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Five things Chrome OS isn't (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am Cyber Cynic: "Some people still seem a little confused about what Chrome OS is, and isn't, so here's my quick guide on what's really what with this forthcoming operating system." (source: Linux Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Will U.S. Government Embrace Canonical Landscape and Ubuntu? (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am worksWithU: "Opportunity is knocking in the government market for Canonical's Landscape, a systems management and monitoring tool for Ubuntu systems." (source: Linux Today) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Ubuntu 9.10 on SSD (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am Linux Pro Magazine: "I've been thinking about replacing the hard disk on my production notebook with a solid-state disk (SSD) for quite a while. So when I stumbled upon a good offer on Kingston 64GB SSDNow V series SSD I decided to take the plunge." (source: Linux Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Create a Database and Data Entry Form in OpenOffice.org Base (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am Linux.com: "For many people the mere thought of having to create or use a database sends shivers down the spines of many users. But it doesn't have to. Creating a database and adding data to that database is actually a simple task in OpenOffice.org Base." (source: Linux Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com KOffice 2.1 released, ups Microsoft Office compatibility (source: Internetnews) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am TechWorld: "KOffice, a cross-platform open source office suite, has reached version 2.1 with the import and export of Microsoft Office on the list of big improvements." (source: Internetnews) - News widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com FInally, FreeBSD 8.0 Released (source: Internetnews) November 25, 2009 at 10:29 am Phoronix: "The much-anticipated FreeBSD 8.0 release is finally available, albeit it's arriving more than a month late." (source: Internetnews) - RSS news feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com US Senators Go to Bat for Oracle, Sun Merger (source: LinuxInsider) November 25, 2009 at 6:00 am Fifty-nine U.S. senators are asking European antitrust regulators to conclude their review of the Oracle acquisition of Sun Microsystems. The move, led by Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is an unusual one for the U.S. legislative bo... (source: LinuxInsider) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Google Chrome OS. Or, how KDE and GNOME managed to shoot each other dead (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 5:40 am Free Software Magazine: "A lot of people at the moment are immensely intrigued by Google Chrome OS...To me, however, the change about to happen shows us what many people have refused to believe for a long time: KDE and GNOME shot each other dead." (source: Linux Today) - RSS and News widget on Feedzilla.com LCA 2010: The art of the matter (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 5:40 am IT Wire: "Heather Buchanan isn't organising anything very technical for the next Australian national Linux conference. But her contributions will remain with the delegates much longer than those of the other volunteers." (source: Linux Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Has 100 Paper Cuts Again (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 5:40 am Phoronix: "Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will have ten rounds to fix 100 (or more) paper cuts in time for the Lucid Lynx before it is released in April." (source: Linux Today) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on Feedzilla.com Use MP3 Diags in Linux to repair your MP3 collection (source: Linux Today) November 25, 2009 at 5:40 am Ghacks: "Do you have a massive MP3 collection that contains files with problems? Don't you wish you had a program that could search through that collection, find problems with those files, and fix the problems?" (source: Linux Today) - RSS widgets and RSS feeds on Feedzilla.com