Category: Open Source & Linux

2 Download and install Gaia Open terminal from the dash home: 3 Run Firefox Mobile B2G In terminal run: Example:

Fixing Spotify Issues on Ubuntu I love Spotify. If you haven't tried it, you should definitely check it out. I had been having some problems with the newer preview releases of the application on my Ubuntu machine at home. If you run into issues yourself, you can try the following in terminal:

From a Finnish student's hobby project to the backbone of the digital world—how Linux transformed computing and sparked a movement The Linux penguin mascot, Tux, has become an iconic symbol of the open source movement Twenty years ago, a Finnish computer science student named Linus Torvalds made a seemingly modest announcement on an internet newsgroup: he was working on a free operating system as a hobby project. Little did he know that his creation would...

I don't know how I missed this, but it is hilarious if you are an open source geek.  ;)

A powerful command-line tool for all your multimedia conversion needs Recently, I needed to create a .FLV file in Ubuntu from a .MOV for the Jungle Jim's video. During this process, I discovered FFmpeg—an incredibly versatile command-line tool that makes converting between media formats remarkably simple. FFmpeg is a powerful, open-source multimedia framework that can decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter, and play nearly any type of media. It's the Swiss Army knife of...

I liked one of Google's recent blog posts about "The Meaning of Open". Summary of the Article At Google we believe that open systems win. They lead to more innovation, value, and freedom of choice for consumers, and a vibrant, profitable, and competitive ecosystem for businesses. There are two components to our definition of open: open technology and open information. Open technology includes open source, meaning we release and actively support code that helps grow...