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Benchmarks: gtk+ engines revisited

http://blogs.gentoo.org

Six months ago I posted some benchmarks of popular gtk+ engines. It's time to revisit those benchmarks and test the engines again, this time using FOSS drivers for my new hardware.

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Why I Use Linux

http://www.itnewstoday.com

Everyone that uses Linux has his or her own reason for doing so. Some prefer it outright, others may be sick of the politics surrounding other operating systems. I have been using Linux since around 2002 and it has been an incredible journey.

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What's new in Fedora 11

http://www.h-online.com

It's not just the new design and updated software that brings a sparkle to the eleventh version of Fedora (Leonidas), there are also a whole raft of technical enhancements.

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The Ubuntu/Mono debate continues…

http://www.theopensourcerer.com

Jo Shields writes well and this is a well written piece that articulates the position of a software developer who clearly likes what Mono has to offer. What strikes me with these posts is how technical and abstract the position of the developer is.

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New release model for MySQL

http://www.h-online.com

The MySQL developers have presented a new release model for the development of the open source database.

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ECIS: What's Wrong with Microsoft's Browser Self-Remedy - Case to Continue

http://www.groklaw.net

ECIS, accepted as an intervenor in the European Commission's Microsoft browser antitrust case, has now released a statement [PDF] explaining all that it feels isn't enough about Microsoft's self-remedy. It's titled, Too Little, Too Late, and it says that while the remedy might have been appropriate in 1997, now that there have been "decades of abuse" further action is needed.

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Anti-Linux Perspectives and How to Deal

http://www.everyjoe.com

Whether you are Linux newbie or a veteran, you have a perception of Linux and why you find it easy or difficult to use it, right? Trying to advocate Linux to others would take some knowledge about Linux. This is especially true for those who want to advocate it to their work place.

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Ubuntu 9.10 is getting an installation slideshow

http://blog.ibeentoubuntu.com

The Ubuntu-Doc mailing list just received word from Dylan McCall and the Ubiquity Slideshow Team that Ubiquity (the Ubuntu live CD's installer) is being retrofitted with a slideshow that will play during installation.

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Repairing Ubuntu 9.04 DNS

http://beginlinux.com

Ubuntu 9.04 DNS will probably be broken on install. However, the fix is simple enough. The problem relates to rndc which is the command program used to control Bind9. Here are two tests you can do to verify that it is the exact same problem.

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Marketing FLOSS, But Not As FLOSS

http://www.linuxloop.com

A lot of discussion goes into how to talk about FLOSS - free libre open-source software (for starters how about not using strange acronyms that sound like something you keep with your toothbrush). A recent Earthweb article discusses this topic, pointing out some of the mistakes that are made.

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Why Software is not treated fairly

http://www.mygnulinux.com

This article is not about free software, although many ideas in this article are similar. This article is about the rights and respect that the computer user deserves, and have been taken away from him without even knowing it.

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Amarok 2.1 music player for debian / ubuntu

http://linuxandmicrocontrollertips.blogspot.com

The launch of Amarok 2.1, five months after its previous version 2.0 was announced , the all-free multimedia player...

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More on Using the Bash Complete Command

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In the video last week I showed how to use the bash complete command for simple use cases. Today I'll show you some of the additional ways that you can use the command for more complex scenarios.

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Microsoft IP Ventures and Intellectual Ventures

http://boycottnovell.com

Vultures of intellectual monopolies seek to turn a dying business model into one of racketeering

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MS to ship Windows 7 without IE, The EU is unimpressed

http://www.tech-no-media.com

Microsoft has announced Thursday that they intend to sell version of Windows 7 without the bundled Internet Explorer browser. The Idea is that PC manufacturers would then be free to bundle whatever browser they like with Windows.

The European Unions however is absolutely not impressed by Microsoft's move. It is clear that...

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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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