Novell cuts 25% of its workforce .
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Is KDE 4.2 the Answer to the Linux Desktop?
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Is the Linux desktop ready for mainstream users? The developers behind the latest KDE Linux desktop release would probably say yes, that it lives up to the promise of the first KDE 4.0 release a year ago. KDE 4.2 is the second major point release for the KDE 4.x desktop. Its codename, "The Answer," also telegraphs its goals.
Read more »5 Things Mark Shuttleworth Has Learned about Organizational Change
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The open source leader and founder of the Ubuntu Linux distribution explains the elements that can inspire innovation and change the world--or at least your small piece of it.
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Are we really wasting $1T USD annually?
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Last week I was quoted by the BBC saying that taken as a whole, the world wastes $1 trillion (with a 'T') dollars on information and communications technology.
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Gnome Do: How To Run a Great Open-Source Project
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Today marked the launch of Gnome Do 0.8, a fairly significant update to an incredible launcher/searcher/doer. (It's quite hard to explain until you use it, but it lets you search for file and applications and then act upon or modify them in various ways.)
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Moblin2 first impressions -- wow, does it boot fast!
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A lot of notebooks and even netbooks these days run Windows, but also offer a minimalist Linux environment that boots in seconds. Now, with the Intel-sponsored Moblin project's alpha release of Moblin 2 Monday, it looks like insanely fast boots will become a standard feature of full-featured Linux desktops, too.
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Tories put faith in open-source procurement
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The Conservative Party has published a new report on government open-source IT procurement, claiming that the recommendations would save tax payers' money.
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Forked Magit that works with Tramp
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« When I tried Magit a while back, I discovered that it didn’t work with Tramp. This is a deal-killer for me, since I do almost all my editing on remote hosts. I decided to revisit it today, and spent a little time hacking. The result is a fork of Magit that works via Tramp.»
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2009 Associate Members Meeting -- 3/21 and 3/22 -- aka Libre Planet (Deborah Nicholson)
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"Dear Associate Member, The annual meeting date is set! March 21st and 22nd -- that's right, two whole days! This year's meet-up will be in the Harvard Science Center, right in Harvard Square on the MBTA's red line.
Read more »Exporting translations back upstream
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There is a lot of translation work going on in Launchpad, for Ubuntu as well as for other projects. There is also a lot of translation work going on for the projects, that is not done in Launchpad. This is especially true for many of the Ubuntu packages that have their own translation effort “upstream”.
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Release Candidate 2 of Debian Installer
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"The Debian Installer team is pleased to announce the second release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny..."
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Jack Herrick, WikiHow founder interviewed by Wikinews
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"WikiHow is a wiki-based site which aims to "build the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual." It recently published it's 50,000th article, and to discuss what the site has achieved since it's creation, Wikinews interviewed the site's founder, Jack Herrick.
Read more »BachoTeX 2009: Call for Papers
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"Dear TeXies, TeX friends and lovers of fine typography — This is an invitation to BachoTeX 2009, the XVIIth Polish TeX Users Group Conference. As usual, it will be held at the traditional TeXies' and GUST meeting place, Bachotek near Brodnica, in the north-east of Poland, from April 29 until May 3, 2009 inclusive.
Read more »Winners of the Vilém Flusser Theory Award
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"The transmediale Vilém Flusser Theory Award 2009 is awarded to theoretical and critical practice works submitted for the competition.The prize in 2009 is split between publisher and world citizen Brian Holmes for his blog Continental Drift, and the Italian programmer Denis Rojo (aka Jaromil), who is honoured not only for his TBC (Text Based Code) but also for his complete works engaged in buildi
Read more »Lock the CD tray when the laptop’s lid is closed
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When I carry my laptop around from one room to the other I often open the DVD tray accidentally. This is only a minor annoyance, but nevertheless I decided that I wanted to do something against it.
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