October 2007
The OpenOffice.org Impress presenter screen
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 10:44:17 PM Filed under
LWN: While OpenOffice.org's Impress is a reasonable presentation program, it lacks one often-requested feature: the provision of a separate screen for the presenter. So it is encouraging that the OOo developers have just announced that this feature is now in development.
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An open letter to Steve Ballmer from Mandriva
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 10:42:10 PM Filed under
François Bancilhon: We recently closed a deal with the Nigerian Government. Maybe you heard about it, Steve. They were looking for an affordable hardware+software solution for their schools. The initial batch was 17,000 machines. Then your people entered the game and the deal got more competitive.
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Commandline Interface
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 09:08:51 PM- 11 comments
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Overcoming THE FEAR
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 09:07:08 PM Filed under
penguin pete: This being Halloween, it seems appropriate to talk about fear. Why don't more desktop users adapt to free computing? THE FEAR. The command line. Scary stuff, for some.
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Living with Mandriva 2008
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 09:05:49 PM Filed under
linuxtechdaily: When Mandriva 2008 came out, I decided to stick with it, day in and day out and see how I felt. This isn’t a review, just a look at my experience with it. For those wanting a review, I’ll imitate one in one paragraph!
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Fedora struggles with harm reduction via Codec Buddy
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 09:03:03 PM Filed under
linux.com: In public health, harm reduction is a practice that, rather than trying to eradicate potentially dangerous choices like prostitution, tries to minimize their effects. Often, the practice involves a limited condoning of the practice, such as safe injection sites for addicts. Harm reduction is the path that Fedora 8 has chosen on the issue of MP3 and other non-free codecs in the form of Codec Buddy.
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The Command Line is Part of the Desktop!
Submitted by blackbelt_jones on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 06:29:05 PM Filed under
Don't be a "Putzbuntu!"
Why Mr. and Ms. Desktop Distro need to discover the Command Line. Part one of a series that may never end.
Halloween XII: What’s really behind those Microsoft licenses?
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 06:24:06 PM Filed under
zdnet blogs: In the last week of October 1998, a confidential Microsoft memo detailing their strategy against Linux and Open source was leaked to Eric S. Raymond, who annotated it and posted it on the web. This became known as the first Halloween Document. Between 1998 and 2004 Eric posted 10 other Halloween Documents. Now it’s 2007...
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Squandering one of the industry's best open source talents
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 06:21:16 PM Filed under
matt asay: I think Miguel de Icaza is an exceptional developer and effective community leader. I can't help but wonder why he's squandering his talents on writing largely irrelevant code (Mono, Moonlight) that appeals to himself, Novell, Microsoft, and no one else.
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Almost the Google PC: Everex gPC available at Wal-Mart
Submitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 31st of October 2007 06:17:51 PM Filed under
c|net blog: On Thursday, WalMart begins selling the Everex Green gPC TC2502, a $198, low-powered, Linux-based PC that's designed primarily for running Web 2.0 apps.
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We had several of our old-time friends from the GNU Project, and some guests with young children still unused to such an international context who soon enough learned to enjoy the sound of different languages and the happy chaos of people meeting for the first time, some more traditional if not formal, others fun and weird.
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Let's face it, any time you come across articles that offer advice on choosing the right Linux distribution, they tend to get bogged down in a lot of technical advice that rarely (if ever) applies to those who've never experienced Linux. They'll speak of things like rolling releases, package managers, kernels, open-source licensing, and other features and ideologies that not only have little bearing on those new to Linux and open-source technology but mire the decision in unnecessary complications.
I want to take a very different approach, one that should make the process quite simple for anyone looking to dive into the world of desktop Linux for the first time. I'm going to shrug off the usual advice and aim straight for the heart of the matter. What exactly is that matter?
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