I had really thought that Vista SP1 would be an improvement. I didn't think it would be a big improvement, but still that it would be more competitive with Windows XP and the modern Linux desktop. I was wrong.
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Archive files in both Windows and Linux using PeaZip
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If you need an archiving program that can run under both Windows and Linux, sport a graphical interface, and be licensed as open source software, only a single program will do: PeaZip. It acts as a graphical front end for several tools that provide archiving, compression, encryption, and similar functions.
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Fancy An Online Desktop?
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Online desktop (some call it online operating system, or WebOS) literally means putting the whole operating system online and allow users to have their own desktop where they can access anywhere in the World with an Internet connection.
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Athens schools promote 'open source' computing
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Athens Area Schools is spreading its wisdom on the use of open source computer technology to educators around the state.
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Open Source Point-of-Sale Systems: Worth A Look?
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ha-ching. That’s the noise open source companies hope to hear as they launch new point-of-sale solutions for VARs and retail customers. But can open source POS systems compete with traditional, popular options from Dell, Microsoft, IBM, NCR and others?
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Malaysia Standards Says Most of Their Technical Concerns Unresolved at BRM; Fast Track Inappropriate
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Standards Malaysia has now issued a statement [PDF] regarding the BRM. The title says it all, "Malaysian delegation at the ISO meeting in Geneva (25 – 29 Feb ’08) finds the technical issues in the draft standard OOXML unresolved satisfactorily".
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Unison claims first unified communications suite based on Linux
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Announced at CEBIT, the Unison suite supposedly hits all of the main communications needs: IP telephony, email, IM, address book and 'presence' capabilities, all in a single Linux server. Beats out MS Office Communications Server, apparently. Free public beta.
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Emacspeak WebSpace --- Interaction-Free Information Access
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"A few months ago, I started an Emacspeak module called emacspeak-webspace that is now ready for wider use. The goal of this module is to unobtrusively fetch useful information from the Web and communicate it at those times that one is context-switching among tasks. [...] Conceptually, it consists of smart fetchers that fetch information asynchronously from the Web, and smart displayers that communicate this information at appropriate times. These are detailed below..."
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Distribution Release: Linux-EduCD 0.9
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"Linux-EduCD is a distribution developed by Poland's SIMP Studium Techniki, with focus on education, graphics, office and multimedia software and designed for deployment in Polish schools. The newly released version 0.9 is the project's first build based on PCLinuxOS (previously it was based on Ubuntu)..."
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Bazaar IDE integration
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"...I’ve also recorded a short chat with Martin Albisetti who is leading the new Bazaar IDE integration team. Martin talks about the technical and advocacy approaches they plan to take. Listen to the interview with Martin." -- (Bzr is now a GNU package and should be used by Emacs team => https://launchpad.net/vc-bzr )
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OpenMoko open sources handset hardware
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The developer of Linux mobile phones has open sourced the casing of its handset, releasing the CAD files so users can create their own versions to fit the OpenMoko electronics
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Firefox 3 is Faster Finally?
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Firefox 3 has a lot of nice new features, the design is slick and it promises to be yet another Mozilla home run! Now a lot of people could really care less about those three facts because much of the Web is much more considered with how fast Firefox 3 is going to be. Well thanks to Ryan over at CybernetNews.com we have some numbers for you.
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ISO Statement on the BRM: Public Stay Out - Updated
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The ISO folk have put out a press release about how wonderful the BRM worked out and what happens next. However, it tells us little people to stay out.
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Web design tools for Firefox
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Designing good looking websites is often a little bit hit and miss. Even with the best web development tools, getting things to line up or matching colours is hard to achieve. Forunately, Firefox has a couple of great extensions that make laying out a web page just a little bit easier.
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Icon herding gets easier with Tango Generator
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When you want to customize the look and feel of your Linux desktop environment, you can find many resources for altering window managers and interface widgets, but working with icons has always been more of an issue. Now you can get help with icons from a new program called Tango Generator.
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