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PICTURE MANAGER Converting images with Kim

With a Konqueror-integrated service menu called Kim, you can modify and manipulate image files through a handy context menu.

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A VIRTUAL BASKET Storing, sorting, and filing with KDE’s Basket

If you tend to collect information and then forget where you put it, a

KDE tool called Basket may be just what you need. Basket is a

handy container for documents, notes, images, sounds, graphs,

spreadsheets, and other files you may want to find later.

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LIGHT AND SPEEDY WMI and the reincarnation of the keyboard

WMI is a lean and fast window manager with good

support for keyboard control.

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SURFING THE SHELL Command-line browsers Lynx, Links, and w3m

If you’re working at the command line and you need to reach the

Internet, or if you just want to convert an HTML file into neatly formatted

ASCII text, try a text-based web browser.

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LANGUAGE SESSION Learning Vocabulary with KVocTrain

Modern language-teaching may focus on context, but

without a good range of basic words, you’ll be lost when

you try the language outside the classroom. KVocTrain

helps you build your foreign vocabulary.

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ONE FOR ALL Exploring the Gentoo File Manager

KDE users choose Konqueror, Gnomers use Nautilus, and commandline

fans extol the virtues of Midnight Commander. Gentoo gives you

the best of all these worlds – a desktop independent file manager.

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THE TRANSLATOR Using tr and dos2unix

The tr tool is a real wizard. This simple command lets you replace strings in text files. Whether you are replacing letters or just removing whitespace, you will be amazed at tr‘s versatility.

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DIGITAL DICTIONARY Searching for Answers with Kdict

Don’t worry if your memory lets you down. All you need is a place to look for answers. If you want definitions, explanations, and vocubulary, Kdict, KDE’s dictionary utility, is the tool you need.

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Live Streaming of LISA '08

22nd Large Installation System Administration Conference

If you follow the fortunes of large installation IT, tune in on November 12-14 for a front row ticket to the Invited Talks series of the USENIX LISA conference.

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