Photosynth is one of the most exciting programs I've seen in a long time. It takes a group of photos, typically of a single geographical location, but possibly taken at different times by different people, analyses them for similarities, and then stitches then together into a smooth-flowing, pseudo-3D panorama. It's really great. Just two problems.
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For the new theme: Ignore the impossible mockup, use the Dust theme
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Everyone by now has seen the world famous mockups of what Ubuntu apparently should look like. The problem is that what is shown in those mockups is not yet possible with the current way gnome works.
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Say No To Software Patents
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To trust or not to trust Red Hat, that is the question
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I like Linux. I like Red Hat and Fedora Linux. I use them every day. What I don't like, though, is not knowing what's what with the recent security break-in into the RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) and Fedora file servers.
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When is Open Source Just throwing it all away
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An open source project that turns out to be a code dump burns its users, who may sour on the whole open source experience. You have to invest in open source to succeed, just as you would in a proprietary business.
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Who Would Linux Hire?
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As Microsoft is chided by the media and in the blogosphere about its decision to hire comedian Jerry Seinfeld as the new Vista spokesperson, I ponder just who the Linux community would hire as their representative.
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South American FOSS show is a big deal
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Last week's 8th Jornadas Regionales de Software Libre (Free Software Regional Sessions) at the University of Belgrano in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was an opportunity for around 1,300 FOSS enthusiasts to share experiences, learn more, and have fun together.
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Oops! I Fixed the Linux Kernel
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Make no mistake: Efforts like "oops" show the Linux community's focus on improving code quality, fixing bugs and even enlisting non-technical users to help the cause.
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Editor's Note: FOSS Is More Valuable Than $60 Billion
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So let me tell you how my day went. It started at 7am on my back deck. I usually start my workday there when the weather is nice. It's cool, the bugs aren't awake yet, and it's just plain nice to be outside.
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Contest: Best Advances for OpenVAS Network Vulnerability Tests
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The OpenVAS Team calls for submission of patches, scripts, converters or anything else that significantly improves the OpenVAS framework and extends Open Source Network Vulnerability Testing.
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Ma.gnolia Goes Open Source - Will it Matter?
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Ma.gnolia, one of the most popular second tier social bookmarking services on the web, announced today at the Gnomedex conference in Seattle that the company has thrown itself to the mercy of the development community and is going to make its code available in open source.
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Mini-notebooks are here to stay
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Some critics seem to think that UMPC (ultra mobile PCs) are just a fad. Wrong. They're here to stay.
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Pidgin Multi-protocol Instant Messaging client
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Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr.
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How do we attract the next generation?
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What are we doing to expose new users to Linux and Open Source solutions? My wife, after coming back from a visit to our local electronics store asked me why there were no “boxes” of Linux on the shelves, or PCs supporting the OS on display?
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Tin Hat is a Linux distribution derived from hardened Gentoo
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Tin Hat is a Linux distribution derived from hardened Gentoo which aims to provide a very secure, stable and fast Desktop environment that lives purely in RAM
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