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		<title>DynamicReports</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DynamicReports allows you to create dynamic report designs without the need for a visual report designer. Create fast and easy reports and export them to a range of popular formats including PDF, Excel, Word and others.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>DynamicReports allows you to create dynamic report designs without the need for a visual report designer. Create fast and easy reports and export them to a range of popular formats including PDF, Excel, Word and others.</p>
<p>Key software features include:</p>
<p>- User-friendly: only a very small amount of code is needed to create a report and it makes complex reports easy to maintain and understand.</p>
<p>- Dynamic report design: the design of each report is created in simple Java code. You can implement any logic in your code which decides how the report will look like. This makes it ideal for ad-hoc reporting where it is necessary to create reports dynamically.</p>
<p>- Inherited report design: a design can even be inherited from another design. This is impossible in static report designs designed in visual designers.</p>
<p>- And much more. For a full feature list, <a href="http://dynamicreports.sourceforge.net/features.html">see here</a>.</p>
<p>Below are some screenshots of reports made with DynamicReports.</p>
<p></a> <a href="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/invoice.png"><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/invoice.png" alt="" title="invoice" width="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19605" /></a> <a href="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/simplereport_step12.png"><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/simplereport_step12.png" alt="" title="simplereport_step12" width="345" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19612" /></a></p>
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		<title>Robonobo</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Audio Players]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music streaming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source music player]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robonobo is a music streaming and sharing app that allows you to view your friends' music libraries and playlists and listen instantly, while downloading the music files to your computer.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://robonobo.com/" alt="Robonobo">Robonobo</a> is an open source music streaming and sharing app for Windows, Mac and Linux. It enables you to view your friends&#8217; music libraries and playlists and listen instantly, while downloading the music files to your computer.</p>
<p>The application&#8217;s key features include:</p>
<p><strong>Social music</strong></p>
<p>- See your friends&#8217; music libraries and playlists and listen instantly. Add your favourite tracks to your library, create playlists of your own and publish them via Facebook, Twitter, email or any way you like.</p>
<p>- Import your friends from Facebook &#8211; or add your own &#8211; and have them updated automatically as you make new friends and find new artists.</p>
<p><strong>Music in the cloud</strong></p>
<p>- Robonobo plays tracks from the network immediately, so you can listen from anywhere, and downloads the music files and saves them on your computer so you can burn them to CD or export them to your music player.</p>
<p><strong>Support for artists</strong></p>
<p>- Future releases of the software will give artistis greater ability to control the distribution of their tracks and sell music directly through the app, as well as tapping into the social network around their music and making great relationships with their fans.</p>
<p><strong>Copyright safe</strong></p>
<p>- This technology will protect you by making sure you don&#8217;t accidentally share copyrighted music over the Internet, but it&#8217;s not finished yet &#8211; and until it is, we ask that you limit your music sharing to public-domain and Creative Commons tracks, and those made freely available by the artist. With power comes responsibility.</p>
<p><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/robonobo-screenshot.png" width="450"><br />
<small>(Screenshot of a Robonobo playlist)</small></p>
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		<title>Empathy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Chat Clients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GnomeMeeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instant Messenger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source VOIP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video conferencing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.</p>
<p>Empathy uses Telepathy for protocol support and has a user interface based on Gossip. Empathy is the default chat client in current versions of GNOME, making it easier for other GNOME applications to integrate collaboration functionality using Telepathy.</p>
<p>Key features include:</p>
<p>- Multi-protocol: Google Talk (Jabber/XMPP), MSN, IRC, Salut, AIM, Facebook, Yahoo!, Gadu Gadu, Groupwise, ICQ and QQ. Supports all protocols supported by Pidgin.</p>
<p>- File transfer for XMPP, and local networks.</p>
<p>- Voice and video call using SIP, XMPP and Google Talk.<br />
Some IRC support.</p>
<p>- Sharing and viewing location information.</p>
<p>- Private and group chat (with smileys and spell checking).</p>
<p>- Conversation logging.</p>
<p>- Automatic away and extended away presence.</p>
<p>- Automatic reconnection using Network Manager.</p>
<p><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/Capture-Conversations.png"></p>
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		<title>Sakai CLE</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/sakai-cle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 15:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[E-Learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Sakai CLE is a free collaboration and learning environment platform for use in teaching, research and collaborative scholarship; developed by Sakai Foundation contributors.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Sakai CLE is a free collaboration and learning environment platform for use in teaching, research and collaborative scholarship; developed by Sakai Foundation contributors.</p>
<p>Sakai CLE includes many of the features common to course management systems or VLEs, including document distribution, a gradebook, discussion, live chat, assignment uploads, and online testing. </p>
<p>It also features a personal workspace with a range of user oriented tools such as: Message Of The Day; Generic collaboration tools; Announcements; a Drop Box which allows instructors and students to share documents within a private folder for each participant; an email archive; shared resources folders; a chat room; forums; a message center to communicate using internal course mail; news / RSS feeds; and a user poll tool.</p>
<p>There is also a facility to upload and share slide presentations; a profile / roster function; full repository search; and a schedule which allows instructors or site organizers to post items in a calendar format.</p>
<p>For an in-depth look at the Sakai CLE and the broader Sakai Project check out the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1847199402/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=opesouliv05-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399349&#038;creativeASIN=1847199402">Official Sakai Guide Book</a> and the newly published book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461166292/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=opesouliv05-20&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;camp=217145&#038;creative=399349&#038;creativeASIN=1461166292">Sakai: Free as in Freedom</a>.</p>
<p><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/SakaiCLEMurcia.png"></p>
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		<title>Teambox</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/teambox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[team tools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Teambox is Open Source project collaboration software, available online for free. It is inspired by Basecamp, Yammer and Twitter.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Teambox is Open Source project collaboration software, available online for free. It is inspired by Basecamp, Yammer and Twitter.</p>
<p>Teambox workflow is project-centered; each project being visible only to people invited to it. Projects have a status wall, conversations, tasks, shared pages and file uploads. You can even post to everywhere just using email.</p>
<p>Its core features include:</p>
<p>- Designed to make it easier to manage tasks and communication. As easy to use as email.<br />
- Entirely cloud based.<br />
- Includes powerful search tools making it easy to find what you need.<br />
- Security. Teambox is managed on Enterprise Class Servers with the most advanced encryption and backups.<br />
- Communication options include RSS, Email, Mobile Access and Web interfaces.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.andreweglinton.com/images/Collaboration_Software_-_Online_project_management_for_teamwork-20110410-112812.jpg"><img src="http://www.andreweglinton.com/images/Collaboration_Software_-_Online_project_management_for_teamwork-20110410-112812.jpg" width="460" border="1"></a><small>(Click to enlarge)</small></p>
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		<title>FocusWriter</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/focuswriter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 23:08:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Word & Office Suites]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[document tool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immersive writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source screen writer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing tool]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FocusWriter is a fullscreen, distraction-free word processor designed to immerse you as much as possible in your work. </p>
<p>The program autosaves your progress, and reloads the last files you had open to make it easy to jump back in during your next writing session.</p>
<p>This is a brilliant FOSS alternative to WriteRoom and Ommwriter.</p>
<p><a href="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/focuswriter_default.png"><img src="http://osliving.com/wp-content/uploads/focuswriter_default-300x228.png" alt="" title="focuswriter_default" width="300" height="228" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6959" /></a></p>
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		<title>Big Blue Button</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/big-blue-button/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[E-Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big blue button]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distance learning software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[higher education open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university open source]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web conferencing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Big Blue Button is an impressive interactive Web conferencing platform, aimed at further and higher education distance learning courses. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Big Blue Button is an interactive teaching and learning platform for higher education and university distance learning courses. </p>
<p>The platform is built on a combination of 14 + open source components, including Ubuntu, Flex SDK, Asterisk, MySQL and more. It facilitates presentations, live chat, desktop sharing, voice participation, and live web cam exchanges within a single frame.</p>
<p>For a full list of features see the <a href="http://bigbluebutton.org/overview">Blue Button overview page</a>. And for hands-on experience see the live <a href="http://demo.bigbluebutton.org/">demo version</a>.</p>
<p>View the following demo video of Big Blue Button in action:</p>
<p><iframe title="YouTube video player" width="440" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SKdvkUEIV_s" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
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		<title>OpenRA</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/openra/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 09:27:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[command and conquer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[strategy games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy game engine supporting early Westwood games like Command &#038; Conquer and Command &#038; Conquer: Red Alert.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy game engine supporting early Westwood games like Command &#038; Conquer and Command &#038; Conquer: Red Alert.</p>
<p>OpenRA is a highly moddable RTS game engine, in fact both Red Alert and Command &#038; Conquer are implemented purely as mods on it.</p>
<p>The RA mod for OpenRA is a reimagining of Command &#038; Conquer Red Alert. It is not just a clone of the original but has improved and rebalanced gameplay. It has fully working multiplayer support for both internet and local play (via direct connect).</p>
<p>The CNC mod for OpenRA is a reimagining of the original Command &#038; Conquer game. It has fully working multiplayer support for both internet and local play (via direct connect). A single player campaign is currently being worked on.</p>
<p>OpenRA supports the following graphics cards:</p>
<p>Radeon 9500 or later<br />
Nvidia FX (5) series or later<br />
Intel GMA X3000-X4500, GMA 500 or later<br />
(The GMA 900-950 are not supported)</p>
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		<title>Shotwell</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/shotwell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Photo Editing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open source photo editor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photo editor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shotwell is a digital photo organizer that runs on Linux. It is the default photo manager in Ubuntu 10.10 and Fedora 14.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Shotwell is a digital photo organizer that runs on Linux. It is the default photo manager in Ubuntu 10.10 and Fedora 14.</p>
<p>Shotwell includes the following features:</p>
<p>- Import photos and videos directly from a digital camera.<br />
- Automatically group photos and videos by date.<br />
- Support tagging.<br />
- Editing features allow users to rotate, crop, eliminate red eye, and adjust levels and color balance.<br />
- Includes auto &#8220;enhance&#8221; option that will attempt to guess appropriate levels for the image.<br />
- Allows users to publish their images and videos to Facebook, Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, and YouTube.</p>
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		<title>Windmill</title>
		<link>http://osliving.com/featured/windmill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windmill]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Windmill is a web testing tool designed to let you painlessly automate and debug your web application.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Windmill is a web testing tool designed to let you painlessly automate and debug your web application.</p>
<p>The Windmill Test Frameworki includes the following features:</p>
<p>- Cross-browser test recorder: record, edit, playback and interact with your tests from one simple interface. Also checkout the DOM Explorer, Assertion Explorer and fully integrated Firebug-Lite.</p>
<p>- Interactive service shell: interact with the browser and the windmill service from a python shell, install ipython and automatically get an even more usable shell.</p>
<p>- Malleable proxy API: define rules for the Windmill proxy to follow, block those ad services or see what happens if your static content server goes down!</p>
<p>- JavaScript test integration: run your tests faster, write them in JavaScript! Also provides the complete set of JSUnit functions.</p>
<p>Windmill Controller: click, type, sleep, assert, pretty much anything you can think of doing to your web page is available as a windmill controller method.</p>
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