Announcing the release of Fedora 8 (Werewolf).
It's close to midnight and something cool is coming through the "tubes" It's looking real tight, a distro for the experts and the n00bs With Live CDs* so you can try it out before installing Or DVDs so you can have the packages you choose No way to lose 'Cause it's Fedora, Fedora 8 more... and Fedora 8 - Review and Fedora 8 - a video tour and Feature plans for Fedora 9.

BasKet makes organization easy.
BasKet is a multipurpose note-taking application that allows you to collect and organize text, pictures, files, and more. BasKet 0.6.0, released last month, sports a new interface and improved features over previous releases. more... and Adding a basket tool to OpenOffice.org.

The GNOME Roadmap.
The GNOME Community Roadmap is a big-picture view of functionality we expect GNOME to include in short-term and long-term future. The roadmap is based on feedback from current GNOME developers and other community members. more...

Managing wireless connections seamlessly with wicd.
One of the few wireless connection managers that I've actually found useful is wicd -- the Wireless Interface Connection Daemon, pronounced "wicked." It's a lot like the Windows wireless network connection tool in both appearance and ease of use. more...

New release of internet cafe software.
Want to start an internet cafe but not willing to fork out handfuls of cash to get going? We've written about OutKafe before and now a new version of the cafe management suite has been released. more...

Low-cost board runs Linux, Google Apps.
For $60, developers and Linux hackers can now buy the guts of the recently unveiled $200 Everex TC2502 Linux PC. The compact, ultra-efficient, x86-compatible "gOS Dev Board" comes with "gOS," a lightweight Linux-based OS meant for use with Google Apps. more...

Turn Your Old PC into a Webapp Monster with gOS.
As more and more full-featured web applications look to replace traditional desktop apps, the concept of a web-based operating system has gained a lot of momentum. more... and Wal-Mart’s $200 PC - sold out.

VirtualBox: The best virtualization program you've never heard of.
If you're like most people, you probably named VMware or Xen first. Many of you probably know of one or more of the following: Parallels, QEMU, KVM, Virtuozzo and OpenVZ. However, few of you probably know about VirtualBox. And chances are if you know about VirtualBox 1.502, you're already running it because it manages the trifecta of being good, free and, sort of, open source. more...

Oracle’s virtual challenge to Windows and Red Hat. more...
VMware dangles Server 2 beta. more...

Misc.
video4linux wiki.
Linux TV wiki.
Make The Move aims to present Linux and open source software as viable alternatives to the system on your computer.
NPR Music.

Application.
FlyBack - Apple's Time Machine for Linux.
phpfspot allows you to present a photo collection prepared in F-Spot in Web browsers.
BasKet is a multipurpose note-taking application that allows you to collect and organize text, pictures, files, and more.
jBrout is a photo manager, written in python/pygtk under the GPL licence. It's cross-platform, and has been tested on GNU/linux and windows XP/2k.

How To Tips.

See you next Thursday 7 P.M. at 420 Cafe, 420 Washington Ave, Eau Claire, WI.

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