Ubuntu 9.10 was just oficially released. You can download it here.
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Google music search officially launched
Posted on October 29, 2009 by Dude
It is official. Official Google weblog puts it this way:
“Today, we’re rolling out a search feature that does just that by enabling you to search and more easily discover millions of songs, all via a simple Google web search.”
Here is a movie
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala”
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dude
Only 1 day is left until the release of the new version of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala. Wanna know how to upgrade to Koala? Give this link or this link a shot.
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Yet another free service from Google, this time GPS navigation
Posted on October 28, 2009 by Dude
NY Times reports that Google has announced the release of a “free navigation system for mobile phones that offers turn-by-turn directions”.
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Why Nokia 3G netbook is cool
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dude
Nokia recently announced the release of a premium netbook which costs a lot more than the ordinary ones. It is supposed to hit the shleves this week at least in Europe. The main question is: does the premium features of the laptop justify its high price tag? If you want my short answer, I must say YES, it indeed does. Wanna know why? let’s have a look. Here is a list of the features of the Nokia laptop:
Body
- Aircraft-grade aluminum slim body with super chassis construction
- Dimensions: 264 x 185 (with hinge) x 19.9 mm
- Weight: 1250 g
Memory and hard drive
- RAM: 1 GB DDR2
- Hard drive: 120 GB
Wireless
- WiFi: 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
- Built-in 3G modem (data calls only): WCDMA 900/2100 or 800-850/900/2100
Audio and video
- 1.3 megapixel FF camera
- HDMI port for HD video out
- Built-in stereo speakers, and microphone
- Analog audio output / headphone out (with OMTP headsets also functions as audio-in)
CPU and chipset
- Intel® Atom™ Z530, 1.6 GHz
- Intel® Poulsbo US15W
Display and keyboard
- 10.1″, 1280 x 720 pixel display
- Glass window
- Frame keyboard
Battery
- 56.8 Wh (claimed to last 12 hours)
I/O ports and slots
- HDMI 1.2 out for HD video
- 3 x USB 2.0
- 3.5 mm headphone out (OMTP: with OMTP headsets also functions as audio in)
- DC-in
- SD card reader
- SIM / USIM slot
GPS
- Integrated GPS and A-GPS
- Ovi Maps application
Other
- Accelerometer (motion sensor)
Here are two relevant videos that can give some idea of how it look like:
So what is so special about this little guy which makes it worth several hundred bucks more than the normal ones. In the above feature list, I have made those little differences bold. First of all and most importantly, Nokia 3G laptop comes with a 3G modem. To me, that not only means much better access to internet but also a lot cheaper access. In Holland, you should be able to get an unlimited 3G access to the internet for 10€/month and that is a lot cheaper (but of course slower) than access to Wifi networks. It just sounds more practical to me to buy a 3G internet plan and be always online.
Next to the 3G modem, you will get a really really slim and well designed aluminum body which is only comparable to Apple Macbooks, if you ask me. That makes the device even more mobile, easier to use, and eye candy. And let’s not forget about the much better quality you get from the higher resolution screen. The screen resolution is the best that I have seen in the netbook category so far.
It is not yet over. For your bucks, you also get an impressive mind blowing 12 hours (claimed) battery life, which makes the gadget even better and more practical to carry around. You can practically deduct the weight of the charger from the total weight that you will be carrying around, and believe me that makes a big difference. So, the weight of the Nokia 3G netbook must be considered at least half a pound less than the normal package of netbook plus charger. That is one more big plus.
Not yet satisfied? How about GPS, accelerometer, and Bluetooth? Come on guy! that is gotta convince you that this gadget is really worth the price. OK! you may not like Windows 7, but I guess you can always replace it with a Linux distro.
I think Nokia 3G may actually sell really really well. Are you going to get yours? let me know what you think about Nokia 3G.
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Hot New Open Source Applications
Posted on October 27, 2009 by Dude
Here is a very good list of 49 Hot New Open Source Applications. I highly recommned you to have a look at it.
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Call for contribution to the “2020 FLOSS roadmap”
Posted on May 14, 2009 by Dude
The 2020 FLOSS roadmap v1 is a document that was collectively elaborated by 31 experts and contributors and published last December. It contains a set of predictions on how the free / libre / open source software ecosystem could evolve over the next ten years, a set of recommendations for public and private bodies on how to encourage its growth and leverage the benefits it can provide to the economy, and a set of in-depth studies on topics such as public policies, technological innovation, uses and employment.
In order to prepare the second edition of the roadmap, which will be published this fall, a call for comments and contributions has been sent on the www.2020flossroadmap.org website. A collaborative text annotation and commenting system has been set up in order to make it easy to everyone to make a contribution to the roadmap.
The roadmap is licensed under Creative Commons (BY-SA).
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Ubuntu- How to add a path to your path list in terminal (.bashrc file)
Posted on May 11, 2009 by Dude
Suppose you would like to have access to a particular path from within terminal. For example, if you have your executables in a folder called ~/my_program/bin you may want to have access to the executables from everywhere within terminal. One way to achieve this is to add that particular path to your path list in the “.bashrc” file. So, how to do that?
First launch a file browser and go to your home folder. You need then to edit the “.bashrc” file which is a hidden file in your home folder. You would therefore first need to make Ubuntu show your hidden files. In the menu bar on the top of the file browser window, select “View/Show Hidden Files” and check the mark . Here is a graphic for your reference:
Then find the file “.bashrc” file and open it with the text editor. You would then need to append a line or two to the file. For example, if you would like to add the path~/my_program/bin, you would need to add the following line to the file:
PATH=~/my_program/bin:”${PATH}”
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Ubuntu- Geany: a good C++ IDE for Ubuntu (Linux)
Posted on May 10, 2009 by Dude
In case you have been looking for a good C++ IDE for Linux, I have a very good suggestion:
Geany
Here is the description of Geany from its official website (http://www.geany.org/):
Geany is a text editor using the GTK2 toolkit with basic features of an integrated development environment. It was developed to provide a small and fast IDE, which has only a few dependencies from other packages. It supports many filetypes and has some nice features.
Some basic features of Geany:
* Syntax highlighting
* Code folding
* Symbol name auto-completion
* Construct completion/snippets
* Auto-closing of XML and HTML tags
* Call tips
* Many supported filetypes including C, Java, PHP, HTML, Python, Perl, Pascal (full list)
* Symbol lists
* Code navigation
* Build system to compile and execute your code
* Simple project management
* Plugin interface (see Plugins)
To install Geany in Ubuntu just issue the following command in a terminal:
sudo apt-get install geany
Geany also works under Windows and the Windows binaries can be downloaded from the Geany webiste as well.
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Ubuntu- get rid of blank screen in MATLAB installed within Ubuntu
Posted on May 9, 2009 by Dude
There is sometimes a problem with the MATLAB in Ubuntu. The problem is that after installing MATLAB, you might get just a blank screen (blank GUI window) without any option menu, command line, etc. To solve this problem, find the file “environment” (the path is: /etc/environment). Add the following line to the file and try again:
export AWT_TOOLKIT=”MToolkit”
The problem should have been solved. If not, try restarting your computer.
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