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Minitube Streams YouTube Videos Right to Your Desktop -- No Flash Required

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Minitube is a solid open source YouTube viewing client that gives users a way to search and watch videos without all the visual distractions.

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6 Different Ways To End Unresponsive Programs In Linux

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Most Windows users know about the utility of the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys when dealing with an unresponsive application. A program is said to be unresponsive when it doesn’t respond to any user interaction and neither does it perform its intended actions.

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FOSS: How Did 2009 Shape Up?

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Another year goes by without the "Year of the Linux Desktop" (whatever that means) but that doesn’t mean that Free software is standing still. What highlights have there been over the last year and what is still holding us back?

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How I switched to Linux

http://portal.shaakunthala.com

After I got my own computer in 2003 (which had Windows installed by default -- obviously), I wanted to try out Linux. But, I couldn't find any installation media. In 2005 one of my friends opened the door of open source to me. And that was Ubuntu!

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Ubuntu's Lucid plans

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In April Ubuntu Lucid Lynx will be released. We look at what can be expected.

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My job is to make you happy. About using Linux.

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What is the short list of must-know topics that should be covered to prime a new Linux user who is smart, computer-savvy, but not a computer geek? I've started a list and need your help.

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My new focus at Canonical

http://www.markshuttleworth.com

From March next year, I'll focus my Canonical energy on product design, partnerships and customers. Those are the areas that I enjoy most and also the areas where I can best shape the impact we have on open source and the technology market.

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Cisco 802.11n router for SMBs runs Linux

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Cisco announced a Linux-based WiFi router touted as the first 802.11n dual-band clustering access point for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). The Cisco AP 541N Wireless Access Point includes 802.11n, gigabit Ethernet, "robust" security, voice roaming, and clustering technology, enabling a single point of administration for multiple access points.

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Microsoft Smears — Not Embraces — Free Software Projects

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Microsoft's assault extends to the entire LAMP stack (and above), not just GNU/Linux

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Best Buy lawsuit shows how GPL violations have changed

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It's not the first (and likely not the last) of the SFLC's GPL enforcement efforts, but it does mark a key turning point in their public efforts for a number of reason

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TurboPrint for Linux Saves the Day-- Again

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Printing in Linux, even in this glorious year 2009--almost 2010--of the new millennium, the 21st century, is still fraught with vexations. I have always liked CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System once you figure out your way around it. But there are still some gaps.

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OpenSUSE's Brockmeier caught out over Moglen claim?

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OpenSUSE community manager Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier has been caught out spreading misinformation about the patent deal that Microsoft signed with his employer, Novell, a little over three years ago.

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Openoffice.org extensions- Personal/Family Budget Spreadsheet

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This spreadsheet will allow you to set a yearly budgeted amount for numerous categories and then track your spending in all of them comparing it to your budgeted amount, just like a business. It will track your income (monthly and yearly) and compare that with your monthly and yearly expenses.

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FSFE Highlights Brad Smith’s Attack on Free Software, Microsoft Blogs Present Smith’s Spin

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Microsoft's legal team keeps trying to screw Free software and people do notice, then respond

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SaaS Partners Boost Open-Xchange Open Source Email

http://www.thevarguy.com

Open-Xchange claims 2009 was a banner year; more than 15 million people worldwide are running the open source email system, an 80 percent increase from 2008. The company's secret to success involves SaaS (software as a service) partners. Here's why. "

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Anybody up to writing good directory software?

Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David Jonathan

From the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).

Is better education the key to finding better software?

Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward Russel

About Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.

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