February 2014: 10 Most Popular Posts from Ubuntuland & The Dream Valley.

1.- The rEFInd Boot Manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI).

This page describes rEFInd, my fork of the rEFIt boot manager for computers based on the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) and Unified EFI (UEFI). Like rEFIt, rEFInd is a boot manager, meaning that it presents a menu of options to the user when the computer first starts up, as shown below.   rEFInd is not a boot loader, which is a program that loads an OS kernel and hands off control to it.

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2.- Bugsx a program to display and evolve biomorphs.

Bugsx draws the biomorphs based on parametric plots of Fourier sine and cosine series and let's you play with them using the genetic algorithm. A paper describing the theoretic backgrounds of bugsx in included in the source only package.   What is bugsx? bugsx runs under MIT's X11 window system. It was written under UNIX but should be easily portable.  It is a program which draws the

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3.- Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system.

This project is not part of the GNU Project.   Axiom is a general purpose Computer Algebra system. It is useful for doing mathematics by computer and for research and development of mathematical algorithms. It defines a strongly typed, mathematically correct type hierarchy. It has a programming language and a built-in compiler.   Axiom has been in development since 1973 and was sold as a

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4.- Calc is an interactive calculator which provides for easy large numeric calculations.

Calc is an interactive calculator which provides for easy large numeric calculations, but which also can be easily programmed for difficult or long calculations.   It can accept a command line argument, in which case it executes that single command and exits. Otherwise, it enters interactive mode.   In this mode, it accepts commands one at a time, processes them, and displays the answers. In

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5.- Top Tech Innovations of 2013 [Infographic].

Whenever the latest piece of time-saving technology is released we ask ourselves, “how did I ever get on without this?” Okay, maybe we could have lived our lives without the vibrating fork that lets you know when you’re eating too fast, but you get the idea.   The iPad was a lifesaver for many of us young people whose laptops and phones weren’t enough. Just a short time after its debut release

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6.- January 2014: 10 Most Popular Posts from Ubuntuland & The Dream Valley.

1.- Who Uses Torrents to get Free Music/Video? According to an info-graphic published by BitRebels a year ago, movies like Avatar, Batman – the Dark Knight , Transformers, Star Trek or Inception were just 5 out of 10 most downloaded movies of all time using torrents. The average user age who downloads free music or videos using torrents is somewhere around 22 years old and strongly believes in

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7.- Who Uses Torrents to get Free Music/Video?

According to an info-graphic published by BitRebels a year ago, movies like Avatar, Batman – the Dark Knight , Transformers, Star Trek or Inception were just 5 out of 10 most downloaded movies of all time using torrents. The average user age who downloads free music or videos using torrents is somewhere around 22 years old and strongly believes in online freedom. 70% of online users find

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8.- December 2013: 10 Most Popular Posts from Ubuntuland & The Dream Valley.

1.- Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into Us... A new scope set to be included in Ubuntu by default will allow users of The Pirate Bay to conduct BitTorrent searches directly from Unity desktop. The tool’s creator informs TorrentFreak that while there is still work to be done, the aim of the scope – which is endorsed by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth – is to embed Free

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9.- Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience

A new scope set to be included in Ubuntu by default will allow users of The Pirate Bay to conduct BitTorrent searches directly from Unity desktop. The tool’s creator informs TorrentFreak that while there is still work to be done, the aim of the scope – which is endorsed by Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth – is to embed Free Culture directly into the Ubuntu user experience.   In early

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10.- Django the web framework for perfectionists with deadlines.

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design.   Developed by a fast-moving online-news operation, Django was designed to handle two challenges: the intensive deadlines of a newsroom and the stringent requirements of the experienced Web developers who wrote it. It lets you build high-performing, elegant Web applications quickly.

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