https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2011-November/003467.html many lessons to be learned there *
15 articles Tag free as in your butt
Facebook shuts down EventPress development.
When you’re a big company, especially one that makes its money on free web services and advertising, it’s very easy to say you love open source. Open Source will get you nice PR, and you may even release parts of your code to get even better PR. Sadly, things don’t always work as you expect them to. The legal department of Facebook has recently forbidden EventPress developer, Kunal Bhalla, to continue his (brilliant) work on …
Google Plus keeps your data as much as Facebook does
When you delete an account from Google+, Google promises you to delete all the data associated with your G+ profile. Well, I deleted mine some time ago, but while trying out the new Youtube homepage the first thing I saw was this: My circles are still saved, my real name is showing and the same is probably true for the people in my circles. Yet another reminder: don’t believe the big guys, data deletion doesn’t …
Ubuntu Wiki lock-in
This comes from the Fedora planet, more specifically AdamW: I may be missing something here (be great if I am), but it seems to me that the content of the Ubuntu Wiki – which contains some great stuff – is not licensed under one of the common ’shareable’ licenses, like CC, GFDL or OPL. Neither the front page nor any of the several random pages of content I checked has a license declaration that I …
Canonical shuts down Ubuntu Satanic store
Update: The issue has been cleared up already. Thanks Satan Jono ! Bad news today. Out of the jealousy of not being able to create one decent default theme for years, Canonical has just decided to shut down the Ubuntu Satanic Edition store (t-shirt and other gadgets). The reasons are pretty much understandable (and btw they didn’t complain about their domain name yet) but the decision itself imho sucks. Too easy to be bold on …
Mono, here we go again
Ok, Jo Shield decided to reply to the Linux Today invite. Other than some plausible technical points, some unuseful considerations on LinuxToday ad revenue (?!) and some even lower level whining, he brought up some interesting points about the licensing issues. I’m commenting only those, because I don’t really think any technical point is that relevant. Mono is not the result of any deals between Novell and Microsoft. Mono was started 4 years before that …
The Mono Crusade
World is beautiful, and everything is so peaceful right now. Still I have a weird sensation. May this be just the peace before the storm ? Is something starting ? What ?! A war ?… The Mono Crusade What’s wrong with the Mono fans ? As summer gets near and temperature raises they’re getting annoying like mosquitoes. That’s something I really don’t like. I’m a Mono user myself. Either for birth (Ubuntu includes Mono applications …
Top 3 worthless things in technology
Here’s my top three: ISO As shown by the multiple irregularity claims, ISO is to be considered largely irrilevant. Whereas in the past it has been assumed that an ISO/IEC standard should automatically be considered for use within government, clearly this position no longer stands. – CONSEGI 2008 DECLARATION (Brazil, South Africa, Venezuela, Ecuador, Cuba and Paraguay) OIN Although I’m still not sure that TomTom paid more than a dollar to Microsoft, the TomTom settlement …
Microsoft to spread WISPS through a web AppStore
New and well-made move from Microsoft. A new website from microsoft promises to make web applications install under windows as simple as a single click. The format is a web-transposition of the succesfull iPhone appstore. The website offers, through a downloadable installer, a range of free webapps to the disposal of the user or lazy-systemadmin. While only free apps seems to be available right now, the inclusion of the Free word on each items, makes …
How will splashtop change the rules of the game ?
If you’re into netbooks and latest technology you surely already have heard of Splashtop. Splashtop is an instant on embedded Linux which boots in seconds (I mean, 3-4 seconds) and give the user fast access to web-based features as Web Browser, Skype, online gaming and similar stuff. Actually, the most interesting thing about Splashtop is that, being embedded in the computer’s firmware, it does not substitute to the choosen operative system. It’s just a faster …
