KDE 4.0 Released.
The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era. more... and screenshots. and KDE 4.0 is out - a look back and KDE Community marks the beginning of the KDE 4 era and KDE 4 revises the desktop.

Lenovo finally delivers SUSE Linux-based ThinkPads.
PC vendor Lenovo has promised ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for some time now. Lenovo will deliver the goods the week of Jan. 14. Lenovo will release pre-installed SLED 10 on its Intel Centrino processor-powered ThinkPad T61 and R61 14-inch-wide notebooks. In February, Lenovo's pre-integrated Novell Linux offering will expand to include some Penryn-based ThinkPads. more... and Linux PC Models Multiply As Vista Struggles.

SSH: Best Practices.
If you're reading LinuxSecurity.com then it's a safe bet that you are already using SSH, but are you using it in the best way possible? Have you configured it to be as limited and secure as possible? The goal of this document is to kick in the new year with some best practices for SSH: why you should use them, how to set them up, and how to verify that they are in place. more...

Likewise Extends Active Directory`s Embrace to Mac and Linux.
Likewise Enterprise and its open-source sibling, Likewise Open, enable administrators to manage Linux, Macintosh and Unix machines through Microsoft's Active Directory and Group Policy. more...

Lightzone: A Powerful Camera RAW Editor for Linux.
Lightzone is clearly modeled after Lightroom and Aperture and looks a bit like both with a single document pane that is at once both a photo organizer and an editing suite for RAW images. It’s worth noting that Lightzone can manage nearly any file type, but RAW images are clearly its specialty. more... and LightZone 3.3 beta offers pro photo manipulation for Linux and Pixel: Photoshop for the Linux Crowd.

…its a Peach.
You know what, I love Blender, I really do. For those of you who have been living under a rock for the last 10 years, Blender is a free cross-platform 3D modelling application. more... and Elephants Dream and Peach.

VirtueMart: A virtual ecommerce solution.
If you run an ecommerce site, you may want a content management system (CMS) to help manage your online product line. VirtueMart, available under the GNU GPL and fully integrated with Joomla!, does that and more. It provides a full ecommerce solution in a LAMP environment. VirtueMart has a long history, going back several years through different incarnations. Its oldest ancestor is phpShop, a PHP-powered, standalone shopping-cart application that's still in development. more...

Geronimo: Are its days numbered?
Geronimo's days are numbered. The reason offered was IBM's sponsorship, in which a large number of the Geronimo committers were hired by IBM, and for whatever reason, innovation ceased within the project. It's an interesting story. Geronimo is much like Eclipse: not formally controlled by IBM, but since most of Geronimo's core committers are employed by Big Blue, control more or less belongs in IBM's hands. more...

Give Wine apps the look and feel of GNOME or KDE.
Wine allows users to run Windows programs natively under Linux without paying a dime. However, there's a tiny problem: programs running in Wine don't look so great. They don't even try to fit into your native GNOME or KDE color scheme or use your preferred fonts. You could use a Windows theme, but themes make Wine run extremely slowly. more...

Applications.
WiFi Radar - Simple tool to Manage Wireless Profiles more...
GLPI - IT and asset Managemet Software more...

Misc.
Color Palette Generator.
Linux Magazine Pro.
Perfect Passwords GRC's Ultra High Security Password Generator.
Download Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Desktop Training Guides For Students and Instructors. more...

How To Tips.

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