5 years later, 5 ways that Ubuntu has made Linux more human
Canonical announced the very first release of the Ubuntu Linux distribution on October 20, 2004. Five years later, Ubuntu is the star of the Linux desktop and has achieved a level of popularity and mindshare that is unprecedented among various flavors of the open source operating system. This ascent to stardom and growing mainstream relevance [...]
Mozilla’s Jetpack for Firefox developers
Mozilla Labs has unveiled a platform called Jetpack aimed at enhancing the already huge library of extensions and add-ons available for the Firefox web browser. Jetpack is still in its early phase, but provides an application programming interface (API) for developers to create add-ons using just web languages such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
