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 [eighty-eight miles per hour] Ubuntu Blog Update: Eric Hutchins reckons "[those] Ubuntu guys are more in-tune with what’s needed for a successful implementation of linux-on-the-desktop than any other distro I know." Sweet! Oh, and Eric, you can shake off the Windows habit with Sound Juicer for ripping OGGs and Nautilus for burning CDs - just put a blank disk in the drive and see what happens!

 [Grain of Sand] A Day in PDX: I'd been pushing my trademark POV-Ray + Python approach, but now that I understand his project a little better, I'm inclined to think maybe Flash or Shockwave is the way to go. However, he's also planning to check out PyGame (a Python wrapper for the gamers' SDL library).

 [Eglug.org] I have dream: Affordable, Accessible computing | The Egyptian GNU ...: I know this sounds weird, I'm actually talking about normal peopleusing or writing custom scripts, my favorite FOSS advocacy storyinvolves, whirlpool, as a medical student with not much of free timehe taught himself programming in python in a few weeks, he uses thisskill to do various random tasks, when he is stuck he seeks help fromhis more knowledgeable friends but he knows what needs to be done andhas a vague idea how one should go about implementing it, so a requestto write a script to help deduce the pattern his professors use tomake final exams took uniball only few minutes to write while a verysimilar request by a less savvy user would have required longer justto find out what the problem was.

[Richardallan.org.uk] Post Political Times: the weblog of Richard Allan, formerly known as the Lib Dem MP for Sheffield Hallam .Thanks for the comments on recycling which give me more to ponder .

 [Oreillynet.com] Bringing Linux to Third World Communities: There, Indymedia volunteers and tech activists will distribute those machines to Indymedia offices, and then to schools and community centers in the surrounding countryside. We are also hoping to build a public wireless network in Quito, to improve community access to high-speed bandwidth.

 [Oreilly.com] oreilly.com -- Welcome to O'Reilly Media, Inc. -- computer books ...: Degunking Linux (Paraglyph) -- This book will help users get their Linux configurations working efficiently by providing them with a proven and time-saving 12-step program to get rid of clutter and organize everything from user files to system upgrades. This is the only book that is completely focused on helping Linux users learn the causes of sluggish performance and how to apply smart solutions to improve overall system performance.

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