"Did the Free Software Foundation meet their 2007 pledge drive goal? Will DefectiveByDesign try to stamp out DRM at the Boston Public Library? Does Stallman like the OLPC Project enough to replace his thinkpad with an XO? Will the SAMBA team finally get to see Microsoft's top-secret networking protocols? Where's RMS this month? Is the micro vs monolithic kernel debate back again? The answers to these and other mind-boggling questions that are on everyone's mind can be found in this month's GNU and FSF news summary..."
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Fie on Photoshop: Krita, the Real Photoshop Killer
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Two weeks ago we learned why Gimp, even though it is a superior cross-platform image-editing application, is not a "Photoshop Killer." I'm not fond of lurid headlines, but if I were to nominate a "Photoshop Killer" I pick Krita.
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Ubuntu's Upstart event-based init daemon
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Because the traditional System V init daemon (SysVinit) does not deal well with modern hardware, including hotplug devices, USB hard and flash drives, and network-mounted filesystems, Ubuntu replaced it with the Upstart init daemon.
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Open source rising
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Things are looking good for the proponents of Open Source software on all fronts—even the desktop though I’ll come to that in a bit.
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The future of XML
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The wheels of progress turn slowly, but turn they do. The crystal ball might be a little hazy, but the outline of XML's future is becoming clear. The exact time line is a tad uncertain, but where XML is going isn't. XML's future lies with the Web, and more specifically with Web publishing.
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Virtualization boosts Linux, Unix adoption more than Windows
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This tip explains how server virtualization will benefit Linux and Unix operating system adoption but will most likely harm Windows Server adoption by relieving the one-operating-system-to-one-server modus operandi. You'll review the drawbacks of using Windows operating systems and the rewards that virtualization offers to not only IT architects but end-users and application vendors and learn how these factors will combine and affect the current use of Linux, Unix and Windows operating systems.
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Open Source Gets a Wall Street Boost
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The commoditization of equity trades is giving Web 2.0 open-source investment platforms a chance to win converts.
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IBM-Google partnership merges best features of Internet and corporate computing, IBM exec says
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IBM’s Steve Mills talks about Google as an IBM customer, growth in China, software-as-a-service, and Microsoft
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Why Vista Is Not 'The Best Argument For Linux'
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I've seen a number of people argue that Windows Vista, in all of its bloat and cost and lateness to market, is the best argument for switching to Linux. It's tempting, and there's a lot of truth to it, but at the same time I don't think it's a good idea to define yourself by what you're not.
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Subtitle manipulation tools for Linux
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Subtitles may not mean much for the English-speaking part of the world, but for the rest of us, they are the difference between truly enjoying a movie or just watching the screen, trying to decipher the events. While Windows has a nice variety of tools to manipulate subtitles, Linux applications too can accomplish such tasks. From editing to ripping to converting, here is a list of some useful tools.
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OOXML-ODF: The Harmonization Hope Chest
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Brian Jones has reported that there is a great deal of interest in harmonization of ODF and OOXML in some way...
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New consulting company gambles on KOffice demand
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Although KOffice has its admirers, in many people's minds, it runs a poor second to OpenOffice.org. However, some European developers expect that situation to change, and to encourage that change, they have created KOfficeSource, a company incorporated in Germany. The company plans to offer support and training not only for KOffice, but also for Open Document Format, and programming using the Qt toolkit. The company's business plan highlights its founders' hopes that KDE-related technologies will become mainstream, and illustrates the current level of acceptance of free software tools in business.
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Interview with Michael Shiloh, of OpenMoko
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The Southern California Linux Expo has posted an interview with OpenMoko's Michael Shiloh, who will be at the event. "The Neo FreeRunner looks a lot like the earlier model, the Neo 1973, with some additions: we've added WiFi, a faster processor, more memory, a 2D/3D graphics accelerator, and a pair of accelerometers. The goal of our extensive testing, before we go into mass production, is to verify the hardware so that no changes will be necessary."
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Multiple external monitors, on a laptop, on Linux
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I’ve been planning for a while to buy a new desktop, replacing the laptop I’ve been using as my only client system for the last year and a half. This was mainly due to a few irritants with the laptop: one, it overheated all the time; two, the CD/DVD writer doesn’t work; three, I can’t have two external monitors on it as it only has one VGA port...
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openSUSE 11.0 Alpha 2 Released
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The second alpha version of openSUSE 11.0 was launched and it is available for download and testing. Althoughit is just a development release, this version comes packed with some important improvements.
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