Dec 152008
Is open source just source code? According to Black Duck: “Source code is actually only 15% of what is released by open source developers. There are four times as many binary files as source files in open source releases.” This seems fairly obvious to me. From documentation to scripts and more, open source is much more than source code.
Black Duck Software on Open Source Myths | OStatic
Dec 152008
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Script that automates the process of creating a ready to use Linux based VM. The currently supported hypervisors are:
* KVM
* Xen
* VMWareThe currently supported distros are:
* Ubuntu Dapper, Feisty, Gutsy, Hardy, and Intrepid.
You can pass command line options to add extra packages, remove packages, choose which version of Ubuntu, which mirror etc. On recent hardware with plenty of RAM, tmpdir in /dev/shm or using a tmpfs, and a local mirror, you can bootstrap a vm in less than a minute.
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The plugin adds a button to the TinyMCE editor which can be used to start a Java based screen recorder. You can use this screen recorder to record your PC screen, including sound, in unlimited high resolutions and not limited video lengths.
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Automatically, cross-posting to assiciated site/blog to enabling the post-via-email option with PIN code e.g. multiply.com, livejournal.com, blogspot.com and much more
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Operator leverages microformats and other semantic data that are already available on many web pages to provide new ways to interact with web services.
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The full text of the book is available for download under a Creative Commons license (see the bottom of this page). For each chapter, we include below links to a brief excerpt and to a PDF of the chapter exactly as it appears in the printed book.
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I’ve just released a brand new WordPress template on JungleJar.com named ‘graphii’. This template is a sleek and clean design and as always it was developed while adhering to web standards.
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Features:
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CleanAfterMe allows you to easily clean files and Registry entries that are automatically created by the Windows operating system during your regular computer work.
With CleanAfterMe, you can clean the cookies/history/cache/passwords of Internet Explorer, the 'Recent' folder, the Registry entries that record the last opened files, the temporary folder of Windows, the event logs, the Recycle Bin, and more. -
Audio Identifier supports many audio formats: MPEG Audio (mp3), MPEGplus (mpc), WAV (wav), TwinVQ (vqf), Ogg Vorbis (ogg), Windows Media Audio (wma), AAC (aac), Speex (spx), Monkey's Audio (ape), WavPack (wv), FLAC (flac), TrueAudio (tta), OptimFROG (ofr), AC3 (ac3) and DTS (dts).
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WPClipart is a collection of high-quality public domain images specifically tailored for use in word processors and optimized for printing on home/small office inkjet printers. There are thousands of color graphic clips as well as illustrations, photographs and black and white line art. Nearly all are in lossless, PNG format. As of Saturday, 12/13/2008 there are 23,932 images.
Dec 152008
SongBird è un media player opensource che è recentemente giunto alla versione 1.0. Non sono un grande utilizzatore di media player e normalmente mi adatto a quello che trovo con una leggera preferenza per foobar2000 o CoolPlayer (nella versione portable) in Windows, mentre nel mondo Linux mi piace molto Amarok di cui non sfrutto però la potenza.
Ho lasciato un po’ indietro le notizie relative e solo di recente ho provato a utilizzarlo un po’. Mi pare che sia davvero un bell’oggetto! Oltre alla “scontata” capacità di riprodurre media con diversi codec, di avere una playlist utilizzabile, presenta tutta una serie di funzionalità e di possibilità di estensione che rendono davvero calzante il paragone con Firefox.
Da tenere d’occhio con maggiore attenzione.
