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Howto Make scanned PDFs searchable (OCR) using pdfocr

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

Suppose you have a PDF document that was made using a scanner, or otherwise consists of image data but doesn't have text data. Such a PDF can't be searched by PDF readers or desktop search applications.

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Firefox 3.6.4 Beta Released

http://www.ghacks.net

Firefox 3.6.4 has been in the talks lately because of the intention of the Mozilla developers to add out-of-process plugins to that version of the web browser which basically means that popular plugins run in their own process instead of the main browser process.

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Ubuntu Shipit is Open

http://techie-buzz.com

Ubuntu has a system of sending live CDs to enthusiastic users who order it online. This time as well, we have Ubuntu 10.04 live CDs shipping for free through Ubuntu Shipit. To order your free copy of the Ubuntu live CD, visit the Shipit homepage.

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Distribution Release: Dragora GNU/Linux 2.0

http://distrowatch.com

Matias Fonzo has announced the release of Dragora GNU/Linux 2.0, a 100% "libre", general-purpose distribution built from scratch:

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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Debian Lenny

http://www.howtoforge.com

This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Debian Lenny system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.

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VLC 1.1.0 preview adds GPU acceleration

http://forum.videolan.org

The VideoLAN Project developers have released a preview of VLC 1.1 that includes support for GPU acceleration on Vista, Windows 7 and Linux systems - greatly improving HD video playback on some systems

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Open Source Video Conferencing

http://linuxdesk.wordpress.com

Open Source Video Conferencing software are pretty new. Except the grand father Ekiga (former GnomeMeeting), the most promising.

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Highly optimized Theora free videocodec for OMAP3 is here

http://blog.mjg.im

Highly optimized Theora free videocodec for TI's OMAP3 DSP is here. This DSP can be found in many devices, like: Palm Pre, Motorola Droid, Nokia N900 and others. Decoding on N900 of 800x480 video at 33fps gave only 20% CPU load.

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The Real Need For Nouveau Power Management

http://www.phoronix.com

We have already published a look at the Fedora 13 Beta, delivered ATI Radeon benchmarks atop Fedora 13 Beta, and have other articles on the way covering this new Fedora release, while in this article we are investigating Nouveau's power performance using this newest Fedora release.

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Gcal the ultra-powerful command line GNU calendar

http://www.mostlymaths.net

Gcal can be used for a lot of calendar related questions. A zillion calendar options. Of course, if you are not a calendar freak, this is not the main selling point.

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Install Nautilus Elementary (2.30) In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

http://www.webupd8.org

The simplified / elementary Nautilus idea firstly begun with the 100 paper cuts for Ubuntu Karmic and it stated that the menu and columns are too big and take away space for the really important stuff. Unfortunately, a fix was never released. Here is where Nautilus Elementary comes in: a Nautilus patched for simplicity.

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GIMP Is No Lame Photo Tool

http://www.linuxinsider.com

GIMP is one of the most able-bodied open source photo manipulation apps in the world, and its feature set rivals those of many proprietary -- and often downright expensive -- offerings.

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KDE 4.5 Release Schedule

http://www.omat.nl

Last week we finished the KDE 4.5 release schedule. The good news is that you can start organising your release party now, the expected date for KDE 4.5.0 is August 4th 2010.

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Migrate to GRUB 2

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The tools used to boot Linux® are changing. Specifically, the Grand Unified Bootloader (GRUB) is now officially in maintenance mode only, and GRUB's developers have abandoned the original GRUB in favor of an entirely rewritten package, known as GRUB 2. Discover GRUB 2's new capabilities and how to use it.

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Linux and the Dialup Modem

http://www.raiden.net

However, about 35% of the US has to use dialup in one form or another. And in other countries it can be as high as 95%

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