Multi-Touch For The X.Org Synaptics Driver
Takashi Iwai of Novell/SuSE has just published a series of 18 patches for the X.Org Synaptics input driver that primarily provides multi-touch support.
Wine 1.2.1 Brings A Bunch Of Fixes
While a lot of new code has already been introduced into the Wine 1.3 development series such as for improved 64-bit MSI support and ARM support for the Wine library, for those living with the Wine 1.2 stable series there is the first bug-fix release...
Ubuntu Server 10.10 Rides Distributed File Systems
Canonical's work on the "Maverick Meerkat" Ubuntu 10.10 development effort has been mostly about polishing the desktop, but the commercial Linux distributor has not forgotten about the server business that increasingly pays the bills.…...
openSUSE Announces Second 11.4 Development Milestone With New Kernel, OpenOffice, Mesa
Today, Thursday October 7, the openSUSE project announces Milestone 2 of openSUSE 11.4. Milestone 2 (M2) is the second of six periodic development snapshots of openSUSE 11.4 and includes updates to major components across the breadth of the distribution.
A Gaming Mouse Vendor That Has Linux Drivers
While Razer and Logitech manufacturer some terrific mice for computer gamers along with other gaming peripherals, they unfortunately do not provide any official Linux support. There have been community projects like Lomoco for supporting Logitech's extra mouse features under Linux and RazerTool for supporting some Razer mice, but without any...
Five Questions About Open Innovation, Open Source, and NASA with Molly Dix of RTI
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to meet Molly Dix and Jeff Cope, who run the Open Innovation Advisory Services group at RTI.
Mesa 7.9 Has Now Been Released
Just as planned, Mesa 7.9 has now been released! This 7.9 release of this open-source graphics library is huge with a plethora of Gallium3D improvements (to the drivers, state trackers, etc), core Mesa improvements (including new OpenGL extensions), a new GLSL compiler, and much more...
Hitachi-LG Hybrid Drive Does Away with HDD
A second-generation Hitachi-LG hybrid optical drive can eliminate the need for a hard disk drive in laptops.
Interview: MATLAB Support for GPUs a Game-Changer
When Nvidia kicked off the GPU conference a couple of week ago, one of the first things they announced was that MATLAB now supports GPUs.
Wine 1.3.4 Adds ARM Architecture Support
The Wine Project has released version 1.3.4 of Wine, adding support for the ARM Platform and several other features...
Small Systems and Big Iron: Linux on Non-x86 Computers
Discover the options for running Linux on PowerPC, ARM and Itanium. more>>
An Open Source 8-Bit Computer to Save the World
At a recent local LUG I regularly attend, Braddock Gaskill gave a wonderful presentation on an open source 8-bit computer he had created. This was his first public debut of the device and every person in attendance was enthralled. more>>
The Mesh Potato
What do you call an 802.11bg mesh router with a single FXS port that automatically forms a peer-to-peer network and relays telephone calls without landlines or cell-phone towers? A Mesh Potato, of course. more>>
Bug Labs: Hacks and Apps
Use Bug Labs' modular, open-source system for building devices and find out what you can do with a fully integrated device development platform. more>>
Smarter Than Phones
The phone business is changing at a rate so fast, and on such a curved path, that Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle comes to mind. Where it is and where it's going may be conjugate variables, but trying to reconcile the two is kind of futile. more>>