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Can we give every school child in the UK a Linux notebook and still save money?

http://www.computerworlduk.com

The simple answer is 'yes' we could do it now and we will save the taxpayer millions of pounds.

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Created by lozz 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Portrait: Michelle Bisson balances consulting with Joomla! volunteerism

http://www.linux.com

"I've always done the things that nobody else wanted to do," Michelle Bisson says, explaining how she became the only woman on the core team for the Joomla! content management system. "I say, 'Oh, that needs to be done?

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Created by yantramosi 17 years 28 weeks ago
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OpenSUSE 11.0 Weaknesses — in the Words of Others

http://boycottnovell.com

At the request of a critical reader, we share some of the negative views or experiences with the latest OpenSUSE.

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Created by komrad 17 years 28 weeks ago
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The vocabulary of open source development models

http://blogs.the451group.com

James Dixon has given the thumbs-up to my stretching his Bee Keeper analogy to explain open source development models (which is nice) and in doing so has suggested a new term to help quickly explain the difference between vendor- and community- dominated development projects.

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Created by docsmartz 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Microsoft: How Will the Internet Have it Remembered?

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Articles that are damaging to Microsoft fade away while placements may be taking over to inherit their vacuous room.

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Created by komrad 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Free Locknote for Windows offers fast free file encryption

http://www.linux.com

Steganos Locknote is a handy little GPL-licensed utility for Windows, built using the Crypto++ class library. It is designed to keep text files secure, so you can store your sensitive information and passwords without having to worry about the information falling into the wrong hands.

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Created by zarkovic 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Don't forget the text editor

http://www.linux.com

Text editors are important for many tasks, from editing configuration files, nudging cron jobs, and manipulating XML files to quickly pushing out a README. Luckily, there are a number of interesting editors available. Here's a brief introduction to nine intriguing choices. While some may be better suited to certain tasks, it's no one tool is better than another for all tasks.

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Created by yantramosi 17 years 28 weeks ago
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The new wave of Linux Lite – lean, mean and green

http://www.itwire.com

Linux is coming to an ultraportable near you!

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Created by chimera 17 years 28 weeks ago
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4 Little Known Thunderbird Extensions

http://linux-blog.org

I recently searched through the mozilla thunderbird extensions website and found 4 extensions that I didn't know about that actually prove to be quite useful. I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 on Foresight Linux and have tested all of these extensions and verified that they work on that environment. Hopefully, they'll help someone craft a more enjoyable email experience

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Created by mads 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Thank You Mr. Mint

http://www.junauza.com

I just learned today that my review of Mint 5 “Elyssa” got noticed by the creator and main developer of the hottest distro in town himself, Clem Lefebvre. I thank him for taking the time to write about my Elyssa review on The Linux Mint Blog.

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Created by a known eMouse 17 years 28 weeks ago
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7 young GNOME apps from a new generation

http://blogs.gnome.org

With the recent discussion in blogs around the GNOME world, it can be easy to forget that there have been some great new applications for GNOME appearing recently. Many of these are written by a new breed of GNOME developer, young students with none of the weight of history sitting on their shoulders, and they are great!

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Created by gnerd 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Nokia Launches a Full Scale War for the Mobile OS

http://www.linux-foundation.org

It has been years since we have seen a full scale operating system war. Today’s announcement by Nokia that they will be open sourcing Symbian and making it available royalty free is the opening of yet another front in the blossoming mobile OS conflagration.

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Created by asterisk 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Kubuntu 8.04: Hello Old Friend

http://www.raiden.net

Have you ever run into an old friend, whom you've not seen in a long time? I experienced this recently with a Kubuntu install. You see, I used to be a heavy KDE user and really loved using it. When Ubuntu become a fairly common household word, I started taking a look at it, but was turned off by Gnome initially. By the time Ubuntu 7.10 rolled out I found myself comfortable with Gnome.

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Created by KDEmon 17 years 28 weeks ago
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Ubuntu Linux not for ! Puppy Linux Rocks.

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So a friend gave me her old computer and says ‘ I can’t use it, it has a virus or something’. Turns out it didn’t have a virus it had a huge problem with the hardrive. The computer didn’t boot. I got a blue screen of death with error code 0×00000024. I did a quick search on the Microsoft site and quickly learned there was serious problems with the hardrive.

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Created by greengrass 17 years 28 weeks ago
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European Patent Office issued fewer patents in 2007

http://www.heise-online.co.uk

Last year, the European Patent Office (EPO) issued far fewer patents than in 2006. The Munich patent authorities have announced that they approved exactly 54,699 patent applications for commercial protection, 12.9 per cent fewer than in the previous year.

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 28 weeks ago
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