I'm not so sure that I agree that Linux is no longer about being anti-Microsoft, or being the alternative to Microsoft. From my point of view Microsoft makes a pretty good baseline for what not to do, and how not to do it.
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Playing DVDs in Fedora, and YumEx, too!
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I recently picked up "Firefly, The Complete Series", and would like to enjoy viewing it on my newly recycled laptop. Placing a Firefly DVD in the drive, after a moment, the 'what do you want me to do with this?' window popped up. I pick play with Kaffeine, a short banner appears, and then Kaffeine dies, being unable to read the DVD. What to do?
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An equivalent of the Word's Outline View, with the OpenOffice.org Writer Navigator
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Viewing and manipulating the structure of an OpenOffice Writer document with the useful Navigator tool.
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How to reject mails containing OOXML attachments using Exim4
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The story explains how to modify Exim4's configuration to automatically reject emails containing OOXML attachments (and actually any other type of file, like WMV).
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*** Dreamlinux 3.0 Final Edition RELEASED ***
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"Dreamlinux Desktop Edition 3.0 is a complete redesign of the distro, now supporting a totally independent architecture named Flexiboost, based on overlaid modules..." -- via http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04820
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Microsoft's chickens are coming home to roost
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Microsoft's brand power has been in sharp decline over the past four years, an indication the company is losing credibility and mindshare with U.S. business users, according to a recent study by market research firm CoreBrand.
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Patent Office chief aims to be 'technology neutral'
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Open-source and free software fans who despise software patents shouldn't look for an ally in the head of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Patent Commissioner Jon Dudas says his office is all about staying "technology neutral," so long as the invention meets certain standards.
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Learn to Design Web Themes and Templates with New Wiki
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ThemesWiki.org is a new website designed to provide users with comprehensive, free guides for designing Web Themes and Templates. This site intends to ease the web design process by providing tutorials for a large number of systems at a common location.
Read more »Adobe Joins Linux Foundation with Focus on Linux for Web 2.0 Applications
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No, it's not an April fish (Poisson d'avril) or a Belgian story that illustrate the difference between free software and open source :-)
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HP Media Vault 2100 Linux Server Reviewed: One Kick-Ass Little Penguin
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Why, in the midst of a major Windows Home Server push, would HP introduce a little Linux-based NAS at half the price? And why would HP make the $300 Media Vault mv2120 so full featured and easy that its $600-and-up MediaSmart Servers look:
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10 Linux Books You Must Own
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Here is a quick list of 10 Linux books you must own as a Linux user.
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ODF vs MSXML adoption
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On the eve of what may well be an ‘ends justify the means’ victory for MS at the ISO, I did a little experiment to compare the rate of ODF format documents vs MS’ XML document format ala this page.
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Open Source Databases: Shallow But Widespread
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With the rare exception, most of the open source database vendors have declined to storm the castle, believing - correctly - that they were not in a position to compete effectively in such markets.
Read more »Reality crashes Google hippie code fest
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You've almost got to feel sorry for Google. It tries to do something cool with its annual Summer of Code program, but some sourpusses just have to spoil the idyllic 60's vibe.
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Future Open Source Superstars
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This week’s Open Source Business Conference was a strange meeting of Enterprise IT users, venture capitalists, and free software entrepreneurs. The opening keynote was delivered by Red Hat’s freshly minted CEO Jim Whitehurst who gave a very modest speech noting that while Red Hat has been a leading open source company they have not necessarily been an open source leader.
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