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Configuring <a href="">the GIMP</a> to
<a href="http://codemills.com/blog/?p=4">
look and act a bit more like Adobe Photoshop</a>
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<a href="http://thelinuxbox.org/show.php">
The Linux Box Show</a>,
recorded in glorious audio for your listening pleasure.
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<a href="http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/gran3.shtml">
Linux Makes Granny Cry</a>.
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Interesting Open Source perspective analysis
<a href="http://www.technetra.com/writings/open_government/Hot_Air_in_Hannover">
of CeBIT 2005</a>, and the opportunities missed.
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<a href="http://www.linuxmednews.com/linuxmednews/1112317813/index_html">
Linux Medical News is 5 years old</a>.
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Richard Stallman
<a href="http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=353">
interviewed on the state of GNU/Linux</a>.
<P>
<a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/25/1231253&from=rss">
Waiting and Sleeping</a>
on the command line.
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<font color="green">Linux Kernel</font></h3>
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The newest iteration of the stable
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Linux Kernels</a> is now available:
<a href="http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.11.6">
Linux 2.6.11.6</a>.
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Also new, is the April
<a href="http://kerneltrap.org/node/4958">
release of version 2.4.30</a>
in the previous stable series.
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Intel has tentatively proposed
<a href="http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/29/227206">
eliminating the Intel Open Source License</a>, substituting
for it the more common BSD license. This would be a small
contribution to reducing the proliferation of licenses that
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<font color="green">TUX Magazine</font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.tuxmagazine.com/">
TUX Magazine</a> is a new Linux magazine aimed at beginners.
Coming from SSC, publishers of
<a href="http://www.linuxjournal.com/">Linux Journal</a>,
TUX will be a monthly online magazine distributed in PDF
format. NewsForge has
<a href="http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/25/1532209&from=rss">
published a report on the new publication</a>.
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<font color="green"> Yoper </font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.yoper.com/">
Yoper Linux</a>
has been profiled and
<a href="http://os.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=05/03/25/1724232&from=rss">
reviewed at NewsForge</a>.
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<font color="green"> Ubuntu/UserLinux </font></h3>
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LWN
<a href="http://lwn.net/Articles/129465/">
has reported on the release</a>
of experimental UserLinux metapackages for Ubuntu Hoary.
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<font color="green"> Puppy </font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.goosee.com/puppy/">
Puppy Linux</a>
is a flexible and small-sized GNU/Linux distribution.
You can read
<a href="http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/opensource/puppy-open-source-kauler-41710.html">
a brief review at LinuxInsider.com</a>.
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<font color="green"> Arch </font></h3>
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OSnews has published
<a href="http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=10142">
a lengthy interview</a>
with the developers behind
<a href="http://www.archlinux.org/">
Arch Linux</a>.
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<font color="green"> Firefox </font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/">
Firefox</a>
appears to be making measurable inroads into Microsoft
Internet Explorer's market share. The Microsoft browser
offering
<a href="http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=137561&liArticleTypeID=1&liCategoryID=6&liChannelID=1&liF">
now accounts for less than 90% of the browser sector</a>.
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<font color="green"> Nero </font></h3>
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Nero, the popular Windows CD/DVD burning software, has
recently been
<a href="http://www.nero.com/en/NeroLINUX.html">
released for Linux</a>.
NeroLinux is a closed source application, and is available
free of charge following registration on the Nero website.
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<font color="green"> Adobe Reader </font></h3>
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<a href="http://www.adobe.com/">Adobe</a> has released a new
version of its PDF reading software,
<a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html">
Adobe Reader 7.0</a>,
for Linux. The software is available for
<a href="ftp://ftp.adobe.com/pub/adobe/reader/unix/7x/7.0/enu/">
free download</a>, and has been
<a href="http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6420674652.html">
profiled on DesktopLinux.com</a>.
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Originally hailing from Ireland, Michael is currently living in Baden,
Switzerland. There he works with ABB Corporate Research as a
Marie-Curie fellow, developing software for the simulation and design
of electrical power-systems equipment.
<p> Before this, Michael worked as a lecturer in the Department of
Mechanical Engineering, University College Dublin; the same
institution that awarded him his PhD. The topic of this PhD research
was the use of Lamb waves in nondestructive testing. GNU/Linux has
been very useful in his past work, and Michael has a strong interest
in applying free software solutions to other problems in engineering.
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