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Open Source in Education

http://www.theopensourcerer.com

The very limited use of FOSS in the UK’s education sector has long been a source of much puzzlement and even anger - from this side of the IT divide at least.

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Created by mark 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Pentagon: Open source good to go

http://www.gcn.com

Military IT folks wondering if their use of Apache, Perl, Linux and other open source software is copacetic with the brass will soon get some answers from the Defense Department's Office of the Chief Information Officer.

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Created by switchpin 17 years 13 weeks ago
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OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for download

http://blogs.zdnet.com

OpenOffice.org 3.0 Final has already been uploaded to a variety of mirror download sites ahead of the official announcement Monday 13.

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Created by missgeek 17 years 13 weeks ago
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On making releases..

http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com

So what makes a release anti-climactic is that from a development standpoint - at least as far as I'm concerned - it is inevitably at the end of a gradual slowing down of interest.

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Created by extra 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Saving to a Microsoft Word Format

http://beginlinux.com

Often in order to interface with other offices or friends you will need to save your document in the format they can read with their system. Chose a File Type which corresponds to the document type you need. In this example the file is saved as a Microsoft Word document.

The Automatic file name extension will place the proper file extension to be read by the other program.

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Created by mogyweb 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Merge Pst File

http://www.pstmerge.com

Merge Pst File software allow to merge unlimited PST files to one

single PST file.Software successfully merge all items of multiple PST file

such as contacts, calendars, journals, tasks, email folders to one single PST

file using Pst Merge software Tool.

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I am not impressed with OpenOffice Impress

http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

OpenOffice.org Impress makes LaTeX + Beamer look user-friendly. Now that I've gone through turning my OLF slides from boring black-on-white to prettier, I realize how much of a usability nightmare Impress is.

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Created by missgeek 17 years 13 weeks ago
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New Zealand's copyright minister starts screaming

http://www.boingboing.net

New Zealand's copyright minister starts screaming when asked whether it's fair to cut people off from the Internet on the basis of three unsubstantiated accusations of copyright infringement

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Livin' La Vida Linux

http://www.tuxdeluxe.org

"Freedom matters, whether it be the file formats or the software itself. It is software freedom that allows all these devices to exist and to be sold so cheaply, and software freedom that causes Linux and other Free Software to create and expand into an ecosystem that simply wouldn't exist if proprietary software were all that was available"

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Created by cendrars 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Where open source will be sucked into the downdraft

http://blogs.zdnet.com

No use denying it. Parts of the open source industry are going to be sucked into Wall Street’s downdraft.

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Created by Jimbob 17 years 13 weeks ago
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TowerWars version 1.0

http://gamnix.com

TowerWars version 1.0 finally released! We are happy to introduce you the final first Version of TowerWars!

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Created by sharkswithlazers 17 years 13 weeks ago
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How to Compress and Split Files in Ubuntu

http://maketecheasier.com

In Ubuntu, the Archive Manager (or file-roller) has make it easy for anyone to compress and zip up a file or folder, but if you have a large file, say 20Gb, and you want to back it up to the CD/DVD, you will find that no amount of compression can you reduce the file size to fit into 1 CD/DVD.

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Created by serdar 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Editing "bluring" your images with GIMP to create bokeh effect

http://www.go2linux.org

If you like the bokeh effect in some pictures you can create it with GIMP, it may not be the same as created at the time of taking the picture (With lenses).

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Created by MBP2000 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Tracking the Progress of Rsync Transfers

http://www.unixtutorial.org

The beauty of rsync is that its syntax and command line options are exactly the same for local and remote directories synchronizations,

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Created by serdar 17 years 13 weeks ago
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Myths of Linux - The Public Can't Cope with Linux

http://gnuru.org

One criticism of Linux is that ordinary people are, on the whole, too ignorant about technology to use anything except Windows. This is just wrong.

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