The goal of the GNU PDF project from its beginning in 2007 was to provide a complete implementation of the emerging ISO standard for PDF, ISO 32000-1.
Read more »GNU PDF project leaves FSF High Priority Projects list; mission complete!
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Graphviz+Jessyink: Alternative to Prezi and Mindmap Presentations (How to Beat MS PowerPoint)
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For those of us who prefer spending more time with content than visual effects and prefer fiddling with texts than mouse/button/graphics, graphviz and jessyink could be a latex-style potential alternative to Prezi and Mindmap presentations -- if a few improvements are made. ...
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Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.7
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In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.7 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers.
Read more »How to make your own 20th Century Fox and LIONSGATE intro with Blender 2.5 in 5 min
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This is an easy tutorial on how to make your own 20th Century Fox and LIONSGATE styled intro using Blender 2.5. It is very easy you just need to donwload the templates blender and follow the instructions, it shouldn't take more than 5-10 minutes to edit it.
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Naev 0.5.0 Release
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he Naev devteam is proud to announce the release of Naev 0.5.0! This release is the result of over a year of hard work done by nearly 30 committers. This release is just a step in the path for ultimate greatness and a major step forward in the maturity of Naev. It has many major gameplay changes and signifies the coming of age of Naev, which has now exceeded the tag of Escape Velocity clone.
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12 reasons to love KDE
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Here's why we love the world's most configurable desktop. TechRadar rain positivity onto the world's most configurable desktop and pick out some of its best functions and applications...
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Installing KVM Guests With virt-install On Ubuntu 11.04 Server
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Unlike virt-manager, virt-install is a command line tool that allows you to create KVM guests on a headless server. You may ask yourself: "But I can use vmbuilder to do this, why do I need virt-install?" The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g.
Read more »Examining the usability of KDE Plasma, Gnome and Unity
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TechRadar has gathered a few users and subjected the 3 main Linux desktops to some usability testing for both experienced users and some new to the whole concept
Read more »25 things you can do with VLC!
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VLC is beyond doubts the most popular open source, cross-platform media player and multi-media framework written by VideoLAN projects. VLC player is small in size,just about 17 Mb and immensely powerful! In this post we will explore the player and list 20+ things you can do with VLC player.
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Debian moves to LibreOffice
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The Debian project is proud to announce that the transition from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice has now been completed. LibreOffice has already been available for "testing" and "unstable" since March and has now been backported to Debian 6.0 "Squeeze", too.
Read more »Gnash 0.8.9 released
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Open Media Now! and the Gnash community are happy to announce the release of Gnash 0.8.9. Gnash the GNU Flash player is a free/libre SWF movie player, with all the source code released under GPLv3. Gnash is available as both a standalone player and also as a browser plugin for Firefox (and all other Gecko based browsers), Chromium and Konqueror.
Read more »How To Run Your Own DNS Servers With ISPConfig 3 (Debian Squeeze)
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This tutorial shows how you can run your own DNS servers (primary and secondary) with ISPConfig 3. To do this, you need two servers with two different public IP addresses and with ISPConfig 3 installed.
Read more »Best Linux email client: 5 reviewed and rated
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In Depth: Evolution vs Thunderbird vs KMail vs Claws Mail vs Zimbra
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Running ownCloud3 On Nginx (LEMP) On Debian Squeeze/Ubuntu 11.10
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This tutorial shows how you can install and run ownCloud3 on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP).
Read more »Create Fancy Address Labels with LibreOffice.org
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There are something like a squillion and one different Avery® and Avery-compatible address labels you can buy, and with the open source LibreOffice productivity suite you can easily create your own custom fancy return address labels.
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