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Microsoft have been criticised by the open source community for throwing their weight behind their Open XML format when a standard format already exists. Read more

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We used to have a beagle called Ozzie. My father is a cartoonist and illustrator so you can see him here. He got so fat that my dad wrote "no not feed me" on his head so when he roamed the neighbourhood everyone got the message.

If you want to sniff through your personal information space, on your Linux machine for something that was in the back of your mind but you can't quite remember where or when you heard it then you might need this different type of beagle.

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This month at South Coast Linux Users Group James Purser will be presenting on MythTV.

MythTV is a really cool FOSS (free & OPen Source Software) home entertainment package.

• Location: City of Wollongong Tennis Club
• When: April 5th 7.30pm
• Note: The Tennis club is situated at Beaton Park Leisure Centre. Please try an
  

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If you've got a PC that will let you boot off a USB then you might want to take a look at the SLAX Linux distro (based on slackware). You get the Firefox browser, and XFce desktop and AbiWord.

http://www.slax.org/

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This version is a snapshot to get you in the mood for the 2.4 GIMP release.

GIMP is an Image Manipulation program released under GNU that's built for image retouching, authoring and composition. It's available on Unix/Linux, Windows and Mac.

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