December 2011
Sincere Concerns for Linux at Home
Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 31st of December 2011 09:49:43 PM Filed under
pclinuxos2007.blogspot: 2012 is a few hours away. Thankfully, no one is claiming that "Year of the Linux Desktop" anymore across OSS fora or other social media on the web.
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OpenSUSE 12.1 vs Fedora 16
Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 31st of December 2011 02:37:26 AM Filed under

- Comparison OpenSUSE 12.1 vs Fedora 16
- openSUSE 12.1 – Great Release
- openSUSE 12.1 Reveiew
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The Year in Review: Desktop Linux Developments in 2011
Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 31st of December 2011 02:33:45 AM Filed under
thevarguy.com: The “year in review” pieces that proliferate old and new media alike around this time of year get tedious pretty fast. But because I’ve yet to see a good compilation of the major developments — and there were plenty of them — that affected desktop Linux in 2011, I couldn’t think of any better topic for my last post of the month.
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Interview with Jim Zemlin, Linux Foundation, Part II
Submitted by srlinuxx on Saturday 31st of December 2011 02:30:52 AM Filed under

computerworlduk.com: Given Zemlin's unique perspective as someone at the heart of the open source community (see Part I of this interview), I was keen to hear his views on why he thought Linux was becoming so successful in the embedded sector. His analysis was interesting:
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What happened to Boxee?
Submitted by fieldyweb on Friday 30th of December 2011 09:56:36 PM Filed under
Boxee was an early full screen playback system which suited Ubuntu well, and the community in the most part followed it creating their own set top boxes and starting the cut the cord revolution.
Well Boxee knows how to say thank you for that early desktop commitment...
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Tabletop RPG's in a Linux World
Submitted by bigbearomaha on Friday 30th of December 2011 09:33:07 PMEveryone knows about video games and the issues facing them in Linux. Not as many people are aware though that tabletop role Playing Games are experiencing a bit of a surge in popularity and that Linux and other open source software are able to assist in that growth.
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Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions
Submitted by fieldyweb on Friday 30th of December 2011 07:16:15 PM Filed under
With Google Chrome becoming the number 2 Web browser in 2011 it's a sure thing that Google are doing something right. Building on the same success as Firefox and learning from Mozilla Chrome's Plugin and Extensions library is growing daily. Having a Google login linked in with your browser ensures that your plugins will load on any browser you are logged into.
This is a list of extensions i'm using regularly, i do use others, however these are the one's i go back to.
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2012.. What's around the corner..?
Submitted by fieldyweb on Friday 30th of December 2011 02:21:11 PM Filed under
f there is something about prediction posts its a pretty sure thing when you read them back a year later, it's pretty evident that most of us don't have the powers of Nostradamus.
What's going to be hot in 2012?
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Xubuntu 11.10 with Xfce4
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of December 2011 02:54:38 AM Filed under
- Xubuntu 11.10 with Xfce4 Desktop
- Lubuntu is a Nice Clean Desktop
- Full Circle Magazine – Lite!
- Ubuntu 11.10: Setting up Oneiric
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Chakra and Pinguy OS find spots in the top 25 fastest growing projects
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of December 2011 02:22:51 AM Filed under
ubuntumanual.org: GNU/Linux distros Chakra and Pinguy feature in the Top 25 fastest growing projects compiled by SourceForge. So find out who else features in the list...
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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