Lenovo and Novell to Offer Linux Preload on ThinkPad Notebooks.
Lenovo and Novell today announced an agreement to provide preloaded Linux on Lenovo ThinkPad notebook PCs and to provide support from Lenovo for the operating system. The companies will offer SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 from Novell to commercial customers on Lenovo notebooks beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007. The ThinkPad notebooks with the Linux-preload will also be available for purchase by individual customers. more...

Dell Linux desktops move to Europe.
Bringing Ubuntu-based consumer PCs to Europe, Dell plans to start selling a Linux desktop and notebook computer in the UK, France and Germany this Wednesday. The Inspiron 6400n desktop computer will cost ?329 and the Inspiron 530n notebook ?399. more... and Linux for Consumers in the U.K. France, and Germany.

Red Hat Global Desktop delayed.
Red Hat confirmed on Aug. 3 that it would be delaying the release of the newest member of its desktop Linux family, Red Hat Global Desktop, because the company is seeking to provide certain multimedia codecs. more... and Red Hat to offer whitebox Linux desktops globally.

OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 7 report.
OpenSUSE 10.3 Alpha 7 was released a few days ago, little over two weeks since Alpha 6, and it's an exciting release for sure. We have new eye candy and it was working wonderfully here. more...

GParted LiveCD vs Parted Magic.
Following the recent announcement by GParted that its specialist live CD for disk partitioning tasks might be discontinued unless a new maintainer steps in to take over the work, I decided to take a look at one of its competitors - Parted Magic. more...

Open-source replacement for Microsoft Project on its way.
Projity, an on-demand software company will announce at LinuxWorld in San Francisco that it is releasing a public beta of OpenProj, a complete open-source desktop replacement of Microsoft Project. more... and Open source replacement for MS Project.

Instant backups with smbmount and grsync.
Need a simple yet effective way to back up your laptop or desktop machine to a network-attached storage device or a network hard disk running Samba? Using Samba's smbmount utility and the grsync backup tool, you can set up a backup system that is both reliable and straightforward in use. more...

Why Microsoft Is Going Open Source.
No one would have believed me if I had said five years ago that Microsoft would have a page on its Web site called “Open Source at Microsoft”. That's right: Microsoft has released not one but several pieces of code as open source. Moreover, it's submitting some of its home-grown licences to the Open Source Initiative for approval. So what is going on here? more...

Documentation.
Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sheet and pdf.
Blender 3D Video Course and course.
GIMP Documentation.

Ubuntu US Local Community teams websit.

Magazine.
Linux Gazette #141.

Applications.
Phplist is an open-source newsletter manager. phplist is free to download, install and use, and is easy to integrate with any website.
Tcptrack is a sniffer which displays information about TCP connections it sees on a network interface.
RecordMyDesktop is a desktop session recorder for Linux. It has ability to record audio, along with video.
Xara Xtreme offers an unbeatably easy way to create graphics - combining drawings, photos and text with a power and flexibility that is unique to Xtreme.
Qcad is a two-dimensional drafting program, available in proprietary and GPL versions. more...

How To Tips.

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