The Swiss Wilhelm Tux (get it? Like “William Tell” but with Tux, the Linux mascot) Linux group is running a fundraising campaign to get electronic signatures integrated into LibreOffice. Most public administrations accept that digitally signed documents have the same validity as those signed by hand, with a pen; and courts around the world also…
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Whether you’re a budding indie director or just want to make your home videos much more interesting, you should check out Ritwika Mitra’s YouTube Channel. In her videos, Ritwika explains how to create dollies and rigs, record high quality audio outside, and get the best out of your video equipment, always using stuff you can…
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The late 70s and early 80s were arguably the golden age of computer nerdiness. This was an age of innovation and invention: the first mouse-driven interface, the first GUI, and even the first touchscreen are all products of that era. In those early days, you programmed your own drivers, wrote your own applications, and hacked…
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Mozilla is seeking applicants for its Open Web Fellowship 2015 programme. Successful candidates will work with organisations such as ACLU, Amnesty International and Free Press, developing technologies, drafting policies, organising communities, and running campaigns, all oriented towards protecting the free flow of information over the Internet. If you think you should belong to the “band…
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The AmayaOS team has just released version 0.06 of their free Unix-like (but not Linux) operating system. Apart from bug crushing and performance enhancements, the team have added a windows manager of sorts (that works in a text terminal) and a text editor called WAMA that can be run within the windows manager. The creators…
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Based on the FreeNOS Kernel, AmayaOS is a Unix-like microkernel-based operating system written in C++ that aspires to become a full-fledged and efficient system for old or underpowered hardware. The project, started by 14-year old programmer Daniel MartÃn, counts on a crew of enthusiastic developers located mainly in Spain, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. This group…
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The Netrunner team members have just announced the availability of version 14 of their operating system. This version is dubbed “Frontier” and comes with an appropriately futuristic space exploration theme. [Show slideshow] Netrunner is a modern Linux-based operating system that comes with a bleeding edge desktop environment, combining beauty, stability and kickass functionality. You can…
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Sharefest is an online sharing service that uses modern web technologies to share files over P2P-like protocol, but without having to use a dedicated P2P app. All the process is handled within your web browser (see Caveat below). From a user’s point of view, drag and drop a file on the box at Sharefest.me and…
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