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Thanks for Giving Us Fedora
Submitted by chris on Sun, 11/30/2008 - 4:06pmFedora 10 hit the net today with its General Availability Release, or rather the un-beta version. I posted earlier this summer that the version 9 release passed me by as I noted its two month anniversary. There's plenty of resources out there for the first timer, but I wanted to write about the handy yum upgrade process for those of us who can't afford a clean wipe every six months when the Fedora Project releases its official versions.
The Sour Taste Of Humble Pie
Submitted by chris on Tue, 11/25/2008 - 5:57pmA few months ago I took a stab at Mixxx, the open source dj mixing software, and was pleasantly surprised to find that my review had drawn some interest. The page views soared and the comment section actually showed some activity. "Nice", I thought. Until small details on my part began to show some neglect. Neglect is fine when it's just you and your friends sharing some space. But when outsiders start to see neglect, it's a much different story. If
Software Review: Mixxx Open Source DJ Software
Submitted by chris on Fri, 08/15/2008 - 8:19pmCredit is due to CDMusic for introducing me to the Mixxx Open Source DJ Software last week. Yes, that's three X's in mixxx and I assume it would have been four X's had mixxx.org been registered already like mixx and mix were. My first impression to CDMusic's post was WOW; free software, no additional (proprietary) hardware and compatible with vinyl control. That's pretty much all I ever wanted.