Today even the homepage of Google presents a very special image, because this is the proper time to observe the Perseids meteor shower. Indeed, though the period in which you can see them in the night sky extends from late July to about August […]
Author: mcastel
KDE – KDE 4.3.0 Caizen Release Announcement
I’m looking with renovated interest to the new releases of KDE project. I switched to Gnome when KDE arrived at the “famous” 4.0 release, also because I was not satisfied from the user experience of the new desktop. Gnome offered me a simple but […]
Google names Chrome OS partners
The reactions from the Linux crowd were mostly positive. Sometimes, however, they seemed to show the same nervous optimism that my dog gets when he sits panting and grinning by the door, wondering if he’s going to be invited on the car trip. via […]
How We Know Chrome OS Will Be A Hit: Steve Ballmer Doesn’t Think So
There are a lot of questions out there about Google’s new Chrome OS. Since little is actually known about it, the most interesting questions right now tend to be about Google’s overall strategy in making a new OS. And if such a strategy will […]
Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head
via mashable.com Interesting article focused on a detailed comparison between the two mini-blog services Tumblr and Posterous: topics covered are Posting Option, Customization, Community, Integration, Extras and Goodies and also The Celebrity Factor. Of course, the concluding section is “And the Winner is…” (guess […]
KDE – KDE 4.3 Beta 2 Release Announcement
via kde.org It’s nice to see that the KDE project goes forward! I’m a Gnome user at the moment but I’ve been with KDE for several years. Who know, I could come back in a future. Or even better, I could use both of […]