YSlow Open Source
Yes, open sourced, licensed under BSD license. It is good to see action from the Yahoo! Developer Network. Additional points for using the developer/maintainer’s account for the repository.
View ArticleThe Document Foundation Incorporated
The Document Foundation, which forked away from OpenOffice, and looks after LibreOffice development is officially incorporated in Berlin, Germany. The legal form of the entity – rechtsfähige Stiftung...
View ArticleSee How Linux Is Built
If you wonder about the Linux kernel development, this video is a good start. It does an amazing job of explaining the process and communication between developers without using technical jargon. A...
View ArticleSlackware Needs You
Slackware (at Wikipedia), one of the earliest Linux systems, needs your help. I understood the real meaning of open source – freedom and choice – while using Slackware. Slackware is important for open...
View ArticleIcons Of The Last Generation
Scott Hanselman humours about the icons that do not make sense in this generation. I personally, though, still like some old icons, like the calendar or telephone or the microphone. Today’s devices are...
View ArticleTwitter Joins The Linux Foundation
Twitter now officially backs Linux, by becoming a silver member of the Linux Foundation. Good for the Linux Foundation. Good for Twitter. It will be good for Linux, and us Linux developers as well, if...
View ArticleXfce’s Approach
I am more than a little late in linking to this, but it is worth archiving. Nick Shermer’s interview tells you a lot about the team’s approach towards Xfce. I think that is how it hits the right balance.
View ArticleWYSIWYG On Web Is Wrong
I know I have said this before, but WYSIWYG editor is a wrong solution for managing content on the Web. On the Web, we want content to be separated from its formatting, and WYSIWYG editors offer the...
View ArticleInside The Browser
How are the internals of a browser that is trying to show you a simple Web page you requested? You will be surprised! The ‘Render Tree Construction’ section is very interesting. Writing a browser,...
View ArticleR.I.P. Aaron Swartz
One of the worst days. He managed to teach a lot to the world – through fighting for Internet freedom, programming, blogging, hacking, everything he did to keep information open. Hats off to Aaron who...
View ArticleISS Laptops Switch To Linux
They are moving to Debian. Unlike a lot of sponsored studies the reasons to switch – stability, reliability, in-house control – are in sync with users’ experiences. Also note that Linux runs on a...
View ArticleValencia Region Government Moves To LibreOffice
LibreOffice has started finding users in governments. The Valencia region Government have completed their switch to LibreOffice. Such applications also enables us to switch to an open standard and free...
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