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Archive for the ‘Links’ Category

December 6th, 2007

Check out Adventures in Open Source

One of the emails I got this week was a recommended link to a blog called Adventures in Open Source. The email went like this:
Could I direct you to an energetic and detailed review of 10 linux distros?
http://adventuresinopensource.blogspot.com/
It’s been put together by Dan Lynch of the Linux Outlaws podcast fame and I recommend it […]

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November 30th, 2007

Get some help from Linux App Finder

It’s tough looking for apps that would run on Linux when you’ve been so used to Windows, right? And sometimes you’re looking for features that you’ve been used to. Now there’s probably an app there somewhere in a repository or somewhere in the installer disc but do you really have to install them […]

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November 20th, 2007

Checking out Org mode in Emacs

I’ve been using Planner mode in Emacs for quite a while now but I’ve seen how nifty Org Mode works so I decided to try it out myself. There are various note-taking apps in Linux such as Tomboy, GJots2, the sticky notes applet, KNotes and more. However, there’s nothing like a note/PIM integrated […]

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September 27th, 2007

Why settle for bundled Windows software?

All the laptops have been issued in the office have Windows bundled with them. Even if we’d end up installing Linux on them, even if Windows would end up unused by the person who’s getting the laptop, the company still pays for Windows just because. Even though there are now companies who are […]

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