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Google's Picasa: now on Linux!
Google bought Picasa a while back, & that was an excellent move on their part, as Picasa is first class software. On the Windows platform, Picasa is really the best there is in its class: photo & image management. Heck, there's an argument to be made that it's even better than iPhoto on Mac OS. Now Google has gotten Picasa to work on Linux through the wondrous magic of WINE; in fact, they've contributed over 100 patches to the WINE project, which is just totally cool. Quit reading me, & head over to the Picasa for Linux page, & download & install that sucker!
(Check out all of our posts on Picasa, image management, & Google.) ...
Google has its own internal Linux distro
Yup, it's true and confirmed, according to this blog post.
Google has modified Ubuntu for internal use & calls it "Goobuntu". It's not going to be released to the
public, so don't get in a lather, but it's pretty cool that Google (a) uses Linux internally on its desktops, and (b)
has based it on Ubuntu. Very cool.
(Check out all of our posts on Ubuntu.) ...
An official Google toolbar for Firefox
For the past several years, users who wanted to use an official Google toolbar with Firefox were out of luck. In
typical open source style, a project was started by developers to create their own Google toolbar, which you can still
get to this day at http://googlebar.mozdev.org/. However, Google has finally
released an official Google toolbar, which you can download
now. Works with Windows, Linux, & Mac OS. Features include SpellCheck, the
loathed AutoLink, AutoFill, and WordTranslator.
No popup blocking, since Firefox users don't need that. If you want the Google toolbar, go get it. As for me, I'm
sticking with the Groowe Toolbar, which support Google, Yahoo, A9, & much,
much more.
(Check out all of my posts on Firefox &
Google.) ...
Your Google tip of the day
Looking for quick tips folks have compiled on our fave OS? Do a Google search for
linux
cheat sheet. How about vim, my fave text editor? Google
vim cheat sheet. And so on. You'll find some great stuff, eminently bookmarkable or printable. Try it!
(Check out all of my posts on Linux,
vim, &
Google.) ...
Open source used by Google
Earlier today I referenced an article at CNET about Google's
plans to hire programmers to work on OpenOffice.org. In that article, there are also some interesting mentions of
the open source technologies that Google uses, including:
Linux (duh), specifically one that is highly customized by the Googlers
Python
MySQL
Apache
Tomcat
GCC
and others
That's an impressive list, and hopefully other companies will take note of this fact & start using OSS
themselves.
(Check out all of my posts on Google.) ...
Open source Google searches
I'm not sure how long these have been hiding along with some other betas (but then what at Google isn't beta these
days) in the "Special Searches", but Google has
introduced two specialty searches for people looking for information related specifically to
Linux and BSD. It's a useful little
feature, especially when looking for docs and information on compiling software for various platforms. ...
Firefox makes Google even faster
If you use Firefox (or Mozilla, for that matter) to search Google, you may notice that the pages Google links to now
load faster. That's because Google now pre-fetches the
results while you're looking at the list of hits returned by your search. Doesn't work in IE, needless to say.
(Read all my Firefox postings.) ...
Google to hire programmers for OpenOffice.org
This falls into the "man, that's excellent!" department. CNET
is reporting that Google is going to hire developers to work on our fave Office suite, OpenOffice.org. The article
specifically mentions trying to reduce RAM requirements and the size of the download, currently around 80 MB. It isn't
like Google is going to create a web-enabled version of OOo that we all can use via our web browser - at least, not now
- but this is still fantastic news. I can't wait to see what Google adds to make OOo even better.
(Check out all of my posts on OpenOffice.org
and Google.) ...
More thoughts on Google's AutoLink
On 2 March, SecurityFocus published my column Where is Google
Headed? (and reprinted at The Register), a
look at Google's new AutoLink
feature for its Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer. I'm critical of the feature, and although I was attacked on other
blogs, and even called both greedy and a hypocrite, I still stand by my column. I've done more thinking about the
AutoLink issue since my column came out, and I'd like to further my arguments with some clarification. Understand that
I'm a fervent supporter of Rip, Mix, Burn
culture, and I firmly believe that users have the right to alter web pages once they're in a user's web browser
cache … but I think AutoLink - as currently implemented by Google - is a very bad idea.
The key distinction for me is this: I don't like it when large corporations make wide-ranging decisions for users
that disadvantage those that the corporations choose not to favor. So, for instance, I like the Firefox
Greasemonkey extension, but I don't like AutoLink. ...
It's your weekly best of Weblogs, Inc.
The Weblogs, Inc. network features over 100 independent, unfiltered bloggers producing over 1,000 blog posts a week
across over 75 industry-leading blogs. Each week we ask our bloggers to choose their top posts, which we bring to you
in one easy-to-read weekly post. You'll find links to the hottest posts from the past week after the jump including a
review of Google Talk, the latest television spoilers and a Flash-based gas pump. But first up is our newest blog,
SlashFood. Enjoy.
Slashfood just opened for business, and we're already planning a
Grilled Cheese party. Plus
Karina Longworth makes fun of Gwyneth Paltrow's
junk food intolerance
and Keith McDuffee lists the
top 25 food hacks. ...
Tim O'Reilly interview with the BBC
In the first segment of a two part interview,
the BBC's Bill Thompson interviews open source magnate, Tim
O'Reilly. Tim explains the difference between libre and gratis, talks about wifi, and speculates
on Google.
(Check out all of our posts on
O'Reilly.) ...
Desktop search tools, Firefox, and Thunderbird
Google Desktop Search was released a while ago, but it was pretty MSFT-centric (and hell, it STILL only works on
Windows) and only indexed Office, IE, & Outlook Express. A new version has
been released that now supports Firefox & Thunderbird, as well as other file formats. Good! Now how about
getting it to work on Linux - and Mac OS X?
According to what I've been reading, Copernic Desktop Search is even better
than Google's. It's been able to index Firefox files for a while; now they added support for Tbird. Excellent! It just
really blows that it's also only for Windows. Grrrrr …
Of course, maybe we Linux users shouldn't really care, since it appears that we have something called
Beagle that does the same thing. In fact, it appears that
SUSE 9.3, due "real soon now", will
include Beagle along with iPod support and other goodies. Sweet! Take that, Google! ...
Firefox and the case of the missing services menu
So I just noticed something highly disappointing about my new favorite browser: Firefox has zip-ola in the way of
integration with the services menu. Am I missing something? Is there a plug-in somewhere that will enable this? Is it a
feature that's on the way? My half-hearted Google searches in the middle of 27 other tasks didn't turn up much help, so
if anyone has any info, 'twould be appreciated… ...
New powerful open source search engine software
SWSoft, the company behind the popular Plesk server management system, has released
ASPseek, an open source search engine system released under the GPL. ASPseek is made
up of a crawler, CGI interface, and a search daemon. It even contains an implementation of a PageRank type system,
allowing you to produce your own mini-Google! It's written in C++ and has been optimized for speed.
(Check out all of our posts on search
engines.) ...
Codase: The source code search engine
Us developers always like an opportunity to look at the source code of systems other than our own, but we don't
always find the time to do it, as most source code is complex to crawl. Enter a search engine like
Codase, which provides a Google-style experience in searching source code. Beware
that not all code indexed by Codase may be open source, and may be licensed in such a way that being 'inspired' from it
is discouraged, but if you want a sneaky peek into the world of someone else's code, it's certainly worth ten minutes
of your time.
(Check out all of our posts on source
code.) ...
