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Cool as Ice!

August 1st, 2008 by Marcel Gagné in


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Fresh from the Labs

August 1st, 2008 by John Knight in


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A whirlwind tour through the powerful and diverse world of Firefox extensions.
A look at promising software in development.
It has been said that playing is a child's work, because play is the means by which young children learn. You have to wonder if that's where the expression “mixing work and play” came from.
So many VoIP programs, so little time. What's a podcaster to do?
A look at promising software in development.

Puppy Linux

April 1st, 2008 by Louis J. Iacona in

Exploring everyone's pet Linux.
Finally, a scalable groupware solution that matches the offerings from big vendors.

KDE 4 Preview

March 1st, 2008 by Jes Hall in

Introducing KDE 4—the desktop revolution is coming.

Desktop Must-Haves

March 1st, 2008 by Dan Sawyer in

This article is an introductory piece to get you thinking about the Linux Desktop and all it can do.
What is this a11y thing (accessibility: 11 letters between the a and the y), and how might people access a complex graphical desktop they can't see?
Video editing in Linux can be hell, but a handful of programs are showing the way forward to a better world.
Putting Navicore and Maemo Mapper through the paces.
AlphaMail takes a unique approach to providing a Web-based IMAP client.
The coolest Linux and open-source applications may be ones you already have.
It's easier than you might think to create your own OpenOffice.org extensions.
How to write programs that write programs.
Which database is right for you? MySQL or PostgreSQL?
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From the Magazine

August 2008, #172

There's nuttin like a Cool Project to give you some relief from the summer heat, so get out your parka cuz we got a bunch of em. First up is the BUG, not a bug, The BUG. It's got a GPS, camera and more, in a hand-sized package that's user programmable. The BUG does everything. It's both a floor wax and a dessert topping. Get one now. Need a software version of a Swiss Army knife? Take a look at Billix, and don't leave home without it. Then, chew on this one, an X server on a Gumstix device driving an E-Ink display. Need more storage? How about 16 Terabytes? Can do.

And, of course, we have the usual cast of characters: Marcel, Reuven, Dave, Kyle, Doc, plus the new kid on the block Shawn Powers. But it doesn't stop there: build a MythTV box on a budget, build your own GIS system, set up the tools to monitor your enterprise and more. Finally, remember The War of the Worlds? Now you can play too.

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