Since Mozilla has announce last June 17, 2008 that they will be releasing their latest version of the Mozilla Firefox browser. Downloads have reached the almost 20,000 plus from Asia alone. Mozilla was down for a couple of hours during the initial launch but people waited until they can download download Mozilla Firefox 3.
To prevent the downtime again. Mozilla announced some mirror sites in which users can download the Fireiox 3 browser in case the main site gets another “server down” message.
If have not downloaded the Firefox 3, Now it’s the time to visit the Mozilla Firefox download network now.
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Last April, Ubuntu.com has announced the release the latest version of the Ubuntu Linux distro aptly name “Hardy Heron”. Here’s the lowdown of the new release:
New Features:
- Firefox 3 is the new default internet browser
- New Gnome Desktop system (Gnome 2.22)
- New Default CD/DVD burner sofware (Brasero)
- Transmission, a newly popular BitTorrent client. This replaces the old standard BitTorrent utility
- As a new security feature Hardy Heron now has PolicyKit which allows fine-grained access control, and helps you allow or deny users access to specific parts of applications. This allows for a system to be locked down completely except to a group of trusted users.
Ever since the dawn of commercial software, piracy has been a problem without a realistic solution that meets the needs of both the software vendor and the end user. From serial keys to outright DRM (digital rights management) schemes, the software industry has left no preventive measure untried.
Some software companies by contrast, have opted to step out of the DRM minefield altogether as it was a perceived irritation to their customers.
Due to the overall negative reaction from many end users with regard to DRM, a number of open source advocates have pointed out that if software companies simply adopted one of the many open source licenses, the need to concern themselves with anti-piracy efforts becomes completely unneeded. But making this kind of business model switch requires more than simply switching licensing models. There are revenue streams to be concerned here.
Linux has created such a buzz since being created by Linus Torvald. 16 Years after, left read what he has to say of the Linux success and some other issues in the IT world.
Here are the details of the Linus Torvalds interview, a repost from computerworld.com .
“The Finnish creator of Linux says open-source software isn’t really an anti-Microsoft movement; it’s just a better model for getting the job done.”
Linus Torvalds was only 22 in 1991 when he decided to share with friends and colleagues the code of Linux, the new operating system he had created. The University of Helsinki computer science student couldn’t have imagined the revolution his decision was about to ignite.
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With All the buzz surrounding the release of of Asus EEE PC 107, its not a surprise that the pre-installed OS will also get some recognition. As we all now Asustek has pre-installed the EEE PC 107 laptop with the Xandros Linux operating System.
For those who wander what is Xandros Linux you check out my blog post about this linux distro.
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