Mon, 05/03/2012 - 21:42 | 
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Privacy and security is paramount, especially while you are communicating through internet with your near and dear ones. And then there is 'whom-to-trust' issue. Generally speaking, Open Source software has to be the most secure of them all. RetroShare seems like a good bet. It is an Open Source, cross-platform, private and secure decentralised communication platform and it even has a dedicated Ubuntu PPA repository.
Tags: Tue, 31/01/2012 - 21:07 | techdrivein.com
If the near domination of Linux at CES 2012 wasn't good enough news for you, this little tablet from KDE is definitely going to make you happy. Out of the blue, lead KDE hacker Aaron Seigo announced to the world the imminent launch of Spark tablet running KDE's brand new Plasma Active desktop environment. Its name is "Spark", in recognition of it being the start to an even bigger flame, adds Aaron Seigo in his blog post.
Mon, 30/01/2012 - 12:47 | techdrivein.com
Linux has been gaining some serious mileage over the years. Linux and other high-end Open Source software like Blender are not some hobbyists-only stuff anymore and the whole technology world is slowly starting to realize the positive and unbiased influence Open Source and Linux has on everything technology. Linux was quite prominently featured at just concluded International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in various different forms. Let's go find out what those 'various forms' were. Read on.
Sun, 18/12/2011 - 22:25 | techdrivein.com
Not so long ago, Songbird was one of the most loved music player app among Linux users. It all changed when Songbird developers decided to stop supporting Linux and concentrate on Mac and Windows platforms. But some hardcore Songbird users were not ready to give up yet. They forked the project and after more than an year of hard work, they have now released the first preview of Songbird fork named Nightingale music player.
Nightangale 1.8 Preview Release
In a recent blog post, Nightingale developers have announced the very first release of Nightingale music player for Linux and Windows platforms. Nightingale 1.8 is a developer preview release and is primarily meant for testing purposes.
Thu, 25/08/2011 - 13:43 | techdrivein.com
Google, the maker and manager of the Android platform, has claimed that Android is the world’s best open source software system. How true are these claims? A report based on a recent study by market research firm VisionMobile about several popular open source projects.
A recent report published by market research firm, VisionMobile has shown that Google’s Android mobile operating system ranked the lowest out of all eight major open source software projects in terms of openness. The software systems evaluated in the project included:
Tue, 02/08/2011 - 22:42 | techdrivein.com
We have discussed a lot about real world applications of 3D modelling and rendering tools like Blender before, but not really about the choice of tools itself. What are the best, free and open source, 3D modelling and rendering apps available for Linux? Let's find out.
Mon, 20/06/2011 - 09:46 | techdrivein.com
Ad Bard was a breath of fresh air in the already crowded advertising networks arena lead by behemoths like Google Adsense. In 2009 when Ad Bard network first came into existence, FSF proudly proclaimed, "The Free Software Community now has an ethical alternative to ad networks that promote proprietary software." Ad Bard was a truly promising venture. But it's all going to end in another month or so. Ad Bard is finally shutting down.
