After a recent meeting of the SC 34 committee, the ISO/IEC group responsible for OOXML, Groklaw are reporting that they believe Microsoft are trying to take control of the Open Document Format (ODF), the uncontroversial open document format standard.
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Emacs World Domination for the Wrong Reasons
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RMS: « ...I am sure it IS effective for convincing people to use [Emacs] when that is more convenient. I want to convince people to insist on freedom even when it is inconvenient..." »
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New Manju project plans to redraw desktop art
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Most free software projects produce applications for users. A minority, however, produce specifications or libraries for developers and other contributors.
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To encrypt or not? That is the question
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Even before someone hacked Sarah Palin's Yahoo Mail account I had been wondering whatever happened to encryption.
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Top 5 torrent clinets for Linux
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Here is a list with the most used torrent clients for Linux. While a few other exists and are listed elsewhere, I think the software presented here represents the big players, and a wide range of interfaces and features. I’m just sharing, I don’t profess to be an expert. Anyway, I hope this list will be of help to you in choosing a better torrent client.
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Ubuntu Tweak - Sneak Peak at Latest Version!
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The UI has been radically redesigned. I have always liked Ubuntu Tweak's looks. The current redesign makes Ubuntu Tweak look very sleek and modern. Here's a screen shot:
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Amarok 2.0 Beta 2 was released
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The Amarok team has proudly announced a few hours ago the second beta release of the upcoming Amarok 2.0 music player. The much-anticipated release brings lots of improvements, new features and numerous bug fixes.
The most important changes in Amarok 2.0 Beta 2 are:
· Incremental scanning support;
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Freeing your phone with the FIC Neo FreeRunner
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The temptation to compare the FreeRunner and the Apple iPhone can be overwhelming. They both run a Unix-like operating system; they both have GPS, wi-fi, and accelerometers; they are both cell phones.
In spite of their similarities, their differences are even more striking.
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Exaile 0.2.14 and Exaile 0.3.0a music player - released
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0.2.14 has been released! This release includes a lot of bug fixes, and the lastfmradio plugin.
Also, we’ve put up the first source tarball for Exaile 0.3.0a. To use it, download and extract the tarball, then run ./exaile from within the source directory. Note: This is an alpha release, and yes we know that there are a lot of features missing. This is just barely a hint of what’s to come.
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How often do we need GNU/Linux releases?
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Of what use is an operating system if all it does is to make you look forward to the next release - simply because umpteen bugs have been introduced by all the new features in the current version?
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Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase Winners Announced!
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"I am absolutely tickled pink to announce the winners of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase! ..."
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A Linux wallpaper for beginners
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This is a wallpaper especially designed for Linux beginners. It shows the main Linux commands and their descriptions.
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Dell Quietly Releases Another Ubuntu Machine in the UK
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After the original releases of three Ubuntu machines last year, Dell has quietly been adding to its repository of Linux-powered machines. The newest is a UK-based Inspiron Mini 9, reported by TheRegister.
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FSCONS: Interview with Fredrik Jonsson on Ubuntu deployment
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For the upcoming FSCONS Fredrik Jonsson, who's presenting Ubuntu Deployment for Your Enterprise has been interviewed
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"Richard Stallman will speak about the Free Software Movement, which campaigns for freedom so that computer users can cooperate to control their own computing activities. The Free Software Movement developed the GNU operating system, often erroneously referred to as Linux, specifically to establish these freedoms."
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom 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 RusselAbout 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.
