Why software patents are a joke, literally

Why software patents are a joke, literally | ZDNet

Headius: My Thoughts on Oracle v Google

.. as usual software patents suck ..

Oracle vs. Google, OpenSolaris

I'm asking myself what Oracle thinks is in it for them. I really don't think that even if they win this the end result will be a positive one for them. To my understanding the primary customers of Oracles software are developers and they are pissing of a lot of them right now. They are generating a lot of FUD on their own products.

There are a lot of people blogging about that, and it generally doesn't look like its going anywhere good for Oracle. Even if Google is the "bad" one here it's still a lot of bad PR for Oracle. Bad PR that directly hits Oracles Customers.

I guess it will take years for that lawsuit to settle ...

Ubuntu Light Themes

An Update to the Ubuntu Light Themes - Canonical Design

I like that a lot. Very nice refinements, can't wait to use that on my desktop.

Machinarium by Amanita Design

Machinarium Pirate Amnesty

great game for a very low price. only till 12th so go hurry ..

Power of Research - Trailer (New)

Power of Research - Trailer

We released a new, updated trailer to our upcoming browser game.

Lifehacker's linux software choice

Lifehacker Pack for Linux: Our List of the Best Linux Downloads

good stuff there, most I already use. Two I don't know about (Tilda/Yakuake, Handbrake) gonna try Tilda or Yakuake as that sounds like a fun thing to have.

The Linux Action Show!

RETRO: The Linux Action Show! s9e02 | Jupiter Broadcasting

Great show, and don't miss the other shows they have :). The show about Beer is cool :D

OMG! Ubuntu is great!

I really like reading OMG! Ubuntu. The information there is great and I wouldn't know about a lot of fancy new things without them. I read a lot of interesting sites about gandgets, geekdom and other nerdy topic related sites/planet feeds. But it has been a long time since I found a site that I like as much as OMG Ubuntu. Its new Ubuntu stuff for the enduser. Far better then what I've found on the Ubuntu/Gnome planet feeds. And by far better I mean easier to use for an enduser. Most of the time its very simple to get the stuff running on your own Ubuntu machine.

I still doubt that a novice user would get everything on that site to work (or that he even should). Sometimes the terminal is still needed. But for a technically interested user its doable. A lot of bloggers/sites just do this wrong. They require their users to have knowledge that they usually don't. Cmdline should be avoided at any cost if you want normal users to try what you post on your blog. E.g: some write a terminal apt-get install line. That can be done over a single click link as well. Of course you need to click on that link from your Ubuntu install but thats what people usually do if they try something new.

I think there's a lot of cmdline out there that could easily be avoided. This makes it look fare more complex to install a simple software on Ubuntu than it actually is. And yes, I know cmdline isn't hard, its just that most normal users aren't used to it. This makes it look hard for them (if it really is or not doesn't matter, most of the time they aren't going to even try). Hope that this changes soon ...

Hemisphere Games Linux, the Numbers

Hemisphere Games Linux, the Numbers

very interesting stuff ...