Fifteen years of NetBSD.
March 20 -- This week marks the fifteenth anniversary of the beginning of development of the NetBSD Operating System, one of the oldest actively maintained, freely-available operating systems. NetBSD runs on everything from embedded systems to desktop more...

OpenOffice 3.0 promises to bash Office.
Microsoft's Office suite could have plausible challenger on the desktop for the first time since Lotus gave up trying to take on Redmond a decade ago. more... and OpenOffice.org 3.0's new features, an early look.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Beta released.
The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. 8.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. more... and Introduction to Ubuntu 8.04 Beta and Hardy Heron - Beta.

Long-Distance Wi-Fi.
Intel has announced plans to sell a specialized Wi-Fi platform later this year that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas tens of miles away, connecting sparsely populated villages to the Internet. more...

Mark Spencer Recounts the History of Open Source Asterisk PBX.
Asterisk is an open source private branch exchange (PBX) originally created by Mark Spencer of Digium. A PBX, is a type of phone switch, that allows multiple attached telephones to make calls to one another, and to connect to other telephone services including the public switched telephone network (PSTN). more...

From GNOME to KDE and back again: old computing habits are hard to break.
I used KDE as my primary desktop from 1996 through 2006, when I installed the GNOME version of Ubuntu and found that I liked it better than the KDE desktop I'd faced every morning for so many years. Last January, I got a new Dell Latitude D630 laptop and decided to install Kubuntu on it, but within a few weeks, I went back to GNOME. Does this mean GNOME is now a better desktop than KDE, or just that I have become so accustomed to GNOME that it's hard for me to give it up? more...

Eclipse learns how to let go.
EclipseCon The Eclipse Foundation looks destined to remain a mistress to Microsoft and Sun Microsystems - while the platform is married to IBM. more... and more... and more... and more...

Applications.
Jinzora is the ultimate web based media streaming and management system.
Mail Notification monitors your mailboxes for new mail.

Misc.
The Todd Today and Eau Claire Linux User Group.
Is Linux really for me?
Fedora 9 beta is available and more... and screenshots.
Linux Directory Structure Overview.
Shuttle KPC 45 a $198.00 Linux Computer and Shuttle KPC Desktop.
Google Translate.
Asterisklinks.com useful info about Asterisk PBX.
AnyDVD HD now with BD+ support and Hooray! Blu-ray BD+ hacked!
alltop We've got all the top stories covered all the time.
BookLamp.org is a system for matching readers to books through an analysis of writing styles.

How To Tips.

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

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