Linux 101 Hacks
February 17th, 2009
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Today I downloaded an excellent free ebook: “Linux 101 Hacks-Practical Examples to Build a Strong Foundation in Linux” by Ramesh Natarajam – the thegeekstuff.com blog owner. I recommend it for any beginners but experienced linux users too. Every tip is accompanied by an example. The hacks are short and quite concise.
You can find more info or download it here.
Enjoy it!
History of internet in less than 10 minutes
February 12th, 2009
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Aristotle said: “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development.”. I don’t know if this statement is completely true, but surely when talking about internet, it is (at least) interesting to know how this vital tool (for many of us) was born and developed to what is today. So here is IMO the simplest and well explained version of the history of the internet (having over 1 million views on youtube): Read more »
Free PDF Readers
February 2nd, 2009
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The Fellowship of the Free Software Foundation Europe is proud to announce its latest initiative: pdfreaders.org, a site providing information about PDF with links to Free Software PDF readers for all major operating systems.
“Interoperability, competition and choice are primary benefits of Open Standards that translate into vendor-independence and better value for money for customers,” says FSFE president Georg Greve. “Although many versions of PDF offer all these benefits for formatted text and documents, files in PDF formats typically come with information that users need to use a specific product. pdfreaders.org provides an alternative to highlight the strengths of PDF as an Open Standard.”







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