I am cursed as a member of middle management, which means part of my responsibility in real life is to filter the resumes of potential employees. It gives me the chance to mess with document converters.
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Did Microsoft Pressure Dell to Change Ubuntu Linux Statement?
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On June 10, The VAR Guy was first to report Dell considered Ubuntu Linux safer than Windows. But now, Dell has apparently updated its web site to remove/alter that statement. Of course, Linux conspiracy theorists think Microsoft pressured Dell to make the change. Is that really the case? Here's the story.
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Exploring Fedora - The LXDE and Xfce spins are on my radar
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Sure, Ubuntu Lucid is running OK on my aging 2002-era Toshiba Satellite 1100-S101 laptop. But I feel the strain of all that gwibber-service/desktop-couch activity in the Ubuntu LTS. So I've been looking around for my next distro. I'm running Fedora 13's LXDE spin from the live image right now, and I have the Xfce spin ready to test.
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LPI and Government of Tunisia to certify IT graduates
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The Linux Professional Institute (LPI), the world's premier Linux certification organization, announced with the Ministry of Communication Technologies of Tunisia a program to train and certify young graduates in Linux and Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).
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Right-click on a file, and this script will decide what conversions are appropriate, ask some questions about what you want, and execute the proper command and options to convert it into something else.
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The Changing of History
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Dell repeats the mistakes of history by harbouring censorship and fearing to pass judgment about Microsoft
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Microsoft Certified Partner Supports Mono
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Infragistics adds its weight to Mono at times when Novell's future is mostly unknown and OpenSUSE rethinks its strategy
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Security update for Samba 3.3
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A critical security hole has forced the Samba developers to release an update for the 3.3 branch, which is due to be discontinued
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Sencha Touch: HTML5 framework for mobile apps
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Start-up Sencha has released an HTML5 and CSS3-based framework for developing iPhone / iPad, Android and (coming soon) BlackBerry applications
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Version 2.5.0 of the Parrot virtual machine released
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The latest 2.5.0 release of Parrot features a number of updates and core changes, including the addition of a ByteBuffer PMC to allow direct byte manipulation. Packages for the RHEL 6 beta are also now available
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WordPress 3.0 adds multi-site support
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The WordPress developers have released version 3.0 of their open source blogging and publishing platform, adding a new default theme and merging WordPress MU to allow users to manage multiple sites with the same installation
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Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.0.5
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Mozilla has released version 3.0.5 of its popular open source Thunderbird email and news client, closing more than 60 bugs and improving message indexing performance
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FSF Hostility From Novell’s Former Managers Amid Fight Against ACTA
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Advocacy of freedom seen as "negative" by so-called "pragmatists" who chose to serve Novell
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European Commission Still Lobbied by Microsoft, OASIS Does Not Support Software Freedom
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Groups in Europe fight over the definitions of "open source" and "open standards"; meanwhile, "Free/libre software" is being left out of this conversation
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On CentOS 5.4
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This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a CentOS 5.4 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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