“As everyone knows, last week it was rumored that Google Chrome would see the light next week with its first beta, but apparently it will not.” more…
Exciting Times For 2010
2010 sure seems to be an exciting year in terms of technology. With an array of predicted and planned new technology releases amidst an economic upturn this year will surely set the stage for brilliant innovation and development. According to leading news sources 2010 is expected to dramatically influence the way we use the internet along with how our devices will interconnect, merge and improve.
A look at the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 aka Lucid Lynx
Merely 2 months after Ubuntu’s recent Karmic release, developers have already started focusing their efforts on the next release of the this popular Linux distribution. The next version of Ubuntu is planned to be LTE (long term release), meaning that support for it is 5 years as apposed to the standard 3 year support cycle. Having that in mind the release will probably focus more on stability than the introduction of bleeding edge features.
Could there Be Google OS Clues in Google Wave??
I Received my Google Wave invite from Google this morning. After a long wait it was relieving to see that Google considered me by sending the invite. The service looks incredibly exciting but there is alot of playing and learning to be done since it is such an innovative and different product.
The Motorola Droid
Motorola recently announced its upcoming android phone which has been causing quite some hype among the online community regarding its features. Touted by many to surpass that of the iPhone. Its pleasing to see that mobile linux is doing so well, and further more pleasing to see its projected market share to beat that of Windows Mobile in the future.
Ubuntu 9.10 beta – First Look
Ubuntu 9.10, scheduled to be released later this month will have a few new features included, such as a new software center which is to replace the add/remove application menu, a new version of the GRUB boot loader and the ext4 file system by default.
10 Beautiful GDM Login Themes
GDM is the login facility of many Linux based operating systems. Like all other parts of Linux, it’s a wonderfully customizable aspect of the Gnome interface. Here is a list of some incredibly aesthetic GDM themes. Designed by the community for the community.
Google Announces Its Own Linux Operating System Flavour
Titled Google Chrome OS, Google just recently announced its plans to develop an operating system, based on the simplistic principles outlined in its popular browser, Google Chrome. Google initially aims to target netbooks for its operating system. Google chrome OS is set to be a Linux based open source system, therefore its price tag will be zero. Unfortunately many netbooks that are sold presently, are sold with Windows, and since netbooks are quite inexpensive, the Windows fee of the total price is usually a large portion of the total price. Hence the reason why Linux has began to make its debut into the netbook market, its cheaper, far more reliable and way more capable than the stripped down Windows netbook version.
Kongoni – A South African Flavoured Linux Distribution
It seems as if Africa has become the default womb of inspiration for GNU based operating systems. There has been Ubuntu, Impi, and now Kongoni. Kongoni is Shona word for GNU, as Kongoni’s official websites states. Kongoni will ship with exclusively free and non propriety software as the operating system aims to abide strictly to the principles of the GNU and the GPL.
