Guacamole — HTML5 Clientless Remote Desktop

Awesome. Quite awesome. Guacamole — HTML5 Clientless Remote Desktop is really awesome.

Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway. It supports standard protocols like VNC and RDP.We call it clientless because no plugins or client software are required.Thanks to HTML5, once Guacamole is installed on a server, all you need to access your desktops is a web browser.

The browser is quickly becoming the new desktop….

Big G or Big Brother?

1000px-Chromium_11_Logo.svg Google Criticized For ‘Opaque’ Audio-Listening Binary In Debian Chromium (source Slashdot): Debian, mother of Ubuntu, a major player in the software Libre world always required to have access to the sources of the programs they distribute1, especially in web-browsers. I’m not surprised to read this.

I do not use proprietary browser for this very reason, you can’t be sure what it really does, so I avoided Internet Explorer, Opera but also Google’s Chrome which is based on a libera (italian adjective for free-as-in-freedom) version named Chromium which I seldom use as my main browser is Firefox.

An opaque, binary-only module is by all mean of definition proprietary, so I think I’ll try to avoid Chromium too, or to use it silencing my microphone….

You smart reader may already be complaining that most web-applications are proprietary too and although coded in an interpreted language such as JavaScript they are nevertheless proprietary. Yes, you’re right, but that’s another issue. Quite big actually and quite bigger than me.

 


  1. there are some small exception, namely NVidia and Radeon 3D drivers but they are few and well segregated 

Discovering #NoFilter Milan – Ms. Adventures in Italy

Let’s re-discover my own Milan. Actually I don’t life in Milan, but in a nearby town in the southern part of Brianza, near enough to reach it with a ½hour of train. I graduated here, and went to lessons by bike, so yes, that’s my city.

Thank you Sara Rosso, to help me rediscover it! (from: Discovering #NoFilter Milan with London City Airport – Ms. Adventures in Italy)

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Post-processing and filtering images on our phones is almost too easy, which is why I love this initiative to post unedited photos of Milan, and to encourage each other to shoot #nofilter as often as possible. Being Italy’s business and commerce capital, Milan does not always get swept with the same rustic-charm beauty brush as other classic Italian destinations. You have to pay more attention in Milan to catch its beauty and its charm, which is why I think seeing the city through others’ eyes reminds me, too, that there is more to Milan.

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MuseScore 2.0 Released!

That’s a good new for all my musician friends!

MuseScore 2.0 Released!

Musescore 2.0
Musescore 2.0

Today we are thrilled to announce the availability of the official MuseScore 2.0 release! This release represents the culmination of over four years of development, including technical contributions from over 400 people and feedback from hundreds more users to make this the best free and open source notation program in the world.

Download MuseScore 2.0

What’s New

MuseScore 2.0 represents a tremendous leap forward in almost every possible aspect over the previous release, MuseScore 1.3. For a more complete listing of the new features, see What’s New in MuseScore 2 and the release notes. Some of the highlights include:

  • Linked parts
  • Tablature
  • Continuous view
  • Dynamic text style
  • Flexible chord symbols
  • Fret diagrams
  • Layout improvements
  • Playback improvements
  • MIDI import improvements
  • Usability improvements

Share scores online

MuseScore 2.0 allows you to save your scores directly to MuseScore.com with an improved upload facility. You can view and play your MuseScore 2.0 scores using our mobile apps. The Android apps support MuseScore 2.0 format already. Support in the iOS apps will be coming very soon.

Quanto durerà?

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Quanto durerà ancora questa tettoia che il comune di Desio ha preteso di preservare e poi ha abbandonato all’incuria?
Ancora un po’ che aspettano e troveranno solo macerie… sta già crollando e non da oggi. Tanto vale abbatterla oppure lasciar fare ai volenterosi