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Why Cadence Is Canon at Canonical

The latest release of Canonical's innovative open source operating system, Ubuntu 12.10, maintains its twice-annual upgrade pattern. Even though the last few releases have generated a steady chorus of cries for longer release schedules, Canonical's leadership stands by the schedule and the rationale behind it. ...

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KMyMoney Is as Simple to Use as Quicken

KMyMoney is a comprehensive finance-tracking application that does not require an accounting degree to use effectively ...

Whither OpenSolaris? Illumos Takes Up the Mantle

For the installed user base of the former Sun Microsystems' OpenSolaris OS, questions about its continued support and development remain largely unanswered. When Oracle bought Sun Microsystems, it raised fees for its technical help and halted further development on OpenSolaris, replacing it with its own Oracle Solaris 11 ...

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Gnumeric Crunches Numbers Like a Pro

Gnumeric is a lightweight spreadsheet program that is fast and feature complete. ...

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Ubuntu 12.10: Unity Just Sort of Grows on You

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OCRFeeder Fails to Feed Factually

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Darhon Finance: Feature-Packed but Some Assembly Required

Darhon Finance is a comprehensive personal finance program packed with features to manage finances and bank accounts, track credit cards and investments and plan for expenses. It goes far beyond serving as a typical electronic check or bank book register. ...

FOSS’ Fight Against China’s Free-as-in-Pirated Syndrome

The tide of software piracy in China may be ebbing. With the clear support of the Chinese government, several software organizations and computer firms based in Europe and the U.S. are conducting events focusing on growing open source in China ...

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Freeplane: Solid Mind Mapping but You May Need a Map

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NoteCase Is Back in Pro Form – but There’s a Hitch

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Calligra Productivity Suite: Too Much Trouble

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The Fox in the FOSS Henhouse

Oracle's proprietary posture may have soiled the welcome mat and vilified its good standing in the FOSS community as CEO Larry Ellison has pushed the balance point between servicing his customers and nickel-and-diming them to turn a higher profit. Clearly, since Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems -- and with it OpenOffice and Java -- the company has not acted very neighborly with open source developers.

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Mageia Linux: A Delightful OS for Work or Play

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Ubuntu Made Easy Shortens the Learning Curve

Ubuntu Made Easy: A Project-Based Introduction to LinuxBy Rickford Grant with Phil BullJuly 2012, 480 pp.ISBN: 978-1-59327-425-2$34.95 Print Book with free Ebook$27.95 Ebook (PDF, Mobi, and ePub) ...

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Zorin Linux Is Heavy on the Windows Dressing

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Linux and Windows: Peaceful Coexistence

One of the stumbling blocks in migrating to the Linux desktop is the mistaken view that you can't take it with you. Your data must remain captive to the Microsoft operating system. Not true at all ...

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VectorLinux: A Desktop That’s Slim, Sleek and Speedy

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SolusOS Has Something Cool for Veterans, Novices Alike

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Blender Graphics Editor Slices, Dices and Amazes

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For Modest Mousepad, Simplicity Is Both Virtue and Vexation

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