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Mark Shuttleworth, the man at the helm of Canonical and Ubuntu, went into greater detail last week about his thoughts on making future Ubuntu releases more user-focused. In the past, Shuttleworth has made no pretense that he feels Apple has, historically, offered a superior user experience.
Shuttleworth's comments have elicited striking reactions, ranging from enthusiastic support to concern about what innovation really means.
There's a new version of Parallels Desktop for Mac available that adds more support for Linux users. According to MacNN, Build 5608 adds support for guest Parallels Tools for Linux in the latest Linux distributions (including Ubuntu 8).
Ivan Krsti?, once the Director of Security Architecture for the OLPC project, has written a rather pointed blog entry about the disarray that project has fallen into. While it serves as an excellent coda for the story (which we previously covered), that's not what caught my eye.
Rather, I'm interested in his perspective - as a bonafide kernel hacker - in switching from Linux to OS X for his primary laptop. Linux doesn't come off all that well in the story.
Macs are great for working with desktop publishing applications, but unfortunately the commercial software options like Quark and InDesign are pretty pricey. Scribus is a terrific open source alternative that will take your ideas from concept all the way to print without missing a beat.
This application will produce brochures, flyers, booklets, and more on your Mac, Linux, or Windows box -- all for the low, low price of free.
Mac-based open source enthusiasts had plenty of great reading material to find around the Internet over the last few days. From free alternatives to expensive Mac applications and patched bugs, to free BitTorrent options and an open computer that ships with the latest version of Mac OS X, there has been much buzz.
Here's what you need to know.
At the last conference of developers using open source tools I attended, I noticed two things: everyone had a laptop, and the overwhelming majority of those laptops were made by Apple. This situation is hardly unusual--MacBooks are endemic in many corners of the open source community.
But why? Surely developers using open source tools would be better served by running on open source from the ground up, rather than paying for a proprietary operating system.
You love open source apps and you love your Mac. Should you join a user group devoted to both? Many people know about Linux User Groups (LUGs), clutches of Linux enthusiasts that exchange ideas and tips with each other, and help new users solve problems they encounter. LUGs are typically local get-togethers, but many meet online as well. As Linux grows in popularity, so do LUGs, but did you know there's also a group for Mac users who love open source? It's called FreeSMUG.
