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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Ubuntu As this article states, Ubuntu is a very popular distribution right now, and Canonical is working hard to get Ubuntu in as wide a range of hands as possible. Ubuntu also has also focused a lot of effort on building community, and has, hands down, the most vibrant, helpful and deep community of any Linux distribution.

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Frustrations

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

In Kubuntu, the distribution of Ubuntu I had installed, the WPA-enabled Network Manager isn’t installed by default (or at least it seemed not to have been installed when I did it – could have been my fault.) This does, for sure, hobble the usability of Linux on the desktop. This is my dilemma.

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Floss Manuals and Open Source Video Editing Tools

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He's over in Thailand now, but was glad to see he had Internet access - looks like free wifi too. I popped over to flossmanuals - and what a terrific resource. The only person I recall doing video work on Open Source is James Davis who did this screencast with Ubuntu and wrote a post about it. I'm very impressed.

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5 Questions: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors

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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). Session: Working with Open Source Software and Vendors. What's the most important trend in nonprofit technology for 2010? Free and Open Source Software.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Steven Cliff's Notes - Saving Internet 1.0 These stories are summarized and aggregated with some previous articles, posts, and resources about Nonprofits and MySpace here. of Internet visits. Check out the articles, blog, and resources. Here is an excellent screencast, an introduction to Linux (Ubuntu).

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