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Ubuntu On The Road To Bloat

http://thefreedesktop.blogspot.com

Finally after an hour and a half, my hard drive stops grinding. The familiar shine of it's activity LED satisfyingly fades. I pause to wonder if Gutsy will be the Windows ME of Ubuntu releases, one so problematic that when the next release comes out, the new release looks better than ever.

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Created by charlesgoodwin 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Howto install a content filtering and virus checking proxy (Part I)

http://www.linux-tip.net

All Internet content carries a risk. Content Filtering helps companies and home users to stop unwanted data. It is used as part of Internet Firewalls or Proxy Servers to screen the content of all incoming Internet traffic. Content filtering usually works by specifying character strings that, if matched, indicate undesirable content that is to be screened out.

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Created by fn-eagle 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Howto install a content filtering and virus checking proxy (Part II)

http://www.linux-tip.net

Commercial filters are often expensive, especially when used on a large number of computers, as would be the case in a school computer lab or in small or medium companies with computer networks. In contrast, open source filters are generally freely available for download.

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Created by fn-eagle 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Remote access Mandriva 2007 Free using FreeNX

http://www.linux-tip.net

NoMachine NX is a Terminal Server and remote access solution based on a comprising set of enterprise class open source technologies. NX makes it possible to run any graphical application on any operating system across any network connection at incredible speed.

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Created by fn-eagle 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Use the "CUBE" with XGL and Compiz on your Suse Laptop.

http://www.linux-tip.net

Well, I got my laptop on Friday two weeks ago. I must say, the HP Compaq nx6310 was definitely a good choice. The only thing I don’t really like is the TrueLife screen. I don’t like it because of the glare, but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Anyway, one of the first things I did was partition the drive, and install OpenSuse 10.2, 64bit version.

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Created by fn-eagle 18 years 18 weeks ago
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AcerMed is officially dead

http://www.gplmedicine.org

The important thing to note here is what did NOT matter. The AcerMed people seemed decent enough: did not matter. AcerMed was CCHIT certified: did not matter. AcerMed was recommended in the industry press and by industry experts: did not matter.

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Created by ivaldes1 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Office software shootout: OpenOffice.org Writer vs. Microsoft Word, round three

http://www.linux.com

Every few years, I check in on how OpenOffice.org Writer compares to Microsoft Word. The first comparison came in 2002, the second in 2005. In those two comparisons, OpenOffice.org emerged as superior, not least for its greater stability.

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Created by mads 18 years 18 weeks ago
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GnuPG 2.0.7 released

http://lists.gnupg.org

"...The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It can be used to encrypt data, create digital signatures, help authenticating using Secure Shell and to provide a framework for public key cryptography. It includes an advanced key management facility and is compliant with the OpenPGP and S/MIME standards..."

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Created by can.axis 18 years 18 weeks ago
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C'mon, Miguel... tell us this is not true!

http://www.kdedevelopers.org

I saw a forum post where someone said "Icaza himself says that OOXML is superb". Well, first I was amazed, then I shrugged, and wrote it off as a troll, and continued with my other tasks. Two hours later I remembered again.

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Created by anna 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Acer’s “Linux” notebooks… boot. What, you need more?

http://jan-krueger.net

"I am always happy to find alternative applications of creativity. Today’s focus is on Acer or, more specifically, on Acer’s so-called Linux notebooks." This is pretty disgraceful!

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Created by greengrass 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Review: Zonbu Update

http://robinshould.blogspot.com

I have been using my Zonbu for a couple of weeks now so it is time for a report.

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Created by mark 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Linux Yesterday And Linux Tomorrow, But Never Linux Today

http://www.informationweek.com

What would you say if I told you that plans to deploy Linux in corporations aren't accelerating, but are tapering off? That's what one study suggests.

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Created by C733tus 18 years 18 weeks ago
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An introduction to modules : Part 2

http://www.rubyfleebie.com

"In the first part, we learned that a module was a namespace, a way to regroup similar things to help us organize our application better and to avoid name clashes. It was rather easy to understand because we didn’t speak about the true power that resides in modules..."

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Created by can.axis 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Django Web Framework for those who use Python

http://www.radicalbehavior.com

"Determined to never code in PHP again, I set out to choose between Ruby and Python. Both have very powerful feature sets for languages that are for the most part scripting languages. Many things went into the decision - a topic for another blog post, but I decided Python was the language I wanted to use moving forward...

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Created by can.axis 18 years 18 weeks ago
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Erlang for Python programmers: Part I

http://ruslanspivak.com

"Let’s skim over data types in Erlang today. Check previous tutorial for introduction..."

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