Category: Open Source

Raspberry Pi wears a new Fedora (video)

If you’ve been keeping an eye on this tasty little computer, you’ll know it’s a pretty exciting concept already. To further sweeten the deal, it just got its own version of Fedora. A special “remix” edition has been ported over to the micro-machine by a team at Seneca College. Although there’s already a Debian release for the diminutive device, the project’s official blog states that Fedora Remix is the distribution it’ll be recommending to users. The OS image fits on a 2GB memory card, and comes complete with a GUI, programming and system administration tools, web browser and other essential apps to get you going. If you want to see the Pi in action, there’s a video after the break demonstrating the OS, along with a look at that user interface. As for that February 20th release date, sadly that seems less reliable.

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Feb 21, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

VLC 2.0 now available, offering faster decoding, a refreshed UI and experimental Blu-ray support

The release candidate version slipped out a few days ago, but those waiting for the final release will be glad to know that version 2.0 of the open source VLC media player is now officially available for download. It’s being dubbed a “major” release of the software, and with good reason. In addition to some UI changes (a big change in the case of the Mac version), VLC 2.0 also brings with it faster decoding on multi-core processors, GPUs, and mobile hardware, and the ability to open yet more file formats, including a number HD formats used by professional users. Also making its debut is support for Blu-ray playback, although it’s being dubbed an “experimental” feature at this time. It also promises to fix “several hundred” bugs. Naturally, it remains completely free as ever — hit the source link below to download it for the platform of your choice.

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Feb 19, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Spark tablet available for pre-order, still aiming for 200 euro price tag

We’re sure some Linux fans broke into a cold sweat over the open source Spark tab. Fortunately it’s taken the next step towards their eager paws: the seven inch slab is now up for pre-order. Sign up for one and you’ll net a priority order code to ensure you get one of the first units off the production line, alongside 500 points to use at the manufacturer’s add-on store. The site still expects to launch the Spark for around €200 ($262), which is a fair chunk of change less than those top-drawer tablets — and what price can you put on freedom?

Feb 18, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Malicious backdoor in open-source messaging apps not spotted for 3 months



For almost three months, versions of three widely distributed open-source applications from Horde.org contained a backdoor that allowed attackers to remotely execute malicious PHP code on systems that ran the programs.

Feb 17, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

HP CEO: Say goodbye to ‘open’ Android

Feb 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

LibreOffice 3.5 released, introduces new grammar tool

The community behind the LibreOffice project has released version 3.5 of the increasingly popular open source office suite. The update introduces new features and improvements that were developed by the project’s growing body of contributors.

Feb 16, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

webOS governance model announced, more open than Android



HP has published a blog post that describes the Open webOS governance model. The project will adopt a similar approach to that of the Apache Software Foundation. Code will be developed in public repositories and key community contributors will be able to earn commit privileges. The standard of inclusiveness and transparency set by this governance model will make the Open webOS project more open than Google’s Android open source project (AOSP).

Feb 15, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Isis unveiled: HP has opened the source code of the webOS Web browser



HP has published the source code of Isis, the webOS Web browser. The company has also released the code of the browser’s underlying HTML rendering engine, which is based on QtWebKit. The code is available from GitHub and is distributed under the permissive Apache license.

Feb 14, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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