There are 117 new additional scripts for GIMP 2.6 to give extra special effects, there is a link to the download within this article:<br><br><a href="http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/117_new_effects_for_gimp_2_6">http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/117_new_effects_for_gimp_2_6</a><br>
<br>For those wishing to try Inkscape here are 10 tutorials:<br><br><a href="http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/10-inkscape-tutorials/">http://ryanler.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/10-inkscape-tutorials/</a><br><br>Blender 2.49 has now been released:<br>
<br><a href="http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzI5OA">http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzI5OA</a><br><br>Scale 7x audio files on-line, what! no videos this year:<br><br><a href="http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/schedules">http://scale7x.socallinuxexpo.org/conference-info/schedules</a><br>
<br>USENIX'09 starts in San Diego this Monday:<br><br><a href="http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/">http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/</a><br><br>Here are last year's videos:<br><br><a href="http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/usenix08">http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/usenix08</a><br>
<br>Remember the "Spice up your LUG" article from Linux Format that got Arron excited, well they have released this as a web article on TuxRadar and submitted it to Linux newsfeeds. Maybe the editor of Linux Format heard about Swifty's seeding program LOL:<br>
<br><a href="http://tuxradar.com/content/spice-your-lug">http://tuxradar.com/content/spice-your-lug</a><br><br>What a person wanted to know about the Ext4 file system but was afraid to ask:<br><br> <a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/The-Ext4-Linux-file-system--/features/113403">http://www.h-online.com/open/The-Ext4-Linux-file-system--/features/113403</a><br>
<br>A Linux Crunchpad seems to be arriving in a few weeks time:<br><br><a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/Linux-based-CrunchPad-a-few-weeks-away--/news/113454">http://www.h-online.com/open/Linux-based-CrunchPad-a-few-weeks-away--/news/113454</a><br>
<br>Finally, it seems that the U.S. is really getting serious about cyber security :<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/us/31cyber.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/31/us/31cyber.html?_r=1</a><br><br>
No wonder, especially when the FBI computers gets infected by a virus:<br><br><a href="http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/statement_052909.htm">http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel09/statement_052909.htm</a><br><br>Gordon<br>
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