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Novell uses ODF
Yesterday, in a meeting on the beutifull Novell office in São Paulo, I was able to confirm that ODF is their document standard. Globally, for all Linux and Windows users. If they need to exchange documents with customers, they send in PDF. I supose Red Hat, a 100% Linux company, is also in this direction.…
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Qt Jambi for Java
If AWT looks bad, you don’t like SWT, and SWING seems too fat, you have a new option for a GUI API on Java: Qt Jambi. The demos are impressive, as fast as they should be. And Jambi is claimed to be the same excellent Qt API, now for Java.
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Install Java on Fedora, Red Hat, SUSE with RPM
A concise guide on how to correctly install Java in RPM-based systems with the JPackage standard. Get Java correctly integrated into Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE and others.
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Welcome Planet Fedora Readers
My blog feed was included in one more of these planet-like web sites. Welcome Planet Fedora readers. I was already being read by Pandemonium and Planeta GNU/Linux Brasil readers. I guess 90% of high quality readers and comments I get come from these community planets. OK, I have some very popular posts with 470+ comments but they…
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Fedora Post-installation Configurations
A short and practical guide on how to install proprietary technologies on Fedora Linux. Get MP3, DivX/Xvid, MP4, AVI, Flash, and fonts installed easily on Fedora Linux.
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The Blog Icons
This is a collection of high quality vectorial icons to represent common ideas and actions of the blogosphere.
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ODF Alliance in Brazil
Yesterday was announced the ODF Alliance Chapter Brasil, being the fourth country to create this initiative, after US, India and Poland. The founder members are the Brazilian offices of IBM, Red Hat and Sun. Jomar Silva, the director, told me this: My understanding is that the Brazilian [ODF Alliance] operation has the mission to execute…
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Dilbert on Linux
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A Paradise on Earth
Last weekend we traveled to the Paraty bay area, a place that I visit since I was a kid. But this time was very special because I knew a new paradise: Saco do Mamanguá. They say there is only one fjord in Brazil, which is the Saco do Mamanguá. To get there we traveled by…
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OSDL Linux Client Survey Analysis is Out
On January 25th the OSDL released their 2006 Linux client survey analysis, which identified the following barriers for Linux deployment on desktops: Application availability Quality of peripheral support End user training Desktop management issue It is not that applications don’t exist for the Linux desktop, but users grow accustomed to certain applications that they just…