Issue #75 / Feb 2007
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NEWS: RETRIBUTIONWARE
Dear Linux Magazine Reader, Despite all the talk of alleged patent infringement issues with Linux, no one seems to h......NEWS: LINUX WORLD NEWS
A DISTRO FOR NEPALI SPEAKERS CREATIVE COMPUTING IN TAIWAN OPEN SOURCE CELEBRATIONS IN QUEBEC...NEWS: ZACK'S KERNEL NEWS
Hard Core Filesystem Tests New Non-Journaling Filesystem, SpadFS Peace-Forking util-linux Promise O......SERVICE: WRITE ACCESS
Best of Small Distros? DVD Suggestions ...COVER STORY: ODF Compatibility
Open Document Format in practiceWhat happens when you feed an ODT document created with OpenOffice to a word processor like AbiWord, KWord, or Writely? Read on to find out.
COVER STORY: ODF Add-in
The Open Document Add-in for Microsoft OfficeWith a little help from the ODF plugin, Microsoft Office can open up documents saved in the free Open Document format. A short test reveals just how well it works.
COVER STORY: Office Suites
A tour of OpenOffice alternativesIf OpenOffice is too fat and feature-rich for your taste, try one of the office alternatives. We found much to like and much to wish for when we put six office suites to the test.
COVER STORY: Web-based Office Tools
Online office suitesA mobile office without a laptop? No problem – a new generation of web applications converts your browser into a word processor or spreadsheet.
REVIEWS: Books
In Search of Stupidity: Over 20 Years of High-Tech Marketing Disasters, 2nd ed. DNS and BIND, 5th Edition Implementi......REVIEWS: Fedora Core 6
Fedora Core 6 Test DriveSee what’s new in Fedora Core 6 – the latest release of the Red Hat-based Fedora project.
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FSF Outs the World Wide Web Consortium over DRM Proposal
Richard Stallman calls for the W3C to remain independent of vendor interests.
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Debian 7.0 Debuts
The new release supports nine architectures, 73 human languages, and zero non-Free components.
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Alpha Version of Fedora 19 Released
Fedora developers release the first alpha version of Fedora 19, known as Schrödinger’s Cat, for general testing. The final release is expected in July 2013.
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ack 2.0 Released
ack is a grep-like, command-line tool that has been optimized for programmers to search large trees of source code.
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SUSE Studio 1.3 Released
New features in SUSE Studio 1.3 include enhanced cloud integration, VM platform support, and lifecycle management.
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Xen To Become Linux Foundation Collaborative Project
The Linux Foundation recently announced that the Xen Project is becoming a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project.
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RunRev Releases Open Source Version of LiveCode
Open source version of LiveCode is now available for developing apps, games, and utilities for all major platforms.
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OpenDaylight Project Formed
OpenDaylight is an open source software-defined networking project committed to furthering adoption of SDN and accelerating innovation in a vendor-neutral and open environment.
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Gnome 3.8 Released
The new Gnome release includes privacy and sharing settings, allowing more user control over access to personal information.
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Mozilla and Samsung Collaborate on New Browser Engine
Mozilla is collaborating with Samsung on a new web browser engine called Servo.