Ден: Firefox

Може изворот биде со вас: вовед за да софтвер со отворен код

Funny open-source cartoon with Tux
Софтвер со отворен код: секој може да го уреди и да ја направат уште повеќе страшни. Тука е преглед на зошто.

Софтвер со отворен код. Звучи како уште еден технолошки buzzword како агилниот развој, MVC рамка, водопад модели, и така натаму.

Но, навистина, тоа е многу повеќе се излади од сите оние.

Едноставно кажано, софтвер со отворен код е софтвер кој секој може да се променат. И поради тоа, Тоа е страшно. Прочитајте, за да се види како вашата омилена софтвер со отворен код (Firefox и Андроид, на пример) работи.

Како работи

Мислам дека тоа е најлесно да се објасни софтвер со отворен код со малку приказна. Земете некои пуканки – ова има акција, драма, и кршење на авторските права.

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The future of smartphones

Google Android and Apple iOS fighting
Се движи над, Android and iOS. You have company.

Right now, if you want to buy a smartphone you have two main options: iPhone and Android. If you’re feeling brave, there’s Windows Phone. Not much variety.

All that is about to change.

This coming year is going to see the release of new, free smartphone operating systems that seem poised to change the world of smartphones – for the better. Ајде да ги разгледаме.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu, the wildly-popular open-source operating system for computers 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.

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Firefox’s new release strategy

Back in the day (and by that I mean a week ago), new versions of Firefox were released “when they were ready” – што е, 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.

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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 are – get ready for this – 3 times faster than before.
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