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Daniel Brusilovsky interviews Ian Wenig 
Arvind via Zoho Blogs on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Ian Wenig, Senior Director Strategic Alliances at Zoho got interviewed by Daniel Brusilovsky at the Structure 08 event presented by GigaOm. The interview is now up at Daniel’s Apple Universe podcasting site.
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Killing the Desktop Metaphor with GNOME
(author unknown) via Linux Today on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Open-Source.ecchi.ca: "One of the most significant problems I can see with the idea of having contents on a "desktop" is that most of the time, that desktop is hidden by multiple windows. To access your contents, you need to minimize a bunch of stuff, or hit ctrl-alt-D, or use the "Show desktop" panel applet, and when you are done, raise all your windows again. You keep moving things out of
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Consonance: A lightweight GTK+ music player
srlinuxx via tuxmachines.org - Do you waddl on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
raiden.net: One of the members of the Arch Linux forums has been developing a new music manager that is advertised as being fast and lightweight. I have been following this thread for a couple of months and decided it is mature enough to try.
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Drizzle, a MySQL fork for web applications
srlinuxx via tuxmachines.org - Do you waddl on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
heise-online.co.uk: MySQL employees have announced a fork of the open source MySQL database, named "Drizzle", that focuses on what they see as the essential features for an online database.
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MySpace Joins OpenID Coalition
timothy via Slashdot on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
the4thdimension writes "MySpace has joined a coalition of other big-name e-services in support of OpenID. If you aren't familiar with the OpenID coalition, they are a group that seeks to allow users to create a single account/password set to be used on a number of services. Such services already signed up include: Google's Blogger, Wordpress, AOL, Yahoo, Vox, LiveJournal, and others.&
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Follower Stats by TwitterCounter
Biz via Twitter Blog on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Here's a fun new application from Dutch entrepreneur Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and friends that will appeal
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Linux is easier to install than XP
(author unknown) via Digg / Linux/Unix on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
You might think that installing XP in place of Vista would be easier than installing Linux. You'd be wrong.
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Drizzle: a lighter MySQL
corbet via LWN.net on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
MySQL founder Michael Widenius announces
the launch of the Drizzle project. "Drizzle is a smaller, slimmer
and (hopefully) faster version of MySQL; Features that the broad Drizzle
community does not want or need are now removed or in the process of being
removed (This includes stored procedures, views, triggers, grants, some
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IBM nears a decade of Linux and open source
Pam Derringer via LXer Linux News on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
After nearly a decade of active involvement in open source, IBM's commitment to Linux is broad and deep, said Inna Kuznetsova, the director of IBM Linux strategy. This vision of IBM's rapport with Linux is shared by most, but not all, IBM observers.
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Shuttleworth: Make Desktop Linux Better than Apple
(author unknown) via Linux and Open Source - RSS Fe on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, calls on open source developers to make the presentation layer of desktop Linux even more attractive to users than Apples Mac OS. - PORTLAND, Ore. -- Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the maker of Ubuntu Linux, called for desktop Linux to improve to the point that its presentation layer is more visually exciting than Apple's
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Interview with Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on open source as a model for online publishing | The Open Source Report
(author unknown) via www.theopensourcereport.com on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
One of the fascinating things about open source, to me, is the way that its ideas about freedom of information have inspired everything from software licensing
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Distribution Release: Ulteo Applications System
(author unknown) via DistroWatch.com: News on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Gaël Duval announced the availability of Ulteo Application System, code name "Sirius" Stable: "The Ulteo Application System is a FREE installable version of Ulteo, that ships with hundreds applications and innovative features that include: Global Ulteo authentication; Automatic data backup/synchronization to/from the Ulteo Online Desktop; "My Digital Life"....
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Linux Tools to Convert File Formats
(author unknown) via Linux Today on Wed, 23 Jul. 2008
Linux.com "The easiest way to transfer data between systems is by using plain text files or common formats like comma-separated value (CSV) files. However, converting such files from Windows or Mac OS results in formatting differences for the newline characters and character encoding. This article explains why we have these problems and shows ways to solve them."
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3 Ways to Try Out Linux, For a Windows User | LinuxHaxor.net
(author unknown) via www.linuxhaxor.net on Tue, 22 Jul. 2008
One of the arguments I often hear from people who are trying to use linux for the first time is that they are not sure if they can switch back to their
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Anatomy of Linux Loadable Kernel Modules
M. Tim Jones via LXer Linux News on Tue, 22 Jul. 2008
Linux loadable kernel modules are on of the most important innovations in the Linux kernel. They provide a kernel that is both scalable and dynamic. Discover loadable kernels, the ideas behind them, and learn how these independent objects dynamically become part of
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Foto/ Luna, 39 anni fa
(author unknown) via Punto Informatico on Mon, 21 Jul. 2008
Apollo Archive mette a disposizione una quantita' di scatti tratti direttamente dalle pellicole degli astronauti
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KOffice Releases Ninth Alpha of KOffice 2.0
(author unknown) via Linux Today on Mon, 21 Jul. 2008
KDE.news: "The KOffice team announces the availability of the ninth alpha release of KOffice 2.0. With KDE4 becoming more stable by the week, KOffice development is picking up at a fast pace and developers who previously had trouble keeping up are now getting active again, leading to a much increased rate of commits for KOffice. Both the NLnet sponsored Girish Ramakrisnan, who is working on
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Critical Week for Canonical and Ubuntu Linux
(author unknown) via LXer Linux News on Mon, 21 Jul. 2008
Canonical CEO and Ubuntu Linux backer Mark Shuttleworth will step into the spotlight July 22, when he keynotes OSCON (Open Source Convention) in Portland, Oregon. It will be a critical moment for Shuttleworth and the Ubuntu movement. Here's why.
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The Importance of Purity on the Linux Desktop
Katherine Noyes via LinuxInsider on Mon, 21 Jul. 2008
Well, the dog days of summer have begun to set in, so it's not too surprising that the Linux blogs were relatively quiet last week. Linux geeks across the nation were no doubt seeking refuge wherever they could -- it's hard to withs
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The Friendfeedization Of Facebook
Michael Arrington via TechCrunch on Mon, 21 Jul. 2008
As Facebook continues to roll out the full version of its new user profiles, it’s becoming clear that their primary goal isn’t, as they said in May, to simply create a cleaner user experience and allow developers to have more meaningful engagement points with users. It’s more about highlighting
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