Archive for April, 2008

Big Buck Bunny

Do you like films?
Do you like free stuff?
Do you like free films?

For anyone who’s unsure whether open source software can be used in the creative industries, check out the new open source film (released under a Creative Commons license),“Big Buck Bunny” that premiered this week. After the wonderfully surreal Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny is [...]

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Countdown To Fedora 9

As the great powers that be at wordpress don’t allow scripts to be executed in wordpress.com hosted blogs, I can’t show the nifty Fedora 9 counter. I could upload a new image every day, but that’s probably not going to happen .
Having spent a few days working with the current rawhide snapshot, Fedora [...]

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How Wine Ruined My Life (And CD Rips)

Apparently Wine is nearing that so elusive 1.0 release, which really annoys me considering my recent Wine experiences.
Wherever possible, I try to use a native Linux application, and even in the specialised field of pro audio, this is often possible. I use Ardour as my main DAW, Rosegarden for MIDI sequencing and JAMin for mastering. [...]

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April Fools: We Have A Winner

This year’s April fools offerings have been pretty tame, but I think Linux Journal have outdone themselves.
Numerous articles and a video – that’s commitment to the cause

Go Purple For Pentium Pro!
Operating Systems Programmers Flock To BeOS
BeOS Cluster Goes Live
Sony Rumored To Buy BeOS
NYC Subways Embed BeOS
Bloggers Are Bonkers For BeOS

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