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Apple’s hardware today is amazing — it has never been better. But the software quality has taken such a nosedive in the last few years that I’m deeply concerned for its future. I’m typing this on a computer whose existence I didn’t even think would be possible yet, but it runs an OS riddled with embarrassing bugs and fundamental regressions. Just a few years ago, we would have relentlessly made fun of Windows users for these same bugs on their inferior OS, but we can’t talk anymore.

CNBC video is up: https://t.co/BG03O6LfWk (thanks @_DavidSmith) Not as bad as I feared. The web rewrites are mostly worse.

— Marco Arment (@marcoarment) January 5, 2015

Microsoft is building a new browser as part of its Windows 10 push

Spartan is still going to use Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine and Microsoft’s Trident rendering engine (not WebKit), sources say. As Neowin’s Brad Sams reported back in September, the coming browser will look and feel more like Chrome and Firefox and will support extensions.

Sams also reported on December 29 that Microsoft has two different versions of Trident in the works, which also seemingly supports the claim that the company has two different Trident-based browsers.

However, if my sources are right, Spartan is not IE 12. Instead, Spartan is a new, light-weight browser Microsoft is building.

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The Klementine Squeeze | LINUX Unplugged 29

chris — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:23:26 +0000

A cautionary tale for anyone thinking about starting their own Linux distribution, and then we’ll put it all out on the table and discuss our ideas and goals for Howto Linux, and take the live feedback of our virtual LUG.

Plus should we trust Valve? Your feedback, and more!

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The Story of Clementine OS

Was Apple involved in the death of Pear OS? | ITworld

The developer of Pear OS has posted on Google+ that the Mac-like Linux distribution has been sold to another company and can no longer be downloaded.

Clementine OS – The Continuation of Pear Linux OS | UbuntuHandbook

The developer received a letter from an American company that forced him to abandon the project. He later said that it was not Apple, but another major company. He could not disclose its name, however.

Howto Linux Brainstorm:

Mailsack:

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The SteamOS Conspiracy | CR 80

chris — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 14:31:38 +0000

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Early builds of SteamOS have landed, and we wonder what the larger implications are. Plus our thoughts on Microsoft\’s clear challenges, the problem with Qt Creator, and betting on the future.

Plus your feedback, our thoughts on cloud build services, and much more!

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elementary OS Luna Shines | LAS s28e04

chris — Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:05:25 +0000

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We’ll review this highly anticipated distribution. Is it heavy handed idealism, or one of the true desktop contenders? It’s been in development for years, elementary OS hits 1.0 this week, and we give it our full attention.

PLUS: Our prognoses for the Ubuntu Edge campaign, more Firefox OS hardware hits the streets, we share some Podcasting secrets…

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elementary OS Luna Review

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In April of 2011, a small group of high school and college kids released an Ubuntu 10.10 remaster that we called elementary OS “Jupiter”.

It was clear from the get-go that Luna would be all about getting things done, and a major component of that is apps that open and close instantly. But aside from optimizing the code, there was a push to optimize speed on the design side as well.

Top Things To Do After Installing Luna : Elementary Update

After elementary OS Luna has been officially released, a surge of new eOS users has arrived, and we are here to help. Everyone, including me, loves a “Top Things To Do After Installing…” list, so let’s get you started.

Settings and configuration for the different components of our computers is typically scattered amongst many disjointed, disparate, stand-alone applications with different user interfaces and behavior.

Switchboard solves this problem by enforcing coherency with regard to interface and behavior, and by automatically organizing the different configuration options into one unified and central location.

Switchboard is meant to provide a place for global configuration settings, such as power options, device syncing, or third-party hardware.

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Chris and Matt made it to the Mile High Club. Oh, and it runs Linux!

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Sour Apple | CR 59

chris — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 12:17:14 +0000

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A compromise at Apple turns Mike’s week upside down. Reeling from the setback we dig into Mike’s concerns with Canonical’s crowd sourced Ubuntu Edge phone.

Why we\’re a bit dismayed at Firefox OS’ attempts to kill the app store…

And we answer your hard questions.

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ZOMG, MIKE! Crypto is NOT broken… except that it is….
Patrick’s Email
Kyle was inspired by our Pomo love and wrote this web app
Cary’s email: [In defense of Apple(https://slexy.org/view/s216d3rIzI)
David is working on a project for a school system and though the law does not require that he encrypt the data itself in the database (make it not human readable that is) he wonders if he should anyway.
Matty’s email: Could talk about \”environments\”
Chris asks if we believe that devs who focus on langs that are run by corps are hurting their careers long term.
Isak’s email: Working on a Game

Dev World Hoopla

Apple Dev Center Down
Apple Developer Website Hacked: Developer Names, Addresses May Have Been Taken

In an email to developers today, Apple revealed that its Developer Center website was breached by unknown hackers and was taken offline last Thursday as a precaution.

UPDATE: Turkish hacker posts video of Apple Dev Centre breach | ITProPortal.com

\”This is definitely not an hack attack. I have reported all the bugs I have found to the company and waited for approval. I am being accused of hacking but I have not given any harm to the system and i did notwanted to damage [sic],\” writes the user Ibrahim Baliç.

He has since told the Guardian, \”My intention was not attacking. In total I found 13 bugs and reported [them] directly one by one to Apple straight away. Just after my reporting [the] dev center got closed. I have not heard anything from them, and they announced that they got attacked. My aim was to report bugs and collect the datas [sic] for the purpose of seeing how deep I can go with it.\”

FireFox wants to kill App Stores
How Firefox OS plans to kill — not reinvent — the app store | VentureBeat

\”In essence, with Firefox OS, we made app discovery as easy as browsing the web, and we give you a very good reason to brush up the mobile optimised web sites you already have on the web,\” writes Mozillan Chris Heilmann on the company blog.

Ubuntu Edge | Indiegogo

In the car industry, Formula 1 provides a commercial testbed for cutting-edge technologies. The Ubuntu Edge project aims to do the same for the mobile phone industry — to provide a low-volume, high-technology platform, crowdfunded by enthusiasts and mobile computing professionals.

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PRISM Free Chat | LAS s27e09

chris — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 13:57:42 +0000

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Building your own chat server can be easy. We’ll demo an easy to manage XMPP chat server on Linux. Plus picking the right XMPP client for reliable video chat.

Then we go hands on with Deeplin Linux 12.12, have some fun with new games for Linux…

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Your Own Linux Chat Server

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Prosody IM – Jabber/XMPP server

Prosody is a modern flexible communications server for Jabber/XMPP written in Lua. It aims to be easy to set up and configure, and light on resources.

Google Abandons Open Standards for Instant Messaging | Electronic Frontier Foundation

In the midst of the major press blitz surrounding its annual I/O Conference, Google dropped some unfortunate news about its instant messaging plans. In several places around the web, the company is replacing the existing “Talk” platform with a new one called “Hangouts” that sharply diminishes support for the open messaging protocol known as XMPP (or sometimes informally Jabber), and also removes the option to disable the archiving of all chat communications. These changes represent a switch from open protocols to proprietary ones, and a clear step backward for many users.

I setup a Raspberry Pi Model B as an XMPP server running MUC.

Full Featured XMPP Client:

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Super Easy LAN Chat:

iptux

Android

Xabber

Source code of Xabber is available at https://github.com/redsolution/xabber-android under GNU GPLv3 license.

XMPP Server – Android Apps on Google Play

A free, secure and complete XMPP Server (also called a Jabber Server). The app supports SSL/TLS, multiple users and can be set to automatically start the server when your device is connected to a specific WIFI network!

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Lernstift, the first pen that Runs Linux

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Developing for Ubuntu Phone | CR 31

chris — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 11:35:06 +0000

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Ubuntu for Phones holds a lot of promise, but so many glaring questions remain for developers. Can the choice of a powerful toolkit, and a small passionate community really break this new OS into the mobile market? We debate that, answer your emails…

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Steve wants to listen to other coding podcasts in addition to CR BLASPHEMY
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“ was wondering if either of you saw any benefit in writing an application for Ubuntu and Windows (I do not own a Mac) that will plug in to the Ubuntu One api and treat it like dropbox”

Shane writes in to agree with Mike re QT.

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Samsung Tizen

Ubuntu Phone

Ubuntu Phone 101
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Fun with Port Scanning | In Depth Look

chris — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:34:45 +0000

It\’s just good computer hygiene to check what ports you have open from time to time. And its also a good security practice. In this week\’s episode, we\’re going to have FUN with port scanning… Yes really!

How to check your own computer, other systems on your LAN, and audit your firewall from an outside host.