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Video tour: Bluefish editor

http://www.linux.com

Bluefish is a GUI-based text and code editor that runs on 'most (maybe all?) POSIX compatible operating systems including Linux, FreeBSD, Ma cOS X, OpenBSD, and Solaris.' It has an impressive feature list, and is both lightweight and speedy.

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Created by nanotech-spidergoat 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Important: Want to join the new OASIS ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC?

http://www.groklaw.net

If you saw Alex Brown's offensive suggestion that some think ODF should just "fade away" in News Picks, it no doubt made your blood boil. Here's where you can put some of that energy, if you are so inclined: Rob Weir has announced the new technical committee, ODF Interoperability and Conformance TC, and he's asking for individuals and projects to please sign up to help out.

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Created by alienhub 17 years 15 weeks ago
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OOXML Scandal, Part 1001: ISO/IEC ‘Only’ 6 Months Late, Still Secretive

http://boycottnovell.com

ISO is shown to be operating like an underground movement rather than a public process

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Created by komrad 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Switch to a lightweight filemanager (Thunar)

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

Thunar is the default file manager used in the stripped-back Xfce4 desktop of Xubuntu. It starts quickly and has a low-memory footprint, yet it is very powerful and provides all the features you are likely to need.

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Created by arslinuxum 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Report on ODF Adoption, OpenOffice.org Reaches RC3

http://boycottnovell.com

ODF adoption is rising; ODF workshop report; OpenOffice.org near final release

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Created by komrad 17 years 15 weeks ago
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PCLinuxOS Repositories

http://linux-blog.org

Something that is asked about quite a bit in the PCLinuxOS support IRC channel is “how to change repositories”. One of the main reasons this is needed is that not all repositories are reachable depending on your geographic location.

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Created by KDEmon 17 years 15 weeks ago
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I keep coming back to Gentoo!

http://rahulthewall.wordpress.com

I don’t know why, but somehow after using Gentoo it is impossible for me to use any other Linux Distro.

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Created by serdar 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Big Money Joins Linux Foundation

http://practical-tech.com

Anyone who still thinks Linux is just for geeky hobbyists needs to wake up and look at the stock market. Big business runs on Linux and no where is that more apparent on the world’s major stock markets.

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Created by Jimbob 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Linux for Older PCs : From Ubuntu to Vector Linux

http://anojrs.blogspot.com

This week, I tried Vector Linux, a slackware based distro, known to be fast and stable, ideal for older machines like mine and yet never compromising on the features. Read on, to see if it delivered what it promised.

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Created by anna 17 years 15 weeks ago
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2008 New Zealand Open Source Awards

http://radar.oreilly.com

Wednesday night in Wellington is a lot more exciting when the New Zealand Open Source Award ceremony is on!

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Created by giantrobot 17 years 15 weeks ago
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New Linux Distribution, Linpus, Goes Global

http://www.crn.com

There is a distribution specifically targeting the Asian market. Enter Linpus Linux, a Fedora-based distribution developed by Taiwan-based Linpus Technologies Inc. Linpus Linux comes with full Unicode support for Chinese and Japanese.

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Created by switchpin 17 years 15 weeks ago
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GnuCash 2.2.7 released

http://freesoftnews.com

The GnuCash development team proudly announces GnuCash 2.2.7 aka “Dates’n'Prices”, the seventh bug fix release in a series of stable releases of the GnuCash Free Accounting Software

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Created by Jimbob 17 years 15 weeks ago
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Cloud Computing Is Not Bad: It Just Needs Some Openness

http://www.linuxloop.com

Recently, Richard Stallman called cloud computing 'worse than stupidity' His argument for this view is that, by giving your data away to the host of the web application you are using, you are essentially giving up all rights to that data. After all, they own it and there is little you can do to stop them from doing whatever they want with that data.

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Created by myspace1999 17 years 15 weeks ago
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100 reasons Linux beats Windows

http://www.itwire.com

That's right; you heard me. Here are – count 'em – one hundred reasons why Linux beats Windows.

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Created by switchpin 17 years 15 weeks ago
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30 Cool Acer Aspire One Hacks

http://www.linuxhaxor.net

Here’s a comprehensive round up of all the cool hacks and mods for the Aspire One I could dig up from google and several Aspire One forums and blogs. With my thanks to the original authors of these tips and guides.

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