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Blazing fast Opera 10.50 Alpha for Unix

By • Feb 20th, 2010 • Filed under: Opera-Browser, Ubuntu, Video

The Opera development team has released another development snapshot of Opera 10.50 browser for Unix/Linux. Opera “10.5 alpha showcases the latest technologies that will be available in” the “next major release”. This build contains many improvements, bug fixes and several known issues too; font problems, command line option problems, compiz issues, language input issues and […]

Facebook Chat Now Available Everywhere with XMPP [Pidgin and Empathy IM]

By • Feb 17th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

For Windows, Linux and Mac: Now that Facebook chat supports XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) client formerly known as Jabber, it is easy to bring Facebook chat updates to your Ubuntu desktops via Ubuntu notification, libnotify.

Canonical replaces Open Source Launchpad login service with Closed Source ‘Ubuntu Single Sign on Service’

By • Feb 16th, 2010 • Filed under: Open-Source, Ubuntu

Canonical has just launched a closed source service, built on OpenID called ‘Ubuntu Single Sign on Service’ that has the goal to provide a single and central log-in service for all Ubuntu related websites. This new service will replace the open source Launchpad log-in service that currently offers a central login place for many Ubuntu […]

Useful Firefox for Mobile Keyboard Shortcuts

By • Feb 16th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

I you have Firefox Mobile on your mobile device then try out these keyboard shortcuts that make browsing with Firefox Mobile “Fennec” much easier. Those who use Firefox on their desktops certainly know common shortcuts like Ctrl+T to open a new tab or Ctrl+W to close the current tab – these and others like – […]

Symbian has been completely Open-Sourced

By • Feb 5th, 2010 • Filed under: Linux Distros, Open-Source

The mobile Operating System, Symbian goes completely open source – all the Symbian source code that comprises 108 packages is now available for free to all under the Eclipse license (EPL) version 1.0. The Symbian Foundation consider this transition from proprietary to open source as the biggest of its kind in software history. The Symbian […]