Happy New Year and Holidays from Linux and Open Source Blog

Happy New Year

and happy holidays

With the last blog post for year 2007, I wish you all the best and may new year bring you joy and prosperity and make your wishes come true … welcome 2008

 
 

Open Source Living – Directory of Applications

There are countless arguments for using open source applications, but one of the strongest is having a single interface to learn when working on Windows, Mac or Linux systems. Web site directory Open Source Living helps you find just those kind of programs. It’s not an extensive, all-in-one directory, but it seems to narrow its [...]

The Economist: Three Technology Predictions for 2008

The Economist makes three technology predictions for 2008, two of which concern web surfing and the third of which concerns everyone, whether they surf the web or not. The Economist’s third prediction is that the technology world will open up:
The embrace of “openness” by firms that have grown fat on closed, proprietary technology is [...]

Nieuwjaarswensen 2008

HDR Photos on Linux Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 with QtpfsGUI

Have you ever seen HDR photos?
The meaning of HDR is High Dynamic Range Imaging. This technology of image manipulation is produced using a range of exposured photos. In fact if you have a good Digital Camera, you can make some shots with different Exposure Levels. HDR Image Generation produce only one picture from your images [...]