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lisah writes:
As people run around buying expensive video editing software like Final Cut and Premiere, they often overlook Kino, an open source — and free — tool that's just as good. According to a review at Linux.com, it may still have a few rough edges but unless you're creating the next multi-million dollar blockbuster, chance are it will suit you just fine.
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lisah writes:
When Eben Moglen took the stage at OSCON today, things heated up rather quickly. According to reports, 'At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, Eben Moglen threw down the gauntlet to O'Reilly founder and CEO Tim O'Reilly. Saying that O'Reilly had spent ten years making money and building the O'Reilly name, Moglen invited O'Reilly to stop being "frivolous" and to join the conversation about software freedom.'
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lisah writes:
The 9th annual Ottawa Linux Symposium wrapped up Saturday and it was reportedly the best one yet. Attendees were treated to keynotes by LWN's John Corbett and Linux kernel SCSI maintainer James Bottomley, and also learned about filesystems, thin clients, and OLPC. Oh, and this year, no one called the cops.
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lisah writes:
Linux users waited patiently for Google to put together a desktop search app, while Windows and Mac users have been happily indexing their system files for a long time. Now that it's available, Google Desktop for Linux is kind of a yawn. It's a bit slow, takes forever to perform an initial index, and doesn't come with the Gadgets and Plugins that are available for other operating systems. As you'd expect, it does do a great job of searching your files though. Oh yeah, and then there's the surprise you get when you turn on 'Advanced Features' . It's not for extra cool options or features, it means you give Google permission to collect 'non-personal' information from your computer.
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lisah writes:
In a whiplash-inducing reversal of opinion, Linspire CEO Kevin Carmony says his company's new agreement with Microsoft will offer a 'better experience' for users. That's a far cry from a few months ago when he told the Linspire community that Microsoft's attempt to cozy up to open source companies was nothing but 'lip service' and 'scare tactics.' Why the change of heart? He enigmatically says it's because 'Linux has gotten better.' Carmony also roundly criticized Novell's agreement with Microsoft last year, suggesting there was probably large amounts of money lubricating the deal and that Microsoft was 'basically paying Novell to be [its] poster child.' However when Carmony was asked last week about the money trail for Linspire's agreement with Microsoft, he didn't want to talk about it.
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lisah writes:
RPM Package Manager maintainer Jeff Johnson has relaunched rpm5.org in an attempt to reassemble the scattered RPM developer community under one roof. After a period of dormancy during which several RPM-based distros wandered off on their own, Johnson would like to see future development of the project unified.
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lisah writes:
In an open letter to the LinuxChix community, thirty-one members called for the resignation of its leader, Mary Gardiner, amid allegations she demoted volunteers from positions of responsinbility within the organziation when they disagreed with her goals and decisions. Gardiner agreed to resign but said she was 'pleased' with the things she had accomplished during her leadership. There is no word on who will replace her as coordinator.
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lisah writes:
When comparison shopping for software, most sites let you adjust a small number of variables while you search: free vs. commercial, hosted vs. downloadable, Windows vs. Mac Vs. Linux. ITerating, a new site launching this week, lets you customize your software searches in greater detail than other sites to include price, license, vendor and more. The wiki-based Web site also encourages developers to add their own software to the database where users can review it, comment on it, and even vote it up or down Digg-style.
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lisah writes:
Though Linus Torvalds isn't exactly tripping over himself to endorse the GPLv3 draft, he continues to warm up to it little by little and says the newest version is 'a hell of a lot better than the disaster that were the earlier drafts.'
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lisah writes:
In the old days (about six months ago), lolcat junkies had to console themselves with adding their own captions to the comments at I Can Has Cheezburger? but these days its possible to program your computer using LOLCODE. A tutorial at Linux.com shows you how.
