Baldy’s Paradox

Lightning is a fairly new development. Its first public release was in early 2006. However, being based off of the same backend code as Mozilla Sunbird™, it is maturing quickly.
Lightning is tightly integrated with Thunderbird, allowing it to easily perform email-related calendaring tasks.

Lightning Release Notes.
Download page
Lightning is my latest favorite T-bird extension.

Source: mozilla.org
~LC
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No matter which Linux distro you run, chances are it came with a magnificent little image editor called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program). Unlike Paint and other free-with-your-OS image editors, GIMP is a full featured graphics app with a broad range of capabilities that rival those os Adobe Photoshop. (Note: GIMP does lack many features [...]

 
AntiX, the Fluxbox-based, 128 MB RAM-friendly version of Mepis is now in its “pre-final” stage, with a final release from its maker anticapitalista expected in early July, according to the developer himself on the Mepis forum.
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AntiX spin on Mepis in ‘pre-final’ stage, should be ‘final’ in early July
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People new to Linux are often confused by the large number of distributions there are to choose from. The good news is that you can safely ignore most of them. This article helps you cut through the confusion of choosing a Linux Distribution your exploration—and helps you understand just what it is you’ve chosen.
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Dolphin is a file manager for KDE focusing on usability. The main features of Dolphin are:
* Navigation bar for URLs, which allows to navigate quickly through the file hierarchy.
* View properties are remembered for each folder.
* Split of views is supported.
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Trolltech will provide free phones and SDKs (software development kits) to developers willing to target its Qtopia application development framework for mobile phones. The Qtopia Greenphone Grant Program will provide an unspecified number of awardees with Qtopia SDKs, along with Trolltech’s open, Linux-based Greenphone target device.

Developers can apply through August 7 — or until [...]

 
The Simple Linux Backup project announced the release of version 0.3.2 today. Simple Linux Backup is an easy-to-use program for backing up a desktop Linux system, with a friendly user interface, originator Steven J. Rosen said. It has been featured here on DesktopLinux.com.

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Simple Linux Backup rolls out new rev
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Google has finally released a long-awaited native Linux application: Google Desktop for Linux. As with the already shipping OS X and Windows versions, Google Desktop enables Linux users to search for text inside documents, local email messages, their Web history, and their Gmail accounts.
 
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Google Desktop arrives on Linux
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If you want feedback on the contents of your Web site, let your visitors rate your pages. Some content management systems include this functionality by default, but if yours doesn’t, you can add rating capabilities with AJAX Star Rater, a PHP/MySQL application that allows you to display AJAX-ified star rating bars on any Web page.
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While podcasting and video blogging are all the rage, many people still prefer the simplicity of the typed word for expressing themselves online — that is, a blog. However, popular blogging platforms like WordPress and Movable Type can be tough to configure and maintain. On the other hand, you might not want to use an [...]