As frankps sees the world!

February 13 Haiku was presented on Google Tech Talk at Google’s headquaters in California, and a special guest appeared on the event, the former Be Inc. CEO Jean Louis Gassée. He didn’t only join the Haiku team for their presentation, but also gave a few words of support and encouragement for their project. I, as many others interested in Haiku, found it great to too JLG’s presence, together with a few other ex-Be engineers (some of them now works for Google). The […] Continue reading →

If you want to run an alternative OS on a x86 computer, then the coming Ubuntu release should be your OS of choice. It is so popular that some of the servers couldn’t handle the load when the latest development version got released. It is one of the few Linux distros released on a single CD. And by far the most popular Linux distro. The choice of software to be included is generally good, just a few changes that I am doing after having it installed, Thunderbird replaces Evolution and […] Continue reading →

Finally the OpenMoko phone is released, even though it is based on GTK and not Qtopia. It will be my next phone, and I am sure that it will play nicely along with the linux distros I use on the desktop. Also friends of me are drewling over this phone. It is simply amazing !!! What I have seen of Access Linux Platform so far, simply disappoints me and I am not sure that this will be the turning point for PalmSource/Access. I hope to be able to get my hands on one of them! […] Continue reading →

Still in an early stage of development, but hopefully ready for Feisty Fawn. Yesterday Migration-assistant 0.3.1 was uploaded to main and the accompanying changes were merged into Ubiquity. It can be run using the –migration-assistant option in Ubiquity. This is a functionality that has been lacking for Linux distros and other operating systems for years. There has even been written books about how to migrate from Windows to Linux. The goal of the migration assitant is simply to allow […] Continue reading →

I simply love the Maemo interface, but have sadly found the Nokia devices to be to expensive for now. The good news is that the interface is now heading for the desktop! Well, normally PDA interfaces are not the best ones for the desktop, and you can imagine why… . But these simplefied interfaces are perfect for people with limited needs, as for example people that are only now starting to use computers and taking the first steps on the Internet. Many of the applications on the Maemo […] Continue reading →