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OpenOffice.org: Handling sheets separately, part 1: Row Heights

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday May 08, 2009

One of the possible approaches to improving Calc load performance is to separate the processing of individual sheets. The basic idea is that often a file with several sheets is loaded, but only some of the sheets are actually used for editing.

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Technology > Software

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FSF launches new free software activist internship program

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday May 08, 2009

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced a new internship program for free software activists, inviting students to apply for its first round of openings by Monday, May 25th.

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Technology > Business

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FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report is out

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday May 08, 2009

Since the last Status Reports there has been interesting progress in FreeBSD Development. FreeBSD 7.2 was released just a few days ago. Some of the highlights include: Support for superpages in the FreeBSD Virtual Memory subsystem.

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Operating Systems > FreeBSD

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Gentoo: USB hard drives with SMART

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday May 08, 2009

A common way to check the health state of a hard disk is SMART. It gives various informations about occuring errors. In Linux, there's the smartmontools package containing tools to read SMART data of hard drives (smartctl -a /dev/[hddevice] gives you a bunch of information).

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Linux Distros > Gentoo

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Fedora 11: 20 Second Startup Feature

Submitted by Webmaster on Friday May 08, 2009

Boot faster than the F10 30SecondStartup. Make Fedora boot and shut down faster. The goal is to be at the login screen in 20 seconds and be as fast as possible after the login (gnome-session).

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Linux Distros > Fedora

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10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday May 07, 2009

Microsoft's failings are finally catching up with it and will cause the once-unstoppable juggernaut to cede to Linux. A key event was September 14, 2000, when Microsoft set a tiny snowball rolling with the release of the deeply flawed Windows Me. That snowball has been gaining momentum, despite some ups and downs along the way--XP was an up, for example.

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Operating Systems > Linux

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Microsoft`s new search - Built on open-source

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday May 07, 2009

When Microsoft purchased Hotmail in December of 1997 for an estimated $400m, it ran on FreeBSD. But Redmond ripped out the open source OS and replaced it with Windows 2000. Or at least, it tried to.

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Operating Systems > Linux

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Python 3.1 beta 1 released

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday May 07, 2009

Python 3.1 is a continuation of the work started by Python 3.0, the new backwards-incompatible series of Python.

This is a development release. Using this in a production environment is not recommended.

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Web Development > Python

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How To Install Windows 7 On VirtualBox

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday May 07, 2009

As you probably know, Microsoft released the much awaited Windows 7 RC few hours back to public. The new operating system is very stable and also very fast.

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Virtualization > VirtualBox

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OpenOffice.org 3.1 released

Submitted by Webmaster on Thursday May 07, 2009

The final version of OpenOffice.org 3.1 is available for download now!

A lot of new features and improvements make it really worth updating to this new version.

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Technology > New Feature/Release

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Twitter makes more progress with SMS in Canada

Submitted by Webmaster on Wednesday May 06, 2009

We've made more progress with SMS in Canada, this time with our friends at Rogers and Fido. Starting today, if you are a Twitterer as well as a customer of Rogers or Fido, then you can update via SMS and receive updates from Twitter via SMS.

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Popular Websites > Twitter.com

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Firebird included in Fedora Linux

Submitted by Webmaster on Tuesday May 05, 2009

Firebird is included now in Fedora repositories (rank 4 on distrowatch).
Also builds ok on Enterprise Redhat Distro. What is next? :php , flamerobin and kinterbasdb for fedora

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Database Management Systems > Firebird

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How To Avoid Linux Migration Pitfalls

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

To migrate your business to Linux successfully, it's crucial that you catch and avoid problems that can doom the project before you install a single piece of software. Here's what to look for.

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Operating Systems > Linux

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Jaunty under Android

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

About one month ago I bought an HTC Dream aka G1. I started to play with Android and I think it's pretty cool.

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Linux Distros > Ubuntu

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Job opportunities in Scala on the rise?

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

According to TIOBE Scala has moved up from 35 to 27 in the programming language popularity league in the last few months. The index is considered to be an indicator of how attractive acquiring a given language skill is for job prospects or as a basis for future project development.

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Technology > Business

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Fedora Minimal Platform Feature

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

Minimal platform will enable user to perform tiny installation. This installation is later used to create minimalistic server or desktop appliance.

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Linux Distros > Fedora

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OpenOffice.org: PDF import extension is now online

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

The PDF Import extension allows you to import and modify PDF documents in OpenOffice.org Draw and export it to the Open Document Format (ODF). We keep the layout of imported PDF document as close as possible to the original document.

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Technology > Software

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VirtualBox Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP)

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

I recently tested Sun's VirtualBox v2.2. VirtualBox's Virtual Remote Desktop Protocol (VRDP) has been around for some time now. I was made aware of VRDP while listening to Jupiter Broadcasting In Depth Look. VRDP allows you to see the output of a virtual machine's window on any remote computer and control the virtual machine from there. I thought I'd test VirtualBox v2.2 VRDP.

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Virtualization > VirtualBox

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Fedora User Guide - Sharing Your Desktop

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

Fedora provides a means to share a user's desktop remotely across the network, so that a user at a different computer can view and, with your permission, interact with your computer. This is useful for receiving technical support from a remote location or for demonstrating a desktop feature to another user. You may also find it to be a useful way to remotely access files on your desktop from another computer.

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Linux Distros > Fedora

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Linux breaks through one percent web share

Submitted by Webmaster on Monday May 04, 2009

Windows' continuing loss of web share is primarily to the benefit of Mac OS X, though Linux and mobile platforms are also picking up share.

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Operating Systems > Linux

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