A great replacement for google maps that allows you to download the Openstreetmap vector data to your phone. Perfect if you'll be out of 3G/data coverage but still need to get around. Very actively developed too.
But VNC can be tricky to set up... If he really wants to use it, maybe compromising slightly and using Teamviewer so he can set up VNC on the computers that need supporting would be acceptable and effective.
I've been looking at getting a smartphone for a while - and Android is a pretty appealing option - but one of the things that's holding me up is that as far as I can tell, to access all the handset's functionality, I have to be a Google customer.
Which I am - I've had an @gmail.com email address since the days when one had to get an invite to get one - and have very few issues with my benevolent overlord.
But - unless I'm wrong - the freedom with Android is the freedom to be a google customer isn't it?
If these guys can put together a working android phone in a short timeframe, as they appear to have done, and be looking ahead to their second model, and building a community, it shows that there can be a way forward for open source software in combination with hardware... In fact it makes 'computer companies' into hardware companies again through allowing the community to work on what it can easily - the software - and leaving the company to sort out the hardware - and do it at what is to my eyes a pretty compelling price.
In the 'phone' (aka mobile computing) world this is the equivalent to being able to go to ubuntu.com and order a ubuntu branded pc/laptop/netbook/MID/smartphone, and know that I'm going to get a device that works, is free (speech), and will work with other devices from the same company - is it not?
Here in New Zealand, there wasn't much mention of the eclipse (hence my not knowing about it until seeing a/. article about it the morning after it was happening) - congratulations to those who can see it (and are possibly currently enjoying it?). The reason why is beautifully summed up by the map of who 'isn't going to see the eclipse'. How could we Kiwis see it if our wee islands aren't even on the map!
Can I really be the first to say...
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..."Lightning is a new Mozilla-made calendar extension"...
That is the way it is.
Re:Yes, 'cuz that's what teenaged music fans want.
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True enough - but assuming that it does Just Work, surely this is a good way to introduce them to the idea of, and ideologies behind, open source software? Then maybe when they start their productive or creative working lives they'll look for open source tools like Thunderbird/Firefox/The Gimp etc.
They might not care now - but they may in the future, particularly if their experiences of open source software have been positive.
Lightning is still being worked on, and progress is happening, as detailed in the calender weblog http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/. The project page itself is here http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Lightning. It's good to see progress happening - for those of us using Thunderbird in a work environment I think it's obvious that a Lightning style integrated calender will be an important part of mozilla's mix - those that currently use outlook won't easily switch to Thunderbird due to loss of functionality.
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A great replacement for google maps that allows you to download the Openstreetmap vector data to your phone. Perfect if you'll be out of 3G/data coverage but still need to get around. Very actively developed too.
But VNC can be tricky to set up... If he really wants to use it, maybe compromising slightly and using Teamviewer so he can set up VNC on the computers that need supporting would be acceptable and effective.
Delete your porn
The rest of your personal data will fit on a floppy.
He'll be floppy if he deletes his porn
"And, lastly, China's workforce is much hungrier"
Interesting choice of words...
An Apple A day only keeps the doctor away
I went to Linux Mint Debian Edition. So far so very good.
I've been looking at getting a smartphone for a while - and Android is a pretty appealing option - but one of the things that's holding me up is that as far as I can tell, to access all the handset's functionality, I have to be a Google customer. Which I am - I've had an @gmail.com email address since the days when one had to get an invite to get one - and have very few issues with my benevolent overlord. But - unless I'm wrong - the freedom with Android is the freedom to be a google customer isn't it?
To whatever extent the original article is true, there are ways around any problems - just look at:
http://www.geeksphone.com/en/
If these guys can put together a working android phone in a short timeframe, as they appear to have done, and be looking ahead to their second model, and building a community, it shows that there can be a way forward for open source software in combination with hardware... In fact it makes 'computer companies' into hardware companies again through allowing the community to work on what it can easily - the software - and leaving the company to sort out the hardware - and do it at what is to my eyes a pretty compelling price.
In the 'phone' (aka mobile computing) world this is the equivalent to being able to go to ubuntu.com and order a ubuntu branded pc/laptop/netbook/MID/smartphone, and know that I'm going to get a device that works, is free (speech), and will work with other devices from the same company - is it not?
Here in New Zealand, there wasn't much mention of the eclipse (hence my not knowing about it until seeing a /. article about it the morning after it was happening) - congratulations to those who can see it (and are possibly currently enjoying it?). The reason why is beautifully summed up by the map of who 'isn't going to see the eclipse'. How could we Kiwis see it if our wee islands aren't even on the map!
It's a trap!
..."Lightning is a new Mozilla-made calendar extension"... That is the way it is.
True enough - but assuming that it does Just Work, surely this is a good way to introduce them to the idea of, and ideologies behind, open source software? Then maybe when they start their productive or creative working lives they'll look for open source tools like Thunderbird/Firefox/The Gimp etc.
They might not care now - but they may in the future, particularly if their experiences of open source software have been positive.
Surely it would be Whales for podcasting?
Lightning is still being worked on, and progress is happening, as detailed in the calender weblog http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/. The project page itself is here http://wiki.mozilla.org/Calendar:Lightning. It's good to see progress happening - for those of us using Thunderbird in a work environment I think it's obvious that a Lightning style integrated calender will be an important part of mozilla's mix - those that currently use outlook won't easily switch to Thunderbird due to loss of functionality.