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Feb
4th

LinuxDevices acquired …

Author: bob@lxer.com | Files under syndicated

LinuxDevices’ publisher, Ziff Davis Enterprise, has been acquired by a Californian company — as yet undisclosed, but rumored to be Foster City-based QuinStreet. Future plans for the site have not yet been announced ……


Feb
4th

DesktopLinux.com acquired …

Author: bob@lxer.com | Files under syndicated

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Feb
4th

Synergy! as many PCs as you like with just one keyboard and one mouse!

Author: Giuseppe Sanna | Files under syndicated

If your desk is like mine: you have multiple PCs and Laptops spread over two square meters, but do not worry I have the solution for you! Install Synergy and you’ll just say goodbye, once and for all to the mess! This software, which I emphasize is c…


Feb
4th

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released Video, Screenshots

Author: Andrew Dickinson | Files under syndicated

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin alpha 2 is available for download, we’ll do a recap of all the changes since the previous milestone (alpha 1). The latest Unity, available in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin alpha 2 feels very smooth and is actually quite stable for an alpha. Besides many bug fixes, there were also many tweaks and changes designed to make Ubuntu 12.04 "pixel perfect" and while we’ll obviously not cover all of them, you can read about the most important changes below.


Feb
4th

Linux 3.3 Will Let You Boot Into Android: Greg-KH

Author: Swapnil Bhartiya | Files under syndicated

The 3.3 kernel release will let you boot an Android userspace with no modifications, but not very good power management. The 3.4 kernel release will hopefully have the power management hooks that Android needs in it, along with a few other minor missin…


Feb
4th

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Updates: Unity 5.2 Is Available to Update

Author: bob@lxer.com | Files under syndicated

One day after the official release of Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 LTS Precise Pangolin, Unity 5.2 user interface is available to update from Precise repository. The last release brings several changes to Unity Dash and Compiz improvements to decrease Ubuntu U…


Feb
4th

Microsoft Loses US Mobile Market Share — Again

Author: Ron Miller | Files under syndicated

Another set of comScore US smart phone market share statistics and once again Microsoft lost ground. Maybe it’s time to rethink this whole consumer approach to the market and take a hard look at the enterprise.


Feb
4th

Spark answers

Author: Aaron J. Seigo | Files under syndicated

I’m going to attempt to answer as many questions about the Spark tablet as possible here. The questions I’ll be answering are ones found in comments in my blog, on discussion sites around the Internet and that came in by email or irc. Let the fun begin…


Feb
4th

KDE Plasma Active Tablet ‘Spark’ Preorders Starting Next Week, More Details

Author: Nitesh | Files under syndicated

More details on Mer/KDE Plasma Active Tablet Spark has been revealed. Pre-order registration will open early next week and the tablet will start shipping in May 2012. It will be available online and orders will be accepted worldwide.


Feb
4th

Thomas Babington Macaulay Speechs to House of Commons

Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay | Files under syndicated

The principle of copyright is this. It is a tax on readers for the purpose of giving a bounty to writers. The tax is an exceedingly bad one; it is a tax on one of the most innocent and most salutary of human pleasures; and never let us forget, that a t…