Thursday, August 13, 2015

Ubuntu One File-Sync Source Code Is Finally Released

Do you remember Ubuntu One services from Canonical? Yups, the file storage and sync services for Ubuntu operating system that not running quite well so it is closed last year. Ubuntu One is not 100% die. Only two major component of its core services that closed actually, the file storage and syncing and the music services.

Last year, when it announced to be closed, Canonical is planning to release the Ubuntu One source code to public. But, it can't be released to some propietary part that still held by Canonical. Now, they officially release the full Ubuntu One source-code at Launchpad.

You or your company, can fork and use it for your purposes for free as it is already an opensource product.

"Today, we’re happy to be open sourcing the biggest piece of our Ubuntu One file syncing service. The code we’re releasing is the server side of what desktop clients connected to when syncing local or remote changes. This is code where most of the innovation and hard work went throughout the years, where we faced most of the scaling challenges and the basis on which other components were built upon. We have released it under a AGPLv3 license and hoping it’s useful for developers to read through, fork into their own projects or pick out useful bits and pieces,

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Heuheu, Developer Google Chrome Kirim Kue Selamat ke Developer Microsoft Edge

Mungkin benar, tidak ada yang lebih aneh dari becandaannya para developer/programmer. Tidak semua orang mengerti apa yang sejatinya mereka tertawakan. Seperti misalnya, lelucon baru yang dilakukan oleh Developer Google Chrome yang mengirimi Kue Selamat kepada Developer Microsoft Edge.

Tradisi mengirimkan kue ini sebenarnya justru di lakukan pertama kali oleh Developer Internet Explorer kepada developer Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox saat itu baru saja merilis versi 2.0. Kue adalah perlambang dari "cookies", data-data sementara yang dibuat oleh sebuah website untuk tiap-tiap pembacanya.

Kini Mozilla Firefox sedang berang dengan Microsoft karena sangat membatasi para customernya yang berpindah ke Windows 10 dan telah memilih Firefox untuk dipaksa menggunakan Edge. Jadi tidak ada kue dari Mozilla ke Microsoft tahun ini, yang ada justru Surat Terbuka dari CEO Mozilla ke Satya Nadella, CEO Microsoft.