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Does the End of KOffice Mean the End of KDE? 233

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 07, 2010 @01:39PM from the yeah-that'll-happen dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Venerable Linux office suite KOffice has been reborn as "Calligra," a name meant to evoke calligraphy but perhaps a bit too close to the neme of a deranged Roman emperor. Perhaps more importantly, Calligra seems to be cooperating with the future MeeGo mobile Linux distro. Could this be the beginning of the end of the KDE desktop, at least under its current branding?"

Ubuntu Will Switch To Base-10 File Size Units In Future Release 984

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday March 27, 2010 @11:55AM from the stay-above-the-belt dept.

CyberDragon777 writes "Ubuntu's future 10.10 operating system is going to make a small, but contentious change to how file sizes are represented. Like most other operating systems using binary prefixes, Ubuntu currently represents 1 kB (kilobyte) as 1024 bytes (base-2). But starting with 10.10, a switch to SI prefixes (base-10) will denote 1 kB as 1000 bytes, 1 MB as 1000 kB, 1 GB as 1000 MB, and so on."

Comment Re:alfresco (Score 2, Interesting) 130

by profdeadmeat on Saturday March 20, 2010 @11:07AM (#31549586) Attached to: Business-Suitable Document Authentication System?

I would second the idea of looking into alfresco. I have not used it.
However, what it will do for you is that it will make sure that you can be using a common file system with revision control. So what would happen is that you would allow your users to network mount the alfresco filesystem across the firm. Users would read and save files to this filesystem. Anytime, it is saved, versions are created.

Alfresco Documents

Also, it does handle signatures with the plugin from http://www.viafirma.org/ (note, that is in spanish but works fine with google translate) http://viafirma.googlecode.com/svn/

Those saying stop working on this and hire people are thinking that you have a large firm. That is not really a great option.
What I would recommend is that you do setup single signon if you can.
The first start is to have an LDAP server.
ActiveDirectory does provide that. If you want to provide kerberos/active directory and ldap there are open source solutions.

The way to technical solution is: http://freeipa.org/page/Samba_4_Installation
Note: some of this can be done with: http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/393283
The no to technical solution might be: http://www.clearfoundation.com/Software/overview.html

Athena's Free Firewall Browser 23

Posted by timothy on Friday March 19, 2010 @08:30PM from the should-you-choose-to-accept-it dept.

athenasec writes "Firewall Browser is a free configuration analyzer (download here), released by Athena Security, which works on Cisco, Check Point, and Netscreen firewalls for searching rulebases based on address or service ranges — the way change requests are actually made. The tool is available as a free download with no limitations, user license restrictions, or registration hurdles. Users can slice and dice any firewall-related question about the network, service objects, and security rules for a multi-vendor environment from a single flexible interface. There is also this how-to guide for applying the tool to day-to-day operational tasks."

Walk-Thru Virtual Environment 168

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 08, 2002 @06:12PM from the foggy-mcbottom dept.

diso writes "Walking through a wall is now really possible. WAVE, a Walk-thru Virtual Environment is a novel, low-cost, and simple method for forming a superior quality physically penetrable fog display. It is a break-through technology, literally! This work has international patents pending. An early prototype was constructed with honeycomb paper as a low-cost laminar airflow generator. When the screen is formed, images can be either rear- or front-projected onto it. Despite of being a very early prototype, the experimental fog screen already proves the operating principle with excellent results."

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