OpenOffice.org 3.0 officially out, site swamped by fans.
The OpenOffice.org website was swamped today, shortly after the organisation announced the release of version 3.0 of its open source source office suite. The OpenOffice.org website returned multiple timeout errors early this afternoon as the site was presumably innundated by expectant downloaders. more... and OpenOffice.org 3.0 now in a browser with Ulteo! and OpenOffice.org 3.0 is an incremental improvement and Measuring the true success of OpenOffice.org.

The 2.6.27 kernel is out.
A bit later than expected, Linus has released the final 2.6.27 kernel. For those just tuning in, 2.6.27 includes (among many other things) UBIFS, support for integrity checking in the block layer, multiqueue networking, the ftrace tracing framework, the lockless page cache, the relocation of a lot of firmware, the GSPCA webcam driver set, and a number of extended system calls. more...

Linux Summit will preview new advanced file system.
Although computers get bigger, run faster and accomplish more amazing feats all the time, they still store data in a 1970s-era file system. But that may be about to change. Speaking at the Linux Foundation End User Collaboration Summit this week, Ted Ts'o, a Linux Foundation fellow, and Chris Mason, Oracle's director of kernel engineering, will provide a sneak peak of the file systems of the future more...

Mozilla Labs launches geolocation extension.
Mozilla Labs has announced the availability of Geode, an experimental Firefox extension that implements the W3C Geolocation Specification. Geode provides an early preview of the same location-aware functionality that will be included in both Fennec and Firefox 3.1. more...

Adding search to your Web site with Xapian and Omega.
With Xapian and Omega you can quickly build a powerful search interface for your Web site. You'll be able to index your HTML, PDF, and PHP content and search for it by metadata or words contained in the documents. more...

VMware Workstation 6.5 consolidates the best of desktop virtualization.
Virtualization software can help you run programs that your native Linux distro wouldn't. While Linux users have many virtualization options, none comes close to the all-encompassing VMware Workstation 6.5. Introduced last month, VMware Workstation 6.5 continues the tradition of outshining and outpacing the competition more...

Media/DVD players target Linux netbooks.
CyberLink Corp. announced that its DVD and media players are now available for Linux, targeting OEM bundles on netbooks and nettops. CyberLink PowerDVD Linux supports DVD playback with navigation, subtitles, and rewind/fast forward, while CyberLink PowerCinema Linux is an all-around media player more...

Applications.
Byzanz - free opensource Desktop Recording (command-line) tool.
OpenGoo is an Open Source Web Office. It is a complete solution for every organization to create, collaborate, share and publish all its internal and external documents.

Misc.
.. so I got one of the new Intel SSD's.
Opera 9.60 released and more...
ASUS iMac rival on pre-order, to hit $450 in US.
Buddi - Personal budget software for Ubuntu Desktop.
Create OOo reports with ease with Sun Report Builder.
Foresight Kid's can inspire young minds.
What UUIDs can do for you.

How To Tips.

How To Add Ubuntu 8.04 to win server 2003 Active Directory Domain.
How To Find duplicate copies of files Using fdupes in Ubuntu.

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