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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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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OpenOffice 3.0 Final ready for download
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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On making releases..
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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Saving to a Microsoft Word Format
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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Merge Pst File
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
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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New Zealand's copyright minister starts screaming
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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Livin' La Vida Linux
"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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Where open source will be sucked into the downdraft
No use denying it. Parts of the open source industry are going to be sucked into Wall Street’s downdraft.
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TowerWars version 1.0
TowerWars version 1.0 finally released! We are happy to introduce you the final first Version of TowerWars!
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How to Compress and Split Files in Ubuntu
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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Editing "bluring" your images with GIMP to create bokeh effect
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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Tracking the Progress of Rsync Transfers
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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Myths of Linux - The Public Can't Cope with Linux
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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