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Trojita: a Lightweight IMAP Email Client

Productivity Sauce

25.04.2013
Looking for a lightweight desktop email client for managing an IMAP-based account? Say hello to Trojita, a nimble Qt-based email application that provides full support for the IMAP protocol.
Email , IMAP
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Type Zebra App for Google Chrome and Chromium

Productivity Sauce

24.04.2013
Thanks to Google Web Fonts, you now have access to hundreds of high-quality open source fonts, and using a simple Bash shell script, you can easily install all of them on your Linux machine. But how can you find the font you like among the hundreds of typefaces installed on your system? The Type Zebra app provides an elegant solution to the conundrum.
Chrome , fonts
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Gnote Now Supports Synchronization

Productivity Sauce

23.04.2013
Gnote has always been an excellent Mono-free alternative to the popular Tomboy note-taking application, but it lacked one crucial feature: the ability to synchronize notes across multiple machines. Fortunately, the latest developer release of the application fills the gap and introduces syncing functionality.
Administration , Desktop
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Lightweight KDE Desktop Project

KDE Gets a Refit

19.04.2013

An openSUSE project called KLyDE plans to streamline the KDE desktop.

KDE , Programming
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I've signed to write an advanced book on LibreOffice

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

12.04.2013
I'm just signed to write a book about advanced techniques for LibreOffice
floss , free software , libreoffice , Linux New Media , Linux Pro Magazine , open source
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Figure 8: A number of innovations have been incorporated in the Marble 3D globe.

Exploring KDE 4.10

Just Before 5

08.04.2013

KDE SC 4.10 was released six months after KDE 4.9, adding many new features. In the background, work is in full swing for the next generation, KDE Frameworks 5: a KDE based completely on Qt5 and QML.

KDE , Programming
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Gnome 3.8 Released

04.04.2013

The new Gnome release includes privacy and sharing settings, allowing more user control over access to personal information.

Gnome , ownCloud
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Documenting the OpenDocument Format

COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: An Interview with Jean Hollis Weber

We talk with Jean Hollis Weber, a volunteer with ODFAuthors, the LibreOffice Documentation team, and the Friends of OpenDocument Inc.

libreoffice , OpenOffice
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The Raspberry Pi as a media center

COVER STORIES: Smart Raspberry free

Tired of that big clunky media center unit taking up shelf space in your living room? We'll show you how to put together a tiny multimedia system with the versatile and ever-popular Raspberry Pi.

Raspberry Pi , Raspbmc , XBMC
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It’s time to take XML out back and shoot it

SYSADMIN: XML Anxiety

XML security problems are numerous, but you can take steps to limit your exposure – or you can use a different standard.

Desktop , Python , Security
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