The OpenOffice.org development team has released the second beta of the forthcoming OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite. The latest beta includes a number of new features that will make the wait for 3.0 worth it. The final version of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is expected to be released in September.
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Shuttleworth has some nice words for KDE
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Is Mr Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, slowly warming towards KDE? Or is the man merely trying to keep the KDE folk onside, after a whole host of "technical writers" have attacked the new release of that desktop environment?
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OpenDomain.org owner: Selfless FOSS helper or domain squatter?
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OpenDomain.org is an organization that offers to provide free use of certain domain names to worthwhile open source projects. Ric Johnson, the leader of OpenDomain.org and the owner of dozens of domain names, says he has spent thousands of dollars registering those domains in order to prevent "squatters and phishers" from snapping them up.
Read more »Xfe Review - Wonderful File Manager
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The first impression Xfe gave me was of a solid, full-featured, powerful and good-looking file manager. I have to admit, I was really impressed by this application, and I've never used it before. Since I'm a KDE guy, my file manager of choice was always Konqueror and I was never able to get used to Nautilus, Krusader, Thunar or ROX-Filer. But Xfe is a completely new and pleasant experience.
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Exaile Music Player Review - A Good Choice for the GTK Fans
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Exaile is an audio player built in GTK, and although it's not as popular as Banshee, Rhythmbox or Audacious, it's feature-complete and offers a unique concept by using multiple tabs for showing several playlists, each one in its own tab, and other dozens of good features which an audiophile will definitely find useful.
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New tab switching added for Firefox 3.1
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As announced before, tab switching is getting a dramatic update for Firefox 3.1 in both visual and behavior. Press Ctrl + Tab (or Shift + Ctrl + Tab) and you are presented with tab thumbnails and titles with the most recently visited ones first so you can more easily determine which tab you want to go
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Commands you might have missed
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There are a lot of articles upon this site, and it appears that many of the most popular are those that are written with the complete beginner in mind. After realizing this I've got a decided to introduce a miniseries covering a few easily-overlooked tools and commands over the next week.
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How to build the Ultimate Linux Home Server - Part 1
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Nowadays, most households have multiple computers and media devices, and sharing files and media between them all can be extremely messy. The best solution would be a home server of course! Over the next few weeks, I will be posting how to guides on how to create the ultimate home server.
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5 Most Popular Linux-hackable Gadgets
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Linux is a powerful and versatile operating system that can be utilized to hack just about any electronic hardware device. To prove it, I have here a list of popular gadgets that are already known to run Linux.
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KDE 4 problems highlight shift from community users to consumers
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The reasons for the user revolt against KDE 4, which we reported on yesterday, are still being sorted out. They appear to be a complex mixture that includes the assumptions that KDE used in its planning, the rush by distributions to include a release that was not ready for general use, and sensationalism in free software blogs and journalism.
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Sweet Home 3D: simple interior design
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Remodeling? Like free software? If you answer "yes" to both questions, try taking Sweet Home 3D for a spin. The open source, cross-platform 3-D interior design application is simple to use and simple to learn. You don't create individual objects in Sweet Home 3D like you do in a modeling app like Blender; instead you focus on the layout and design of the rooms themselves.
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The Blender Foundation's "Big Buck Bunny" is a Peach!
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The Blender Foundation’s second free-content movie, Big Buck Bunny, is the product of the foundation’s “Peach Open Movie” project, and the results are impressive. Like the previous Elephants Dream movie, this film pushes the technical envelope for the “Blender” free software 3D rendering and animation application; unlike it, it succeeds as pure entertainment.
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Nifty tools for your Asus Eee PC
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It didn't take the enterprising community of Asus Eee PC users long to come up with some great tweaking tools for this Linux-based ultra-low-cost laptop. Just a few weeks after the official launch of Eee PC, the first tweaking utilities started to appear on the EeeUser forums.
Read more »Manage Your Photos with Kflickr
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When it comes to photographs, I generally have one word of advice for everyone, experienced or noob: Flickr.
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Mandriva leaps into the netbook market with the GDium
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Mandriva is providing the innovative operating system for the upcoming GDium netbook system, produced by Emtec. Find out more about the GDium's unique G-Key system by following the link. The GDium is a netbook with a 10", 1024x600 resolution display and a battery life of four hours, weighing in at 1.1kg.
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