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Linux desktops?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Even though I love promoting open source software and Linux among my non-profit clients, we’re not at the point where I could recommend Linux desktops for organization staff. I use Ubuntu on a dual-boot (XP) machine. One minor point: have you tried Twhirl on Ubuntu? Ubuntu, Fedora, Blag, Mandriva, Gentoo, and so on.

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5 Questions: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors

NTEN

Whether it is on the desktop like Firefox and Open Office or the Ubuntu Linux operating system, or on servers (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and running CMSs and CRMs (like Drupal and CiviCRM). Nonprofit funding is not what it may have been 2 or 3 years ago. Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors.

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NpTech Tag: People Behind Tags, NpTech Timeline, Twitter, and More Widgets

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are Twitter critics in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Britt Bravo asks us to encourage people we know working on a social impact technology project to nominate their project for Netsquared Innovation Fund Award. Here is an excellent screencast, an introduction to Linux (Ubuntu).

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