September 17th, 2007
Through Slashot: New iPod Checksum Cracked, Linux Supported:
“After 36 hours of reverse engineering, the method for producing the checksum on new iPods has been discovered.”
References point to the Amarok site and Backdot.com
Sounds like anyone with iPods or who are wanting iPods might not have such a big dilemma as I thought. My friend and […]
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September 14th, 2007
Wow! Time flies and it’s been a month since I started blogging here. Let me give you a round up of the apps that I checked out:
Installing applications using Kubuntu’s Adept Installer - a short introduction to the Adept package manager.
Oracle 11g on Debian Linux talks about the release so that we don’t have […]
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September 13th, 2007
Ecomoney has been active in the open access community cybercafe project. In this endeavor they are using Puppy Linux and they even have their customized Puppy Linux called Ecopup!
Their team has exerted a lot of effort in this project. They’re driven to give an open access cybercafe to the community and they […]
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September 13th, 2007
I already burned a copy of Nimblex and I am trying out SIM for the first time. Hey, it’s an instant messaging app and it’s probably one of the things people wonder about when trying out Linux: Can we still talk to other people? Of course, you can!
Stuff I noticed:
The user interface is kinda […]
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September 12th, 2007
Sounds great, huh?
The news about the interoperability lab of Microsoft and Novell would seem to be a good thing. As it says:
Located in Cambridge, the 2,500-square-foot lab and workspace will be home to a combined team of the best and brightest Microsoft and Novell engineers focused on making Windows Server and SUSE Linux Enterprise […]
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September 11th, 2007
I read that 83 countries will be participating in this year’s celebration of Software Freedom Day. There will definitely demos of various open source software, distribution of copies of Linux, and talks about open source software. Even where (as some of my friends would say) the great firewall of China exists, there will be […]
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September 11th, 2007
This is funky stuff: you could customize Nimblex so you could have your own Linux distro!
Nimblex is based on Slackware and uses the K Desktop Environment (KDE). You just need a browser with Flash enabled on it. When you go to the Nimblex customization site, you will see the various options you have. […]
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September 10th, 2007
I was just reading about how universities are encountering free and open source software because they’re setting up virtual learning environments. My background is that of a librarian’s and I do know that sometimes we need the tools immediately but we don’t have the resources to allocate, at least not all the time. […]
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September 8th, 2007
Ever wondered how you could convert your music files to another format? The Nautilus audio convert script makes it easy for you! Just download the package of the script from the repository and install it. You could use Synaptic or apt. If you choose to install it via Synaptic, you just have […]
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September 7th, 2007
I was never really an OpenOffice.org user but there are times when I need to use it for office work. The OpenOffice.org blog was helpful with its guide to printing handouts. The thing about that guide is that it didn’t have anything about the three slide layout with the lines for notes on […]
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