On the surface, NimbleX is another Linux distribution, shipping as a live CD, meant to be used primarily as a live CD, with the optional installation. It is based on Slackware and designed to fit under 256MB to allow it to be used from small USB thumb drives... Hey, why not 100%, you ask? Well, read on to find out.
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Which is More Important: Open File Format or Free Software?
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For the sake of free software, please help defend Taiwan from Microsoft's docx file format invasion. Please help odf plugin for firefox more than you do with the docx plugin. Otherwise, you could be hurting open file format as you contribute to one controversial piece of free software, and ultimately hurt the entire FS landscape as a whole.
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Google offers Android dev hardware
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Google is offering SIM- and hardware-unlocked HTC G1 phones to members of its Android developer network. Priced at $400 ($425 with network member fee), the "Android Dev Phone 1" aims to provide developers with real hardware to test their applications on.
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Top Five Reasons to Love Compiz Fusion in Linux
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So, you’ve just switched to Linux, probably to the Ubuntu distribution, due to its popularity. Some of the reasons you switched to Ubuntu were pre-installed software, security, or because it works better on older computers than Vista. Come on, don’t lie - the main reason you switched is because you wanted all the effects from Compiz Fusion you saw on Youtube.
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OpenSolaris tackles Ubuntu dominance
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Sun has crafted the second release of OpenSolaris with a number of improvements in an attempt to make it more competitive with desktop-orientated Linux distributions such as Canonical's Ubuntu.
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Work Imitates Life On Unix or Linux - Some Surrealism For A Change
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If only my "real" life were this exciting ;) Or bizarre...
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Cloud computing to fuel open source explosion
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Cloud computing will fuel growth in open source software as companies try to manage costs, according to database heavyweight Ingres.
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Our guide to building your own online distro
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Wouldn't it be great if you could just click your way to a custom distro? After all, most of the packages you will need are sitting on a well-connected web server somewhere, so it makes sense to build ISO images and repositories directly on that server. And since that server has a HTTP interface, why not make the distro building software into a web application?
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Playing With CrunchBang Linux
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CrunchBang Linux is a new(ish) Ubuntu derivative designed to offer a “good balance of speed and functionality”. Its first release was based on Hardy in April and has just been updated for Intrepid... Not really fancying yet another Intrepid reinstall, I thought I’d give CrunchBang a try.
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Economics, Trolls, and Software Patentability Revisited
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Another discussion about the economic viability of patents, the patent trolls, and OIN's ineffective solution
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Novell and what they bring to the party
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It's almost time for another openSUSE release, and i'm sure there will be many articles written about it in the near future. openSUSE 11.1 plans to bring a whole bunch of new features to the desktop. But what about the company behind the SUSE logo? Novell get a lot of bad press, but do they really deserve it?
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10 Things Songbird Does That iTunes Can’t
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Songbird turned 1.0 this week, and aims to do to iTunes what Firefox did to Internet Explorer. That is, it aims to take the basic design of something closed and proprietary, and turn it into something open and extensible and fun. Songbird aims to give the power back to the people.
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Cost-Conscious Companies Turn to Open Source Software
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The now-official recession has hit many corporations hard in the wallets, and that's being reflected in IT budgets. With fewer dollars to work with, IT managers are increasingly turning to open source software to get the job done.
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LPI Webcasts
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Everyone in the LPI community is invited to attend a series of webcasts on LPI's certification program:
What's New in LPIC-1 and LPIC-2?
LPIC-3 and "Open" Certification Development
LPIC-1 Exam Cram
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Why the IBM Linux desktop will fail
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If one was to believe IBM, the days of the Microsoft desktop are numbered, soon to be cut short by a combination of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, IBM's Lotus range of office applications and a virtual desktop from Virtual Bridges. The trouble is IBM's solution is nothing new and addresses none of the issues associated with moving away from Microsoft.
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