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The Dark Side of the Plugin
Leader of the OpenOffice.org Native Lang confederation raises suspicions about Microsoft's ODF converter plugin.
Musings From Studio Dave
So now I'm a blogger. Well, this column has been a kind of journal anyway, a chronicle of my life and times in the world of Linux sound and music software, and hopefully it's as enjoyable for you to read as it is for me to write. You can expect little change from the style and content of my previous articles, despite my imminent bloggification, but in accord with the popular definitions of a blog I'll be a little less formal and sometimes a lot more personal. Not that there's much fuel for acrid controversy in the world of Linux sound and music software, but there are issues occasionally and I'd like to speak plainly regarding them.
Rethinking Community Documentation
A new era is halfway here, and nobody has recognized its impact--even though we've all participated eagerly in its arrival. The way we educate ourselves to use and program computers is shifting along many of the same historic lines as journalism, scientific publication, and other information-rich fields. Researchers have pounced on those other trends, but computer education remains short on commentary.
Government and IBM sign strategic alliance
The strategic programmes and initiatives offered by IBM include educational initiatives such as the setting up of a Linux education programme to certify Maltese students, selected by the Government, as Linux Entry Level Administrators.
Ubuntu and Debian
From the VS. dept.:
Ubuntu caused a lot of friction with and for Debian. In discussions with its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, and other Ubuntu developers during (and before) Debconf6, I was able to spell out the main criticisms from the Debian perspectives of the way Canonical/Ubuntu is handling things (without a claim to completeness). These criticisms mainly stem from discussions with fellow developers over the past 18 months, and I largely support all of them. I am publicising them here to help make the status quo more transparent.
Ubuntu caused a lot of friction with and for Debian. In discussions with its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, and other Ubuntu developers during (and before) Debconf6, I was able to spell out the main criticisms from the Debian perspectives of the way Canonical/Ubuntu is handling things (without a claim to completeness). These criticisms mainly stem from discussions with fellow developers over the past 18 months, and I largely support all of them. I am publicising them here to help make the status quo more transparent.
Microsoft's Open XML Project Deemed a Short-Term Fix
Critics say the installable software plug-ins created by the Open XML Translator project are a stopgap measure that will probably not be acceptable to governments in the long run.
Toronto high school expels Linux lab
A computer science facility that had been running without a hitch for years is shut down as a Microsoft system is set up across the board. Was it a knock against open source, or just classroom politics?
[Anybody got a rope? I have pitchforks, scythes and torches. -- grouch]
Get some answers on Ubuntu Linux with this review and interview ...
Contributor Jaqui Greenlees had a few problems with his attempt to install Ubuntu Linux so he decided to confront one of the developers for some answers.
[Is this FUD or real? Is there a worse website? -- grouch]
Playing the Standards Game the Microsoft Way
Opinion: Don't believe for one second that Microsoft is actually "supporting" ODF.
Ubuntu Makes Opera 9 Available For Download
After the launch of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, Canonical is announcing the availability of Opera 9 for Ubuntu. With just a few clicks of the mouse, all Ubuntu users can download and install the latest version of the Opera browser.
A scanner for wireless interlopers
Wireless security firm Network Chemistry recently released a cross-platform, free software security tool called RogueScanner in conjunction with its wireless network protection package RFprotect. RogueScanner, licensed under the GPL and the latest of three free software security modules available from Network Chemistry, allows you to monitor your network for rogue wireless devices. Release 1.0 comes in both Windows and Linux versions.
2X releases new version of free PXES Linux thin client: 2X ...
New generation PXES converts PCs to thin clients, centrally manages connection settings and runs Windows applications seamlessly
Extending the documentation toolkit
I noticed this piece from Johan Andersson on Writing NDBAPI programs—connecting to MySQL Cluster last week, which shows you how to use the NDBAPI—the programming interface to the MySQL Cluster system.
Open-Xchange Publishes First in a Series of Position Papers
A review of forces changing the world of collaborative software
SCO fails to mention IBM ruling to Red Hat Judge
Anti Linux bad boy SCO seems to be a bit embarrassed about having most of its case against IBM chucked out.
Each 90 days the outfit has to pen a letter to the Judge in charge of a similar case against Red Hat and the latest edition almost fails to mention the fact.
[References and links to Groklaw for the letter itself. -- grouch]
This week at LWN: The eSpeak Speech Synthesizer
Your author has been interested in computer speech synthesis since the late 1970s, when he interfaced a Votrax SC-01A speech synthesizer chip to his Imsai 8080 computer with some wire-wrap wire. News of the recently created eSpeak project naturally piqued his long-time interest in speech synthesis.
eSpeak is a compact phoneme-based speech synthesis system that is available under version 2 of the Gnu General Public license.
Sizing up Oracle's open source tactics
Oracle's recent maneuvers in the open source software market are all about the upsell, according to one IT industry analyst.
Netcore bets on Linux
Netcore plans to widen its client base through partnerships and by creating awareness about its Linux-based products.
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Netcore’s reasons for using Linux-based solutions are its open, secure, reliable and stable standards-based nature.
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Netcore’s reasons for using Linux-based solutions are its open, secure, reliable and stable standards-based nature.
Installing Ubuntu (Linux.com training videos)
In our first set of Linux.com training videos we showed you how to download Ubuntu GNU/Linux and run it from a CD without installing it. Today, in two short videos, we install Ubuntu on our hard drive.
About the videos: They're in AVI format, encoded with the free XviD codec, compatible with media players available for almost all popular desktop PC operating systems. If -- and this is unlikely -- your computer does not have the XviD codec installed, you can get it here or through your favorite free operating system's software repository. Windows and Mac users can find easy-to-install XviD binaries here.
A great operating system is about details
A couple of weeks ago I found time to install Dapper Drake, the latest Ubuntu Linux release. In the same week my wife bought a brand new MacBook. The inevitable comparison got me thinking about what makes an otherwise good operating system great.
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