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Compiz Fusion Gets New Effect – Presenting the Cylinder

Apr13th
2008 2 Comments

Written by Sathya

Unless you have been living under a stone, you should be knowing that Compiz Fusion transforms your Linux 2D desktop, with virtual desktops into a 3D one, complete with Cube plugin(amongst others) which transforms the virtual desktops into a cube.

Developer Dennis Kasprzyk has finally finished his idea to implement a cylinder deformation for the cube plugin. The result is that Cubereflex plugin has now been rename to Cubeaddon, and it comes with a new effect, “CYLINDER”. Here’s a screen shot of the plugin in action

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Linux Gets Adobe AIR, Flex

Apr1st
2008 1 Comment

Written by Sathya

People had been demanding for a Linux version of Adobe AIR. Now now finally, Adobe has joined Linux Foundation and has announced the pre-release alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux. The pre-release alpha version can be downloaded from Adobe Labs.

Adobe Labs also updated an alpha version of Adobe Flex Builder 3 for Linux software is also available on Adobe Labs today, which adds support for creating applications that run on Adobe AIR. The combination of Flex, Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player 9 for Linux comprises a well supported, and enables developers to build, debug and deploy RIAs entirely on Linux, and across browsers and desktops.

Flex, Adobe AIR and Adobe Flash Player are key elements of the Adobe technology platform. Flex is a free, open source framework for building highly interactive, expressive RIAs that can be deployed on the desktop with Adobe AIR, or in the browser with Adobe Flash Player.

The pre-release alpha version of Adobe AIR for Linux is available immediately in English as a free download from Adobe Labs.

The final version of Adobe AIR for Linux is expected later this year and will be available in other languages.

Additionally, the update to Adobe Flex Builder 3 for Linux alpha is freely available in English from Adobe Labs.

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Getting your Fedora 8 Multimedia Ready

Mar25th
2008 7 Comments

Written by Sathya

Unlike openSUSE 10.3, Fedora doesnt have the 1-click installers for easy install of codecs ,so you’ll have to rely on Terminal and Yum to get it up and running.

All the below operations require Root privileges, so switch to root first by opening the Terminal and typing

All commands under “code” will have to be entered at the terminal

su root

Step 1. Add Livna repo

wget rpm.livna.org/livna-release-8.rpm rpm -ivh livna-release-8.rpm

Step2. Add the Macromedia Repo

wget linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm

Step 3: Install Multimedia Applications

yum -y remove totem totem-mozplugin yum -y install totem-xine totem-xine-mozplugin libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay livdvdnav lsdvd xine-lib-extras-nonfree libdvdcss libdvdread libdvdplay flash-plugin libquicktime gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-bad

Step 4: Install w32Codecs in order to play everything under the Sun.

wget www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-20061022-1.i386.rpm wget www1.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm rpm -ivh mplayer-codecs-extra-20061022-1.i386.rpm

(optional) Install VLC

yum install vlc yum install python-vlc mozilla-vlc

That’s it! you can use Totem or VLC to play them video/audio files! Have a blast!

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KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 783000)

Mar12th
2008 Leave a Comment

Written by Sathya

Korneliusz Jarzebski, the autor polishlinux has posted a neat article on visual changes in KDE 4.1. Amongst new features include an option in the taskbar to Show tasks from the current screen only, ability to resize Kickoff menu. Kwin also gains the Coverswitch effect, which is a visual effect similar to Cover Flow in Compiz Fusion and in MacOS and one of the neatest effects, I might add). Marble, the geography app also gains a new view & the maps can be watched using Globe, Flat and Mercator views. Amarok in particular has gone through some visual and backend changes. The default and non-changable backend is now Phonon.A new Plasma applet, the one displaying the information obout currently performing artist basing on Wikipedia has also been added.

Watch the screenshots over at polishlinux

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Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire innotek

Feb27th
2008 Leave a Comment

Written by Sathya

Sun Microsystems is on a major Open Source Acquistion spree. First it was it’s MySQL acquisition, now it’s moved on to acquire innotek. For those who’re still wondering who or what innotek is, innotek is the developer of the hugely popular Virtualizer, VirtualBox.

According to Sun’s Press Release

Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that it has entered into a stock purchase agreement to acquire innotek, the provider of the leading edge, open source virtualization software called VirtualBox. By enabling developers to more efficiently build, test and run applications on multiple platforms, VirtualBox will extend the Sun xVM platform onto the desktop and strengthen Sun’s leadership in the virtualization market. This software is available for all major operating systems at www.virtualbox.org and www.openxvm.org.

“VirtualBox provides Sun with the perfect complement to our recently announced Sun xVM Server product,” said Rich Green, executive vice president, Sun Software. “Where Sun xVM Server is designed to enable dynamic IT at the heart of the datacenter, VirtualBox is ideal for any laptop or desktop environment and will align perfectly with Sun’s other developer focused assets such as GlassFish, OpenSolaris, OpenJDK and soon MySQL as well as a wide range of community open source projects, enabling developers to quickly develop, test and deploy the next generation of applications.”

So what will be the future of VirtualBox? Can we see some innovations in VirtualBox? Let’s hope so.

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Ubuntu goes mobile: Ubuntu Mobile

Feb26th
2008 2 Comments

Written by Sathya

Introducing Ubuntu Mobile – full Internet, no compromise

Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices.
Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world’s most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing.

Ubuntu Mobile, a fully open source project, gives full Internet, with no compromise. Custom options may include licensed codecs and popular third-party applications.

Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash®, Java, and more
Outstanding media playback so you can enjoy videos, music and photos with superior quality and easy navigation
A suite of applications that work seamlessly to meet every need of a digital parent, student or anyone who is on-the-go
Facebook®, MySpace®, YouTube®, Dailymotion®, 3D games, GPS, maps, in short, the full Web 2.0 experience delivered into your hands as a compact and powerful device that’s easy and fun to use

The product of Canonical collaboration with Intel® and the open source community, Ubuntu Mobile is the software that makes it all possible.

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andLinux – Run Linux on Windows seamlessly without virtualizers!

Feb19th
2008 1 Comment

Written by Sathya

andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista [32-bit only])

andLinux uses CoLinux as its core which is confusing for many people. CoLinux is a port of the Linux kernel to Windows. Although this technology is like VMware or Virtual PC, CoLinux differs itself by being more of a merger of Windows and the Linux kernel and not an emulated PC, making it more efficient. Xming is used as X server and PulseAudio as sound server.

andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications without modification.

Screenshot (click to enlarge)

To start Linux applications, you may either use the XFCE Panel:

The XFCE Panel

Or, you may choose to use the andLinux Launcher, which ships with andLinux since Beta 1. It consists of:

quicklaunch icons (e.g. for the file manager or the terminal)
a start menu in the system tray (next to the clock) which can be adapted to your own needs
so-called Explorer shell extensions, i.e. context menu item, with which you can open a folder in the file manager / terminal or open a file with the text editor
file type associations at your choice (e.g. for KOffice files, .tex / .dvi / .ps / .pdf files)
andCmd.exe to run linux commands from Windows scripts

Quicklaunch icons (XFCE version)

Quicklaunch icons (KDE version)

Start menu (XFCE version)

Start menu (KDE version)

Open a folder with Konqueror or Konsole

Requirements

OS: Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista [32-bit only]
Memory: at least 128 MB (192 MB or more is recommended)
Hard disk space: 2.5 GB (XFCE version) / 4.5 GB (KDE version)
Note that you need an NTFS file system (which is default since Windows 2000) because you can’t create files larger than 2 GB on FAT(32) file systems!
A good internet connection (to be able to install further applications)
Some basic Linux skills to proceed once andLinux is installed

What you will get

You will get:

a fully functional Linux system, however without the usual desktop (you’ve already got one from Windows)
a second panel (e.g. at the top of your Windows desktop) or a second start menu (in the system tray next to the clock), from which you can start Linux applications
Linux applications and Windows applications can be used simultaneously and you can cut and paste text between them
apt / synaptic to install further applications

You will NOT get:

another desktop
the bench of applications that usually ship with Linux distributions (you have to fetch whatever you want)
a printer driver
trouble with further drivers

Security warning: It is recommended to use andLinux only on single-user-PCs or in a trustworthy environment because the communication with the X-Server and the launcher is not secured, i.e., every user who can login to Windows can access andLinux.

This looks really interesting and promising! Am definitely going to try this out and report how it turns out

Thanks to @chetanthaker who twittered about this

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Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 3 Impressions

Feb14th
2008 3 Comments

Written by Sathya

Yesterday, Mozilla announced that the 3rd beta of the next version of their immensely popular web browser, Mozilla Firefox would be available for download. I’d posted earlier on the impressive changes between Firefox 2 and Firefox 3 Beta 2. So what does the third Beta bring? Let’s have a look.

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Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 3 Now Available for Download

Feb13th
2008 Leave a Comment

Written by Sathya

Mozilla Developer Center reports that Firefox 3 Beta 3 is now available for download.

New features and changes in this milestone include:

Improved security features such as: better presentation of website identity and security including support for Extended Validation (EV) SSL certificates, malware protection, stricter SSL error pages, anti-virus integration in the download manager.
Improved ease of use through: easier add-on discovery and installation, improved download manager search and progress indication in the status bar, resumable downloading, full page zoom, and better integration with Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux.
Richer personalization through: one-click bookmarking, smart bookmark folders, location bar that uses an algorithm based on site visit recency and frequency (called “frecency”) to provide better matches against your history and bookmarks for URLs and page titles, ability to register web applications as protocol handlers, and better customization of download actions for file types.
Improved platform features such as: new graphics and font rendering architecture, JavaScript 1.8, major changes to the HTML rendering engine to provide better CSS, float-, and table layout support, native web page form controls, colour profile management, and offline application support.
Performance improvements such as: better data reliability for user profiles, architectural improvements to speed up page rendering, over 350 memory leak fixes, a new XPCOM cycle collector to reduce entire classes of leaks, and reductions in the memory footprint.

I will have a review of the Beta 3 soon.

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Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2

Feb11th
2008 Leave a Comment

Written by Sathya

Only three weeks after Alpha1, we’re glad to announce the release of openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2. There are various exciting changes in there that we would like to have feedback on.

For more screenshots head over to the Screenshots/openSUSE 11.0 Alpha2 wiki page

Changes since openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1

KDE 4.0.1 replaced KDE 3.5.8 as default KDE
GNOME 2.21.90 was integrated
Continued work on the Installation workflow
Live CDs for both GNOME and KDE
CDs support German as an additional language
DVDs have only OSS software
Linux 2.6.24
OpenOffice.org 2.4 Beta
Alsa 1.0.16rc2
D-Bus 1.2rc2

For a more detailed list with links to backported packages, see the Factory/News wiki page.

Most Annoying Bugs

Progress dialog Loading the Package Manager… blocks the installation-update proposal (Bug #359235). Although you can accept the proposal by clicking on [Accept] you can’t see the proposed data/values.
KDE3 autostart applications may crash on KDE4 Startup (Bug #359800)
Mono apps do not work on the GNOME LiveCD (Bug #359768)
Missing graphical menu on Live-CD (~~Bug #359486~~)
Popups during the installation behave sporadically

Media and Download

Please refer to software.openSUSE.org/developer for direct links to all the available media.

Comments, Feedback and Helping

Please report all bugs you find on in our bugzilla as explained on http://bugs.opensuse.org;

discussion is most appropriate on the opensuse-factory@opensuse.org (subscribe) mailing list. For other queries and ways to communicate with the openSUSE community — including IRC, Mailing Lists, and Forums — take a look at the Communicate wiki page.

The next release will be openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 3, on March 18.

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Posts tagged cat

Compiz Fusion Gets New Effect – Presenting the Cylinder

Linux Gets Adobe AIR, Flex

Getting your Fedora 8 Multimedia Ready

KDE 4.1: Visual Changelog (rev 783000)

Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire innotek

Ubuntu goes mobile: Ubuntu Mobile

Introducing Ubuntu Mobile – full Internet, no compromise

Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 3 Impressions

Mozilla Firefox 3 Beta 3 Now Available for Download

Announcing openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2

Changes since openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 1

Most Annoying Bugs

Media and Download

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