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Taking note of Basket
2008-06-05 08:00:00
Note-taking applications are far from scarce on GNU/Linux desktops. If your needs are simple, you can use KNotes in KDE or Sticky Notes in GNOME. If you want integration with address books and email, you may prefer Evolution's built-in Memos pane. For those who need more than basic notes, the increasingly sophisticated Tomboy may be a solution, assuming they have no objection to running an application built using Mono. However, by far the most versatile note-taking application is KDE's Basket , a tool so flexible and complete that you might prefer to think of it as a personal wiki, a producer of scrapbooks, or even a creator of temporary desktops. The future of Basket as a project is uncertain at the moment, but that doesn't mean that you can't take advantage of its power.
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Acer bets big on Linux
2008-06-05 03:21:00
Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and netbooks. The company is already heavily promoting Linux for its low cost ultra-portable netbook range out later this year, but senior staff have said that Acer will also push Linux on its laptops.
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Transform images into videos with images2mpg
2008-06-05 02:44:00
images2mpg, a simple utility that's part of the KDE Image Plugin Interface (KIPI), lets you create an MPEG file from image files. Relying on a handful of command-line tools including the ImageMagick suite and mjpegtools, images2mpg creates wonderful videos from your images and even lets you insert your favorite song as the background. It supports SVCD, DVD, VCD, and XVCD video formats. To install KIPI, Fedora and Ubuntu users can respectively use yum or apt. Before you begin experimenting with images2mpg, you will need to install ImageMagick and mjpegtools too.
More About: Videos , Linux , Images

Thunderbird drops one on my head
2008-06-05 01:46:00
I hate to be down on Thunderbird , which I use as my default mail client in Windows XP. But today I turn on the box, start Thunderbird, and things don't go well.
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Your Second Economic Stimulus Check is On Its Way
2008-06-05 00:40:00
With Obama's winning of the Democratic presidential nomination, all indications are that freedom is coming. It's coming in the form of another economic stimulus check. Another economic stimulus check? So soon after the last one? Yes, and here is how it's going to happen. One of Obama's first executive acts will be to standardize all Federal offices to OpenOffice.org
More About: Linux , Check , Economic

Automatically writing makefiles with Automake
2008-06-04 23:41:00
Once again, Freesoftware Magazine's resident Unix tech guru, John Calcote, presents another instalment on GNU/Linux 's Autotools. This time it's all about automatically writing makefiles with Automake- and it's detailed! Get the full monty at the FSM website
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Microsoft?s Ray Ozzie Hopes to Accelerate His Company With Yahoo
2008-05-30 08:25:00
Everyone knows the drama of Microsoft and Yahoo . Or at least, most know the most recent developments, as the series' beginning at the end of January has been so long-running and drawn out that many have put the early developments out of mind. When DailyTech last reported on the ongoing drama, billionaire Icahn was preparing his board ouster with the help of potential future board member and vocal billionaire blogger Mark Cuban. Microsoft said that it didn't want Yahoo, when Yahoo expressed fresh interest, but it softened a bit and applied for FTC approval of buying a portion of Yahoo stock to help Icahn, a pro-merger enthusiast, succeed in his takeover bid.
More About: Linux , Hopes , Company

Facebook Application Development with Ruby on Rails
2008-05-30 07:46:00
In this article by Chang Sau Sheong, we learn how to create a Job Board Mashup Application using Ruby on Rails and Facebook . This application allows the user to perform some functions and features of a job board. Through this article, we will be able to acquire candidates through Facebook and search for jobs.
More About: Linux , Development , Ruby on Rails

Give Me 3 Synths, Part 3
2008-05-30 06:49:00
In this final installment to the series I'll double your reading pleasure by presenting two new Linux softsynths. Such a deal, two reviews for the price of one! When I wrote my article on the LinuxSampler Project I noted the distinction between a performance sampler and a studio sampler. It occurs to me now that the same distinction should be made with regards to synthesizers. The synthesizers profiled in this review are best considered as performance synths, so let's see what makes the difference.
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Mandriva 2008 Spring Powerpack - A great Easy OS
2008-05-30 05:52:00
Mandriva 2008 Spring Powerpack is a great, easy Linux OS to use. Mandiva's subscription service is a bonus and worth the money. Just a few less coffees a year and you too can get on board with Mandriva!
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Microsoft?s Moonlight Covenant ?Radioactive?
2008-05-30 04:54:00
Goldfarb represented that anyone can use Moonlight : "Moonlight is usable for anyone on any distribution of Linux (redhat, ubuntu, etc.) -- it is not limited just to Novell as Mono is." And he linked to the covenant, saying it "applies to all downstream recepients of the software." Is that true? [This relates to the discussion here. Inflammatory headline by me! -TC]
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Novell ushers in Moonlight
2008-05-30 04:22:00
Earlier this month Novell quietly released Moonlight -- a Linux client for Microsoft's Silverlight technology. Silverlight is a .Net-based cross-browser, cross-platform plugin for delivering rich media to the Internet. In a nutshell, it is Microsoft's version of Adobe Flash. To use Moonlight you need to make sure you have all of the current Mono packages installed. Ubuntu and Fedora come ready out of the box. On other distributions, check the package manager. You can also compile Mono from source.

Installing And Using The Unbound Name Server On Debian Etch
2008-05-29 20:18:00
Unbound is a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver, released under a BSD license. Version 1.0.0 was released on May 20, 2008. This tutorial explains how to install and use it on Debian Etch , including the creation of zones for your own domains.
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GNU autotools primer (part one)
2008-05-29 19:20:00
GNU autoconf and automake are possibly two of the most cryptic and complex beasts around. They have a very steep learning curve, but due to their widespread use, it's almost essential to be familiar with them if you want to code on much of the free software available today. This tutorial provides a gentle introduction to these tools, by example.
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Microsoft?s Plan to Colonise Open Source
2008-05-29 18:23:00
A Microsoft job ad for Senior Marketing Manager – Open Source Community, spells out the company's plans: a concerted attack on GNU/Linux . Once use of the leading open source program has been reduced, Microsoft can then easily dispose of the now-dependent open source app vendors, assuming they are foolish enough to fall for this trick.

OCZ?s Reaper HPC CrossFire-Certified 2GB RAM kit
2008-05-29 18:08:00
CrossFire isn't yet supported in Linux , but will a pair of CrossFire-certified DDR2 RAM benefit a Linux system in gaming or multimedia use? BIOSLEVEL.com benchmarks the RAM and delivers their opinion.
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Free Wordpress theme: Strong Black
2008-05-29 17:04:00
Tags: three-column, white, dark, black
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Damn Small Linux 4.4 RC1 under the microscope
2008-05-29 12:24:00
I wasn't able to boot Damn Small Linux 4.4 RC1 on the machine I really need it to run on — the $15 Laptop (aka Compaq Armada 7770dmt) — so I booted it on my VIA C3 Samuel test box, the machine that ran my two Puppy Linux torture tests. I've already written about how the inclusion of Firefox 2 (renamed Bon Echo) in DSL 4.3 has breathed new life into the live-CD distribution as far as I'm concerned.
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