One screencast explaining how the 'desktop' and 'panel' in KDE4 will be 2 appearances of the same thing called formfactor. A break from the concept of desktop screen and taskbar first introduced in Macintosh.
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Firefox Companion for eBay now available in Beta
http://en-gb.www.mozilla.com –
This is not an extension, but a full firefox download specially customised for use with eBay, but it is beta so be careful. It includes features such as auction alerts from within the browser, Account Guard feature re PayPal and eBay searches from the sidebar.
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A day at the Open Source Business Conference
http://lwn.net –
Once he started talking, (Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik) was a fairly general presentation on the value of open source software, standards, interoperability, etc
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Retrieving Emails From Remote Servers With fetchmail (Debian Etch)
http://www.howtoforge.com –
Fetchmail is a program for retrieving emails from remote servers. Imagine you have five email accounts on five different servers. Of course, you don't want to connect to each of them to get your emails.
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With RHEL 5, Red Hat goes to bat for SELinux
http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com –
IT managers that want to secure their Linux environments and keep things running smoothly have a very powerful tool at their disposal: Security Enhanced Linux, or SELinux, an implementation of mandatory access controls originally developed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and integrated in to most mainstream Linux distributions.
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Read more »Alex Gaspar ´s JOOST experience
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SixApart to Open Source Blog Platform
http://www.eweek.com –
SixApart, a blogging pioneer and top supplier of blogging software to businesses, on June 5 announced it would transition its flagship product, Movable Type, to an open-source platform by the third quarter of this year.
Read more »Installing GIMPShop and GIMP on Ubuntu at Vitaly Babiy’s Blog
http://vbabiy.atbhost.com –
Great short Article on how to install Gimp or Gimp shop in Ubuntu
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The Filter 2.2 released - free playlist creation for iTunes and Windows Media Player
http://perfectplaylists.com –
Peter Gabriel's new digital venture 'The Filter' have released a new version of their recommendation engine software for iTunes and Windows Media Player.
The software can create instant playlists based on one seed song and can also fill your iPod and recommend new music for you to buy from eMusic and iTunes Store.
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Linux Mint 3.0 Cassandra - A Review
http://shiftbackspace.com –
A review of the recent full-release of Linux Mint 3.0 Cassandra. Focusing more on what Mint provides "out-of-the-box" rather than the capabilities of any Linux distribution.
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Xandros CEO Defends Microsoft Deal
http://www.informationweek.com –
"Xandros CEO Andreas Typaldos said his company's technical and marketing agreement with Microsoft will help increase Linux adoption rates because users will have access to improved technology and won't have to fear lawsuits from Redmond."
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Microsoft threatens its Most Valuable Professional
http://www.theregister.co.uk –
What's the best way to attract a pile of threatening lawyers' letters from Microsoft? Sell pirate copies of Windows? Write a DRM-busting program?
Londoner Jamie Cansdale has just discovered a new approach. He had the temerity to make Redmond's software better.
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Azureus - Java BitTorrent Client in Ubuntu
http://www.ubuntugeek.com –
Azureus offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. Azureus now features an embedded tracker easily set up and ready to use.
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OpenSUSE aims Linux initiative at schools
http://www.desktoplinux.com –
"Novell's openSUSE project has launched a new initiative dedicated to advancing the public awareness of the popular Linux distribution in the educational community."
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The easy to install Gentoo with bling-bling. No, the other one!
http://www.packtpub.com –
Gentoo is a source-based Linux distribution that helps users put together a streamlined custom system. But Linux users spoiled by the see-before-you-try Live CDs would often shy from Gentoo. Then along came Kororaa. Kororaa's package selection not only makes it an all-round Linux desktop, but has also ruffled feathers of Linux kernel developers.
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