I’ve been using Firefox’s fullscreen mode on my Eee PC to get the maximum amount of vertical screen space possible. I noticed that the screen flickers black briefly whenever a tooltip or right click menu is displayed. All fullscreen applications seem to be affected. This bug can be worked around by changing an advanced Compiz setting to turn off the unredirecting of fullscreen windows.
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Microsoft’s Grip on the BBC is Tightened
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The BBC absorbs some more Microsoft staff and publishes GNU/Linux FUD
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OpenDocument Format Keeps Winning in Sweden, Brazil
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GNOME Debian Package Finder: Rough and ready package search for the desktop
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If you do your Debian package management from the command line, you are probably aware of utilities that search the cache of available programs, such as apt-cache, apt-file, and dpkg. Possibly, too, you have cursed the limited search information available in graphical interfaces like Synaptic, which does not extend much beyond searching for the description, name, versions, and dependencies.
Read more »Citibank Signs Deals with Microsoft, Deliberately Blocks GNU/Linux Users
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Case study in a possible exclusion of interest, betrayal of convenience in its formation
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Fotowall - Make Wallpaper Collages from your Photos
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Fotowall is a small application that allows you to make collages from your photos and export the result to use as a wallpaper on your desktop.
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SpreadFedora: The beauty that I found in Fedora
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I needed to touch a "real" GNU/Linux without point-and-click graphical tools. I wanted to feel that spirit that I felt at the first time when I met GNU/Linux. I chose Fedora.
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“Peace of Mind” Over Piece of S* Software Patents, Lobbyists
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An investigation of the latest patent news and how it relates to Novell, Microsoft
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Evergreen takes root at Kent County Public Library
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Adopting an open source library automation system allowed a small group of libraries on Maryland's eastern shore to save money and create a more intuitive, user-friendly catalog system for both librarians and patrons.
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Microsoft Might Sabotage Google’s Big Announcement Using Shills
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Microsoft's former employee (evangelist) is quoted in the press as "analysts" who dislikes Google Chrome
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Firefox and Norton: FIGHT!
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Firefox 3.0.1 has been around for months, Norton 360 2.0 and Internet Security 2008 ditto. For many users, however, it would appear that the two cannot live happily together. So just what is the problem?
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The Theory Of Google’s Chrome As An Operating System
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There is no doubt that Google did a nice job of promoting their “Chrome” web browser. Practically everyone is considering this front page news, and for a good reason, too. Whatever you think of it, Google, primarily a web search and web application company, introducing a web browser is big news. The interesting part of all the coverage is the theories about why Google made this move.
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Up and running with Emacs and Git
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"I code in Emacs. Emacs has good support for version control tool interaction in the vc-mode package. I want to use git and have vc-mode work with git. I also want access to special git commands that the vc-mode does not export directly. The notes below are for Ubuntu Hardy, which is what I use all the time..."
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Getting directories with GNU Wget
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"Sometimes there are files that are available from a Web server using Apache's auto index module (mod_autoindex), and you want to copy them to your machine. And you're satisfied retrieving them over HTTP this one time, rather than another file transfer method like SSH, FTP or rsync for that matter. I usually feel confident retrieving things with GNU Wget ..."
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Emacs 22.3 released
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"GNU Emacs 22.3 has been released, and is now available at
ftp.gnu.org/gnu/emacs/ and the GNU FTP mirrors (see http://www.gnu.org/order/ftp.html) [...] Emacs 22.3 is a bugfix release." --
* see also: fix for a security vulnerability
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