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Ελεύθερο λογισμικό στα ελληνικά

Εδώ θα κάνουμε μια σύντομη περίληψη για τη μετάφραση ελεύθερου λογισμικού στα ελληνικά. Το Ελεύθερο Λογισμικό / Λογισμικό Ανοικτού Κώδικα (ΕΛΛΑΚ) είναι λογισμικό που αναπτύσσεται δημόσια από κοινότητα χρηστών και προσφέρεται ελεύθερα στον καθένα. Ανάλογα με το λογισμικό, η κοινότητα χρηστών μπορεί να διαθέτει έτοιμα εγκαταστάσιμα πακέτα ή CD με το λογισμικό για την ευκολότερη …

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Huge lemons in Cyprus?

According to this article by Reuters, there are some huge lemons at the size of a football in Cyprus. In the article one can read that the lemon trees have been grafted with something else. What could have happened? There is a citrus tree called Pomelo that bears huge fruit, similar to the size of …

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What’s the black dot?

The new SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop is quite exciting and we wait for it with anticipation. In each of the screenshots in the above page, you will be able to notice a strange black dot. Why does this happen? Well, the person that did the screenshots was probably a new user in the GIMP. By …

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Taxis and security

It is quite encouraging that citizens taxed in Greece are able to file their tax reports through the Web, at the Taxis Website. Sadly, it has been reported that standard-compliant Web browsers are not supported by the Taxis Website. If you are affected, do complain about it! If you file taxes and you are affected, …

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Ξεσκεπάζω την ψυχοφθόρα βδελυγμία

When you choose a font in the Font Preferences, you can find a sample text that displays all the letters of the current system language. In this way, you are able to to have a good understanding of how a font looks like. Such phrases are called Pangrams, meaning contains all the letters. The most …

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The Coptic alphabet

It is quite interesting to see that the Coptic alphabet is derived from the Greek alphabet, as it was used to write the language spoken in Egypt, from around 300BC to 1300AD. Coptic now has its own Unicode block. Nowdays, Coptic is used at religious ceremonies by Coptic Christians in Egypt. Simossimos.info

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