Regulars of this ‘ere blog will be familiar with my abundant love of all things community. In fact, this has been a long running joke in the LugRadio world where I am accused of saying community way too often. Guilty as charged, m’lud.
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Best Application EVAR!
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so the very kind folks who won the Akademy awards last year ( sebastian trueg, matthias kretz, danny allen ) decided to go ahead and award Amarok with the Best Application award! we are obviously very excited and very pleased to win this award, and want to (tearfully) thank all those users who have been with us through the long dark (teatime of the soul) times of Amarok 1.x....
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Disaster Training: Software That Virtualizes Calamities
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Since major disasters like hurricanes don't happen every day -- hopefully -- it's sometimes difficult to train emergency responders and sharpen their skills for when the worst really does strike. Lockheed Martin's new training software system can simulate various types of calamities ranging from wildfires to nuclear explosions.
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Finding Your Google Index Rank With The Linux Or Unix CLI
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The beginning of a crazy work-in-progress to use the Unix/Linux command line to find your google search index in real-time.
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Getting involved with GNOME.
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Many people get started “giving back” to the Linux community by getting involved in the community surrounding the distro that they use. However, another great way to get involved is by contributing to the Desktop Environment that you or your distro use.
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A Guide to Linux Graphics Software 02: fotoshopping without Photo Shop
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For the average user or the professional image manipulator, there is a range of OpenSource software that will run on Linux as well as (in some cases) other platforms such as Windows. As discussed earlier, there are two basic kinds of image: Bit mapped and vector. Here we are looking at some of the bit mapped software.
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getdeb.net announces Playbuntu
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getdeb.net, a leading provider of new and updated programs for Ubuntu is announcing the start of a gaming repository for Ubuntu. The repository (codenamed "Playbuntu") will provide all games available on getdeb.net in an easy to use repository format - enabling you to receive updates for your favourite game via the Update Manager tool.
Read more »Select Dell Notebooks Now Cheaper With Ubuntu + Retail Vista Than Vista Pre-Installed
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In cases where computers are available pre-installed with either Linux or Windows, it is almost always the case that either (a) the Linux one is slightly less expensive or (b) the Windows one is actually less expensive, so you might as well just buy the Windows version and install Linux. Apparently, this is not always the case.
Read more »2008 Best of Open Source Software Awards
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InfoWorld's annual BOSSIES recognize the best free and open source software the world has to offer to businesses, IT professionals, and productive individuals who rely on computers to get work done.
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5 Useless Compiz Fusion Effects
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Compiz Fusion is the best thing that happened to Linux desktop user experience yet. In the world of Linux bashers who argue that Linux is not quite ready for home users; compiz is one of the few things that really set Linux apart from other OS with major market share.
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As you all probably know Linux is not limited to just desktops. It’s far reaching, actually. Not that you’d have a Terminal app on it or anything, but you could. Some of you may have a mobile phone running Linux and you probably don’t even know it. The most popular phone in the world runs Unix. That’s right. The iPhone runs on Unix.
Read more »Encrypted private directories coming to Ubuntu
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Encrypted private directories are the one thing that would get me to upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 this October.
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Eye on Microsoft: Tough Weekend
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Business combats network management woes with open source GroundWork
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When Sam Lamonica stepped into the CIO role at Rudolph and Sletten five years ago, he set out to tame an ungainly network by using an orderly open source network monitoring solution.
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Puppet can ease system administration tasks across the network
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The Puppet project allows you to issue system administration commands to one or more machines, and will smooth over the differences between distributions for you. For example, if you want to install MySQL, that action should be your primary aim, and you shouldn't have to worry about if the machine is running Maemo, Ubuntu, or Fedora.
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