A while back I looked at the Christian Edition of Ubuntu. This time around I was pleased to find that there was a Muslim edition available. So I gave it a download and thought I'd add it to our collection of Linux distribution reviews.
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Linux, FOSS and the Cellular Empire
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One of the things that I've seen increasingly of late is a regular complaint by users of cellular services that data plans are far too expensive, and too limiting.
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Getting Started with Inkscape
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Inkscape is a program that behaves like and offers many of the same features as Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X. An open Source vector graphics editor, Inkscape uses the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format.
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OpenOffice.org 3.1: Better Performance
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The 3.0 release of OpenOffice left some issues in the productivity suite. This new version makes a good job of fixing them
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With Folk Like This GNU/Linux Needs No Enemies
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I have some friends who just adore Kim Komando. Until I knew these guys I had never heard of Kim. These fellows are primarily Microsoft and Apple users which is Kim’s target audience. Plus, it does not hurt any that Kim is a relatively good looking blonde woman. If you are like me and know nothing about her then I invite you to check her site.
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OpenSolaris events at CommunityOne
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Sun Microsystems has released the OpenSolaris programme for CommunityOne West. The event, which aims to bring together students, developers and decision-makers to talk about open source issues, will take place in San Francisco from the 1st to the 3rd of June. Begining with the presentation of the latest version 2009.06 of OpenSolaris, the event will have over 70 sessions.
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Linux Certification Not Required
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The topic of certification surfaces every so often in technical circles--especially when job seekers face tough job competition. The value of such certifications comes into question versus that of years of experience. For experienced technicians and engineers, the opinion is that experience is the most important for landing a job. In the minds of newbies and wannabes, certifications rule.
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Monitor Bandwidth Usage with vnStat
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In these days of bandwidth caps and pay-per-kilobyte rates, keeping an eye on your bandwidth usage makes a lot of sense. While there is no lack of bandwidth monitoring utilities, vnStat stands out from the crowd thanks to its ability to store monitoring data in a database and resume monitoring automatically on reboot.
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Howto Linux / Ubuntu: Gyachi - Yahoo! Messenger with Webcam, Room Voice Chat, Photo Sharing
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Gyachi is a Yahoo! client for Linux operating system that supports almost all of the features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client: Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display images, and more.
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Dropbox Clone Ubuntu One
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The cloud-based service Ubuntu One goes into the public beta phase. Using Ubuntu One, computers can be synchronized via online memory. So far, Canonical is withholding details.
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Hands on: Canonical aims for the cloud with new Ubuntu One
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Canonical is preparing to launch Ubuntu One, a new Web service that will offer cloud synchronization and collaboration features. Ars gives you a detailed hands-on look at the service and some of the underlying technology.
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Open Source Business Intelligence: Small Niche, Growing Channel
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They aren’t household names. But in the world of open source business intelligence (BI) software, Jaspersoft and Pentaho are trading some impressive blows and building out their partner programs. Here’s the scoop from The VAR Guy.
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Design and build service-oriented solutions using BizTalk Server 2009
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Through this book, users will learn to implement SOA strategies for BizTalk Server solutions. They will learn to integrate BizTalk Server with Windows Communication Foundation and to utilize the WCF SQL Server Adapter as both a client and a service. Architects and developers will also get an insight of the new WCF SQL Server Adapter, UDDI Services version 3, and ESB Guidance 2.0.
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Creating the Student Blog using Drupal
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This tutorial includes the details on using roles effectively to structure your site. Additionally in this tutorial, more advanced techniques with views are covered, as we begin to use views to track student and teacher blog posts.
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Moodle Used by Cub Scout Pack in Ohio
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Moodle is a free and very useful course management system that facilitates the teaching of online classes to all age groups--elementary, middle, high school, and college--as well as organizations and corporations.
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