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Sharing Alike

With the advent of free software for non-programmers, users ran into a licensing dilemma in a world of proprietary fonts.
Ask Klaus

New fdisk behavior, booting Knoppix from USB, and using PHP mail() in Apache.
Chitchat

HipChat and Slack are in when it comes to communicating with customers or colleagues, but data security is out. InspIRCd, Rocket.Chat, or Mattermost are better alternatives.
Fast Copier

Qt4-fsarchiver lets you back up files, complete partitions, and create disk images with a single mouse click.

News and Articles

Nextcloud Announces Raspberry Pi-Powered Home Cloud Box

Innovative system adds a hard drive and Ubuntu Core to the RPi for an IoT hub.
Linus Torvalds Confirms the Date of the First Linux Release

Linux is two weeks younger than we thought!
SiFive

Architecture , Chips , ISA , RISC-V , Semiconductors , SiFive

As many would-be open hardware manufacturers have discovered, free-licensed computer chips are nearly non-existent. However, SiFive, a recently announced startup in San Francisco, is hoping to change that with its custom chip designs.
End of OpenOffice?

OpenOffice

The Apache Software Foundation considers retiring OpenOffice
Adobe Gives New Life to NPAPI Plugin for Linux

Adobe Flash , Flash Player

Adobe won’t kill the plugin in 2017
LinuxCon North America Convenes in Toronto, Canada

Linux Foundation's big event celebrates the 25th anniversary of Linux
Linux Turns 25

Linux has evolved from “won’t be a professional” project to one of the most professional software projects in the history of computers.
Subverting LibreOffice Impress for Better Slide Shows

Impress , libreoffice , slide shows

Every hour of the work day, hundreds of presenters begin a slide show – and, as the presenters begin to drone, thousands of listeners lean back and do their best to stay awake and not look bored. Just as many users of word processors fail to learn how to use them properly, very few presenters ever learn a way to create a slide that holds an audience’s interest or conveys information successfully.
Upgrade or Wait

Samba 4 has been around for more than three years, but some users still shy from it. If you are still sitting on the fence, this tour through some of the new features and capabilities might help you decide whether it is finally time to upgrade.
Ooh La LaTeX

Authors who publish documents or books with LaTeX can tap into online services using modern browsers, on both desktop and mobile devices, and as a collaborative tool.