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Tag Archives: Firefox
Firefox pulls ahead of Microsoft Internet Explorer in Germany
Der Spiegel Online has a chart showing that use of the Firefox Browser has now pulled ahead of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) in Germany, 45.6% to 44.4%. While these numbers are close and the margin of error is probably bigger … Continue reading
Daily Links for Friday, November 20, 2009
Open Source Good Karma: An In Depth Review Of Ubuntu 9.10 Ars Technica / Ryan Paul Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, was officially released last month. In this comprehensive review, Ars takes you under the surface for an in-depth look … Continue reading
Daily Links for Sunday, September 6, 2009
Open Source Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala emerges in alpha 5 DesktopLinux.com The Ubuntu project released Karmic Koala alpha 5 (Ubuntu 9.10), which adds Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud support, a new Ubuntu Cloud file-sharing service, and default switches to GCC 4.4, Ext4, and … Continue reading
Firefox extensions – will they work in 3.5?
So Firefox 3.5 is out and I’m looking forward to trying it, but I can wait. Why? I use a number of extensions and I don’t want to be without them. Courtesy of the Extension List Dumper extension, here are … Continue reading
Backups
It’s well known that you should back up your data. If your hard disk crashes, it can be a major problem to recover your information. On my Mac I use Time Machine with an external hard disk. This is better … Continue reading
FireFox 3
After trying out the beta several weeks ago and deciding to wait, I’ve now moved over to FireFox 3. Almost all of my addons have been updated and I’ve switched to Foxmarks for bookmark synchronization between machines. Tabbrowser Preferences has … Continue reading
Daily Links 05/17/2008
Firefox 3 release candidate goes public | Tech news blog – CNET News.com “Among the major improvements are changes in the look and feel on the various operating systems, major security enhancements, and increased performance and stability. It is based … Continue reading
My current Firefox extensions
My post about moving to Linux reminded me that it’s been a while since I posted what Firefox extensions I use. Here, courtesy of Extension List Dumper is the list: Application: Firefox 2.0.0.12 (0000000000) Operating System: Linux (x86-gcc3) Total number … Continue reading
Adoption growth of Firefox
At various times when I’ve given talks, I’ve spoken about the adoption of the open source Mozilla Firefox web browser. It’s hard to keep up with the latest numbers, so I always feel that while impressive, my numbers are a … Continue reading
Moving to Leopard
Yesterday I upgraded my Mac to OS X Leopard. It pretty much went like this: around 6:45 AM I put in the Leopard DVD and reconfirmed the previous registration information I had given to Apple. It then asked if it … Continue reading
links for 2007-10-13
Dell: Microsoft warnings haven’t hurt Linux uptake | CNET News.com “Speaking to CNET News.com sister site ZDNet UK at a conference Thursday, Dell’s chief executive said his company has seen Linux uptake for servers increase faster than Windows server products, … Continue reading
OpenOffice.org + Firefox = ODF in your browser
Via Roy Schestowitz, here’s an article that describes how to use a Firefox extension to enable OpenOffice.org to be the display engine for ODF within Firefox.
links for 2007-08-06
Open Source Red Hat Global Desktop delayed “Sources close to the Linux distributor said Red Hat was seeking to conclude negotiations with Microsoft for access to its popular WMF (Windows Media Format) codecs.” (tags: redhat Microsoft linux) Lenovo to sell … Continue reading
links for 2007-07-18
Asia Pacific Developers Hot for Games, Mobile, SOA “With its comparatively young developer work force, the Asia Pacific region has three times more developers focusing on game development than North America.” (tags: asia games) Firefox gains at IE’s expense in … Continue reading
links for 2007-06-18
Linux and Open Source No Microsoft-Ubuntu deal in the works, Canonical CEO says | Tech news blog – CNET News.com “Anyone expecting a technical and legal partnership between Microsoft and Ubuntu distributor Canonical to follow existing Microsoft-Linux deals will be … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Games, News, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Apple, Firefox, Linux, Microsoft, Safari, Second Life
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The pull of Apple from Windows
Over in the New York Times, there’s an article about how Apple has released a beta of Safari 3 for Windows. I think this is good news, but then I like browsers. I have Firefox, IE, Opera, and now Safari … Continue reading
Firefox Extension of the Day: Extension List Dumper
Every so often in the past I’ve published the list of Firefox extensions that I use. I do this, in part, in case anyone else might see something interesting, but I also do it for my own sake. I like … Continue reading
links for 2007-04-21
Odds and Ends Catholic Church buries limbo after centuries – Yahoo! News In case you were waiting. (tags: religion) Microsoft’s $3 Anti-Linux Weapon “Opinion: The company’s Student Innovation Suite is an attempt to con the world into using Windows and … Continue reading
links for 2007-03-10
Open Source Once More unto the Breach: The Best Presentation on Software Business and Open Source I’ve Ever Seen “Brent Williams presented ‘Open Source Business Models: A Wall Street Look at a Wild 2006 and the Prospects for Even More … Continue reading
links for 2007-01-08
mitchell’s blog: The Mozilla Foundation: Achieving Sustainability “The Mozilla community – buttressed by the financial sustainability of the Mozilla Foundation – represents a powerful force for improving Internet life.” (tags: firefox opensource money)
My 2006 BOBBY Awards
It’s the end of the year and it’s time for my first annual BOBBY awards – Bob’s Open Blog Best of the Year. The categories and winners were chosen after careful consideration and all decisions of the judge (me) are … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Dylan, Open Source, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Bob Dylan, ECMA, Firefox, Linux, Mint, ODF, OOXML, OpenOffice.org, PHP, Python, Ubuntu, WordPress
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#1. My future home open desktop: The resolution
I live in a hybrid desktop world and it bugs me. Like many people, I have a dual boot machine that runs both Microsoft Windows® XP and GNU/Linux. The flavor of Linux (as I will abbreviate it) is Ubuntu. I … Continue reading
links for 2006-12-09
Meet IBM’s new-tech guru in Second Life | News.blog | CNET News.com “The public is invited to listen to and participate in a CNET News.com interview of Irving Wladawsky-Berger, IBM’s vice president of technical strategy and innovation, in the Second … Continue reading
Posted in News, Open Source, Standards, Virtual Worlds
Tagged Firefox, Linux, Microsoft, OOXML, Second Life, Wikipedia
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links for 2006-10-27
Open Source OpenOffice ships version 2.0.4, seeks extensions, turns six Direct export to LaTeX is a cool idea – gives you professional quality typesetting. (tags: openoffice sun opensource latex) Geek to Live: Top Firefox 2 config tweaks – Lifehacker Via … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, News
Tagged browser, Firefox, OpenOffice.org, real estate, UK
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Firefox 2.0 is available
As a follow-up to my post of a couple of days ago, Firefox 2.0 has been officially released. I’m also very happy that two of favorite extensions, Tabbrowser Preferences and Del.icio.us has been updated to support version 2.0.
Firefox 2.0 RC3
Just ahead of the final release of Firefox 2.0, I decided to download RC 3 and take it for a ride. Verdict: very nice look and feel, great stability, but where are my extensions? Actually, I know where some of … Continue reading
links for 2006-09-22
ODF aKademy 2006 – OpenDocument Day at aKademy 2006 “OpenDocument Day at aKademy offers software developers interested in ODF an opportunity to exchange ideas, build relations and collaborate on all things ODF in an informal setting.” (tags: odf kde) KDE … Continue reading
Posted in Document Formats, Music, News, Open Source
Tagged Firefox, Guitar, KDE, Linux, ODF, Thunderbird
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What browsers are people using on sutor.com?
I’ve been trying out Mint for the last week to see some more statistics on how people are accessing my blog and overall website. It’s been helpful, though it tells me nothing about the use of the RSS and ATOM … Continue reading
links for 2006-08-21
Open Source Free software’s secret weapon: FOOGL | Linux Journal | Glyn Moody “This might be called the FOOGL � Firefox/OpenOffice/GNU/Linux – approach.” (tags: linux openoffice odf) India: EC votes for Open Source “With Stallman, a passionate evangelist of the … Continue reading
ODF viewer for Firefox
For those of you interested in ODF file conversions, you might want to look at this ODF Viewer and extension for Firefox. It is alpha code and requires extra handholding to install, but you might find it valuable.
