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Clonezilla Live

Clonezilla is a bootable CDROM designed for partition backup and restoration. Unlike SystemRescueCD, Clonezilla Live doesn't contain an array of utilities, rather, it is a single, focused tool. more>>

Valve Steam

No Steam for Linux - Right Now

Despite some early teasing, it now seems Steam is not coming to Linux after all - at least for now. more>>

New Wine logo here.

New Wine: Running Windows Music & Sound Applications Under Wine 1.2

Wine runs many Windows programs nicely these days, including more and more serious music applications. Dave profiles some of those applications running under the latest & greatest Wine 1.2 more>>

OpenOffice.org: Sun PDF Import Extension

The Sun PDF Import Extension is one of the most popular OpenOffice.org extensions ever created. more>>

An image of the SciTE editor with CsoundAC code.

Introducing CsoundAC: Algorithmic Composition With Csound And Python

What happens when the world's most powerful waveform compiler meets one of the world's most popular programming languages ? Find out how one programmer makes it all work out in this introduction to CsoundAC. more>>

Screenshot

Going fast with DWM

If there was any justice in this world, there would be two cars parked in my driveway. One would be a 1977 Ferrari 308 GTS. The other would be a midnight blue BMW M3 convertible with all the amenities. I'd want the leather seats and power everything. more>>

Humane Reader (source: http://humaneinfo.com)

An Open Source 8-Bit Computer to Save the World

At a recent local LUG I regularly attend, Braddock Gaskill gave a wonderful presentation on an open source 8-bit computer he had created. This was his first public debut of the device and every person in attendance was enthralled. more>>

Discussion

A Topic for Discussion - Open Source Feature-Richness?

Twitter does not generally allow you to have a discussion. At least not me, who can barely say anything in less than a 1000 words, but here is a recent thread:

I'm not a fan of novel writing software--too complicated--but Storybook (free) helps keep my arcs & timeline straight. more>>

Image of a FOMUS music example.

Algorithmic Music Composition With Linux, Part 2

In this part of the series we complete our tour of the Grace algorithmic composition environment. more>>

OpenOffice.org Resource Files

Most users interact with OpenOffice.org on the desktop. But what if you need to do a selective restore on the files that store custom gradients or colors? Troubleshoot why an extension won't install? Share resources with other users? For these kinds of tasks, you need to know a bit about where OpenOffice.org stores its files, and what you can do with them. more>>

CountBeats—BPM Finder

CountBeats is a cracker of a little application—it's simple, yet it covers such a need for so many musicians. To quote the README file:

This is a simple little program designed to help you determine the speed of a piece of music on the radio or on a CD. more>>

Algorithmic Music Composition With Linux, Part 1

Dave leads a guided tour of three Linux software packages designed for making music by the numbers. more>>

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