Que la font estigui amb vostè: una introducció al programari de codi obert

Funny open-source cartoon with Tux
Programari de codi obert: qualsevol pot editar i fer-ho encara més increïble. Heus aquí un resum de per què.

Programari de codi obert. Sona com una altra paraula de moda tecnologia com desenvolupament àgil, Marc MVC, models de cascada, etcètera.

Però en realitat, és molt més fred que en tots els.

En poques paraules, programari de codi obert és programari que qualsevol pot editar. I pel fet que, és impressionant. Seguiu llegint per veure com el programari de codi obert favorit (Firefox i Android, per exemple) obres.

Com funciona?

Crec que és més fàcil d'explicar el programari de codi obert amb una petita història. Obtenir una mica de crispetes de blat de moro – això té acció, drama, i la infracció de drets d'autor.

El futur dels telèfons intel · ligents

Google Android and Apple iOS fighting
Move over, Android and iOS. You have company.

Right now, if you want to buy a smartphone you have two main options: iPhone i Android. If you’re feeling brave, hi ha Windows Phone. No molta varietat.

Tot el que està a punt de canviar.

Aquest any que ve veurà l'alliberament de nou, lliures de sistemes operatius de smartphones que semblen a punt de canviar el món dels smartphones – per millorar. Anem a fer una ullada.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu, la salvatgement popular de codi obert del sistema operatiu per a ordinadors has been spreading rumors that they’re going to release a version of the operating system for smartphones. The phones aren’t out yet but folks around the internet say they’re definitely in the works.

Firefox’s new release strategy

Back in the day (and by that I mean a week ago), new versions of Firefox were releasedwhen they were ready” – és a dir, when all the features they wanted to put in were in it. That’s called feature-based releases, and most developers use that strategy.

But there’s another release strategy that focuses on releasing new versions every so often. Some features might not make a version, but that’s OK; a new version is coming in x weeks so it’ll be included then. This is called fixed releases.

Firefox 4 is out

It’s been about a year in coming (it was in beta for a full year), but Firefox 4 is finally out and can be downloaded at firefox.com. The open-source web browser’s latest version is a gigantic step forward from the 3.6 version (the old stable version from a year ago, which is pitifully outdated by now.)

What’s changed

  • Firefox 4 is about 3 times faster in page loading and JavaScript performance than 3.6. This means your favorite web apps and websites areget ready for this – 3 times faster than before.