Tag: linux

Chromium browser and extensions

Nov 7, 2009

in Technology

chromium, chromium browser, extensions, Firefox, Google, google chrome, linux, the Chromium daily, twitter, ubuntu, youtube

So the Linux build of Chromium (the open source browser than Google Chrome is based on) has been out for a while now and every now and again I’ve been upgrading to the latest developer release just to see how it’s coming along. Lately, the builds have been a lot more stable, font rendering hasn’t…
/usr/physio

Mar 4, 2009

in Blog, Technology

linux, unix

I just changed the name of the blog to /usr/physio. The /usr/ in the title is a reference to a directory in the Linux / Unix filesystem hierarchy that stands for Unix System Resource. I am unashamedly a geek and like most geeks, I only think something is cool until it becomes mainstream; then I’m…
The semantic desktop and research papers

Nov 28, 2008

in Research, Scholarship, Technology

author, default search application, desktop search, documents, file using author, files, filesystem, ideas, kde, linux, metadata, Microsoft Windows, MP3, nepomuk, Ontology, operating system, Personalized, qt4, research, semantic desktop, tags, temporary solution, themes, thesis, usable solution

I’ve been following the idea of a semantic desktop for a few years now, waiting for someone to implement a framework that enables a user to actually do something that’s useful. I think that time has come. It seems as if KDE has managed to integrate the Networked Environment for Personalized, Ontology-based Management of Unified…
Open source alternatives to proprietary applications

Jul 7, 2008

in Technology

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I thought I’d take a moment to briefly mention a few open source alternatives to popular computer applications. The following programmes are all: Here is my incomplete list of the open-source software I use: Firefox – A very popular web browser that offers a more secure, more intuitive and faster alternative to Internet Explorer. OpenOffice.org…

Tag: linux

Chromium browser and extensions

/usr/physio

The semantic desktop and research papers

Open source alternatives to proprietary applications