Linux’s most popular distro, Ubuntu, has just released their latest version: the eagerly awaited version 7.04 “Feisty Fawn”.
It appears that the company still hasn’t released any official release notes, but still, I managed to find the project’s roadmap. But from what I quickly read, this new version has much better compatibility and some special effects […]

Recently, I became a pretty strong Linux convert, dreading going back to my Windows based laptop, and considering the difficult task of moving it over to Ubuntu Linux as well, but I am not the only one interested in using Linux, big companies are really starting to take notice, and Palm has announced that it […]

For the second time since it’s creation, Gaim, formerly known as GTK+ AOL Instant Messenger, has been once again pushed by AOL to change it’s name. The first time they did so, which was the change to the name Gaim, AOL was pleased, and didn’t bother them anymore, since at the time it was a […]

One of the things that Firefox is trying to bring into the popular browser is social networking. Those that are interested in trying out, or discussing the things that are being brought into this new module can download the prototype from here.
Right now, the add-on shows your list of friends from Facebook in a sidebar, […]

The latest version of the popular Open-Source RSS/XML aggregator/reader has just been released. Although it’s not as “exciting” as the last release which featured the Enclosure browser, this one fixes some bugs and adds some small features:

Added experimental duplicate article grouping (autoduplicatediscovery=1 and maxdistance=?? if fine tuning is needed)

Inline article tagging (press “t” while article […]

If you happen to be a blogger, and all odds seem to be pointing that way, then you should probably be interested to hear that one of the most popular Blogging Content Managers has just been updated to the latest version.
Among various other features, Wordpress now has a much needed “Auto Save” a-la Gmail, and […]

On a meeting a few days ago, the Firefox 3 team announced the list of preliminary features. They expect to release the browser on the third quarter of this year.
Here are the features which will most likely reach the final version of the program, according to the author:

Improved interaction with Add-ons: clearer, more coherent language; […]

Mozilla designer, Alex Faaborg, has recently written an entry that explains how Firefox 3 might be able to use Microformats which will allow Firefox able to connect the browser with all sorts of applications on your computer, in a similar way to what we have today with the different media players. Alex says:
“Much in the […]

Mozilla, the creators of the world’s most popular Open Source browser: Firefox, have just released the first patch ever since Firefox 2.0 was unveiled.
According to the release notes, this patch fixes a lot of vulnerabilities and adds better support for Windows Vista.
Firefox 2.0.0.1 should soon become available via automatic update, or, if you’re in a […]

My RSS reader of choice has just been updated again, and they’ve finally added some functionalities I wanted, likie the ability to increase, or decrease, the size of the font without having to manually edit a config file. Here is the change log:

New Enclosure Browser feature
If newsfeed contains enclosures/podcasts then Feedreader asks user if podcasts […]

One of the reasons I’ve never used Contact’s Synchronization much with my PC and my cellphones is because I’m obligated to use Outlook (in most cases). FinchSync is a free Open-Source Cross-Platform Java application that allows you to synchronize your PDA/Smartphone with Mozilla Thunderbird or Sunbird (which are also free and open-source)

I don’t have the […]

For those of you who still have incompatibility issues with Firefox 2.0 you’ll be happy to hear that Mozilla hasn’t abandoned Firefox 1.5.X yet, and this release proves it.

Mozilla will keep supporting Firefox 1.5 until April 24, 2007. If by then the extensions/themes you rely upon aren’t update I recommend that you get new ones, […]

Today I found today a great list of the most popular Open Source applications rated by number of positive and negative votes on listible.
If you’re a Windows user, and just formated your PC, and need a fresh batch of Open Source applications, this will be a great resource for you. Here are the top 10 […]

Here’s a nifty feature I recently discovered on FireFox 2: Recently Closed Tabs. It’s good that it has been standard for FireFox to warn you if you’re closing multiple tabs. After all, Control-Q (or CMD-Q for the Mac) is dangerously close to Control-W (or CMD-W). I’ve fallen victim to this mistake many a time with […]

Even though Firefox 2 was only officially released yesterday, Gina Trapani, from LifeHacker has already put together a short article with some quick tweaks for everyone’s favorite Open-Source browser. Here are some of the tips I found interesting, you can see the others on the original article by clicking “Visit Site” below.
Session restore
Fx 2 only: […]

The Gaim development team have released yet another Beta of their upcoming 2.0 version.
Among various under-the-hood changes, it now features:

Global Buddy Icon Selector - Instead of having to define an Avatar for each protocol you are now able to change your Avatar globally for all the protocols. To do so, you have to click on […]