If you run an ecommerce site, you may want a content management system (CMS) to help manage your online product line. VirtueMart, available under the GNU GPL and fully integrated with Joomla!, does that and more. It provides a full ecommerce solution in a LAMP environment.
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GobbleRSS scoops up headlines, online or off
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I read lots of blogs and planets every day, and do so from multiple computers, so I value the online feed aggregator. It retrieves new items even while I'm offline, and I don't have to synchronize between multiple machines. Google Reader has filled this niche for a while now, but I've kept an eye out for open source equivalents that I could serve from my own domain instead. That is just what GobbleRSS is: a PHP-based feed aggregator that is simple to set up and run on your own.
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Osmo: A daily organizer
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Osmo, a compact yet feature-rich personal information organizer for Linux, separates itself from the pack of other calendar applications due to its light weight and easy-to-use design. The GPL-licensed Osmo includes a datebook calendar, a to-do organizer, and a contacts list, all with lots of intuitive options.
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WengoPhone Firefox Extension For GNU/Linux Alpha Testing Instructions
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"At last, you can download and use an alpha WengoPhone Firefox extension for GNU/Linux. It has been flagged alpha because, as you may know, GNU/Linux systems are very different from each others, so it's difficult to provide a WengoPhone Firefox extension that works blissfully on most of them. We'd like, by publishing this alpha version, to test WengoPhone Firefox extension for GNU/Linux on the largest number of different GNU/Linux distributions. For this, we'd be pleased that you follow the small set of instructions below, it will greatly help us to publish a stable and robust version soon! ..."
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Prototype 8.9″ Asus EeePC Spotted at CES
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Not a full day after news comes from Asus that they’ve got some larger screen EeePCs in works do pics of one show up online. jkkmobile hits us up with some pictures of this new model. No word on release date yet.
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CyberNotes: Top 10 Firefox Extensions by Category
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We’ve done all kinds of top 10 Firefox lists in the past, including a rather comprehensive list where we aggregated top 10 Firefox lists from around the web. But nothing really compares to the list that we’ve put together this time around.
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Flipping the Linux switch: Package management 101
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Your shiny new Linux system has it all -- except that one program you really needed it to install. You get online, you find the program's website, and click 'download'. Except there's not just a link to the program there.
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Cinelerra is very easy - 1/3
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I love to use Linux distro (particularly ubuntu). So I chose to learn cinelerra and I discovered that, over first impression, it's a software very easy to use. The envy of the "Windows users" is priceless.
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CLI Magic: Viewing system information
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GNU/Linux is bursting with information about the system on which it runs. The system's hardware and memory, its Internet link and current processes, the latest activity of each user -- all this information and more is available. And, despite such desktop tools as the KDE Control Center or GNOME's System Monitor, the easiest place to get all the system information available is still the command line.
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OLPC to Dual Boot Windows/Linux
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and Microsoft Corp. are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.
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How to make Jabber calls using Jabbin
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Jabber is the only mainstream free (as in speech) instant messaging protocol. Unfortunately, most Jabber clients for GNU/Linux only provide options for messaging and group chats, overlooking the audio chatting portion of Jabber (powered by the Google-funded libjingle). Enter Jabbin, the free Qt-based Jabber VoIP client.
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Quick and easy FTP backup with lftp
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No matter what Linux distribution you are using, chances are that you'll find more than one graphical FTP client in its repositories. But if you are looking for a powerful command-line FTP tool, your best bet is lftp.
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Syllable Desktop 0.6.5 Released
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"After an extensive development period, the Syllable project has released Syllable Desktop 0.6.5 with improvements all over..."
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Disable internet access for particular user in Ubuntu
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This is very useful if you want to block internet access to your kids or particular users. First you need to edit the network interfaces file using the following comamnd
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It's a Matter of Choice
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Yesterday I realized that I have run over 30 different kinds of Linux on my laptop. My final choice?
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