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FLOSS Manuals Adds Workbooks to its Mix of Free Tutorials
Regularly, we at OStatic compile documentation and guidance resources for popular open source platforms and applications. For example, you can find our latest collection of free, online books on open source tools here, including guides that can get you started with Blender, Audacity and more. It's worth remembering that one of the most common critcisms of open source platforms and applications is the lack of official documentation. One of the best ongoing projects for producing free open source-related documentation is FLOSS Manuals. Now, the site has added an interesting new type of guide to its mix: workbooks.
Google's Schmidt Pledges Raspberry Pi Linux Computers to U.K. Schools
As we've reported, the diminutive $25 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi is attracting developers and tinkerers, and we've also noted that it could succeed where projects like One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) ran into roadblocks--in the educational market. In fact, the tiny devices (see the motherboard shown here) have already drawn interest from educational system and technology industry leaders. Now, in a very promising step for the Raspberry Pi movement, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has pledged to give U.K. schools Raspberry Pis and pledged to train 100 teachers in how to pass Linux skills onto students.
Meet Webmaker: Mozilla Launches "Summer Code" Web Love-in
Mozilla has long been a defender of a free and open web, and now the company has launched Mozilla Webmaker, which is aimed at taking ordinary web users and giving them development chops that can help them create new types of online "experiences." Mozilla claims that its goal is to "move millions of people from using the web to actively making the web." The effort also includes a "Summer Code" initiative which sounds like it has some rough similarity to Google's Summer of Code. Here are more details.
Google Chrome's Market Share Has Not Topped Internet Explorer's
In case you hadn't noticed, even the mainstream press picked up on this week's news from StatCounter showing that Google Chrome--at least for one week--had become the world's most widely used browser. Radio stations and newspapers heralded the news that Google's young browser had overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But, while Chrome has made mightly leaps in market share during its young life, the reports seemed a bit sketchy. Now, Microsoft is officially disputing StatCounter's numbers, and offering up an explanation for how they are inflated.
Seven Useful Resources for Linux Beginners
If you're new or relatively new to Linux, you may be looking around for good Linux resources and perhaps some tutorials. Whether you're new to Linux or looking to become a more advanced user, there are a lot of free online books and tutorials that can give you guidance. In this post, you'll find our updated collection of many good Linux reference guides online--all available at no cost.
GitHub Reaches Out to Windows Developers
As of this week, GitHub is reaching out to Windows developers with the announcement of GitHub for Windows, a graphical client that will allow both developers and designers to seamlessly us the Git revision control system. The client is available as a free download now, and here are more details.
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