Posts Tagged ‘open-source’

Enable Multitouch(two-fingers) on Synaptics trackpad on Linux

Very few people know that every synaptics trackpad supports multitouch and as long as your OS supports it  you can always use multitouch to enhance your computers interface. Apple has patented several UI design elements ,hence has inhibited Windows and Linux to come out with similar UI elements like pinch and zoom, scroll etc.  [...]

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Sins of Opensource

Well, you are an opensource user. Your geek rating is much higher than any of your other puny friends on facebook. You bask in the glory of being clean and untainted. But dont confuse being opensource as “not being evil”. The real trick is to use the good will of opensource and still use it [...]

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Ubuntu: Bridging the gap of linux usability

GNU license (whether 1 or 2 or…) makes sense to few. But whats more important in this world is compatibility. As Linux grows, the arrogance of few are blocking the freedom that comes with it. Its sad when somebody giving something as “free” also wants people using it to be bound by their philosophy, its like a religion [...]

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