The Free Software Foundation has announced that, because the standard distribution of OpenOffice includes some proprietary extensions, it has decided to maintain a list of free software extensions for the open source office suite
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Ubuntu 10.04: Ten Days In
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I've been using Ubuntu 10.04 on a production machine for about 10 days. Now that I've gotten to know it better, here are some thoughts on what I like and dislike about the latest and greatest version of the world's most popular Linux distribution.
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How Old Are Ubuntu Users?
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A few weeks ago, we took a look at how Ubuntu use varied by country. I'm still on a bit of a demographic kick, so I decided to do some research on another pertinent topic: the median age of Ubuntu users. Here's what I found.
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Custom wallpaper placement with anyPaper
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Today we continue on with our Wallpaper theme! Now it’s time for something a bit different. One tool offers a single addition to the standard wallpaper manager that sets it apart. That tool is anyPaper. And that feature allows you to place your image anywhere on your desktop you like.
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There's Something About Ubuntu
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Lucid Lynx is enjoying glowing reviews, and Ubuntu in general is immensely popular, as Linux distros go. What is it about Ubuntu that gives it such a large, loyal following? Granted, not everyone is Ubuntu's friend -- "irritating" and "fatally flawed" were a few choice adjectives that pop up. But others figure that if Linux is going to have a flagship distro, Ubuntu might as well be it.
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GitHub launches Subversion write support beta
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GitHub has enhanced the read-only Subversion support that launched on April Fool's day and added write support
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The Bizarre Cathedral - 72
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Latest from the Bizarre Cathedral comic strip by merc & crimperman
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'We positioned Ubuntu as a version of Linux that was personal and non-technical'
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Mark Shuttleworth, Founder, Canonical and Ubuntu Linux on why he thinks Ubuntu will succeed on the desktop, where other equally famed competitors have failed
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CodeWeavers Launches CrossOver Games 9.0 for Linux and Mac
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CodeWeavers Inc a leading developer of software products that turn Mac OS X and Linux into Windows compatible operating systems today announces it has completed the development of CrossOver Games 9.0 for both Mac and Linux. CrossOver Games allows Windows games to be used on Mac and Linux PCs without the need for a Windows operating system license.
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Symantec Study Mischaracterizes Linux Spam
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Of particular interest to me is the assertion in the report that "any given Linux machine is five times more likely to be sending spam than any given Windows machine."
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Microsoft’s Got Nothin’ – The Patent “War” Against Linux
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In the last three years, Microsoft claims to have entered into over 600 licensing agreements with companies small and large over alleged patent violations in "Linux".
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Kernel Log: New stable kernels and drivers
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While new stable kernel releases seem to have become somewhat less frequent, they now include more changes. Although the most recent version of AMD's proprietary graphics drivers finally work with X Server 1.7, NVIDIA's drivers already work with version 1.8. Videos of the Linux Audio Conference and the Collaboration Summit provide insights into audio and kernel topics
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New Default Applications In Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10?
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After a discussion @ UDS-m, the blueprint for UNE default app selection was updated seconds ago and it now points out that some default applications might be changed in Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10.
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Gnome, the desktop environment favoured by the likes of Ubuntu Linux, is getting an overhaul. For users this means a number of things, including a new way of interacting with files and a new way of launching and managing applications.
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Tiny Core Linux: My first impression: innovative and amazing
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I've been thinking about getting back to the small projects for some time. Today I burned a Slitaz disc. Couldn't get X to start. (And no, none of the vga=xxx boot codes would help.) So I turned to Tiny Core Linux.
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