Top 10 Android Apps

Android’s been around for more than a year, and in that time developers have whipped up some great apps. Whether you’re a new Android owner or a pro looking for new tools, these 10 great and free apps belong in your arsenal.

OpenSolaris future assured by Oracle

At the OpenSolaris Annual Meeting, held on IRC, Oracle executive Dan Roberts has assured the community about the future of the open source version of Solaris. The statements, available as a log of the meeting, have led Peter Tribble, who had expressed concerns on the lack of communication, to conclude "rumours of its [OpenSolaris] death have been greatly exaggerated".

5 of the Best Free Linux Data Recovery Tools

Data recovery is the process of retrieving data from corrupted or damaged storage media when it cannot be accessed. The storage media in question will often be a hard disk, but it can also be removable media such as CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, and storage tapes. There are many different reasons why a system administrator may need to use data recovery tools.

Two Open Source Tools for Photographers

digiKam is a truly versatile and powerful application for managing and tweaking photos, but it’s not the only photographic tool around. In fact, there are a few other nifty open source utilities that can make great additions to your photographic toolbox. Here are a couple of such tools worth considering.

Transmission 1.91

Transmission version 1.91 is released. Transmission is a Linux BitTorrent client and is designed to balance power and usability.

Confirmed: Ubuntu 10.04 Supports iPhone / iPod Touch Out Of The Box

Yesterday we wrote about a post on ubuntuforums where a user reported that the latest Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 supports his iPhone 3GS out of the box. Just a user wasn’t enough, as every journalist knows (I’m not one, but anyway) that you always need at least 3 sources to confirm a news story.

Lubuntu (w/ LXDE) 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 Released, Gets New Artwork

The most important changes in Lubuntu Alpha 3 are 4 new default applications: Chromium for the browser, gnome-mplayer as the default media player, Wicd has been replaced with the Network Manager and Pcmanfm2, the rewrite of the file-manager. But a lot of important changes have been made to the visual area, Lubuntu getting new artwork, new default theme and a lot more!

SCALE 8x: Review Of My Road Trip To L.A.

LXer Feature: 26-Feb-2010

I was going to just cover the 2nd and 3rd days of SCALE 8x but after getting back home and sitting myself down in front of my favorite compy and started thinking about it, I figured I might as well go all out and give you a full recap of my road trip from Phoenix to Los Angeles for SCALE 8x and back. 

Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris and OpenSolaris Released

The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.2 for Solaris today. Bordeaux 2.0.2 is a maintenance release that fixes a critical bug with sound support.