Troubled waters for Mozilla extension developers..."Mozilla has been forced to justify its decision to herd third party coders, whose add-ons sometimes break the Firefox user interface, away form the browser's components directory.
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Mozilla Tries to Silence Add-on Developers' Scream
Submitted Community Manager on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 21:52.
When One Linux Project Wins, All Linux Triumphs
To say there was a lot of Linux news coming out of CES last week was an understatement. As I watched the morning TV shows present their inevitable "look-at-what-the-nerds-have-made-this-year" segments from the CES floor during the event, I had the distinct pleasure of turning to my family many times and proclaiming: "See that? Runs Linux."
Submitted on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 15:11.
Firefox Development Dilemma: Tweak or Overhaul?
How to approach updating software..."Mozilla is building a number of features into the upcoming Firefox 3.7 browser--but the organization now has begun stewing over whether to introduce some of them in a significant update, as planned, or to rewrite some sooner for a variation of the current browser.
Submitted CNET on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 17:32.
A Virtual Solution for Mobile Development
How VirtualBox can duplicate any environment for developing..."In my last column, I shared the news that my Dell Latitude simply gave up on me.
Submitted on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 17:26.
FOSDEM 2010: Call for Presentations
The 2010 events season begins to get into full swing...
Submitted Community Manager on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 16:22.
Browser Shares Reveal True Benefits of Open Source
There was a good story on Ars Technica last week about the current state of browser share on the Internet. Browser news is always interesting because it gives us one window into how far open source has come on the desktop.
Submitted on Mon, 12/07/2009 - 15:21.
Chrome OS Sparks Vendor Enthusiasm, Innovation
Some of you might be too young to remember the space race: the frenzied decades of the '50s and '60s where the US and the USSR poured massive resources to be the First [Anything] in space. But all of us might have a chance to watch some of this in microcosm as OEM vendors jockey for the coveted "first Chrome OS netbook shipped" position.
Submitted on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 15:18.
GUADEC 2010 Moves to The Hague
The next GUADEC has been announced...
Submitted LWN on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 16:25.
Vim 101: A Beginner's Guide to Vim
Ever wanted to learn Vim, but weren't sure how to start? No problem. We have you covered! This will be the first of a four-part (possibly longer) series covering how to use Vim and where to start using the world's best text editor. Note that this is an article explicitly for beginners new to Vim. If you've been using Vim for a while, all of this should look entirely familiar--and you might wonder why some topics aren't covered. Patience. We'll get to everything in due time, but there's a lot to... [more]
Submitted on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 18:12.
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How The X Stack In Ubuntu 10.04 LTS May Look
X development on Ubuntu LTS begins...
Submitted Community Manager on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 15:06.