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KDE: It's Time For a Fork Practical Technology: "OK, I've now tried KDE 4.1. I'd been assured that it would be better than KDE 4.0x. It is. That's the good news..." (Jun 29, 2008)
Linux Today Features
Why Linux Developers Are Wasting Their Time Red Devil's Tech Blog: "How many Linux users do you know who, once they have installed a new distribution, are so happy with its default appearance that they leave it alone...?" (Jun 28, 2008)
Private St. Louis School Goes Linux (Jul 3, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (1461 reads)
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(feedback) DesktopLinux: "A private school in St. Louis, Mo. is increasingly choosing Linux for the computers it supplies to students and faculty, according to laptop supplier Lenovo..."
Open Source Community Pushes Canberra on School Computer Fund (Jul 2, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (1221 reads)
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(feedback) TechWorld: "Australia's open source community leaders have written an open letter to Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard calling for consideration of free and open source software in the implementation of the Digital Education Revolution for the National Secondary School Computer Fund..."
Demands on Open Source Software Grow (Jul 2, 2008, 15:00 UTC) (1405 reads)
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(feedback) .SAP Info: "Whether for private users, small and midsize businesses, major corporations, or public institutions, Open Source software has in the past years become a reliable alternative to commercial solutions..."
JBoss App Server 5.0 Emerges From Hiding (Jul 2, 2008, 13:30 UTC) (1354 reads)
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(feedback) The Register: "Red Hat is inching closer to delivery of the long-awaited JBoss Application Server 5.0, but there's still no final release date..."
Paperless Schools and Linux Notebooks for Every Kid (Jul 1, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1138 reads)
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(feedback) OStatic: "According to the author of this story, the fees for printing and photocopying alone at schools are staggering--to the point where if electronic materials replaced much of the printed materials, there would be enough money to give each student a low-cost Linux notebook..."
VC Funding for Open Source Rises Again in Q2 (Jul 1, 2008, 16:30 UTC) (649 reads)
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(feedback) 451 CAOS Theory: "VC funding levels rose again in the second quarter compared to last year, up just under 14% to $115.5m, compared to $101.5m in 2Q07..."
Seven Reasons to Move to Linux (Jul 1, 2008, 12:00 UTC) (2630 reads)
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(feedback) Small Business Computing: "“Migrating from Windows 2000 to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is no more difficult for end users than migrating to Windows Vista,” said Richard Giroux, IT manager at Whitelaw Twining. “We did a little up-front training with our employees and have had almost no help desk calls since.""
The Invisible Closed Source Overhead - Part 2 (Jul 1, 2008, 03:30 UTC) (984 reads)
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(feedback) Brendan Scott’s Weblog: "Because of the Tragic Closure of closed source software, a purchaser is typically required to make a decision to buy one of a range of products, each with overlapping feature sets and other characteristics...In such an acquisition therefore, a wrong decision can end up being very expensive."
42 of the Best Free Linux Audio Software (Jun 30, 2008, 22:45 UTC) (2519 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Links: "There is an extensive amount of free audio software available on the Linux platform which is both mature and sophisticated. In fact, Linux has all the tools needed to be a serious contender in music production without a user having to venture into the commercial software world.
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 42 high quality Linux audio applications, covering a broad range of different uses. Most of the titles included here are desktop applications sporting an attractive front-end, although we have not forgotten console software."
SECURITY: Fight Phishing From The Unix Or Linux Command Line (Jun 30, 2008, 22:00 UTC) (1152 reads)
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(feedback) Linux and Unix Menagerie: "First off, I'd like to be clear that I am "not against SPAM." As annoying as it may be, I don't begrudge anyone their right to send me a sales pitch, even if that product is a complete scam and I didn't ask to be pitched. I've been throwing stuff out that I get in my regular postal mail since I've been able to throw stuff out..."
Zimbra Integration With Samba - Ubuntu Based (Jun 30, 2008, 21:15 UTC) (1459 reads)
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(feedback) HowtoForge: "This tutorial shows how to configure Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS) and Samba to act as a primary domain controller (PDC) that uses LDAP as a centralized database for authenticating users on Linux and Windows desktops.
It should enable you then to seamlessly integrate Zimbra into a corporate network based on Open Source server software. You can then use Zimbra Admin GUI to manage Samba accounts, groups and domains."
11 Video Players for Linux - A Review (Jun 30, 2008, 19:45 UTC) (2752 reads)
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(feedback) Echoes: "SMPlayer is a fully featured video player built using the Qt 4 libraries. It basically plays anything, including DVDs and ISO images, but it skipped the menus when reading DVD ISOs. It's complete and it offers plenty configuration options, including for subtitles and the interface itself, allowing to choose the icon set and the style used. You can also configure the language SMPlayer uses for its interface, including English, Romanian, Polish, German and many other."
The Blessings of Synchronized Releases (Jun 30, 2008, 19:00 UTC) (1038 reads)
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(feedback) Coccinella: "People believe the idea of synchronized jumping to releases originates from Mark Shuttleworth.
People are wrong!"
NETGEAR Launches Open Source WGR614L Wireless-G Router (Jun 30, 2008, 18:15 UTC) (1773 reads)
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(feedback) NixCraft: "Good news for all hackers.
NETGEAR launches Open Source edition of wireless-G router enabling Linux developers, geeks, hackers and enthusiasts to create Firmware for specialized applications"
The End Of LUGRadio (Jun 30, 2008, 17:30 UTC) (968 reads)
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(feedback) jonobacon@home: "Today we announced that we have decided to call it a day with LugRadio. Our last show will be LugRadio Live UK 2008 on the 19th and 20th July 2008 at The Lighthouse in Wolverhampton. We announced this in the latest episode of LugRadio, Season 5 Episode 21 - go and have a listen to the show to hear more."
Open source telephony new star at TV producer (Jun 30, 2008, 16:45 UTC) (924 reads)
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(feedback) TechWorld: "When TV production company FremantleMedia Australia had an opportunity to move to IP telephony during an office refurbishment, the open source Asterisk proved itself to offer everything required and more for the 150-plus handset deployment."
2.6.26: almost there (Jun 30, 2008, 16:00 UTC) (2038 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Foundation: "The current prepatch is 2.6.26-rc8; when he posted it, Linus said that it might just be the last one. Given that this development cycle is smaller (in terms of the amount of code merged), I had thought that it would come together a little quicker; thus the “late June” prediction which had appeared on the forecast pages. Well, it’s late June, and we’re not there yet."
Featured Freeware: Wubi (Jun 30, 2008, 15:15 UTC) (1504 reads)
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(feedback) Download Blog: "If you're looking for a safe and easy way to test out the switch from Windows to Linux, Wubi might be the program for you. Wubi's dialog interface requires users to select a mere six options to install Ubuntu..."
Red Hat net profit rises, expects steady growth (Jun 30, 2008, 14:30 UTC) (852 reads)
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(feedback) Forbes: "Red Hat (nasdaq: RHT - news - people ) Inc, the world's largest publicly traded provider of Linux software, reported Wednesday a quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations as its revenue grew 32 percent."
Top 10 Linux financial tools (Jun 30, 2008, 13:45 UTC) (3273 reads)
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(feedback) Tech Republic: "Many people don’t realize the wealth of applications that are available for Linux. I am asked all the time about X and/or Y application on Windows and whether there’s an equivalent on Linux. Most of the time the answer is yes."
Mot ships new Linux phones (Jun 30, 2008, 13:00 UTC) (1724 reads)
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(feedback) Linux Devices: "Motorola has quietly started shipping three new Linux-based "PDA" phones. Available now in China, and also approved by the FCC for use in the U.S., the MotoMing a1600 and a1800 are higher-end versions of the popular a1200, while the a810 adds a lower-end Ming model."
Insurance Company Bets Health on Open Source (Jun 26, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (1124 reads)
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(feedback) TechWorld: "I've been writing about the use of open source software in business for nearly a decade and during that time I discovered the level of interest in free software to be somewhere between non-existent to various point solutions for routine or mission-critical tasks..."
Sun: We Screwed Up on Open Source (Jun 24, 2008, 15:45 UTC) (2964 reads)
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(feedback) Builder AU: "Many open source developers remain sceptical of Sun because their memories of the company focus on Sun's interactions with the community in 2001/2002, which Sun's chief open source officer Simon Phipps concedes was a period where Sun 'screwed up...'"
Open Source Government: France Beats Italy 4-0! (Jun 23, 2008, 21:00 UTC) (1198 reads)
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(feedback) Commercial Open Source Software: "Roberto Di Cosmo, professor at the university of Paris-Diderot and president of the Logiciel Libre working group, invited me to join the event to learn more about what is going on in the Paris area in the free software arena..."
Ian Lynch's Take on the BECTA Fiasco (Jun 19, 2008, 00:00 UTC) (1457 reads)
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(feedback) Free Software Magazine: "Fundamentally, I'm not complaining that we were not successful in the tender--I have no idea how strong the winning bid was. I'm complaining that the tender process adopted was broken..."
Reddit News: Open-Source, Not Linux-Related (Jun 18, 2008, 14:15 UTC) (1422 reads)
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(feedback) Roundup: "Could Linux somehow be involved in Reddit's announcement...?" Apparently not, unless Reddit thought a CPAL license makes their source code just like Linux. Details within.
Jonathan Schwartz's Free Software Foundation (Jun 17, 2008, 22:30 UTC) (1834 reads)
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(feedback) Outside the Lines: "Sun Microsystems has become its own free software foundation, open-sourcing everything from Java to Solaris, and acquiring the open-source MySQL database for $1 billion in January of this year, as a way to grow its revenue..."
Can We Advance Open Source by Sacrificing Software Freedom? (Jun 17, 2008, 21:00 UTC) (1707 reads)
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(feedback) ars technica: "The relationship of mutual benefit that exists between mobile device makers and the open source development community on which they increasingly depend presents a unique paradox..."
Open Enterprise Interview with Ryan Bagueros, North-by-South (Jun 17, 2008, 18:00 UTC) (997 reads)
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(feedback) Computerworld UK: "In particular, Latin America is emerging as a real hotbed of not only free software coding, but free software uptake by governments--to an extent that puts the UK's pathetic bumblings in this area quite to shame..."
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