Only time will tell what the market impact of the formation of MeeGo from the merger of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin projects will be. But for the moment, it clearly appeals to me as a developer far more than the iPhone or Android platforms have. So I have joined the MeeGo site – look [...]
I recently wrote two articles on getting started with Linux, featuring the openSUSE Education Linux for Education (Li-f-e) Live DVD. The first is called Best Linux software for new users, and the second is called The best Linux games for kids. Both are now available on the DownloadSquad blog. Comments are enabled on the DownloadSquad [...]
Every year, I single out what I think are the Top Five open source projects. This year, there’s only one hold-over from previous years, and it’s likely that I’m just going to give it a Lifetime Achievement Award and pick five others next year.
5. NetBeans
NetBeans is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE). It’s a comprehensive tool [...]
Full disclosure: the following represents my personal opinion, based on nearly ten years of hands-on experience with most of the major versions of Linux. I am not now employed by any entity with any financial stake in Linux products or services, nor have any entities of that nature supported this blog post in any way, [...]
I’ve been testing openSUSE 11.2 for the past couple of months. Now that Release Candidate 1 is available, with the final feature set and look and feel, I’ll share my impressions.
Look and Feel
The thing I like most about openSUSE is that the developers have gone to great lengths to enhance the Linux desktop experience. Whether [...]