"Wikimedia Commons, the multilingual free-content media repository managed by the Wikimedia Foundation, reached the milestone of two million uploaded files on October 8, 2007, less than a year after it reached one million. This makes Wikimedia Commons the fastest growing large Wikimedia project.
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Trowser: A graphical less command that is more
Translating a command line tool to a graphical interface usually means a loss of functionality. However, in the case of the newly released trowser text browser, while I wouldn't swear that the transition has retained all the functionality of the less command that it is intended to replace, I doubt that anyone short of an expert is likely to notice the difference
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Desktop Linux Is a Reality Now
In his Oct. 1 column, Michael Gartenberg claimed that Linux is still far from making it on the desktop. As someone who has tracked Linux’s progress since 1991 and the progress of the IT industry since 1979, I would like to offer an alternative perspective.
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Is free software the way to go?
" In today’s rapidly changing IT landscape, three important aspects define success: innovation, productivity and cost. FOSS or ‘Free and Open Source Software’ is one that addresses all these (at least partially). What began as a hobby of a few individuals has today grown into a social movement..."
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Microsoft mind reading
"Not content with running your computer, Microsoft now wants to read your mind too. The company says that it is hard to properly evaluate the way people interact with computers since questioning them at the time is distracting and asking questions later may not produce reliable answers. "Human beings are often poor reporters of their own actions," the company says.
Read more »What are microformats?
“Microformats are small bits of HTML that represent things like people, events, tags, etc. in web pages.”
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How I came to love Emacs
"...Several years and several thousand lines of config later, I've got a text editor that fits me like a glove. The people I've met, the things I've learned, the crazy ideas I've tried... What would my life be without Emacs? It's really kinda odd to say that about a piece of software, but yes: Emacs has changed my life..."
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Ubuntu 7.10rc1 - Fixing Compiz (Related Ati cards, but some Nv stuff)
This article explains in a general sense the basic troubleshooting of Ubuntu 7.10's compiz 3d Desktop. This tutorial of sorts helps troubleshoot Nvidia cards and Ati cards. I would like to clarify the section "Possible problems for ATI users" this should be abit more clearer on new installs:
0)Install Gusty's Compiz updates ( in Add/Remove App's )
Read more »Calendars Test Day: New Date - Testday on THURSDAY THE 18TH!
"Join us on Thursday, October 18th for the 0.7 RC2 test day. Help us determine if there are any show stoppers that should be fixed before we release 0.7..."
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BBC embraces Linux at long last
The BBC has at long last announced it is adding Linux support to the forthcoming TV over the Internet iPlayer service.
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Learn F-Script in 20 Minutes
F-Script is an open-source scripting layer dedicated to Cocoa. If you aren't using it yet, this is your chance to learn how it can improve your productivity as well as those of the users of your own Cocoa applications.
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Very Bad News for Darl and Ralph
With another surrogate stepping up to engage Linux metaphorically minutes after SCO's corporate death, IBM can hardly ignore how the game is being played. "Disproportionate Response" is the only strategy that makes sense, otherwise Linux's champions will have to deal and fight one puppet corporation after another.
Read more »Its your turn to Oxygen!
This is not one more of my rather useless mocks . This is an actual screen shot , its still not perfect but we are getting there , but we need to get there faster and to do so we need your help, and how can you help? Bug report
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What's Wrong with Open-Source Software?
Though the open-source movement isn't going to die anytime soon, it's looking a little ragged at the edges. And with the appearance of the onerous GPL v3 and the slow deterioration of the popular Firefox browser, I now wonder if open source may have been a fad, or perhaps just a more elaborate iteration of the shareware phenomenon in the 1980s.
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Class Action: Is Microsoft’s Windows “Genuine Advantage” program installed on your computer?
Is Microsoft’s Windows “Genuine Advantage” program installed on your computer? Did you want it? Did Microsoft ask you before they installed it on your computer? If you feel that what Microsoft’s did with its Genuine Advantage program was wrong – there is something you can do about it.
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