Canonical isn’t wasting any time getting Ubuntu ready for UMPCs (Ultra Mobile PCs) and MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). The company just announced on June 24 that the developer release of Ubuntu MID Edition 8.04 is ready for testing.
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My Newfound Love for Xfce!
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For the past week to two weeks I’ve done something I had’t done in years - I switched my default desktop environment in my GDM login screen. I’ve been logging into Xfce instead of my usual Gnome. There are basically three reasons why I’m loving Xfce over Gnome.
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Sychronize Gmail Contacts and Thunderbird Address Book
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I was googling to find a solution to an issue with Thunderbird and Dovecot IMAP server and accidentally hit with an interesting Thunderbird extension viz Google Contacts. For a long time, I was searching for a solution to synchronize my Gmail address book and Thunderbird address book.
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Open source solution to ‘dirty data’ problem?
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The problem of so-called ‘dirty data’ – data that contains duplications, omissions or other errors – has been a serious issue in corporate IT for many a year. Analyst firm Gartner said in March last year that three-quarters of large enterprises will make little to no progress towards improving data quality until 2010, potentially costing large firms millions of dollars.
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Battle of the Titans - Mandriva vs openSUSE: The Rematch
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Welcome to our re-match - In the blue corner weighing in at 4.4 GB, defending champion Mandriva 2008.1 Spring. In the green corner weighing in at 4.3 GB is our returning challenger openSUSE 11.0.
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Red Hat's new chief: A pragmatic believer?
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Red Hat's newly appointed chief executive, Jim Whitehurst, has two masters to serve: Wall Street, and the open-source community. Failure to keep either happy will have its consequences, both damaging to his business.
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Linux Laptops: The Ultimate Birthday Present?
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My brother-in-law wants to buy his daughter a cost-effective laptop for her 13th birthday. As I made my recommendations, I realized the terrible bind consumers currently face. He’s frustrated with Windows, too price sensitive to buy a MacBook and vaguely familiar with Linux. Here’s where the conversation went, and how you can help his decision process.
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Default password list in the system/Application
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Why? because most system administrator forget to change their default password in the system. So basically during the first assessment or audit, just go through using this default password to enter the system. What you need is to search this following site to get default password update.
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Microsoft Becomes An Open Source Partner...Kinda
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Industry analysts are scratching their heads after Microsoft recently decided to join a project measuring how people are using open source software. The Open Source Census is run by OpenLogic, a company that aims to help organisations obtain, use and control open source software -- programs where the underlying code is open to everyone to see and to share ideas on improving it.
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Simon Phipps Has No Idea How Badly Sun ”Screwed Up“
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A couple of days ago, Simon Phipps from Sun Microsystems said that the company ”screwed up“ when it comes to open source. Dana Blankenhorn opines that Sun is still screwing up. Here is the core of his argument.
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Go Beyond the Basics of Blogger with New Book
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Blogger: Beyond the Basics is a new book from Packt, which will take users beyond the basics of Blogger. Written by Lee Jordan, this book will help users to take full advantage of the rich and powerful features of Blogger to transform their blog into a fresh and state-of-the-art blog as quickly and painlessly as possible.
Read more »What does it mean to be an Open Source author? A story from the inside
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I hear daily about open source projects, the open source business model, what it means in terms of freedom, choice, risks, investment, etc... What I rarely hear about is what is life like for those who actually contribute and dedicate a part of their life to open source?
Read more »Open Up To The World Of Opportunities With Ubuntu In Linux Operating System
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Linux is a widely used operating system, which has recently launched ubuntu, a program allows the users to customize desktops and perform several functions easily.
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Microsoft: We were naivé about standards. No, really!
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I have to contradict that. When I served on the W3C Patent Policy Board, about 8 years ago, there was a Microsoft representative on the board...The representative seemed fully cognizant of the standards process.
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Using Dark Themes in Ubuntu (Gnome 2.2x)
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Using dark themes in Gnome has always has some issues. Due to issues in Gnome and GTK apps, some application have problems like dark fonts on dark background, text areas grayed out, and multiple issues with OpenOffice. Here is a quick guide to solve many of the problems I encountered using dark themes in Gnome.
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