I use a ton of software applications, but a major portion of the time I spend using a computer goes to writing, and creating documents. There are many good open source tools for everything from word processing, to desktop publishing, to booklet creation, to weaving words and graphics together.
Read more »6 Free Tools For Creating Top-Notch Documents
http://ostatic.com –
KDE Developer Quits
http://practical-tech.com –
Being grumpy is almost part of the job description for developers. Recently though several KDE developers came right out and asked, “Does KDE even need (certain) users?” While, Troy Unrau, a KDE developer and perhaps best known as the author of stories for KDE News, opened this can of worm by saying “This is a rant,” it was soon taken in earnest.
Read more »
abortion in NJ
http://www.americanwomensservices.com –
American Women's Services is dedicated to providing expert, high quality women's reproductive health services in a professional, caring, and compassionate manner
Read more »Why I Hate KDE? Paradigm
http://www.isriya.com –
This story has begun by a blog post from a man called Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. He is ex-ZDNet and somewhat famous Linux journalist and long time KDE user. He tried out KDE 4.04 and dislike it (like me). Some might say KDE 4.0 is just developer preview (then why release it at first, huh?). He then tried KDE 4.1beta (which I haven’t) and also hate it.
Read more »Please help make setting up ndiswrapper a little bit easier!
http://easylinuxwifi.org –
Auto-NDISwrapper is a project that aims to automate the whole process of setting up wireless cards with NDISwrapper. To help all you need to do is to fill out a simple form. Please make sure to fill it out with the correct information.
Read more »Apricot Open Game - First Playable Demo!
http://apricot.blender.org –
For a while now we have been close to being able to release a playable demo and I’ve been itching to get something online that shows the gameplay coming together since its really fun to play Franky here in the studio and videos don’t cut it anymore for an open, interactive project.
Read more »
Ubuntu "Hardy Heron" Reloaded
http://www.junauza.com –
The first maintenance update of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS has been released. Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS has over 200 updates that include major bug fixes and security updates while maintaining the stability and compatibility with the initial Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release.
Read more »My first hours with PCLINUXOS
http://www.web4beta.com –
As a mentioned in my previous post I spent a little time last night installing PCLINUXOS on my laptop. Other than my machine at work most of my computer time is spent on this laptop and dealing with Ubuntu Hardy Heron was starting to take its toll on me.
Read more »Ubuntu vs PCLinuxOS
http://stormy-subbu.blogspot.com –
Well It is not about which is a better OS overall, but which suited me better. Please read ahead for knowing further..
Read more »GNU gv 3.6.5 released
http://lists.gnu.org –
"GNU gv 3.6.5 has been released today. [...] GNU gv allows to view and navigate through PostScript and PDF documents on
an X display by providing a user interface for the ghostscript interpreter..."
More Lies and Hijacking of “Open Source” by Microsoft
http://boycottnovell.com –
New examples of possible "open source" abuse (for marketing purposes)
Read more »ISO: The New USPTO (and It’s Not a Compliment)
http://boycottnovell.com –
ISO has become a laughing stock in the IT circles, says a seniors who (spear)headed OOXML. That won't matter much for PDF.
Read more »Off Topic: Mandriva 2008.1 Recommendation
http://boycottnovell.com –
I installed Mandriva 2008.1 the other day (with KDE). It has been wonderful so far.
Read more »First look: KOffice 2.0 Alpha 8
http://www.techworld.com.au –
One of the release goals of the next-generation KDE office suite, KOffice 2, is to make the package run on Windows and Mac OS X in addition to Debian Linux.
Read more »Interface Obsession Syndrome - round two...
http://penguinpetes.com –
Follow on from The Six Kinds of Anti-FOSS Trolls, where I dropped a little bomb about interfaces, and followed up with Interface Obsession Syndrome. Thank all of you who've been responding, and have kept your rebuttals in the 'discussion and debate' range, rather than getting hot about it.
Read more »
