Yesterday I got a chance to sit down for an interview over lunch with one of the original founders of Ubuntu: ex-GNOME Release Manager and past Canonical employee Jeff Waugh.
Arjen Lentz is currently giving a talk at Linux.conf.au entitled "Creating the Business you want." At the beginning of his talk he handed out a sheet of A4 with 10 principles Lentz believes small companies should stick to when starting out.
With Linux Conference Australia 2011 less than a week away, and with over 700 attendees converging on Brisbane for 5 days of Linux talks, sessions and workshops, it's about time I mentioned our reader meetup.
One of the largest Linux conferences in the southern hemisphere, LCA2011, is to go ahead next week in Brisbane after the worst floods to hit Queensland in over 20 years shed some dubious light on whether the event could continue.
Well I've been spending the last couple hours getting acquainted with my CR-48, and it's definitely been a fun experience. I was extremely excited as I dug into the box with the cutesy illustration of a rocket powered mouse wheel to get at the computer.
Banshee having been picked as Ubuntu's new default Music player is getting popular to test on all supported versions of Ubuntu. However there is a snag, for Maverick users, of which Ubuntu has a lot testing Banshee from what I can tell looking at the incoming bugs on GNOMEs bugtracker against Banshee.
One of the criticisms Android has received plenty of flak for is its comparatively low battery life compared with other smartphones. Google blames it on third party applications, but I've found many other ways to improve your battery life without having to uninstall everything.
Keep your contacts in check with Dexter - a new address book application from the elementary project.
When using my netbook I loathe having to use Empathy - or any instant messenger for that matter. But why?
Over 7, 000 of you voted in our poll querying you as to your mail app of choice. Results and a pretty graph after the jump.
Linux has always been the champion in terms of speed, maybe that is why it powers 90% of the world's supercomputers. The speed is mostly seen on servers rather than desktops, but a new a patch has appeared that brings a huge speed boost to the desktops.
Lightworks - the recently open-sourced professional grade video editor - is still on course to come to Linux - but not until next year.