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Vector 5.9 SOHO edition released on Friday.
Submitted by kc1di on Saturday 14th of June 2008 11:08:39 AM Filed under
Vector Linux , Fast , Stable and Fun!
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downtime today
Submitted by srlinuxx on Tuesday 10th of June 2008 06:56:15 AM Filed under
Today ain't been our day. We experienced two occurrences of downtime today for seemingly unrelated reasons.
Openoffice.org mailing labels solution
Submitted by gfranken on Monday 9th of June 2008 03:47:46 AMMy daughter is getting married this Summer, and she purchased some weird Avery return address labels for invitees to RSVP whether they plan to attend. The labels have an Avery number of 18195. I have no MS-Windows workstations at home, and I couldn't find an Openoffice.org Writer template for this particular label stock. What to do?
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Full-On (line) Speakers List Announced for IOTC 2008
Submitted by beeps66 on Thursday 29th of May 2008 10:29:26 AMThe Irish Open Source Technology Conference has today announced its speaker line-up for the event June 19th - 20th.
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The Tinkering of Brazil
Submitted by beeps66 on Wednesday 28th of May 2008 09:19:41 AMEoin Brazil, a Computer Systems graduate from the University of Limerick (BSc in 2000 and MSc in 2003), is now a Research Officer working on auditory displays and on the use of sound in human-computer interaction in the university's Interaction Design Centre.
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Are Google and Amazon the Next Great Hope for the (Linux) Desktop?
Submitted by SocializedSoftware on Tuesday 20th of May 2008 10:51:11 PM Filed under
There was a time when I thought the Linux desktop was going to take a market share at least equal to Apple’s. Maybe even 5% or 10% of the total desktop market. I had high hopes that the One Laptop Per Child Initiative would put Linux laptops in the hands of impressionable young minds who would never have the chance to become dependent on Windows. Though that plan has fallen through the cracks. I don’t hate Microsoft Windows I just don’t have a desire to see any operating system dominate the market in such a way that the lack of competition stifles innovation and forces users into an endless upgrade cycle, offering progressively smaller incremental value.
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Colm – def. An Open Source building block.
Submitted by beeps66 on Tuesday 20th of May 2008 11:05:36 AMAt the Irish Open Source Technology Conference, there's some very impressive people lined up - evangelists from the US, England and Wales, 19yr old 'self made millionaires and even one or two special guests (more on June 1st). So, how about a local Dubliner to add into the mix.
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Eclipse Expert Revisits Ireland
Submitted by beeps66 on Monday 19th of May 2008 01:55:22 PMShaun Smith, a lead developer in the Java Platform Group in Oracle and Eco-System Development lead for EclipseLink, the Eclipse Persistence Services Project, is to return to Ireland in June to present at the Irish Open Source Technology Conference.
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OpenApp sets sights on Irish Open Source
Submitted by beeps66 on Thursday 15th of May 2008 02:16:23 PM Filed under
Open Applications Consulting, known as one the best companies pioneering the open source movement in Ireland, is to sponsor the Irish Open Source Technology Conference in June.
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Irish Open Source Technology Conference
Submitted by beeps66 on Monday 12th of May 2008 10:08:09 PM Filed under
The Irish Open Source Technology Conference http://iotc.firstport.ie (blog live) is a two day event in Dublin, Ireland on June 18th - 20th.
We're currently finalising the full agenda and have a few speaker opportunities available.
Interested? Here's what to do.
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Socialized Software: Microsoft ISV Benefits from Open Source Development Model
Submitted by SocializedSoftware on Monday 5th of May 2008 12:27:01 PM Filed under
When I think of open source software Microsoft is rarely the first word that comes to mind. Actually it’s not even on of the first ten words. However, there are probably more Microsoft Windows users using open source software than on any other operating system. Despite this Microsoft’s stance on open source is changing evidenced by recent initiatives into open source software development.
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Ubuntu equivalents to programs of Windows or Mac
Submitted by evansmaster on Sunday 4th of May 2008 02:37:24 AM Filed under
I was searching for Ubuntu softwares from Community Ubuntu Documentation. I found this very helpful doc for all Ubuntu users. It list the best open-source applications available and supported for Ubuntu for new Linux users to explore.
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Armenian latters in console
Submitted by vgevorgyan on Tuesday 29th of April 2008 10:45:53 AM Filed under
As you know in console there aren't any fonts for Armenian language, only one font for ARMSCII-8 encoding - arm8.psf.gz.
For Hrat GNU/Linux we decided to use UTF-8, but for that encoding we didn't have console font and key map.
More look here.
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The Little "3" of Open Source Systems Management
Submitted by SocializedSoftware on Sunday 13th of April 2008 04:58:26 AM Filed under
Last year open source analyst Michael Coté of Redmonk coined the term Little Four to describe four up-and-coming open source management vendors and as a foil to the Big Four of systems management.
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Hot news from Vietnam
Submitted by Hacao on Wednesday 9th of April 2008 05:38:17 AM Filed under
IBM & Hacao Classmate PC
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How Open Source (Ideas) Can Win the War and Save the Auto Industry
Submitted by SocializedSoftware on Sunday 6th of April 2008 06:29:35 PMI am often dismayed by the misappropriation of the term open source. Companies apply the term to products that are free though not open source. It’s a classic marketing maneuver to leverage that already has broad recognition.
Microsoft: Life between rock and hard place
Submitted by sjinsjca on Saturday 5th of April 2008 08:16:12 PM Filed under
The UMPC/ULCPC market caught Microsoft by surprise, and worse yet: it comes just as Linux is ready for primetime. Extending WinXP's life for this segment is sticking a finger in a crumbling dike, and it's MS's only option. But how much will it cost them?
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A shameless plug
Submitted by Bezdomny on Wednesday 2nd of April 2008 07:10:42 AMubuntu and the eee
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Do we really want or need the crowds of Windows users moving over to Linux?
Submitted by fieldyweb on Tuesday 1st of April 2008 03:24:27 AM Filed under
I'm sort of at a bit of a loss, as to why we need to emulate the Windows environment. for those of us who have managed to move our daily lives over to Linux, probably via numerous distros, i think i'm safe in saying, we are happy where we are at.
WordPress 2.5 Review
Submitted by SocializedSoftware on Monday 31st of March 2008 12:04:47 AM Filed under
Yesterday the long awaited and somewhat delayed WordPress 2.5 was released. Today, I updated my installation today and though I had a few problems the upgrade to the new version was definitely worth it.
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Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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