linux radio

Linux Radio would have to be the most boring radio that I've ever listened.

"Linux Radio is an online radio broadcasting the latest stable version of the Linux kernel (currently 2.6.36.1), which is read in plain voice using eSpeak, an open source text to speech synthesizer."

Yet  Linux radio is something that I admire. The geek idea of just doing something interesting. Not doing it for money, but just becasue you can.

Apple and Torrents

Image via Wikipedia

Read this on Slashdot

Apple recently approved an iPhone app called IS Drive, which lets users check and manage downloads from ImageShack.us, while also offering users the option to use the company's BitTorrent service to download files to their ImageShack account. Once Apple got wind of what the app was capable of, however, it was promptly removed from iTunes."

Another reason for me not wanting to have anything to do with Apple and their products. For me I use torrents for legitimate reasons such as downloading Linux iso's. Another reason to choose Android.

Two more months and a new phone...

Two more months and we change over and get a new mobile phone. Christina looks like sticking to her iphone. But me I'm going android. I've had it with all Apples litigation over anything.
So what will I do with the old iphone. Look like I can put android on it!

Ubuntu Christian edition

I've followed this distribution for a while, and though never installed it, I have added the good stuff which I'm pretty sure is also in the Ubuntu repository's.
There is a new update 5.0 which has had a bit of press from slashdot.

There are some things which again I might grab from the repository as it is based on Ubuntu.

Dans Guardian:: Great for filtering things. This will be on the kids PC's when they old enough
Open Song:: This has got to be the best opensoure projecting software out there. We use it at Ranges all the time for worship stuff.

There are also a number of study guides and bibles. The one which looks like I'd use the most gnomesword.

Google Chrome OS

Google is going to produce its own operating system. This news is enough to warm a geeks heart! From what I gathered at the Google blog the OS Kernel will be Linux while Google will come up with its own window manager. This is a bit like Apple using BSD for it Kernel and Aqua for its window manager.

I thought that this line was interesting and sums up Googles intent.

For application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies.

Google has nothing to loose. While Windows I think will not immediately see its market share erode rather over times its revenue streams. Google will be pushing developers to develop apps which will be more and more web based so the OS really doesn't matter. What convinced me of this was seeing Photoshop elements working on a web based system.

What they are doing is lowering the cost of computing so more people will be on the net, thus be exposed to Google.

For basic computing I think a Chrome system will suffice, but for games, mmmm.

Because of my tinkering with Linux I wonder if it really will be built from the ground up. Or will it be based on a debian .deb or even Red Had .rpm. Will it be able to run Open office. I'm sure the source code will reveal all when it is out.