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My name is Roy Schestowitz and I am a Ph.D. Candidate in Medical Biophysics at Manchester University. I regularly blog at my site where you can read about my interests, hobbies, opinions and pet peeves.

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DE: Manual for migrating to Open Source updated

Gadgets & Tech – The German Ministry of the Interior has published the third edition of its 'Migrationsleitfaden', a manual for public administrations migrating to Open Source.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:49pm

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Move over Mandriva, I think I'm in love!

Gadgets & Tech – But--- I think I have stumbled upon something amazing. I will be installing this next week, and experimenting to let you know how it goes. I have discovered Gentoo.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:49pm

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Penumbra Overture - If You Dare

Gadgets & Tech – I found Penumbra Overture well worth the meager asking price of 19.99 USD.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:47pm

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Microsoft Poisons the World Wide Web with Fake Marketing Blogs

Gadgets & Tech – This practice was officially made illegal in Europe just a few weeks ago.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 05:07pm

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Open source could doom Exchange, one IT pro believes

Gadgets & Tech – The following post is a guest blog from new Google Subnet blogger Garett Kopczynski who this week launched Network World's Google Watcher blog. Kopczynski is an IT professional for the city of Keene, N.H., and has been involved in the transformation of the IT group as it increasingly explores cloud computing and Google Apps.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:10am

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S'pore to host region's largest OSS conference

Gadgets & Tech – The OSSPAC, however, aims to include other open source technologies in its lineup, such as PHP and Rails, as well as Linux, said Barnard.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:07am

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Why Is So Hard for Windows Users to Understand That Linux Is Not Windows

Gadgets & Tech – This is just a rant (hopefully it will be regarded as pertinent and non-'laming') on why Windows users try Linux and return frustrated to Windows after several hours or days.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:07am

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Eating Crow [Mandriva Praise]

Gadgets & Tech – I've taken actions to back up those words. I've purchased a Mandriva Power Pack subscription and I've got the DVD burned and ready to install Mandriva 2008 Spring over Ubuntu 8.04.1. In addition to purchasing a Power Pack subscription I also purchased the USB key version. I'm waiting for it to arrive, hopefully sometime next week.

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 10:07am

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The 'Right' to 'Own' Knowledge

Science – Two people on opposite sides of the world have exactly the same idea at the same time. Which one of those two people would be most morally justified in claiming to own the exclusive rights to that idea? Should it be the first to dash through the doors of the USPTO office, with a big wad of cash in his hand?

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 06:16am

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Five Reasons Ubuntu is the #1 Linux Distro

Gadgets & Tech – Ubuntu is, according to DistroWatch, the #1 Linux distribution. That's a huge feat in itself. However, once you realize that Ubuntu is only three and a half years old, the feat is much bigger. How did the Linux rookie beat out the nine-year-old Mandrake, the fourteen-year-old SUSE, or the fifteen-year-old Debian?

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Voted for on July 05, 2008 03:22am

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Beyond the desktop with KDE4

Gadgets & Tech – Again: We are at the begin of this journey. Not everything is available yet, but the technology to make it available is there. My kudos go to Aaron Seigo, lead developer of plasma, and all the others that try to make our personal computers usable again - not dismissing any of the possible usages.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:52am

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There's Something About Pardus 2008

Gadgets & Tech – In my opinion, Pardus is definitely the best government funded Linux distribution at the moment. I hope our very own Philippine-made Bayanihan Linux in the very near future will at least equal what Pardus has achieved.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:51am

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My first hours with PCLINUXOS

Gadgets & Tech – The first thing I noticed what that PCLINUXOS was able to start using the broadcom wifi in my laptop right out out of the gate.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:50am

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Bill Gates Steps Down, as Tech Users Reflect

Gadgets & Tech – Many computer users have eagerly sought what they consider a more reliable, secure, unambiguous operating system for their personal computers. This has resulted in a surge of popularity in certain GNU/Linux OSs.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:48am

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Sidux, a Great Alternative to Ubuntu

Gadgets & Tech – Sidux is a new Debian derivative that's still just a baby, born in January 2007. Sidux announced a brand-new release on June 26, Sidux 2008-02, so we're going to kick the tires and take it for a drive, and see what sets it apart from other children of Debian.

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Voted for on July 04, 2008 08:47am

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