Take a Linux Desktop Survey from the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation launches it’s Third Annual Desktop Linux Survey. The organization was founded in January 2007 when the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) and the Free Standards Group joined forces.

The Linux Desktop survey takes off from October 17 through November 30, and it can be done in six other languages: Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, French and Spanish. The results of the survey will be published shortly after the closing date. The last year survey results say Linux is gaining grounds in Latin America and Asia as hardware vendors add pre-installed Linux products to their portfolio.
Take this years survey.

Netscape Navigator 9 for Linux takes a step ahead of Firefox

Navigator 9 for Linux came out with some very interesting features that gives it a new shine. To start, there is no need for a formal installation, it can be executed from a terminal just like the ioswiftfox browser.

Navigator 9 URL correction attempts to automatically correct incorrect entries, like changing kabatologycom to kabatology.com or cmo into com.

Navigator 9 introduces a side bar feature called Link Pad, it is an alternative to bookmarks and it serves to save links you’ll immediately want to revisit. Links can be saved with a simple drag and drop.

Another major feature is the Mini Browser that is integrated in the sidebar and displays a second website simultaneously with the display in the main window. Its like browsing through two websites simultaneously with a scalable frame that permits you to increase/reduce the size of the mini browser.

Navigator extends Firefox’s Tab browsing feature and makes the tab inherits the history of the window pointing to the tab thus opening a link in a new tab will give the new tab the same history as the source tab for a more seamless tabbed browsing experience.
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Backup and restore documents with Duplicity

Backup and restore files and documents in a remote server with duplicity. Duplicity backs-up directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploads them to a remote or local file server. Duplicity like rsync recognises modifications/updates on files and transmits only the modified part, all with the aim to reduce band consumption and for a faster transmission.
Duplicity proves to be very versatile when it comes to transfer of data; it supports scp/ssh, ftp, and rysnc. Read the rest of this entry »

Vodafone Linux Drivers for UMTS/GPRS Cards

For Linux mobile internet users, Vodafone, Mobile communications provider has released version 1.0 of it’s Mobile Connect Card Driver for Linux. The driver supports the use of GPRS, UMTS and HSDPA, as well as SMS transmissions.
Linux users especially Ubuntu, Fedora and Suse user should have no more trouble supporting other cards.

For more details get, the installation guide. Presently , the driver supports the Option GlobeTrotter 3G+ EMEA (PCMCIA), Huawei E220 (USB) and Huawei E620 (PCMCIA) cards.
Vodafone is already working on the version 2. Get ready made packages for your Linux distro on Vodafone’s developer portal

Grab the latest version of Skype for Linux

Skype 1.4 for Linux has been finally released. Even though Skype is not an Open Source client and many hard-core Open Source Voip users prefer OpenWengo, Asterick and others, Skype still remains the most used Voice-Over-Ip client and the 1.4 version for Linux includes two remarkable features; Read the rest of this entry »

Run windows applications on Ubuntu Linux

A guide( almost a manual) to install Windows as a virtual machine, removing windows Desktop with a registry hack and connecting to it with rdesktop (found in most Linux distributions). All in a move to get Windows running on your Ubuntu Desktop, and making Windows and Linux applications run side by side.

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