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today's leftovers

  • Linux jumps to 13.4 percent of the stalling server market

  • Ubuntu Works
  • The importance of the Veoh decision
  • Understanding SUSE Linux X Window System
  • Asus eee 901 - A Real Disappointment
  • Why open source has a hard time in government
  • Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites
  • From Firefox user to Extend Firefox contest winner
  • A Beginner’s Guide to Firefox Extensions
  • Mozilla Gets Google's Moolah for 3 More Years
  • More thoughts on open source piracy
  • 'Mindanao concerns' defer RP int'l open source summit
  • Public policy and open source
  • Microsoft patents Page Up & Page Down
  • compiz-fusion: Cylinder anyone?
  • Netbook sales will not affect notebook sales near term
  • O’Reilly’s Python for Unix and Linux System Administrators
  • NVIDIA Releases Yet Another Linux Driver

some howtos:

  • Short Tip: Work around rpm lockups

  • Viewing the Night Sky with Linux, Part I: KStars
  • Setup and Configure openSUSE 11.0
  • How to install dock on linux without graphic card?
  • How to play VCD on Linux using VLC
  • Extract and Save Images From a PDF File
  • Online Encyclopedia Shell Script For Linux And Unix
  • setting up ubuntu on the eee pc 901
  • Playing MP3 music files in Linux
  • font anatomy

KDE Momentum Continues with New Updates, Features

eweek.com: The KDE community has released KDE 3.5.10, a maintenance release for the KDE 3.5 series of the popular Linux desktop. KDE 3.5.10 includes improvements in the KDE Kicker, which is the KDE application starter panel, and KPDF, the desktop's PDF viewer.

Dillo2 coming in September

kmandla.wordpress: Imagine my complete and utter surprise after accidentally clicking on the Dillo home page link, and seeing a new branch of dillo is scheduled for release in late September or early October 2008.

ASUS' Big Development

John C. Dvorak: The most interesting story the media is downplaying is the ASUS announcement that it will have a ROM boot chip on all its motherboards, which will boot Linux instantly on start-up. This development is important, since 90 percent of the time all a user wants to do is surf the Web.

Mint 5 Revision 1

bmc.com/blogs: I have made no secret here of my love for Mint. In the pantheon of Linux distros (and that is a huge pantheon full of worthies), it is the one that just works for me more than any other that I have tried. So I took the opportunity to install the new Mint 5 Revision 1 to the Dell laptop.

Behind the doors of the Free Software Foundation

linux.com: The purpose of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) is probably obvious from its name -- but what does promoting free software mean in terms of everyday activity? Examining the roles of the organization shows how complex the FSF's advocacy role has become. It also reveals the range of services.

"Green" integrated PC runs Linux

linuxdevices.com: Tangent announced a fanless, Linux-compatible PC that runs on 24 Watts and tucks neatly behind its 17-inch display. The Evergreen 17 is available with a 1GHz Via Eden, 2GB SDRAM, and either a 160GB hard drive or a 64GB solid-state drive (SSD), says Tangent.

Are the best open source software applications being used?

openlogic.com/blogs: InfoWorld put out their 2008 Best of Open Source Software Awards (BOSSIES) and SourceForge put out their Community Choice Awards. I thought it would be interesting to see how prevalant these products were in the Open Source Census findings.

Intrepid Feature Freeze this Thursday

ubuntu.com: This is a short, but pointed, reminder that Feature Freeze is scheduled for this Thursday, August 28.

TechieMoe tries Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate

techiemoe.com: Microsoft's heir apparent has had its fair share of negative publicity since launch. In fact, I dare say it's had two or three operating systems' worth of negative publicity. Since the last versions of Vista I played with were a beta and a release candidate, I didn't really have an up-to-date opinion on the whole matter.

Opening minds to open source

charlatan.ca: Anyone who has used the Internet has open-source licensing to thank. Programs licensed as open-source - like Apache, which retrieves and loads Internet pages - are maintained by an online community. Anyone can write new programming code to update or improve the software.

Ubuntu Keeps Building Momentum

workswithu.com: Many enthusiast PC sites create buying guides for people looking to build their own PC’s from components. For instance, The Tech Report released their latest system guide. For the first time they made a recommendation for a “mini-econobox” built around Intel’s Atom processor, and intended to be as small and quiet as possible. Their recommended OS for this machine?

Vulnerability in OpenOffice

heise-online.co.uk: The current version of OpenOffice reportedly contains a security flaw that allows attackers to inject code into a system. The problem apparently only affects the 64-bit version of the office suite.

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