There's been a lot of discussion recently about Canonical and it's contributions to upstream, mainly due to an off-the-cuff comment by GregKH on a google video, and mainly in relation to the Linux kernel. Greg's statement, while correct when compared to his data, was incorrect because of improper data collection.
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Linux can save us
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In case you haven't noticed, the economy is collapsing. You can't afford to drive anywhere, and, even if you could, you may not have a GM car to drive there for much longer. Some of you may be losing your houses, and the mortgage companies that gave you that mortgage in the first place?
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How to rip, store, tag and enjoy MP3s on your Ubuntu install
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A short while back, I decided I needed to get a handle on my music collection. I’ve got random MP3s from years back, purchased MP3s, CDs and even an old 8 track or two. There are many ways to do go about this but after throwing out the 8 tracks, here’s what I did to get organized.
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More productive “Open With” method
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In switching from Mac OS Leopard to Ubuntu Linux there was one Mac feature I seriously missed—the ability to drag-and-drop a file onto any application icon to open it. In Ubuntu I experienced a reduction in productivity as I tried to find a way to get this file to open with that application when that application was not the default for that file type.
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta goes live
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The OpenOffice.org development team has released the second beta of the forthcoming OpenOffice.org 3.0 office suite. The latest beta includes a number of new features that will make the wait for 3.0 worth it. The final version of OpenOffice.org 3.0 is expected to be released in September.
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Shuttleworth has some nice words for KDE
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Is Mr Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, slowly warming towards KDE? Or is the man merely trying to keep the KDE folk onside, after a whole host of "technical writers" have attacked the new release of that desktop environment?
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OpenDomain.org owner: Selfless FOSS helper or domain squatter?
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OpenDomain.org is an organization that offers to provide free use of certain domain names to worthwhile open source projects. Ric Johnson, the leader of OpenDomain.org and the owner of dozens of domain names, says he has spent thousands of dollars registering those domains in order to prevent "squatters and phishers" from snapping them up.
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A few weeks ago I felt a little like a proud pappa, well maybe more like an uncle since I can’t claim to have been present for the conception. NetDirector, an open source configuration management tool that I helped get off the ground NetDirectorhas finally been released under the GNU Public License making it a bona fide open source application
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Xfe Review - Wonderful File Manager
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The first impression Xfe gave me was of a solid, full-featured, powerful and good-looking file manager. I have to admit, I was really impressed by this application, and I've never used it before. Since I'm a KDE guy, my file manager of choice was always Konqueror and I was never able to get used to Nautilus, Krusader, Thunar or ROX-Filer. But Xfe is a completely new and pleasant experience.
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Ubuntu Ireland goes for open source success
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The upcoming Software Freedom Day 2008 event, organised and run by Ubuntu Ireland, will gather together all Ubuntu users from around the country and aims to educate the wider public about the benefits of free open source software (FOSS).
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Exaile Music Player Review - A Good Choice for the GTK Fans
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Exaile is an audio player built in GTK, and although it's not as popular as Banshee, Rhythmbox or Audacious, it's feature-complete and offers a unique concept by using multiple tabs for showing several playlists, each one in its own tab, and other dozens of good features which an audiophile will definitely find useful.
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Michael Dell: Is He Agnostic When It Comes to Operating Systems?
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Part of Michael Dell's strategy to revive his namesake company is operating systems. But with technical glitches plaguing Microsoft's Vista software, many tech eyes are waiting to see if Dell will tip his hat toward a favorite - Vista, XP or Linux.
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Unpatched Windows PCs fall to hackers in under 5 minutes, says ISC
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If you value your security, get out of M$ and do it Now! With a broadband connection you can be running a free, secure Linux installation within a couple of hours, or less.
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Blogger unpacks Linux-based phone
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Out in the blogosphere (which we believe is somewhere near "the Internets,") the OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner is getting unpacked, photographed, and examined. On Holden Karau's blog, he describes difficulties getting the FreeRunner working with an AT&T SIM card, but dubs the voice quality "pretty awesome."
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Open Source OS's Part 2: Ubuntu
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Welcome to Part 2 of Open Source Operating Systems. If you missed Part 1, click here. Today we will focus on Ubuntu. I really like Ubuntu. It was the first Linux distro that I used and I really think it is intuitive and very similar to Windows XP.
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