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BiBi

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 25th, 2008%

Sau bao tháng ngày chờ đợi, thế là cuối cùng, ngày 22/02, gia đình tôi đã đón chào thành viên mới rồi. Bé Bi sinh ra nặng 3.5kg. Giống bố y hệt, ít nhất là ở phần quan trọng nhất Mời mọi xem những bức hình đầu tiên của bé và chia vui cùng gia . . . → Read More: BiBi

Tet.2008@Home

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 21st, 2008%

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The First Lunch for all staffs at iWay

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 20th, 2008%

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WinMerge – powerful FOSS visual tool for files/folders differencing and merging

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 19th, 2008%

WinMerge is an Open Source visual text file differencing and merging tool for Win32 platforms. It is highly useful for determining what has changed between project versions, and then merging changes between versions. Key Features:

Visual differencing and merging of text files Flexible editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers and word-wrap Handles DOS, UNIX and . . . → Read More: WinMerge – powerful FOSS visual tool for files/folders differencing and merging

New Features for Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 18th, 2008%

Sunnyvale, Calif. – February 5, 2008 – Zimbra, a Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) company, and the leader in open source, next-generation e-mail, today announced the availability of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) 5.0. ZCS 5.0 includes hundreds of enhancements that expand Zimbra’s access across desktops and devices while setting the standard for Web-based productivity in a business . . . → Read More: New Features for Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0

Top 50 Proprietary Software and their Open Source alternatives

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 12th, 2008%

Basics 1. Windows Vista OS to Ubuntu OS 2. Internet Explorer Browser to Firefox Browser

Office Suites 3. Microsoft Office to OpenOffice 4. Mactopia to NeoOffice

Office Tools 5. MathWorks MATLAB to Scilab 6. Microsoft Access to Kexi 7. Microsoft Word to OpenOffice Writer 8. Microsoft Excel to OpenOffice Calc 9. Microsoft Visio to Dia

Microsoft and Sun, the Real Story

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 6th, 2008%

So one day, Scott McNealy, founder and chairman of Sun, read in his morning newspaper how the use of Java was rapidly diminishing, courtesy of something called ‘The LAMP Stack’. Furiously, he called his accountant.

Scott: “I knew this Java thing was a bad idea in the first place! I see only one solution. . . . → Read More: Microsoft and Sun, the Real Story

Enterprise IT ain’t what it used to be

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 5th, 2008%

Enterprise IT” vendors are in the midst of an identity crisis, and Linux is to blame. Want proof? Just look at some recent news announcements: Not only is the erstwhile uber-proprietary Sun Microsystems selling Intel- and AMD-based servers, it has also snapped up open source giants like MySQL. That’s quite a shift from a year . . . → Read More: Enterprise IT ain’t what it used to be

Tuan Hung – the 4-year-old date of birth

By Truong Anh Tuan, on February 2nd, 2008%

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Distribution Release: KahelOS 020212 February 4, 2012
Meric Mara has announced the release of KahelOS 020212, a desktop Linux distribution and live DVD featuring the GNOME 3 desktop and based on Arch Linux: "Following the release of KahelOS 111111 last November is today's launch of KahelOS 020212. KahelOS 020212 improves on what the earlier installer.... […]
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Distribution Release: Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" February 3, 2012
Cyrille Pontvieux has announced the release of Salix OS 13.37 "Live Xfce" edition, a Slackware-based live CD featuring the latest Xfce desktop: "The Live team is proud to present the final release of Salix OS Live Xfce 13.37. After some months developing, testing and improving a lot of.... […]
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Distribution Release: Linux Mint 12 "KDE" February 3, 2012
Clement Lefebvre has announced the release of Linux Mint 12 "KDE" edition: "The team is proud to announce the release of Linux Mint 12 KDE. Linux Mint 12 KDE comes with updated software and brings refinements and new features to make your desktop even more comfortable to use..... […]
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Distribution Release: PCLinuxOS 2012.2 February 3, 2012
Bill Reynolds has announced the release of PCLinuxOS 2012.02, the latest stable update of the project's mainstream distribution. There are no major new features as the Linux kernel remains at version 2.6.38.8 and the KDE desktop at 4.6.5. From the release announcement: "PCLinuxOS KDE and KDE-MiniME 2012.02 are.... […]
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Development Release: Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 February 2, 2012
Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 12.04, code name "Precise Pangolin": "Welcome to Precise Pangolin Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 12.04. Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the.... […]
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BiBi

Tet.2008@Home

The First Lunch for all staffs at iWay

WinMerge – powerful FOSS visual tool for files/folders differencing and merging

New Features for Zimbra Collaboration Suite 5.0

Top 50 Proprietary Software and their Open Source alternatives

Microsoft and Sun, the Real Story

Enterprise IT ain’t what it used to be

Tuan Hung – the 4-year-old date of birth

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