"We noticed a few problems with the firmware on the Archos 5 we got our hands on last month, and it now looks like the company is going some way towards addressing a few of those complaints with its latest update, and it's thrown in a few goodies for good measure. The biggest of those is added support for OGG and FLAC formats..."
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New Archos 5, 7 firmware adds OGG / FLAC support, fixes bugs
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Firefox 3.1 beta 1 adds support for OGG formats
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"Big boost to the PlayOGG campaign coming from Firefox:
«This is the first beta from Mozilla to include support for the and elements. This beta includes support for the OGG Theora and OGG Vorbis formats on all platforms» ..."
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SocialDNS: Free Domains for a Free Internet
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"Hello all, John Sullivan (FSF) invited me to present in this mailing list the SocialDNS project (http://www.socialdns.net).
Read more »clearing up a little confusion about geolocation in Firefox 3.1
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"There has been some confusion around the Geolocation functionality that we’re including in Firefox 3.1 Beta 1. I thought I might make a short post to try and clear some of it up..."
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Version 1.1 of GNU ed released
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"I am pleased to announce the release of GNU ed 1.1 ..." -- ed - A line-oriented text editor
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Installing OpenOffice 3.0 On Kubuntu Hardy
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Credit must be given to mogyweb who's how to for Ubuntu was helpful but incomplete for Kubuntu as there is one or two more steps which must be discussed.
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Eisenstern, Yo Frankie, and Vega Strike eye candy
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A Free Gamer update that talks about recent changes in the development of the Eisenstern. Also a video of Yo Frankie! gameplay - the Apricot Project game, as well as Vega Strike eye candy. Also a new acronym - FSFR - is introduced to the world.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 available for download
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Firefox 3.1 Beta 1 is now available for download. This milestone is focused on testing the core functionality provided by many new features and changes to the platform scheduled for Firefox 3.1. Ongoing planning for Firefox 3.1 can be followed at the Firefox 3.1 Planning Center, as well as in mozilla.dev.planning and on irc.mozilla.org in #shiretoko.
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Amarok 2 beta 2 screenshot tour
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Amarok 2 beta 2 was released last weekend. And here we have a set of screenshots showing how it tastes...
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emacs-jabber 0.7.92 released
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"A new pretest release of jabber.el, the Emacs Jabber client, is now available....
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Emacs: newsticker 1.99
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"This is version 1.99 of newsticker, an RSS and Atom reader (sometimes called "aggregator" or "Feed Reader") for Emacs. Newsticker is part of GNU Emacs. This version has been integrated in Emacs' CVS repository..."
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Installing OpenOffice.org 3.0
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 is out, and if you don't want to wait till it appears in your distro's repositories, you can install it manually. Here is how.
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OpenOffice 3.0 is out
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 Final has already been uploaded to a variety of mirror download sites ahead of the official announcement Monday 13.
If you want to be ahead of the curve, grab a copy now. If you are cautious, wait until the official announcement on Monday.
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Firefox 3 Hug Day (for Ubuntu)
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Fellow Ubuntu Triagers!
This week’s HugDay target is Firefox 3!
* 658 New bugs need a hug
* 131 Confirmed bugs just need a review
Nothing needs to be said about how important Firefox is, it just needs to work. With over 1300 bugs currently open, we can use a lot of help getting the information needed to shake out the bugs.
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Come to Toronto October 23, 24, 25
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If two Linux Conferences in one week is not enough, check out these other offerings of this great Canadian City. Jon "maddog" Hall will be there.
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