Adventures with open source apps on Linux - Part 1 Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 1:54 am Categories: Linux Tags: Ubuntu, Application, GIMP, OpenOffice.org, Evolution GIMP Adobe Photoshop, Pidgin, Linux Open Source Ecosystem, Linux, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows One of the aspects of migrating to Linux that puts many people off giving it a try is the idea of having to leave behind tried and trusted Windows applications and having to make the switch to something else. Sure, the Windows
Publication date: 2008-05-23
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Snackr
I just downloaded this program called Snackr, and it's awesome. Basically, it adds a news ticker to your desktop (I actually have mine at the top of the screen), pulling stories from whatever RSS feeds you want it to. You can also import an OPML file of all your subscriptions from any online feed reader, like GReader. It's even nice and pretty, though it does require you to install Adobe Air. I suppose it may end up irritating me to have it there, and I may also decide it takes up too much scr
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Multi-Mania is about to kick-off and I'm arrived in Belgium
Everything is ready for the kickoff of Multi-Mania 2008. And Koen wrote that the conference is fully booked with more than 1000 regitered users ! I was transported from the Brussel airport by car together with Rob Chiu, Susanna (his girlfriend) and Dave from Indianapolis. It was a long trip but I had a lot of time with them :) This year we have over 30 speakers in 4 simultaneous tracks on topics like design, development, video, audio, 3D and game development and also have 3 workshops on Ado
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ABC Launching Upgraded Video Player For Fall Season
ABC, the Disney-owned television network, launched its proprietary Web video player about two years ago, before any other had come to pass from competing broadcasters. And in that time, rival services have been created to deliver streaming video of full-length episodes of current and archival programming. Hulu and Fancast are two examples of startups born in the last 12 months or so that have broad ambitions for their founding companies. Yet it is somewhat surprising that, despite ABC
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