Linux Packages
Getting your Linux box to use Bluetooth could lead to many issues, there are many solutions out there and these solutions usually differ with the Linux distro. Using my old Motorola A1000 and with this guide from ars technica at hand, I succeeded in getting my phone Bluetooth-connected with my Ubuntu Desktop, using a Bluetooth adapter given that my old Sony Vaio doesn’t have an embedded Bluetooth support – I now download and upload video, mp3 and more
Following the two solutions offered by ars technica, I found the OBEX file transfers in Nautilus solution easier even though it does not provide full access to phone’s files – with Obex you can’t access your phone’s address book.
The Bitpim solution is a bit more tedious and unreliable but it gives you full access to your device – Bitpim is very powerful and unstable so take care when you use it.
All these are Open Source/Linux solutions that permit you to use just one package and access most of your Bluetooth phones.
If there are other solutions out there let us know in the comments.
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The second release candidate of KDE 4 is now available for download. After the RC 1 here comes the RC 2. If you are interested in trying it out, you could get the LiveCD that needs no installation.
If you are a developer and intend getting your applications and templates in the Kubuntu archives, then take this tutorial today 13th December 2007 and get yourself better prepared. Installation instructions are also available.
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“As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source”. With this statement the Movable Type team announced their spinning over to open source.
This is good new to the millions of bloggers out there, another major open source platform for blogging. I tried it out some time ago but gave it up for WordPress for several reasons including no anti_spam plugin like Akismet and it was not particularly easy to configure. Now being Open source, many developers could lay their hands on their codes and start building up themes and plugins like the many we have with WordPress. More»
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The web application formerly known as Webrunner, now Prism is available as a prototype for download. The Prism prototype provides a cross-platform way to integrate Web applications with the desktop environment by making it possible to launch them as a separate process. Each of your favourite web applications or web site could have a launcher on your desktop or applications menu, and they would all run on different windows without toolbars. More»
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It was just time I polished some of my favourite post on Linux advocacy. These posts have been updated and even without the update they were still prominent. For why Idid these flash-back? This where I started; explaining the reason why an alternative OS(Open Source, Linux) was absolutely necessary.
From Windows to Linux
For many companies and individuals migrating from Windows to Linux makes sense. The reasons are compelling: greater stability and reliability, lower cost, access to application source code, greater security, and conformity with open standards. But what does it really take to make this move. What risks are involved. Lets take a look
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Is Linux still a Third Choice?
Is there a right way to bust apart the challenging fortress of metaphor that Apple has created with the “Get a Mac” campaign? With such a powerful dichotomy between the Mac and PC archetypes, is it even possible to insert Linux and have it come out on top?
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Open Source Applications for Windows
A program is not bad just because it’s not Open Source (or Free Software, or whatever the politically correct way to describe it is nowadays), but when the program tries to create it’s own protocol/file format/etc… when there are agreed upon standards, That is a bad thing. It is a practice used when trying to monopolize a market.
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