A HP Deskjet (don't remember the model number off hand), and believe it or not, we didn't have to search for any drivers. Now, you could argue that is because I already had the HPLip tools installed on the system, but that's not why it worked. It worked because contrary to popular belief, Linux driver support isn't as flaky as people claim any more. Okay so there are some areas where Linux needs ...
For all readers with an iDevice (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad): 2buntu is all set for you. App mode is also implemented. So point your Safaris at http://www.2buntu.com and enjoy.
Hello all readers! The definite guide to setting up XBMC has been released at http://amith.dasroot.net/?p=93 The items of the PPA will come to 2buntu next week!
Picture says it all: [image:] Hopefully all of the other options will be added before release time, removing the need for GNOME Tweak Tool to be downloaded just to change the theme. Update: You can only choose the high/low contrast themes, and Ambiance/Radiance... so it's back to square one :(.
Okay, so we have a bad history with series... started some and never got to "complete them" thanks to switching servers and other stuff. Oh well... that doesn't mean we can't start another one :)!In this series I hope to look at some easy, simple ways that any average user can become a contributor. Introduction The world of open source software and computing can be a rather confusing place for a new user. Apart from all the unusual software, you have to face a world full of enthusiasts, ideologies, and possibly most loud above them all, calls for contribution. Contribution is good thing, but in reality, it's not always easy to contribute. Apart from learning how to code in the ...
If you are an avid PPA user, you probably get frustrated when your favourite application is no longer being updated. Two of the applications with flaky updates recently have been Emesene and LibreOffice. Fortunately both of them have finally begun to gain traction again. Emesene's PPA has been updated with the latest release, and apparently will be updated in the future as soon as a new release is available. LibreOffice however is a slightly more complicated situation. Plans are in place and progress is being made, but not everything has materialized as yet. Oneiric users will be happy to know that LibreOffice 3.4 has hit the standard Repo as well as the PPA. However, Natty, Maverick and Lucid users will ...
GNOME Tweak Tool has been updated in 11.10, bringing some minor, but useful changes. For one thing, installing GNOME Shell Extensions is easier, as there is now a button for it. Along with that it is now possible to set keybinding themes for GTK+. Stick with us for more updates on 11.10 developments.
I should have written this post since Wednesday, but I've been busy preparing for and upgrading to Ubuntu 11.10 (as you would know if you were reading our blog regularly). [caption id="attachment_1518" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption="PlayOnLinux"][/caption] What's new? A lot, to put it lightly. The first thing I noticed was the new (and slick) toolbar. I could just be seeing the results of 11.10's new theme, but I don't believe it is related. Shortly after starting, a new dialogue popped up (sorry no screenshot) offering to set things up in the background (seeing as this was my first time running POL 4). From there, there wasn't much more to see (initially), until I decided to check the website. That's when I ...
As I mentioned, I've upgraded to 11.10, and subsequently I re-enabled the Firefox-nightly PPA. With that, I've upgrade to Firefox 9 (8 is now Aurora). Already I've noticed some changes: Memory usage is greatly improved over 8 (yes, it really is). Panorama responds a little bit faster. Flash does not eat CPU as much. Canvas performance seems to have improved, but I'm yet to fully evaluate this. Unfortunately, there is no sign of a new theme (I thought I was seeing a minor change, but alas it was a glitch). Hopefully however, something should land soon, as Firefox on Windows and Mac is slated to get a new theme.