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In Denmark in an open letter to the mayor, city council and the IT manager in Lyngby-Taarbaek Municipality, the Virum School student council is now targeting sharp criticism against the decision to replace Microsoft Office with OpenOffice. There are major problems with programs and students lack training in how to use them, says the criticism. Already last year there were debate around the municipality’s decision to opt for OpenOffice rather than Microsoft’s office suite. Microsoft’s technology director Jasper Hedegaard Bojsen then sent an open letter to the municipal mayor, [...]
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Skype Goes 720p, Jumps Onto LG and Panasonic HDTVs
Although I love open source, I have to admit I’m a frequent Skype user. This week there’s some big news from Skype. They’re making a push for 720p video quality, with both new HD webcams and software support, but that’s not the biggest deal here. They’re also partnering with LG and Panasonic for Skype-enabled HDTVs.Gizmodo writes: The new Skype 4.2 beta can achieve better quality video than ever before: 1280 x 720 resolution at 30fps. They’ve also got a line of HD webcams (hardware from faceVision and In Store) that pack video encoding and processing onboard, [...]
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I Need Your Help…
This might seem desperate, and perhaps it is, but I really need your help with a little project I’m working on. Basically I want to create an introductory video that briefly explains how the Ubuntu release schedule/cycle works. This will very much be aimed at Ubuntu newbies.My first idea was to create an introductory video that would summarize what goes into a release cycle (Toolchain, UDS, Freezes, Alpha, Beta, RC), but that part has been postponed mostly due to my lack of knowledge in these areas (how does one describe Toolchain upload?). Anyway, back on topic, I figured I could write [...]
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Enna Media Center
By now there’s a few really good media center application available for Linux, and today yet another joins the game. The very first release of Enna Media Center (v0.4.0) has came out! click to view fullsize Benjamin Zores, the project leader for the GeeXbox project and long-time MPlayer developer, has announced the first public (beta) release of Enna. Enna is a multi-media player that will be at the heart of the GeeXbox 2.0 distribution and is available as a separate program for those using other Linux distributions. This project is still very very young and still lacks many features compared [...]
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Karmic X-splash Makeover
I’ve created this little animation using the Karmic X-splash background. Finally I have some time to work on Ubuntu related projects which has been neglected for some time. I have other small projects that I will share with you in the near future. Let me emphasize that the Karmic X-splash makeover is only a mockup!
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Merry Christmas
In the spirit of the holiday season, I want to wish you all a merry christmas.Sources:- http://gerry.ws/2008/12/417/going-loco-over-the-ubuntu-logo.html- http://skyisgrey.org/blog/ubuntu-desktop-course.html- http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Christmas-Tux-ubuntu?content=70260
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Docky!
My fellow blogger at the awesome site http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk, has been writing a lot about Docky. The Launchpad project description says: “Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.”Personally I’m still mainly using Gnome vanilla style, but Docky is look nothing less than fantastic!WOW! For more info I’ve added links to some of OMG Ubuntu!’s Docky [...]
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Mark Shuttleworth Steps Down As CEO At Canonical
You couldn’t possible have missed this (every open-source and linux site has written about this), but just in case let me inform you that Mark Shuttleworth has announced the current COO Jane Silberwill have the privilege of leading Canonical from March of next year. Mark will continue to play a major role in Canonical, and it is expected to be a smooth transition. Silber’s official blog and Linux.com each have more details on how the change will be implemented. Mark wishes to focus more on making Ubuntu better and less on the financial aspects. In his blogpost Mark writes: From March [...]
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