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Review of the System76 Starling Netbook

http://janehadley.net

I wanted a netbook for traveling. I plan to use it primarily for checking e-mail, browsing the Internet, writing documents, listening to music and watching movies. I may also at some point use it as an e-book reader and podcast player.

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Created by Sheik Djibouti 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Has Linux lost its root vision?

http://it.toolbox.com

When I first started using Linux it was fast. Even the most bloated of desktop environments, gnome and kde, were blindingly fast when compared to other operating systems on the same hardware. This was because the unsung volunteer hero's of the open source world took pride in producing the best code they possibly could.

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Created by sexybeast 16 years 24 weeks ago
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The not-so-intuitive Intuition of Intuit

http://robertogaloppini.net

The lines between open source and proprietary vendors’ software strategies continue to blur. Intuit announced the launch of a community site for developers interested in creating connected on line applications for small businesses, providing them with a number of open source tools.

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Created by linuxlooooser 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Open source adoption 'anomaly' in Philippines

http://www.zdnetasia.com

Like several economies in the region, open source adoption in the Philippines is gradually expanding as organizations to seek alternatives to expensive proprietary software. But, unlike some markets, early adopters in the country come from the private sector.

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Created by gitikaru 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Arch Linux 2009.02

http://blog.jjtcomputing.co.uk

Arch Linux is a distro developed without assitance from any of the major distributions, and is targeted at experienced users of Linux.

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Created by brian1977 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Of Spiders and Scrapers: Decomposing Web Pages 101

http://www.linux-mag.com

Not all sites proffer slick RESTful interfaces and XML feeds. In those cases, collecting data requires some good, old-fashioned scraping. This week, let's look at some of the tools and techniques required to scrape a site.

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Created by ploppsicle 16 years 24 weeks ago
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10 Cool Unix/Linux Personalized License Plates

http://www.junauza.com

Some people have taken their love for Unix and Linux on the streets literally by displaying their Unix/Linux-related personalized license plates. Though I haven't actually seen one in real life yet, I have collected several photos that will show some of these cool custom license plates in action, which I'm going to share with all of you...

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Created by the_borg10001101 16 years 24 weeks ago
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SCO vs. Linux: Forget Hans Bayer!

http://www.h-online.com

The court proceedings concerning the bankruptcy of the SCO Group were finalised on Monday with a 12-hour marathon hearing. The judge's ruling is expected in about a week. A surprising aspect of the hearing was a controversy that developed around the role of SCO's Vice President Hans Bayer, the former CEO of SCO Germany.

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Created by spambot 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Making PDF documents in Ubuntu 9.04 with CUPS-PDF

http://unixlab.blogspot.com

Yesterday , I wanted to send some web pages to a friend . I decided that I will make a PDF document and send the pdf. I looked around on internet for information about a pdf printer. Several sources pointed to cups-pdf.

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Created by Fermilevel 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Further Progress for ODF, But Derailing Still Attempted by the Microsoft Crowd

http://boycottnovell.com

Listing of some new OpenDocument milestones and warning about those who try to push a stick into wheels of standards

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Created by komrad 16 years 24 weeks ago
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US labs virtualize 1 million Linux kernels

http://www.zdnetasia.com

Researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories said on Tuesday that they have successfully run more than one million Linux kernels as virtual machines on a single high-performance cluster.

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Go Back to School With Linux: Part Two

http://ostatic.com

The openSUSE Education Project is an effort to support schools using Linux and to provide an openSUSE-based Live DVD that can be used to set up a quick educational environment without installing any software.

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Created by GengusKhan 16 years 24 weeks ago
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Developers threaten to leave CentOS

http://www.centos.org

This is an Open Letter to Lance Davis from fellow CentOS Developers. You seem to have crawled into a hole ... and this is not acceptable. You have long promised a statement of CentOS project funds; to this date this has not appeared.

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Created by bythicalmeast 16 years 24 weeks ago
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GNOME 2.27.5 Released, Marks Feature Freeze

http://www.phoronix.com

Vincent Untz has announced the release of GNOME 2.27.5. This unstable release of GNOME in the road to GNOME 2.28.0 also marks the entering of the feature freeze for this bi-annual update to GNOME.

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Created by penguinista 16 years 24 weeks ago
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More RAND and Hostility Towards Standards, Courtesy of Microsoft

http://boycottnovell.com

Another look at how Microsoft and its affiliates suppress Free software (a potpourri of new examples)

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