If you use Linux on your desktop, and you also happen to have a BlackBerry handheld device, you're probably aware that Research in Motion, the company that develops the BlackBerry platform, offers nothing in the way of support for its devices on Linux -- but the intrepid geeks in the free software world do. Thanks to to the efforts of the Barry and OpenSync projects, I just finished syncing my BlackBerry 8800 with my Evolution contacts on my Ubuntu 7.10 desktop.
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First look to Mozilla Labs Weave
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"The door is open again and registration available for Weave, Mozilla Labs’ application for synchronizing Firefox metadata online. To register, visit Weave User Registration site..."
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GNOME, Google and the UNIX user interface
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Recently, after a flurry of annoying user interface issues, I’ve switched my RSS reader from Liferea to Google Reader. Interestingly, it turns out that Google Reader actually fits better with the traditional UNIX user interface concept, I’ve found.
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Wengo giving up on Wengophone?
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Lately I’ve been working on an updated version of the comparison between Skype and Wengophone I wrote on June 2006 for Free Software Magazine. While I was working on it, I spotted a number of rather worrying signs:
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Top 40+ GIMP plugins
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GIMP is the undisputed king of image editing in Linux platforms, and is next only to Photoshop in popularity in Windows and Mac platforms. With a large community of developers and an even larger pool of users, it is no surprise that GIMP is very popular.
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A Holiday Present for Everybody: MEPIS 7.0 is Released
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MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 7.0. The isos for the 32 and 64 versions are in the released directory at the MEPIS subscriber site and public mirrors. MEPIS 7.0 offers up to date user applications delivered on top of a Debian stable core.
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My Ubuntu Experiment
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My 71 year-old father has agreed to try Ubuntu on his home PC. He has used Windows for years, but after his XP system became so infected with viruses and other malware that I needed to wipe his system, he's willing to try Linux. I've promised I'll reload XP if this experiment fails.
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Howto Setup iTunes-compatible Media server in Ubuntu
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mt-daapd is a DAAP server that works with most POSIX compatible operating systems. It allows you to share your music collection over the local network using the same protocol iTunes uses, so real iTunes users may peruse your music.
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Promising looking Open Source archive
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"Welcome to Open Source Living, an archive of the Web's best Open Source software, applications and references for a zero-cost / top quality digital experience." OSLiving.com came about as a result of a long list of browser favourites that was frankly too long to manage, so rather than horde all of these links to Open Source apps and software I decided to centralise everything into a single site that others could benefit from too.
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For Those Searching On Christmas...
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No, this isn't some esoterical or philosophical musing upon the meaning of Christmas or any other day for that matter. For this instance, you can take ol' helios literally. Just don't get used to it.
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Linux Mint: A Newbie's Perspective
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After messing around with PCLinuxOS, I finally decided it was time to give Linux Mint a try. The funny thing was I had the torrent file around on my computer but I never got around to downloading it and decided to give PCLinuxOS a try because of it's popularity on DistroWatch.com.
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10 Things I Hate About KDE4 RC2+
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KDE4 has a lot of hype. It is a significant change, reportedly a big jump forward. There is a lot of new technology and names: Plasma, Oxygen, Phonon, Okular, Solid and more . Depending on what you read, and where you read it, it is either the second coming of the DE Christ, or the first coming of the DE Anti-christ.
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More reasons gOS is nowhere near ready for use by just about anybody
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now that I'm back in gOS, I needed to reset the clock to UTC. I'm perfectly capable of opening a terminal and using the command line to set the clock, but I can't believe that the casual, new-to-Linux user with gOS has no other way to set the time. No GUI, big problem.
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Linux PDF editor for manipulating PDF documents
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Adobe Acrobat is a commercial tool for manipulating PDF files. Earlier I was using CUPs - printing system, to export PDF files. I’ve also tried out gv for the same purpose.
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Thirty days with PCLinuxOS - The case of Ultumix or How not to remaster PCLinuxOS
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One of the core principles of open source development is “freedom”. As such, there are few limitations for developers and end users to take the work of others and move it into a direction they deem better
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