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Six Top Open Source Educational Resources

Are you looking for some good open source educational material this Thanksgiving weekend? At OStatic, we put together regular collections of tips, tutorials, and recommendations designed to add to your open source arsenal. In this post, you'll find six of these, ranging from resources for Linux users to top OSS web development tools to good ways to get more out of Firefox.


Lunascape's Browser: Three Rendering Engines Under the Hood

How many web browsers do you run? If you're like me, you regularly use Firefox, Internet Explorer, Chrome and Safari. Each of those browsers, of course, has its own underlying rendering engine: Gecko (in Firefox), Trident (in Internet Explorer), and Webkit (in Chrome and Safari). Today, a Japanese startup called Lunascape has released an alpha version of its Lunascape browser, downloadable here, that allows you to switch between all three of these prominent rendering engines. The company says that the Japanese version of Lunascape has been downloaded 10 million times and touts it as the fastest browser available. Is it?


OStatic Buffer Overflow.....

China's Firefox browser has one feature the West lacks.....

Is open source software a race to zero?.....

Killer open source monitoring tools.....

Microsoft releases Singularity under unapproved license.....

DataForm adds efficient input to OpenOffice.org Calc.....



With Chrome, Google Busts a Move Right Out of Microsoft's Playbook

Hmm, in all the talk I've seen about how Google will proceed with spreading Chrome out to new platforms, and to mobile devices, I haven't seen any discussion of the company pursuing the idea of getting its open source browser pre-installed on hardware platforms. Now, Google is confirming that it will probably do just that. It is likely to pursue deals with major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to put Chrome on their computers and devices. This is a move straight out of Microsoft's 1990s playbook. If Mozilla could get aggressive about this too, we could see Internet Explorer facing more serious competition than ever.


Mozilla's "What If..." Situation

The Mozilla Foundation's Mitchell Baker reported yesterday that Mozilla's revenues were up approximately 12% in 2007 over 2006. She also mentions a few matters that are worrisome. Though eWeek's Joe Wilcox's predictions of Firefox's demise are premature and without a doubt require a sizeable grain of salt, he makes a good point concerning revenues coming from Google versus Google's commitment to the Chrome browser.



FashionYourFirefox: Mozilla's (Partial) Effort to Push Extensions

In an effort to coax more users to take advantage of the many extensions for its Firefox browser, Mozilla has just launched FashionYourFirefox.com. The site is divided up into categories, which cater to individual interests and online lifestyles, according to Mozilla's announcement. The site looks like a good idea for extension novices, but I don't see some of my favorite extensions, and some of the categories have a pretty sparse number of extensions.


64-bit Flash Plugin Released For Linux, First

It might be time to invest in a better umbrella, as over the last few days it seems as though pigs might be taking flight. It's not so much that Adobe is releasing a 64-bit Linux alpha version of Flash, it's that Adobe is releasing the Flash alpha for Linux before it releases versions for any other operating system.

For sure it is a demonstration on Adobe's part that it truly is serious about Linux support. It's clear though that Adobe has more to gain, given that Linux is the system with the edge in 64-bit support and features native 64-bit browsers.



Pigs Taking Flight? Office Web For Mac and Linux?

When Microsoft announced it was planning to offer lightweight, web-based versions of some of its Office components, there was some speculation that maybe it could be used with alternate browsers. It seemed Firefox would be a likely candidate beyond IE, and some ventured to wonder about Safari.

Even if Firefox was supported, it didn't seem likely this suite would be specifically web based, so it would need Windows, right? According to a few sources it seems as if that might not be the case. Though the source is a Microsoft Community member blog (and not a pronouncement from corporate sources) the concept of this service on Mac and Linux is fascinating because it suggests so much about what Microsoft might be thinking.



Speed Dial: A Top Time-Saving Extension for Firefox

One of the things users of Google's open source Chrome browser like best is its automated way of collecting the sites users visit most in one place, represented as thumbnails. The Opera browser's Speed Dial feature does a similar thing, and it's one of the best-liked aspects of Opera--a time-saver. If you're a committed Firefox user, you can get an extension called Speed Dial that lets you zoom immediately to the sites you visit most. It's very handy to have, although it doesn't have quite the underlying automation that the Chrome version has. For a look at how it works, see the story on WebWorkerDaily, and if you're interested in more good Firefox extensions, see our Firefox Superguide.


Moonlight 1.0 Beta 1 Nears Rollout, Calls for 2.0 Contributors

The Moonlight team has announced that the first beta release of Moonlight 1.0 is nearly ready for testing. Moonlight is an open source implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight product.

The project hopes to get new contributors to come aboard as it finalizes the 1.0 release and pushes forward to Moonlight 2.0. Developer Chris Toshok points to some of the upcoming development tasks, and says that because the 2.0 release will be larger and features numerous self-contained subsystems, developers have more opportunity to make a solid impact on the project.



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