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Apache daddy walks out on OpenSolaris

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk

Apache Server co-founder Ray Fielding has resigned from Sun’s OpenSolaris Community saying he’s unhappy about the way Sun's behaving. The issue centers over who controls the OpenSolaris trademark - Sun or the governing community - with Fielding saying Sun wanted to have it's cake and eat it too.

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Manage your Movie Collection with Griffith

http://www.techthrob.com

Griffith is an application for the Gnome desktop that organizes your movie collection, much in the same way Alexandria is used to organize your book library. Simply by entering the name of a movie, Griffith will query various databases on the internet and download cover art, plot details, and cast information.

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Created by C733tus 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Batch renaming with KRename

http://fosswire.com

Renaming a big set of files can be a right chore. For example, if you’ve just imported a set of digital photos, they’ll usually have really unhelpful and undescriptive filenames such as DSC_0000.jpg.

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Created by missgeek 17 years 46 weeks ago
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5 reasons why Linux totally Pwnz Windows! (Pt.1)

http://infinity-sama.blogspot.com

Ohh.. I expect some flames on that title! Lolz! Defend your camp is you wish, whether Linux or Windows. And yeah, when I say Linux here, it mostly refers to Ubuntu and its derivatives, considered as one of the friendliest distros, and a pioneer in bringing Linux to new users.

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Created by extra 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT) On Ubuntu 7.10 Server

http://www.howtoforge.com

This guide will walk you through the setup process for implementing NDT running under Ubuntu 7.10 server. For those unfamiliar with NDT, it is a network performance testing application. NDT will measure the throughput between your server and the desktops that you run the java client from.

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Created by serdar 17 years 46 weeks ago
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OOXML/ODF: Just One Battlefield in a Much Bigger War

http://www.linuxtoday.com

Once in a while, a confluence of random events (or not so random, depending on your belief system) can create the ideal aha! moment. The moment of clarity when all the pieces just fall into place and you realize "that's what's going on!"

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Created by C733tus 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Media collection managers for Linux

http://www.linux.com

There comes a time, right after you burn your 137th MP3 CD, when you start feeling the need to establish a system for finding all the songs you treasure so much. It's the same with movies, application kits, books, and music -- you need software that lets you index your media quickly and output detailed search results. Here's a selection of Linux applications you can use to ease your work.

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Created by chimera 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Give an Old Laptop New Life with Cheap (or Free) Projects

http://lifehacker.com

Like a famed race horse or a classic book, you don't just throw away a laptop because it's banged up a little. Even if it seems outdated and underpowered, most any laptop is still small, quiet, and relatively low on power consumption, making it a seriously valuable spare to keep handy—even without a working screen.

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Created by giantrobot 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Microsoft's latest interoperability pledge: How free is 'open' now?

http://www.betanews.com

No move by Microsoft to share information with its competitors will ever be taken at face value, and certainly yesterday's new Interoperability Principle will come under very close scrutiny. Is this the opening of the floodgates the EC has been demanding?

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Created by bridget 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Interview with Wolven, creator of Wolvix, and his sidekick Oithona

http://www.raiden.net

I first tried Wolvix as a live CD in its 1.0.5 version back in November 2006 and was immediately blown away by it (read my review here). Since then I've had Wolvix 1.1.0 (Hunter) installed in two different virtual machines and a laptop, as well as having run it repeatedly as a live CD on various machines, and it has never let me down once.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 46 weeks ago
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'Alien Arena 2008' Announced - Screens & Trailer

http://www.worthplaying.com

COR Entertainment announced Alien Arena 2008, a complete overhaul and update of the core game. Every player model has been replaced, nearly every weapon model, and nearly one half of the arenas. Sixteen new maps in total to be exact!

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Created by chimera 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Philippines open source bill gets Sun's support

http://www.itworldcanada.com

Familiar battle lines are being drawn over pending legslation mandating free and open source (FOSS) software for government and educational use in the Philippines.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Video: Alan Cox on the kernel, patent promise, and the progress of free software

http://www.redhatmagazine.com

Enjoy the third installment in our series of video-taped talks with the iconic Alan Cox. Afterwards, in case you need a catch-up, you can hear Alan talk about community and the enterprise or the state of free software in our video archives.

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Created by mark 17 years 46 weeks ago
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500 million Firefox downloads

http://blog.mozilla.com

Firefox just reached 500,000,000 downloads. This is an absolutely phenomenal milestone for Firefox. It is sort of hard to imagine what that number means.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 46 weeks ago
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Time-lapse photography with dvd-slideshow

http://www.linux.com

Over the last few years I have been experimenting with time-lapse photography. One easy way to compile a time-lapse video is to use dvd-slideshow, a tool for creating video slideshows from digital photos, and more.

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Created by electronichouse 17 years 46 weeks ago
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