But lot of projects are already tackling the issue, each from their own perspective: Mozilla launched a mobile OS, LibreOffice is working on an online version, KDE has OwnCloud, there’s FreedomBox. In what sense are they different? I’ve the feeling that their ultimate goal is exactly the same as ours: offering freedom to those who want it.
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Debian Now Defaults To Xfce Desktop
The default desktop task has been changed from GNOME to Xfce within the Tasksel Git. While one might assume the change is due to the criticism expressed by many GNOME users since the 3.x series — with some saying it’s losing its relevance on the Linux desktop — the main reason expressed within the Git commit comes down to Xfce being able to fit entirely on the first Debian CD.
Features/MATE-Desktop – FedoraProject
Current status
- Targeted release: Fedora 18
via Features/MATE-Desktop – FedoraProject.
Fedora will be usable again as of Fedora 18.
MATE | The traditional desktop environment
MATE | The traditional desktop environment.
What is MATE?
MATE is a fork of Gnome 2.
It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop to Linux users using traditional metaphors.
Just installed MATE in a Fedora 17 VM and it works just like Gnome 2. Fantastic! I can now use the latest and greatest Fedora and Ubuntu builds.
GNOME 3 Tweaks : Fedora 16 And GNOME Shell: Tested And Reviewed
GNOME 3 Tweaks : Fedora 16 And GNOME Shell: Tested And Reviewed.
This makes gnome3 somewhat usable. I still can’t believe what they did to gnome. I’m still stuck on Fedora14 until they get this mess straightened out but have a Fedora17 install on a VM to test.
Not as SPDY as You Thought
Previous benchmarks tout great benefits, ranging from making pages load 2x faster to making mobile sites 23% faster using SPDY and HTTPS than over clear HTTP. However, when testing real world sites I did not see any such gains. In fact, my tests showed SPDY is only marginally faster than HTTPS and is slower than HTTP.
Why? Simply put, SPDY makes HTTP better, but for most websites, HTTP is not the bottleneck.
via Guy’s Pod » Blog Archive » Not as SPDY as You Thought.
If you’re a website owner, the first thing you should do is adjust your expectations. Switching your site to SPDY will move you forward, but it will not make your site much faster. To get the most out of SPDY, you should work to reduce the number of domains on your page, and to address other front-end bottlenecks. Doing so is a good move anyway, so you wouldn’t be wasting your time.
Cloud mega-uploads aren’t easy
Google and Microsoft don’t offer formal data ingestion services to help users get lots of data into the cloud, and neither seems set to do so anytime soon. Quite how would-be users take advantage of the hundreds of terabytes both offer in the cloud is therefore a bit of a mystery.
via Cloud mega-uploads aren’t easy • The Register.
I also have been wondering about this for my measly 2gigs I want to upload to a cyberlocker. My upload speed is more or less 30KBytes/s or ~100M/hour. Therefore 2G upload would take 20 some hours which is kind of impractical. The article covers import/export services of various cloud providers. I’m interested in Rackspace…
Rackspace offers a similar service, dubbed Cloud Files Bulk Import. Optus, the Australian arm of telecoms giant Singtel, will happily offer a similar service. Australian cloud Ninefold does likewise, branding it “Sneakernet”.
Good old sneakernet is back. That brings the memories.
Verizon’s 4G LTE-to-the-Home Service Launches Thursday
HomeFusion customers can expect rates of five to 12 Mbps and upload rates of two to five Mbps, in line with your average DSL or low-end cable Internet connection. The customer is responsible for purchasing a $200 antenna which needs to be professionally installed, and the package includes a wireless router capable of connecting four wired and 20 wireless devices to the network. You must sign a two-year agreement.
via Verizon’s 4G LTE-to-the-Home Service Launches Thursday | PCWorld.
Verizon doesn’t give you much data to work with, so watch what you download or stream: 10GB of data will cost you $60 every month, 20GB, $90, and 30GB, $120. For every gigabyte you go over these limits, Verizon will zap you an extra $10. That’s not the only bad news: The carrier will also not install the antenna above the second story of a building, so apartment dwellers are out of luck.
IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud
IETF explores new working group on identity management in the cloud.
A specification already exists for Simple Cloud Identity Management (SCIM) that is supported by security software vendors including Cisco, Courion, Ping Identity, UnboundID and SailPoint. SCIM also has support from key cloud vendors, including Salesforce, Google and VMware.
IBM optical chip moves data at 1Tbps
The chip, called Holey Optochip, is a parallel optical transceiver consisting of both a transmitter and a receiver, and is designed to handle the large amount of data created and transmitted over corporate and consumer networks as a result of new applications and services. It is expected to power future supercomputer and data center applications, an area where IBM already uses optical technology.
via IBM optical chip moves data at 1Tbps | Computer Hardware – InfoWorld.