One of the main 3rd party packages for KDE is the KDEBluetooth suite. It is the graphical interface to Bluetooth for KDE. The KDE 4 port was now released in a first test version.
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TokBox - A Nice, Simple VideoChat Alternative (also for Linux!)
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I have FINALLY had the time to take at least a quick look at TokBox, which was recommended to me in a comment on a previous blog post. First, I'm sorry that it has taken this long. Second, I'm really glad that I finally got to it.
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Is it time for Open Source to grow up?
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In the past ten years Open Source software and its poster child, Linux, has expanded quite remarkably. It has changed from a rebel without a cause to an entity that even the tried and true establishments have sat up and taken notice. Heck, if it is good enough for such mission critical, world changing Wall Street then it is good enough for anything.
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Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates Say
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The basic framework of the intellectual property (IP) regime aims to “close down access to knowledge” rather than allowing its dissemination, Professor Joseph Stiglitz said at a 5 July lecture on “Who Owns Science?” Stiglitz, a 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economics, and Professor John Sulston, a 2002 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine, launched Manchester University’s new Institute for Sci
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Looking for Landmarks--Out There On the Grid
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Recently, OStatic covered Eucalyptus, an open source infrastructure for cloud computing on clusters that duplicates the functionality of Amazon's EC2, using the Amazon command-line tools directly. We've also been covering several interesting projects focused on cloud computing.
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FORK PROPOSAL: Rebuild KDE 3 with QT4
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Here's a proposal I throw out to the world: Who would work with me to 'fork' KDE 3 and rebuild it with QT 4.x (4.4 at this point)?
Read more »Ubuntu At Best Buy?
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Wow, this certainly surprised me. Today I found out that Ubuntu Linux is now being sold at Best Buy online and even at some stores. And normally I would say this is great, except there is a problem - what the heck is Ubuntu “complete” edition?
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How Should Mozilla Execute Its Vision?
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The announcement by the GNOME Foundation that it is appointing Stormy Peters as its Executive Director confirms a suspicion that I've harboured for a while: that we are witnessing the evolution of major open source projects into new kinds of players in the computing world, ones that require full-time staff not just to run them, but also to articulate what exactly they are trying to do *beyond* the
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Book Review - Beginning Ubuntu Linux, Third Edition
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Getting onto the ‘Linux ladder’, making your first steps into the world of Linux, can be daunting, especially without support. There are lots of books specifically targeted towards beginners and Ubuntu, and Apress’s Beginning Ubuntu Linux, by Keir Thomas and Jaime Sicam is one.
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LXDE - Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment for Ubuntu
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LXDE is a new project aimed to provide a new desktop environment which is lightweight and fast. It’s not designed to be powerful and bloated, but to be usable and slim enough, and keep the resource usage low. Different from other desktop environments, we don’t tightly integrate every component.
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BSD or GPL: Choosing an open source license
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If you ever plan on writing an open source program, then you must make an important decision, selecting a program license. Generally for open source programs, there are two main licenses that most developers take into consideration. These licenses are the Gnu General Public License, and the BSD license.
Read more »Asus confirms Eee PC 904 and Eee PC 1000 specs and prices
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Asus has now officially confirmed the existence of this new netbook [Eee PC 904] – and confirmed both its price, and that of its other new models.
The Eee PC 904 is essentially an Eee PC 900 in an Eee PC 1000’s body and it’s aimed at people who want a low-cost laptop with a large(ish) keyboard
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Microsoft gags UK schools
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THE THREAT OF REPRISALS from Microsoft lawyers has stopped Becta, the UK's technology quango for schools, from publishing the details of the three-year megadeal it agreed with Microsoft in April.
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Enhance Security By Removing ActiveX Control Codes From Web Pages With SafeSquid Proxy Server
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Allowing free access to ActiveX Control content, can be a security risk. ActiveX can be used to deposit spyware, adware and other malware into users system, when they visit innocent looking websites. A google search for dangers of activex would be very informative.
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What's Holding OpenOffice Back?
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Why don't more people use OpenOffice, the free and open source alternative to Microsoft Office? Microsoft has spent years and dollars engineering creative ways to keep people using its costly software and preventing them from switching to OpenOffice -- that's one explanation, writes Lou Dolinar.
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