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Introducing Ubuntu solar system Yahoo Pipes!

Like to keep updated with the latest news from Ubuntu community ? Then I suggest you subscribed to Ubuntu Solar System Feeds available from Yahoo Pipes!

The pipe is a collection of various planet Ubuntu feeds including planet Ubuntu, Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Brasil, Ubuntu-fr, and Ubuntu-nl. All feeds published through the pipe are presented in English language so you don’t need to worry about language barrier here.

If you’re a kind of person who likes to read the rants and ramblings of the Ubuntu community, then I suggest you subscribe it here : Ubuntu solar system

[tags]ubuntu,debian,linux,open source,feeds,news[/tags]

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Software Freedom Day 2007 – KL Central Malaysia

Today is the third Saturday of September, and it is Software Freedom Day! SFD for short, is a day dedicated to educate public about software freedom and the benefits of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS).

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The objectives of Software Freedom Day are :

  • to celebrate software freedom and the people behind it
  • to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards
  • to promote constructive dialogue on responsibilities and rights in the information society
  • to create more equal access to opportunities through the use of participatory technologies
  • to be pragmatic, transparent, and responsible as an organisation
  • to be inclusive of organizations and individuals that share our Vision

Let’s celebrate Software Freedom Day in Malaysia
The SFD is going to be celebrated in two locations in Malaysia; Kuala Lumpur Where it will be held in KL Central.

There will be a lot of activities tomorrow, including Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) demonstration, CD giveaways and FOSS advocacy. You can also have your USB drive loaded with Open Source software for free at the SFD local booth.

Come and celebrate Software Freedom Day with our local Malaysian Team there!

[tags]open source,sfd,software freedom day,opensource,foss,linux,ubuntu[/tags]

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How to open Microsoft OpenXML docx documents in OpenOffice

As of this time of this writing, the OpenOffice.org package included with Ubuntu Festy Fawn, Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon and Debian Etch still does not support opening Microsoft Office OpenXML (docx) document format.

Though the use of docx files are HIGHLY DISCOURAGED, it is still important for us to be able to read document in this format in-case if somebody forwarded docx files to us.

Here are some easy steps to follow in order to enable OpenOffice.org to read OpenXML docx files :

  • Download odf_filter.tar.bz2 file, and unzip it
  • The archive contains 4 additional files, MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu, MOOXTypeDetection.xcu, OdfConverter and README.txt
  • Follow instructions in README.txt and copy the 3 files into Openoffice installation directory as outlined below


sudo cp OdfConverter /usr/lib/openoffice/program/

sudo cp MOOXFilter_cpp.xcu

  • usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Filter/

    sudo cp MOOXTypeDetection.xcu /usr/lib/openoffice/share/registry/modules/org/openoffice/TypeDetection/Types/

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    After that, your Openoffice.org installation should be able to read/open Microsoft Office 2007 OpenXML docx file without any problems.

    Drawbacks
    This trick only works on Document (docx) files but not on Presentation (pptx) and Spreadsheet files (xslx).

    Original source – OpenOffice. OpenXML Translator

    [tags]docx,openxml,openoffice,feisty,feisty fawn,gutsy,gutsy gibbon,openoffice.org,microsoft,office,microsoft office[/tags]

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    Deluge Torrent – Another cool Linux GUI Torrent Client (supports protocol encryption)

    Deluge Torrent is yet another opensource GUI torrent client available for the Linux platform. What sets it apart from others is —- it is one of few GUI clients which supports the BitTorrent protocol encryption to avoid the traffic shaping effect policy set by the ISP.

    Written in python, Deluge-Torrent supports loads of feature comparable to Azureus, another popular bittorrent client use in Linux operating system.

    Among the features supported by Deluge-Torrent are :

    • DHT support
    • uTorrent Peer Exchange
    • Protocol Encryption
    • UPnP and NAT-PMP
    • Proxy support
    • Support for Private Torrents
    • Torrent creator
    • RSS Broadcatcher
    • Ability to minimize to system tray
    • Network Activity Graph

    The ability to access uTorrent Peer Exchange is a nice feature because Deluge can interact with thousands of utorrent users across the worlds and exchanging peer information effectively with them.

    Screenshot

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    Resource-wise, Deluge-Torrent is more friendly in processor and memory consumptions compared to Azureus. Its clean and simple user interface makes it the easiest GUI Bittorrent client to use in Linux platform that supports protocol encryption.

    Deluge-Torrent can be downloaded from its official website – http://deluge-torrent.org/, Ubuntu users can obtain Deluge-Torrent from the unofficial Ubuntu One-Click Installation portal – GetDeb.net.

    [tags]utorrent,bittorrent,torrent,deluge,azureus,opensource,linux,ubuntu.debian[/tags]