If you run Ubuntu, openSUSE, Debian, or Mandriva, among other distributions, then whenever you run OpenOffice.org you don't run the "official" version, but rather Go-OO, an office suite based on the OpenOffice.org source code. Go-OO includes enhancements and functions that haven't been accepted by Sun, and that may never be, because of licensing, business, or other reasons.
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Debian Project News 2008/16
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"Welcome to this year's 16th issue of DPN, the newsletter for the Debian community. Topics covered in this issue include: ..."
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AGPL and Debian
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recently we, your mostly friendly Ftpmaster and -team, have been asked about an opinion about the AGPL in Debian. The short summary is: We think that works licensed under the AGPL can go into main. (Provided they don't have any other problems).
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Debian Installation Over SSH (Lenny RC1)
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"The Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1 was released on November 12th, which inspired me to check it out and give the installation over ssh a try..."
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The XMMS in GNU/Linux Manifesto v.0.1
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"The problem concerning the X Multimedia System (XMMS) is really a test for the wider community.It seems to affect users of Debian, Ubuntu and openSuse directly, but essentially it concerns all GNU/Linux users and the rest of the Free Software community, because it is a test of our social organisation: when and why can tribes be excluded and left to their own devices on the prairies of cyberspace?
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"Hi everybody, a picture is worth a thousand words. And thanks to screenshots.debian.net[0] this finally comes true for Debian packages. Several people have proposed a service to provide screenshots for them. So after getting other developers' opinions and suggestions I sat down and crafted a web application that allows to upload and provide screenshots..." --
Read more »Debian Installer lenny release candidate 1
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"The Debian Installer team[1] is proud to announce the first release candidate of the installer for Debian GNU/Linux Lenny. Improvements in this release of the installer..."
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StumpWM: A Minimalist Window Manager
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"StumpWM is a window manager implemented entirely in Common Lisp. After using GNOME and then KDE for a very long time, I decided to try StumpWM..."
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Debian Pure Blends
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«The Debian project announced yesterday that it has renamed the former “Custom Debian Distribution” concept (under which Debian projects such as Debian Edu, Debian Jr, Debian Med, Debian GIS and Debian Science were collectively known) to the catchier name “Debian Pure Blends.” ...»
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OCaml Batteries alpha 2: Debian packages
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"Out of popular request (wow, people on #ocaml@freenode are very excited about the Batteries thingy, good!), I've prepared Debian packages for OCaml Batteries Included, version alpha 2 ..."
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Debian GNU/Linux: Guide to Installation and Usage
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Debian is a free operating system (OS) for your computer. An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer: It does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.
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"Do you want to help out the Debian (or Ubuntu) project with some mirror bandwidth but don’t know how? Do you want to contribute somehow to Debian’s infrastructure, but you’re not a coder? Tired of getting slow download speeds when the mirrors are overloaded after a new release? Then Apt-P2P is for you..."
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sarge archived
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"As already written a few days ago I was going to archive Sarge on archive.debian.org. That is done, you can get sarge from there now..."
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Testing Debian *Installer* RC1
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"The D-I team and the CD team have created images of Debian Installer Release Candidate 1 for Lenny. They are available at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/.lenny_rc1/..."
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Debian 4rc5 Encrypted Directory Install
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More and more people are asking for security and how they can protect themselves and their businesses. I thought it might be useful to take a look at Debian 4rc5 and how to install an encrypted directory.
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