Haiku OS Hopes For New 3D Stack
Phoronix
10 March 2010 01:03
Haiku OS, the nine year old project to develop an open-source BeOS-compatible operating system, is hoping it will receive a new OpenGL stack this year. The Haiku project, like X.Org, will be participating in this year's Google Summer of Code project where the search engine giant pays many student developers to work on code for various open-source projects. There's a long list of ideas for where Haiku OS could use some help, and one of them includes a hardware 3D acceleration stack...
Phoronix Test Suite 2.6 "Lyngen" Alpha 1
Phoronix
9 March 2010 22:03
It's been just a month since releasing Phoronix Test Suite 2.4 and that was followed by the release of our PTS Desktop Live 2010.1 operating system, but since then work has been flowing into the next release of the Phoronix Test Suite and related benchmarking technologies. The next release, Phoronix Test Suite 2.6, is codenamed Lyngen and will be officially available in May. Today the first alpha release for Phoronix Test Suite 2.6 is available...
Ubuntu 10.04 To Hang Onto Old Intel Driver
Phoronix
9 March 2010 21:03
When it comes to Intel's X.Org driver for Linux, xf86-video-intel, the most recent release was version 2.10 and it arrived in early January complete with Pineview (their next-generation Intel Atom systems) support, X-Video improvements, and various other features. The xf86-video-intel 2.11 driver is now emerging as their next quarterly update that brings in the KMS page-flipping and DRI2 swap events support. However, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which is set to be released in April, will not be shipping with either of these drivers. Instead Canonical has decided to stick with the xf86-video-intel 2.9 driver that was released last September...
Report: The 7 Attractions of Gnome and KDE
Linux.com
9 March 2010 16:03
GNOME and KDE have long had features that Windows lacked. In the last few years, both major free desktops have added features that show not only an interest in usability, but, at times, an effort to anticipate what users might actually want.
Interview with Linux Journal Virtual Editor Bill Childers
Linux Journal
9 March 2010 15:03
Carlie: Bill Childers is Linux Journal's Virtual Editor. How do you think your editor Jill Franklin came up with that one? more>>
Fedora 13 Alpha Released With Plenty Of Features
Phoronix
9 March 2010 15:03
Following a one week delay, the first alpha release for Fedora 13 is now available. The final release of Fedora 13 is not due out until May, but this is the only development release of Goddard before this Red Hat Linux operating system reaches its beta stage.
There's tons of new work in Fedora 13 already like NFSv4 and DisplayPort support, Btrfs system rollbacks, many package updates, and Nouveau Gallium3D support.
In the Fedora 13 Alpha announcement, also mentioned is better automatic printer setup with automatic driver installation, automatic installation of language packs, a redesigned user management interface, GNOME Color Management, NetworkManager enhancements, SystemTap static probes, and much more.
The Fedora 13 Alpha release announcement can be read on the mailing list...
Save Time and Money by Systematizing your Photoshop Workflow
Nettuts+
9 March 2010 15:03
Repetitive tasks can quickly become tedious. As a designer, you probably often find yourself designing the same elements over and over from scratch. STOP!
Wasting time is so old-fashioned. It also means you’re wasting money! So, let’s review some ways that you can automate and systematize your Photoshop workflow. And be sure to download the project [...]
How to Increase Conversions on any Website in 45 Minutes
Six Revisions
9 March 2010 15:03
In less time than you spend watching The Bachelor each week, you can have a dramatic (and measurable) effect on your website.
Entering The Wonderful World of Geo Location
Smashing Magazine
9 March 2010 13:03
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I thought I could not be out-geeked. With a background in radio, and having dabbled in the demo scene on the Commodore 64 and hung out on BBSes and IRC for a long time and all the other things normal kids don't quite get, I thought I was safe in this area.
Then I went to my first WhereCamp, an unconference dealing with geographical issues and how they relate to the world of Web development. Even my A-Levels in Astronomy did not help me there. I was out-geeked by the people who drive and tweak the things that we now consider normal about geo-location on the Web.
Pulling out your phone, find your location and getting directions to the nearest bar is easy, but a lot of work has gone into making that possible. The good news is that because of that effort, mere geo-mortals like you and me can now create geographically aware products using a few lines of code. So, let's give the geo-community a big hand.
The Linux Desktop Is Already Here
Linux.com
9 March 2010 12:03
It's 2010 and some people still think the Linux desktop is a non-starter. Please. Buy a clue; you're all Linux desktop users now...
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