I first read about Fotox in an article by Dmitri Popov, who writes a lot of articles that I enjoy reading. I gave it a test drive, and it's no Adobe Photoshop. Which for me is a plus--for editing digital photographs, Photoshop is overpriced, lardy overkill, and there is no Linux version anyway.
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Free BlackBerry downloads: 5 open-source mobile apps
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Contrary to popular belief, when it comes to software, open source does not always mean "free." Not always...but in this case, it does.
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Will We Ever Have a GPL Test Case?
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The GNU General Public License is nearly 20 years old (version 1 came out in 1989). In that time there have been at least 100 million lawsuits filed in the US (and that's a conservative estimate). Amazingly enough, not one of those millions of court cases has actually tested the GPL's validity. How can that be - and is it a problem for the open source software movement?
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Top 5 ways not to be a Linux evangelist
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As I ate dinner at a recent LUG meeting, I found myself pleasantly surrounded by a group of people with the same intense passion. We all shared a thorough love for the beneficial and effective Linux operating system.
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Ballnux Laptops Falter Again (Better Off with GNU/Linux)
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Novell's GNU/Linux distribution on H-P laptops falls short (compared to other GNU/Linux laptops)
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Financial Games: Novell’s Main Strength?
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An analysis of Novell's real financial state, which the news seems to voluntarily cover in a shallow way
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Susan Hauser, FUDMeister Extraordinaire
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Watch how a Microsoft marketing rep is throwing FUD at GNU/Linux, even in an open source Web site
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Bling your browser with PimpMyCamino
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As the Mozilla-based OS X Web browser project Camino continues to grow, so do the number of add-ons and plugins at PimpMy Camino. Although PimpMyCamino is not officially endorsed by the Camino developers, the project's Web site calls it "your one-stop shop for Camino add-ons."
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Make that Three: India Appeals Adoption of OOXML
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Last night was the deadline for filing appeals to the adoption of OOXML by ISO/IEC JTC 1. This morning, a spokesman for the IEC acknowledged the receipt of a total of three appeals by the deadline, with the third and final appeal being filed by India, as reported by Peter Sayers, of the IDG News Service.
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The Meaning of Open Source
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I began searching online for solutions to my various minor difficulties. And I was amazed at what I found. In every case, others had had similar problems, and in every case people had offered helpful suggestions as to how to fix them. It was a wonderful vindication of the entire open source way, of people helping each other by passing on their personal discoveries.
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Listadmin - Command line tool to manipulate the queues of messages
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listadmin is a command line tool to manipulate the queues of messages held for moderator approval by mailman. It is designed to keep user interaction to a minimum, in theory you could run it from cron to prune the queue. It can use the score from a header added by SpamAssassin to filter, or it can match specific senders, subjects, or reasons.
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PlayOnLinux v3.0 a.k.a Arietis Released
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Here is PlayOnLinux version 3.0 as announced, the release of your favorite front-end to Wine, PlayOnLinux.
This is a major version. Here is what's new:
A whole range of new functions
I want to point out that v2 scripts are still compatible with this version. But we decided to re-design the installation programs nevertheless. Here is the new interface:
Updated scripts
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In this final installment to the series I'll double your reading pleasure by presenting two new Linux softsynths. Such a deal, two reviews for the price of one!
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Emacs Gnus: Searching Mail
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"There are several ways to find messages in Emacs. From the summary buffer, you can use / o (gnus-summary-insert-old-articles) to display all or some old messages. You can then scan through the headers in the summary buffer by using C-s (isearch-forward), or you can limit the displayed messages with these commands: ..."
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Buntu Family Theater
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Linux Journal's own Shawn Powers tells the story of Ubuntu and his family of distributions as they search for their identities.
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