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more »Palomino: Competition for Flightgear
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more »Debian gets Mono Software via Tomboy
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more »Video Editor and VJ Tool: Lives headed for version 1.0.0
Jun 17, 2009The free video editor and VJ tool Lives brings updates and bug fixes on the way to a planned July release of its first stable version 1.0.0.
more »Google Considerations: OGG Theora or H.264?
Jun 16, 2009An employee of Google has expressed himself regarding the disadvantages of OGG Theora in comparison with H.264 in a discussion on the mailing list of the web hypertext application technology working group.
more »Screenshots with Xfce
Jun 15, 2009The Xfce Screenshooter for the Xfce desktop with the current Version 1.6.0 has no cause to fear the competition.
more »Craft Your Own Geeko Avatar
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