Google has open sourced a new "lossy" image format known as WebP — pronounced "weppy" — claiming it can cut the size of current web images by almost 40 per cent.
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Last weekend to help support Wineconf 2010 and FreeBSD
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This is the last week end before our 50% donation promotion ends. If you purchase Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PC-BSD or OpenSolaris. ( We will soon have a OpenIndiana release ) we will in return donate half of all sales back to the community.
With your help we would like to help support three very important projects.
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How will GNOME 3.0 be Received?
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On the one hand, GNOME Shell is an attractive and easy to use interface that integrates multiple workspaces better than any desktop that I've seen. On the other hand, it requires some adjustments in the way you work, and, in its present form, feels inflexible
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Synaptic Package Manager Beginners Guide For Ubuntu Users
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Synaptic is a graphical user interface (GUI) for managing software packages on Debian-based distributions.
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Tuxrace game now also for the Nokia N900
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The Nokia N900 accelerometer allows you to get the maximum speed avoiding the tress and rocks.The game is similar to bounce. It has great 3D graphics.
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Atlassian acquires bitbucket.org, DVCS hosting
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San Francisco, CA and Sydney, NSW, Australia -- Today Atlassian, makers of JIRA, FishEye and other software development collaboration tools, announced it has acquired Bitbucket.org. With over 60,000 accounts, Bitbucket is the premier hosted code collaboration provider for the Mercurial distributed version control system (DVCS).
Read more »Celebrating the release of GNOME 2.32
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Today, the GNOME Project celebrates the release of GNOME 2.32, the latest version of the popular, multi-platform free desktop environment and of its developer platform. Released on schedule, to the day, GNOME 2.32 builds on top of a long series of successful six months releases to offer the best experience to users and developers.
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Sabayon Linux x86/x86-64 5.4 GNOME and KDE release
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The best, refined blend of GNU/Linux, coming with bleeding edge edges is eventually here! Say hello to Sabayon Five-point-Fourhh, available in both GNOME and KDE editions! Dedicated to those who like cutting edge stability, out of the box experience, outstanding Desktop performance, clean and beauty.
Read more »Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Release Candidate Is Out - See What's New!
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Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate has just been released. There aren't too many visual changes since the beta version (most of the visual changes happened before the beta so see THIS post), but there are a few things worth mentioning like a new installer slideshow, the new Ubuntu font, changes to the Ubuntu Software Center, Sound Menu and default theme as well as a new default wallpaper and others.
Read more »Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Linux in Schools
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This is an excellent guest post by Scott Rowed on the use of Linux in K-12 schools, including strong evidence that school districts that do not have students using the Linux operating system are placing their students at a disadvantage, as well as a description of one outstanding success story in British Columbia.
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White House IP Chief Talks Tough on Online Piracy
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Espinel spoke largely about the online flow of pirated goods and content, but she is pressing a broader intellectual property agenda outlined in a strategic plan the White House released in June.
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A Field Guide to Copyright Trolls
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With all of this talk about copyright trolls and spamigation, it is easy to get confused. Who is suing over copies of Far Cry and The Hurt Locker? Who is suing bloggers? Who is trying to protect their anonymity? Who is defending fair use? What do newspapers have to do with any of this?
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Rock around 0.48: Interview with Inkscape team
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An interview with Joshua Andler, that has been active in the project since very nearly beginning of the project in 2003. This is the third time he's doing the job of release warden for Inkscape and, apparently, more or less being team leader.
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vtiger CRM 5.2.0 released
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We are glad to announce the availability of vtiger CRM 5.2.0 today. This release addresses more than 50 features/enhancements and around 350 bug fixes along with performance improvements. We would like to thank all those in the community who have reported issues and provided feedback during the validation phase in the last 4 months. We appreciate your patience and support.
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