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links for 2008-03-05

March 6th, 2008 by timelady

• Open source in schools could save the taxpayer billions - Blogs – ComputerworldUK blogs - The latest technology news & analysis on Outsourcing, HMRC data, Apple iPhone, Global warming, MySQL, Open Enterprise
  a model of Open Source school computing is emerging which could save the UK taxpayer billions of pounds and provide enormous opportunities for the home-grown technology sector based around Open Source software.
  (tags: computers economics education opensource linux uk openoffice)
• Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation - Wired How-To Wiki
  There are a few things you’ll need to do if you want to get the most out of your Linux desktop. But don’t worry, none of this is too complicated. In fact, it’s much easier than trying to do the same on Windows or a Mac.
  (tags: ubuntu linux howto opensource tutorial computers optimization)
• Creating rich Internet applications on Linux with WebKit
  The open-source WebKit HTML rendering engine is rapidly gaining ground on the Linux platform where it is increasingly being adopted by conventional desktop applications for content display.
  (tags: ajax adobe linux webkit programming gtk qt development opensource gui crossplatform browser apps applications design)
• Linux Powers The Spiderwick Chronicles
  Linux software on Macintosh desktops with Linux renderfarms creates Paramount movie.
  (tags: linux hardware apple 3d technology mac movie industry article animation)
• Raiden’s Realm: We need some Linux standardization!
  I have to agree, things are getting silly, as more and more distros appear.
  (tags: article computer opensource linux standards)
• Projects/KDE on Windows/Installation - KDE TechBase
  How to make it all work. Hopefully;) Will be updating my blog with my experiences.
  (tags: desktop kde kde4 linux software freesoftware install download windows)

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