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Banshee 1.0 was released - read how to install it in Ubuntu Gutsy and Hardy

http://icehot.wordpress.com

If you don’t want to wait until Banshee 1.0 is added to Gutsy/Hardy repositories, just add this to your software sources (System > Administration > Software Sources -> Third-Party Software and click Add), for Hardy:

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Created by nilarimogard 17 years 31 weeks ago
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More Bills and a Hearing Schedule as SCO's Money Flies the Coop

http://www.groklaw.net

Lots of filings in the bankruptcy, but not many that matter. The SCO enablers want their money, and I would guess they'd like it sooner rather than later, all things considered. Mesirow has filed another bill, and so has Berger Singerman, and Tanner has an Order that it can expand its role on SCO's behalf. We have also the hearing schedule for the June 17 hearing.

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 31 weeks ago
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What Open Source Means to Microsoft, Nokia

http://boycottnovell.com

Nokia and Microsoft want to educate us on open source

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Created by komrad 17 years 31 weeks ago
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10 Best Windows Games That Can Be Played on Linux

http://www.junauza.com

For most hardcore gamers, Linux is taboo since they probably think that they cannot play their favorite Windows-only games with it. They do have a point of staying away from Linux, but if they knew that they can play some of their most wanted games on Linux, will they take the switch?

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Created by sharkswithlazers 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Mark Shuttleworth Interview by Linux-Magazine Italia

http://www.markshuttleworth.com

Vincenzo Ciaglia from Linux-Magazine Italia sent me a few questions related to the release of 8.04 LTS. Since he was going to translate the conversation into Italian this week, he was happy for me to blog the English version here.

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Created by anna 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Software Patents Roundup and What Novell Should Have Done

http://boycottnovell.com

Another variety of more analytical pieces: Red Hat did right where Novell did wrong; Microsoft abuses the system; ACTA is above the law.

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Created by komrad 17 years 31 weeks ago
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ODF for Canadian Library Association, More Application Support for ODF

http://boycottnovell.com

New support for ODF comes from two separate places.

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Created by komrad 17 years 31 weeks ago
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PLT Scheme version 4.0 released

http://blog.plt-scheme.org

"PLT Scheme version 4.0 is now available from http://plt-scheme.org/ -- This major new release offers many improvements over version 372, and we encourage everyone to upgrade..." -- Personally, i recommend using GNU Guile from within Emacs ;-)

* http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/

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Created by can.axis 17 years 31 weeks ago
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The elephant in the room

http://blogs.the451group.com

Continuing the ongoing discussion about open source software business models, Rich Sharples of Red Hat’s JBoss division weighs in on an issue I have with Savio Rodrigues’s categorization of open source users: namely the fact that it does not take into account the value of the application in question.

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Created by Jimbob 17 years 31 weeks ago
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SITA braves open source

http://www.itweb.co.za

The State IT Agency (SITA) is transferring its entire technology infrastructure to free, open source and open standards software (FOSS).

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Created by mark 17 years 31 weeks ago
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They Say a Picture's Worth a Thousand Words...

http://vivapinkfloyd.blogspot.com

Iconic logos from the GNU/Linux world (GNU, Debian, Tux, Ubuntu, Fedora, Slackware, OpenSuSE etc)

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Created by Chris7mas 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Eye Candy: So Bad, Yet So Good

http://blog.linuxtoday.com

Even though I consider myself a fairly advanced Linux user, there are some things in Linux I haven't gotten around to yet. This isn't usually through inability to do something; it's usually a matter of not seeing the need for it. So it is with Compiz--I realize that I'm very late to the party, but I finally got around to installing it this week on my Kubuntu machine. First impression?

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Created by switchpin 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Using NTSYSV To Manage Linux Services

http://linuxshellaccount.blogspot.com

How to use ntysyv, rather than chkconfig, to manage Linux services at specific run levels.

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Created by eggixyz 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Debian — troubling signs; can Slackware teach us anything?

http://blog.sillica.com

An opinion piece that tries to provide a contrast between 'the Debian way' and 'the Slackware way' when it comes to distribution management and keeping consistency with upstream projects.

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Created by moparx 17 years 31 weeks ago
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Open Source PLUS Open Standards are a “Smart Business Decision” Says E.U.

http://www.linux-foundation.org

The New York Times reports today a hard rebuke from European Union’s competition commissioner, Neelie Kroes, against Microsoft’s tactics in Europe. In her speech she offered up some advice worth heeding; “I know a smart business decision when I see one — choosing open standards is a very smart business decision indeed,” Ms. Kroes told a conference in Brussels.

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 31 weeks ago
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