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Looking for an open source alternative to Dreamweaver or another proprietary HTML/CSS editor? Let's round up some of your options.

Not all that many years ago, pretty much every webpage on the Internet was, at some level, designed painstakingly by hand. It was tough, and before CSS really took hold and became well supported across most common browsers, it often involved hacking a layout together by using HTML tables in a way that they were never really envisioned to support.

While some designers developed workflows completely based around manual editing of raw HTML files, the WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor began to emerge as a tool of empowerment to millions of amateur and professional designers who didn't know, or at least hadn't mastered, the art of hypertext markup.

Products like CoffeeCup, HotDog, FrontPage, GoLive, and many others filled the market, and many web-based WYSIWYG editors emerged as well. Among the more successful was Macromedia (later Adobe) Dreamweaver, which was among my personal favorites for many years.

These web authoring tools weren't just about WYSIWYG editing; even for those who were comfortable with direct authoring of markup language, these tools offered advantages with template control, file management, and simply reducing the time it takes to create functional code.

But just as these helpful editors were expanding access to webpage creation, something else was happening too. Content management systems like Drupal and Wordpress (and many, many others before them) displaced the need for the average content producer to need to edit raw HTML at all. You could easily make a functional website without even worrying about the underlying markup.

So did the rise of the content management system change the web? Absolutely. Did it eliminate the need to hand code HTML? Well, for some people, yes. But as the web moved from a collection of content to a platform for applications, just as many new opportunities have arisen for doing markup have disappeared. Every software as a service application, every social media network, and even many mobile applications, rely on HTML and CSS to render their display. And those content management systems? They still need templates to function.

And though many helpful libraries exist to standardize and simplify the web development process, coding for the web isn't being displaced any time soon. And though proprietary tools are still common, there is a rich collection of open source alternatives out there. Here are some you should consider.

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SOFTWARE 'TWEAKS,' CHINESE NEW YEAR DELAY EVEREX CLOUDBOOK "CloudBook was supposed to be available from Wal-Mart Inc. stores and the Walmart.com Web site today..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,9j1g,4bb8,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

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You just know people have something to say about that.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,k9r2,heuh,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------Visit the other sites in the Linux Channel: Linux Planethttp://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,5mnc,ah7b,9l1g,j17r Enterprise Linux Todayhttp://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,lw2f,jzi4,9l1g,j17rAllLinuxDeviceshttp://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,1ihu,fjtv,9l1g,j17rand JustLinuxhttp://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3r4v,1,59b9,b9s6,9l1g,j17r

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OBOOE MAKES A NOISE ABOUT OPEN SOURCE "One of the reason that open source has yet to make a huge impact on business in Europe is that there are relatively few ways that it can make its voice heard.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ayau,iv0h,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

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NETWORKING SCALABILITY ON HIGH-PERFORMANCE SERVERS "Much has been written about networking performance, optimization, and tuning on a variety of hardware, platforms, and operating systems under various workloads..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,h20g,hc66,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

A BASH SCRIPT TO DOWNLOAD ENTIRE PICASAWEB ALBUMS "Google restricts the download of entire PicasaWeb albums to users of its proprietary (and Windows only) software Picasa. A fairly simple Bash script can do that and even more..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,mb4w,a14n,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

INSTALLING LINUX OVER NETWORK (NO CDROM DRIVE) "The problem--although it does not concern all of us--is not taken from outer space. It actually exists even in case of modern laptops, like Thinkpad X61, which lack a CD drive to save on weight..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,9a3x,17hz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

FIND THE ITEMS YOU WANT WITH GNOME DO "The wealth of applications on a modern Linux system is phenomenal, but sifting through screen after screen of menu items is no fun..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,b6nr,5r4,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

SPLASHTOP RUNNING ON PROTOTYPE ASUS NOTEBOOK "DeviceVM's SplashTop, a product we had named as one of the greatest Linux innovations in 2007, is sharing a booth this week at the Consumer Electronic Show with ASUS..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ldgm,3z2d,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

AUTOMATING FIREFOX WITH IMACROS "Do you have some mundane task that you have to do regularly through a Web browser? Are you a developer who wants to automatically test the interface of your latest Web application...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,lyve,9j9i,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

EU OPENS TWO NEW INVESTIGATIONS AGAINST MICROSOFT--ONE INVOLVINGOOXML "Regulators in the EU today announced that they are opening two new investigations against Microsoft, this time focusing not on peripheral functionalities like media players, but on the core of Microsoft's business..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,3nl,4krm,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

GENTOO 2007.1 CANCELLED, FOUNDATION & NEWSLETTER DISCUSSED "This morning Christina Fullam states that it was decided just before Christmas to cancel the 2007.1 release and roll all the effort into Gentoo 2008.0 since there was little possibility of getting a well-tested 2007.1 release out before 2008..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hpbx,99mg,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

SAMBA'S TRIDGE CLUSTERS CODE AND CROWDS "Author of and contributor to the Samba file server, Andrew Tridgell, talks to Computerworld about Samba and his upcoming Linux.conf.au talk..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,cs0l,jx5s,9l1g,j17rMore stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,ioqq,lhlt,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

THAT'S A SIGNPOST UP AHEAD Rob Weir's comprehensive roadmap of the JTC1 process to date leads off this mix of news and opinions about February's standards vote. Next stop: The OOXML Zone.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,9640,jwuy,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r/-------------------------------------------------------------------

IBM EDGES CLOSER TO CREATING AN OPEN-SOURCE JAZZ VERSION "IBM today opened its Jazz.net open-source community to anyone who wants to provide feedback on the technology, which is intended to help improve collaboration among software development teams..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,cjyb,7x36,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

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..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,epwf,ib5s,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

OPEN SOURCE ON THE BIG SCREEN: MATT EBB TELLS TALES OF ELEPHANTSDREAM "Lead artist from Elephants Dream speaks about what it is like to make your own open movie using open source tools and the power of the community..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,jq39,df93,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

LOOK TUX, NO WIRES "When Kim Hawtin, like many other young Australians, went to London in 2000 to work. he never knew that he would be introduced to one of the abiding interests of his life while there..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,chyt,ug1,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

INTERVIEW: MICHAEL MEEUWISSE "Michael Meeuwisse started Project VGA in September of 2007. The project aims to develop a simple, low budget, open source, VGA compatible video card available this year..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,4y9v,lunj,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3q33,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r

Eight Firefox extensions you don't need

By Lisa Hoover

The Firefox Web browser community has created thousands of wonderful extensions that make surfing and working with the Internet fun and productive. While many extensions are homes runs, here are a few that just don't make it out of the ballpark.

The object of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to write a 50,000-word novel in a mere 30 days. That's stressful enough without being constantly reminded of how far you're falling behind, yet that's just what the Nanowrimo Meter does. Most writers won't want a reminder of their cumulative lack of progress. Unless, of course, you're the type of writer that can churn out 11,554 cogent words in two days. If that's the case, we should talk.

As someone who has used Leet-speak more than once to transmit messages to my geekiest of friends (let's keep that between us), I can completely understand the attraction of the Leet Key extension. The idea of being able to automatically type in Leet is nifty, but the extension is so over-the-top geeky that it's probably best to not even download it. Or at least not tell anyone if you do. \/\/0udn'7 y0u 46r33?

Emurse.com is a Web site that helps job-seekers create the perfect résumé. There's an extension available that lets Emurse users send their résumés to prospective employers any time the mood strikes by simply right-clicking on any email link and choosing "Send Resume via Emurse.com." There are so many things that could go wrong with this process that it's hard to know where to begin. Emurse might send the résumé in a format the employer doesn't want; it may contain header and footer ads; and of course, it adds the potential for technical glitches or mishaps as your résumé wings its way to the human resources department. You certainly don't want to get on a job recruiter's radar because your résumé was accidentally sent 17 times. While the résumé service itself is likely a good one, the extension is better left in the toolbox.

Unless you don't browse the Internet until Mercury is in retrograde, you can probably skip AstroligicNet.com's extension that helps you identify your daily tarot and fortune cookie. On the other hand, if you use other kinds of data input to plan your day, maybe you'll find the US Department of Homeland Insecurity Idiocy Level useful.

I tried to think of a use for the Homepage Randomizer extension, and I have to admit, I'm stumped. Isn't the whole purpose of a home page to be a predictable location to return to as a starting point at the beginning or end of a browsing session? Isn't a static home page like Netvibes or iGoogle what people choose when they want a parking place for all the information they're busy collecting all day? I, for one, want to know that clicking on my homepage will take me right where I'm expecting. Maybe that's just me.

While I'm all about customizing the look and feel of the browsing experience, there is such a thing as taking the idea too far. Google Icon? Just how long are you looking at a Google search results page if you need to dress up each result with its own icon?

Grocery List Generator helps you list and track your shopping list so you always remember just what you need when you get to the store. Although it seems like this extension should have a ton of features to make it a more practical tool than other options, it really doesn't. It has space for listing food items, and it prints your list. Think I'll stick to the old-fashioned method.

Fans of comedian Tom Green might like the extension that tracks the status of his Web site, TomGreen.com. Are his fans so rabid that they need up-to-the-second information on his every movement? I don't know, since I couldn't find anyone to ask. If you're a fan then, um, enjoy this extension I found. If you're Tom Green, forget I said anything.

Ten Firefox extensions to keep your browsing private and secure

By Lisa Hoover

Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers. Yet they routinely surf the Internet without giving a second thought to whether their browser is secure and their personal information safe. Unfortunately, it's easy for someone with nefarious intentions to use a Web site to glean data from -- or introduce spyware to -- your computer. Even worse, sometimes all you have to do is randomly click on a site to have your data probed in a most unwelcome way.

Mozilla Firefox has several security settings you can adjust via the Preferences pane, but there are also more than 150 privacy and security extensions you can add as well. They are easy to install and take little time to set up; some even work automatically after you restart your browser. Let's have a look at some of the most popular and most useful.

One of the best ways to protect your computer is to prevent the browser from using JavaScript at Web sites without permission. JavaScript, though useful for developing glitzy Web sites, has gained something of a reputation as a method for doing Bad Things to unsuspecting computers. NoScript is an extension that makes every site that uses JavaScript ask your permission before running it. NoScript can render JavaScript-heavy sites unreadable, but it provides a whitelist of acceptable sites that you can easily add to in order to speed up your surfing experience.

Many people use Tor to hide their online surfing habits. FoxTor provides a way to mask and unmask your browser on the fly, without having to commit to anonymous surfing throughout an entire browsing session. It requires the use of Tor and Privoxy.

Your browser's history logs help provide a speedier surfing experience for you. Unfortunately, skilled hackers can peek at them remotely to see where you've been. Deleting log information after each browsing session would slow you down, but fortunately, there's another way. Don't delete your data -- hide it with SafeHistory.

Some of the most sensitive information sent over the Internet travels via email, so many people prefer to send their messages encrypted. The Gmail S/MIME extension encrypts Gmail messages, including attachments, automatically, as long as you have the recipient's digital certificate.

While Firefox 2 has built-in phishing protection, it never hurts to have a backup plan. The premise behind Petname is simple: leave reminder notes on your trusted Web sites and the notes will automatically appear each time you return. If you surf to what you assume is one of your whitelisted sites and no reminder note appears, you'll know something's not right. This extension is particularly useful if you're running an older version of Firefox without anti-phishing protection.

SecurePasswordGenerator is a long name for a little extension that sits in your toolbar and helps you create unique passwords. Half the battle of staying safe online is using complex and different passwords whenever you register at a Web site. Use this tool to help you create a unique password everywhere you go.

Have you ever wondered where the information you type into an online form goes once you hit "send"? With FormFox, you can find out. Once you download and enable this extension, hovering your mouse over the data field of a form or search box will reveal exactly who receives the information you enter. Use this extension to check out an unfamiliar Web site before you cough up your name, address, and credit card information while doing your online holiday shopping.

Many people use disposable or temporary email addresses around the Internet to avoid email spam. Although spam is generally considered more of a nusiance than a security issue, there are occasions when a disposable address may be a safer option than providing a real one (on message forums, for example). There are several temporary email services to choose from; the TrashMail.net Firefox extension makes that service an attractive choice.

Sometimes you need to protect your information from the prying eyes of people around you. If you're surfing at an airport or local coffee shop, people wandering past can have a look at the titles of the tabs you have open. Page Title Eraser lets you either blank out the title and icon in your browser's tabs, or replace the text with something of your choice.

When trying to protect your privacy, the last thing you want is for a Web site to collect data on what you do while you visit: where you click, how long you view a page, and so on. That's called profiling. While it's harmless if a site tracks data on how long it took you to read an article on how to install a video game, most people feel that there's no reason a Web site needs to know anything about your surfing habits, even if it's only to collect data for marketing purposes.

Most extensions and tools commonly used to prevent data profiling by search engines work by concealing information from outsiders. TrackMeNot takes the opposite approach and actually sends out a bunch of information for the search engines to process. Of course, it sends mostly false information, which means your search activities remain hidden from view and search engines won't glean any meaningful data from your visit.

These are only a few of several dozen privacy and security extensions available for Firefox; you can find a larger list at Mozilla's Web site. Tools like these can make your surfing experience safer, but remember: nothing is foolproof, and talented hackers can still find ways to pull information from your system if they try hard enough. Always be careful.

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MICROSOFT TIGHT-LIPPED ON UNIX OWNERSHIP QUESTION "For months, I've been trying to get Microsoft to answer a few questions about the Unix technologies in its intellectual property portfolio. Microsoft agreed to an interview, then backed out..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hg3e,k9sp,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

THAT WHICH WE CALL FREE "GNU Project and Free Software Foundation founder Richard Stallman posted a message on the OpenBSD -misc mailing list titled, 'real men don't attack straw men,' suggesting that some comments he had made were being misrepresented..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gd5t,h35y,9l1g,j17r

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AUUG IS DEAD, LONG LIVE AUUG "With more than 30 years of history behind it, AUUG, the organization for Unix, Linux and open source professionals, faces its toughest challenge to stay in tact as members at the 2007 AGM decide its future this week..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,j55j,ippk,9l1g,j17r

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RED HAT DELAYS NEW SOFTWARE FOR PCS UNTIL JANUARY "Red Hat has postponed until January the launch of a new Linux software product for personal computers that would directly compete with Microsoft'S Windows operating system..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,k1py,mfgx,9l1g,j17r

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GIVE ME RICE, BUT GIVE ME A LAPTOP TOO "Now US journalist John Dvorak has weighed into the debate, dismissing the laptop as a 'little green computer' that changes nothing, and arguing that sending food aid to Africa is a better way to solve the continent's problems..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,igty,c4qm,9l1g,j17r

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GIFTS FOR THE GEEK YOU LOVE Both Linux.com and Linux Magazine have posted their 2007 holiday gift guides. Now you can get your favorite edit--uh, person--the geeky gift they've coveted.COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,4xlw,6pny,9l1g,j17r

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From the Internet.com eBook Library: Navigating Your IT CareerA career in information technology usually has its share of ups and downs. Download this Internet.com eBook to learn where the jobs are in IT, how to negotiate a salary, and helpful advice on job security and how to deal with a layoff.Join Internet.com now to download!http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,dvzl,4myr,9l1g,j17r--------------------------------------------------------------

THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION'S "HIGH PRIORITY" LIST: A KEYGUIDEPOST "Every couple of years, someone compiles a list of programs that GNU/Linux needs to compete on the desktop..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,28yu,hzxk,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

OPENID GETS UPDATE: IS IT SAFE? "But as I was talking with Drebes, a couple of things stuck me: is JanRain too ambitious, and will that ambition get them into trouble down the line...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,auqf,6spo,9l1g,j17rMore Security stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,fzmy,6313,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

TECH SPENDING SET TO PLUNGE; OPEN SOURCE SET TO RISE "In what should be a boon to commercial open-source software vendors, the Wall Street Journal is reporting that tech spending is set for a big slowdown in 2008..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,2hes,kxv3,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

"I'D SUGGEST LINUX--BUT..."--I'D SUGGEST YOU GET A CLUE, BUT... "The most persistent complaint you hear about Linux from the wintel community is that it's for geeks..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,koac,d3x0,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

SHOULD ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD SYSTEM RUN LINUX OR WINDOWS? "Microsoft stirred up controversy last week when it suggested a Linux-based laptop for children in developing nations be redesigned to accommodate Windows. Would that be a good move...?"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,g4p5,lum4,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

CLI MAGIC: A LITTLE SCRIPT TO CUSTOMIZE DIRECTORY LISTINGS "Sometimes when I run ls to get a directory listing, I am looking for a specific file, but I want to see the whole context where the file resides..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,l2l9,hc1h,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

USING A BLUETOOTH PHONE WITH LINUX "My old mobile phone, which was held together with duct tape for the last few months of its sad existence, has finally been replaced with something more modern..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gvus,l191,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

PUPPY LINUX 3.01 REVIEW "I just finished taking the latest version of Puppy Linux for a spin and was planning on doing a review. However, considering this was on my notebook, that meant connecting to the Internet, preferably via wireless..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,lh65,g6y6,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

STUDENTS REHAB OLD COMPUTERS FOR FAMILIES IN NEED "Students in the technology club at Gov. Thomas Johnson Middle School opened their Christmas workshop a few weeks ago. Instead of toys and games, they stocked up on donated computers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,ch19,4vgs,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

HOSPITAL SOFTWARE VENDOR MCKESSON USES LINUX TO HEAL IT BUDGETS "In 2004, health care software vendor McKesson Provider Technologies began focusing on ways to cut IT costs for customers, including hospitals and medical offices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,bse1,ffw,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

KDE 4.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE 2 [RELEASED] "The KDE Community is happy to announce the immediate availability of the second release candidate for KDE 4.0. This release candidate marks the last mile on the road to KDE 4.0..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,83qj,4h7n,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

DENMARK PRETENDS MSOOXML ALREADY AN "OPEN STANDARD" & MANDATESA TRIAL OF ODF/MSOOXML "However, if you look closely, you will see that it is pretending that MSOOXML has already been approved as an open standard, equivalent to ODF..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gbxc,kjyc,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

RESULTS FOR THE 2007 FALL BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION "Please note that these results are automatically calculated and are thus not the official results..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1t35,55ij,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

INTEROPERABILITY: THE END USERS' BIGGEST FEAR ABOUT OPEN SOURCE "The Open Solutions Alliance, a non-profit group backed by a number of commercial open-source suppliers has found that found interoperability is a foremost concern among open-source-software customers..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,gg8i,95ye,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

POLL: SHOULD WE CLOSE ALL [KDE 3] BUGS IN BUGZILLA? "With KDE4 looming in about a month from now, it's a good moment to catch up..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,lcpn,hwri,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

MORE DETAILS ON SUN'S OPEN SOURCE GRANTS "'If the idea is truly innovative, would it not find its way to to the development tree without the promise of financial reward...?'"COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,g6zs,5z8d,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

KERNEL SPACE: THE ENTERPRISE REAL-TIME FEUD "At the end of November, LWN posted a pointer to Novell's announcement for its SUSE Linux Enterprise Realtime offering. The resulting comments were surprisingly negative..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,co5d,9dc4,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

MOVABLE TYPE OPEN SOURCE "As of today, and forever forward, Movable Type is open source..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,34rf,i1hz,9l1g,j17rMore Infrastructure stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hfcu,kuvm,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

LINUX PHONE STACK VENDOR WINS BIG IN JAPAN "Access has announced a potentially enormous win in Japan for its Linux-based software stack for phones and other mobile devices..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,7wnl,doa5,9l1g,j17rMore Developer stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,hqmx,eofg,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

WORKING FOR THE MAN: KEEPING THE OPEN SOURCE FAITH "More and more open-source developers these days are employees of companies, paid to work on open-source projects, rather than independent programmers doing it for fun..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,cl7s,bnal,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r------------------------------------------------------------------

OPEN SOURCE CLAIMS SEAT AT THE CORPORATE TABLE IN '08 "After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off..."COMPLETE STORY:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,7lyr,30tf,9l1g,j17rMore IT Management stories:http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,3nx5,1,1p84,42vr,9l1g,j17r

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RELATED NEWS: Bringing one SimCity per child to the OLPC December 11, 2007 Don Hopkins ported SimCity to Unix in 1991. Today, he is putting the finishing touches on a GPL version of this classic computer game for the One Laptop Per Child project's XO laptop.

Eee PC's sales success drawing a crowd December 11, 2007 Sales of Asustek Computer's Eee PC have soared in its first few months on the market, but success may be its undoing. Rivals are already developing products to compete with the low-cost laptop PC, market researcher Gartner says.

Open source claims seat at the corporate table in ‘08 December 11, 2007 After years spent on the corporate proving ground, open source and Linux are looking at a 2008 that could likely show how hard labor pays off.

Cognos rebrands Applix technology December 11, 2007 Cognos has rebranded the financial performance management software it gained through the acquisition of Applix earlier this year and provided a road map for the product line Tuesday.

LinkedIn opens site to developers, jazzes up design December 10, 2007 LinkedIn will let developers build applications for its professional networking site, an approach recently undertaken by social networking competitor Facebook, to make its site more interactive, the company said Monday.