Even though I consider myself a fairly advanced Linux user, there are some things in Linux I haven't gotten around to yet. This isn't usually through inability to do something; it's usually a matter of not seeing the need for it. So it is with Compiz--I realize that I'm very late to the party, but I finally got around to installing it this week on my Kubuntu machine. First impression?
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Debian — troubling signs; can Slackware teach us anything?
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An opinion piece that tries to provide a contrast between 'the Debian way' and 'the Slackware way' when it comes to distribution management and keeping consistency with upstream projects.
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Linux maintainers woo device developers
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Linux's first-ever official "embedded maintainers" have invited device developers to get involved in the kernel development process.
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2008 Open Source CMS Award Details Announced
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Packt is pleased to announce details of the upcoming 2008 Open Source Content Management System Award. Beginning with the Nominations stage on July 14, the 2008 Award will run for a total of 15 weeks, with the winners being announced during the last week of October.
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An open letter to Mr. Roy Schestowitz, from the Linux users who use Linsux.org
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It seems as if even the satirists have gotten fired up at Roy Schestowitz, main contributor to Boycott Novell. In this link is an "Open Letter" that they have written for him. How nice.
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Boycott boycottnovell
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Roy's pieces at boycottnovell.com seem to flow from his presumed indisputable inference that the motivations of not only Microsoft, but also anyone who collaborates with Microsoft, are sinister in nature. and he's repeatedly making these near-libelous statements, which boycottnovell.com is enabling, and this is the reason I'm boycotting them in addition to boycotting Novell.
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Invigorating GNOME
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There has been some discussion recently about the future of GNOME. I have seen this blogged on Planet GNOME, on the LugRadio Forums, discussed in corridors and elsewhere.
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GNOME in the Age of Decadence
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It's been a rough road, but it seems as if KDE 4.1 is showing signs of the vision becoming a reality. And it now seems as if several people within the GNOME community are seeing the writing on the wall too: GNOME 2.x has reached its goal - now what?
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Companies, Developers Contributing To The X Server
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This article provides information about the true people and companies behind the X server for the last nine years. All commits are analyzed regarding the amount of contribution and the person/company behind it.
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Canonical OEM Strategy Deserves Applause
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According to Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, the company has been approached “by a number of OEM’s who want to sell netbooks (small, low-cost laptops with an emphasis on the web) based on Ubuntu.” That’s impressive. Here’s some more analysis on of the news.
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Testing ebook readers for Project Gutenberg
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Project Gutenberg (PG) collects and maintains a library of public domain books in electronic text format, in an assortment of languages. That's all well and good, but potential readers still need a method to access PG's collection. I recently sat down to test a handful of e-text readers that offer integration with the 24,000 PG titles.
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Interview: John De Goes Introduces a Newly Free Source Code Editor
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"The tools market is dead. Open source killed it. The only commercial tools that can survive today are the ones that leapfrog open source tools." Thus argues John De Goes, president of N-BRAIN, which creates and provides UNA, a source code editor.
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Quote of the Week from Douglas Crockford
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Douglas Crockford: «...When I am hiring programmers, I look for people who have read these books.»
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Emacs wiki Problems
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Emacs Tutorial Experiences & Emacs wiki Problems by Xah Lee, 2008-06-10 ...
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History of linux
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Linux is the first truly free Unix-like operating system. The underlying GNU Project was launched in 1983 by Richard Stallman originally to develop a Unix-compatible operating system called GNU, intended to be entirely free software. Many programs and utilities were contributed by developers around the world, and by 1991 most of the components of the system were ready.
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