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Wanted: A Free Accounting Application for Non-Profits

linux-magazine.com: Just because Bradley M. Kuhn is executive director of the Software Freedom Conservancy doesn’t mean he is exempt from grunt work. As one of only three permanent staff members, Kuhn is used to doing all sorts of unexpected tasks – including keeping the Conservancy’s books.

Clementine: A Nice, Simple Way to Listen to Music

mylinuxrig.com: I have no idea when I started using Clementine. I thought it’s something I picked up from Xubuntu, but going through my notes, I was thinking of Exaile. But at some point, I decided I like Clementine as my music player.

Midnight Commander Will Whip Your Files Into Shape

linuxinsider.com: There's no school like the old school. Midnight Commander still brings text-based file management goodness to your computer in a non-flashy but very functional way.

Using Six Monitors With AMD's Open-Source Linux Driver

phoronix.com: Niklas Andersson, a Swedish Phoronix reader, wrote in to share his AMD Linux six-monitor success story:

Explore the Night Sky with Stellarium

linux-magazine.com: What shines in the dark is often hidden by clouds. Stellarium provides a clear view of the stars plus a lot of astronomical data.

Opera quietly settles lawsuit

h-online.com: Opera's multi-million dollar lawsuit against a former employee who, it claimed, had leaked trade secrets to Mozilla has been settled. Details of the settlement are, however, confidential.

10 amazing Linux desktop environments you've probably never seen

networkworld.com: One of the most amazing things about Linux is how versatile it is. Let's face it - Windows and MacOS X are...boring. They look exactly how they look. When it comes to making your computer look and behave however you like, Linux is king. Let's take a stroll.

7 open source projects to cut your teeth on

itworld.com: Open source contributors weigh in on what projects are friendly to the first-time contributor, and the ones not-so-much

Do you find GIMPs name disturbing?

  • Poll: Do you find GIMPs name disturbing?
  • Beginner's Guide to Inkscape
  • A more colorful LibreOffice unveiled
  • 4 Open Source Alternatives To Adobe Photoshop
  • Blender dives into 3D printing industry
  • GNOME 3.8.2 Is the Last Release in This Branch, Download Now
  • Amarok 2.7.1 Released
  • Porting Krita to OpenGL 3.1/ES 2.0
  • Valve Is Telling Linux Steam Users to Play More Left 4 Dead 2
  • Script To Find Directories Eating Most Space
  • ncp: Possibly the easiest yet
  • Desura: More games will be heading our way!

The apps of KDE 4.10 Part V: Kopete

thelinuxexperiment.com: Kopete provides a KDE integrated instant messaging experience that aims at reducing the number of other instant messaging clients you need to run simultaneously in order to stay in touch with your friends.

50 million Apache OpenOffice downloads in a year

h-online.com: Just a few days after the one year anniversary of the release of the first version of OpenOffice from the Apache Foundation (Apache OpenOffice 3.4) on 8 May 2012, the project can now boast 50 million downloads of the open source office suite.

Chrome vs. Firefox

datamation.com: For a few years now, the great debate between Chrome and Firefox has raged on. Which browser is faster? Which is easier to install?

Cut Yourself a Tasty Slice of Gnome-Pie App Launcher

linuxinsider.com: Gnome-Pie could be one of the best user interfaces for accessing menus on any Linux desktop. It's easy to set up your "pies" on the desktop so that you'll have no problem finding your desired menu item for launch.

Open Recall: Scratch 2.0, plans for Vim 7.4, more

h-online.com: Open Recall is a space on The H for those things that are too small to package as news but are worth covering. In this edition: a beta of GlusterFS 3.4, version 2.0 of the Scratch interactive programming tool and language, GNU Awk 4.1.0, plans for the upcoming Vim 7.4, and version 2.0 of the open source data management platform CKAN.

Sharpening in digiKam

  • Sharpening in digiKam
  • KDE ships May updates
  • Best Collaboration Tools Linux Has to Offer
  • Fields wallpapers
  • Stable Xfce component releases
  • KDE 4.10.3 lands in Slackware-Current
  • The First Nouveau Benchmarks On Linux 3.10
  • Five small footprint productivity tools that pack a powerful punch
  • Humble Double Fine Bundle
  • Few Plasma Desktop Tips
  • Agedu – A Unix utility for tracking down wasted disk space
  • What's new in Samba 4
  • Systemd 203 release to start up Fedora 19
  • Desura adds another 4 games for Linux
  • Blender 2.67 Released
  • Systemd: Got Choice?
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