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Nokia’s new OS streamlines, syncs tablet platform with desktop Linux

Author: Nathan Willis Nokia recently announced its Linux-based N810 tablet, and although the device is not yet widely available, the accompanying software is. The new...

Linux wins Nigerian school desktops back from Microsoft

Microsoft may not have beaten French Linux vendor Mandriva in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after...

Microsoft swoops in to claim Nigerian Linux deal for Windows

Linux vendor Mandriva SA thought it had signed a deal with Nigeria's government to equip elementary schools in that country with new PCs running...

Canadian Greens add FOSS to election platform

Author: Bruce Byfield Thanks to a founding member of Free Geek Vancouver, the Green Party of Canada has quietly become the first major political party...

Office shootout: OpenOffice.org Impress vs. Microsoft PowerPoint, round 2

Author: Bruce Byfield How does the current version of OpenOffice.org (OOo) compare with Microsoft Office in its ability to produce slide presentations? The last time...

The FCC, FOSS, and software radios: a mixed bag

Author: Shirl Kennedy While the new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations about software-defined radios don't really restrict independent FOSS developers, the rules are "more conservative...

OpenOffice.org charts undergo cosmetic surgery

Author: Bruce Byfield OpenOffice.org suffers from a wildly inconsistent user interface (UI) that combines unique elements with borrowings from Microsoft Office. Now, in the upcoming...

How to create poster presentations with Scribus

Author: Alex Roitman Poster presentations are a common way of presenting results, proposing strategies, and explaining concepts and methods. You can create nifty poster presentations...

OpenOffice.org releases native Mac OS X preview

Author: Nathan Willis OpenOffice.org released its first native packages for Mac OS X this week. These "development snapshots" aren't intended for end users, but...

Firefox extension lets you remove elements from Web pages

Author: Mayank Sharma Are you irritated by huge graphical ads smack in the middle of an article? Or maybe you don't want to waste bandwidth...