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Linux News for Dec 27, 2009
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Meeks: Some thoughts on copyright assignment (Dec 27, 2009, 20:04)
LWN.net: "Michael Meeks's posting on copyright
assignment is not a quick read, but it's worth the effort; this is
a more thorough look at the issue than your editor has seen
elsewhere."
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Vim Tip: using "paste" to avoid the staircase effect (Dec 27, 2009, 16:04)
Dissociated Press: "If you're working in Vim
and paste something into the terminal, sometimes you'll get a
"staircase" effect where each line is progressively spaced farther
outward"
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Finishing up the Comes Collection - Please Can You Help? (Dec 27, 2009, 14:04)
Groklaw: "We are particularly interested in any
materials that talk about Novell and to drill down even more in any
materials about APIs and sharing, or not sharing them, with Novell.
To review, this is particularly what Novell and Microsoft, locked
in litigation over WordPerfect (next hearing on this in February),
can't find:"
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HowTo: Resetting "most used applications" list in KDE 3.x (Dec 27, 2009, 12:04)
Raiden's Realm: "I'm sure from time to time
each of you likes to reset their most used applications list in
KDE. Especially if it's become the goto item for most of you legacy
KDE users like myself. Well, before this I'm sure you've searched
high and low to find a way to reset that, and ultimately come up
with nothing."
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OLPC unveils slimline tablet PC (Dec 27, 2009, 08:04)
BBC News: "The group behind the $100 laptop has
revealed the design for its latest computer aimed at connecting
children in the developing world."
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On “Custom XML” (and why nobody should care) (Dec 27, 2009, 04:04)
tbray: "I see that Microsoft lost an appeal in
the “Custom XML” litigation, and may be forced to
disable that functionality in Microsoft Office. This is a short
backgrounder explaining what “Custom XML” is about, and
why nobody should care."
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Manage your secure shell connections from the GNOME panel (Dec 27, 2009, 00:04)
Ghacks: "One tool to help you manage your
secure shell connections is the GNOME SSHmenu tool. This helpful
application adds a small applet to the GNOME panel that allows you
to make secure shell connections with a single click."
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