Free GIMP 2.6 Image Editor Looks, Behaves More Like Photoshop (Wired News) - The GIMP project released the latest version of its free software image editor. GIMP version 2.6 features a greatly overhauled user interface, bringing the look and feel of the app much closer to Adobe Photoshop, the expensive industry standard for pro photographers. Wired.com
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GIMP 2.6 open source image editor released (Geek.com) - The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a free Open Source bitmap editor. It is designed to run in Linux graphical shells, however, there are ports for both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. After spending years of complaining about its odd user interface (separate windows for main menu, tool bar, and editing), I [...]
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Letters to the Editor: (Berkeley Daily Planet) - THE HERETIC HAS GOT TO GO! On behalf of our entire community, I wish to express shock, outrage and profound disgust that the word ?G-d? (I can?t bring myself to spell out that odious term) may have been uttered in one of our public school classrooms.
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Open-source image editing project launches (Desktop Linux) - A group called Nathive has officially launched its Alpha-stage, open-source image editor for GNU/Linux. The Nathive editor runs on a GNOME desktop, is open to developer modification, and aims to be "simple, lightweight, and easy to install and use," says lead developer "Markos."
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Austin-made Crawford Debuting on Hulu Tomorrow [Trailer] (Austinist) - We've followed Crawford , the Austin-made documentary about a tiny Texas town thrust in the international spotlight after would-be President George W. Bush relocated there to perfect his wholesome good-old-boy image, since it was but a work in progress . After a tremendous world premiere at SXSW, Crawford went on to screen at festivals worldwide and earned plenty of praise ? it ...
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Essay: A city on a hill (Wichita Falls Times Record News) - Context is everything. Perhaps Ronald Reagan's most beloved image of America - he cited the phrase almost reverently - was "a shining city on a hill."
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Michael Wilbon's Chat House (Washington Post) - Live Q&A, 1:15 p.m. ET | Post columnist discusses the Redskins' fourth straight win and the latest news.
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ESCONDIDO: French takes 'common sense' approach to council campaign (North County Times) - Editor's note: This is part of a series of profiles on candidates running for two seats on the Escondido City Council in the Nov. 4 election. ESCONDIDO ---- Applying common sense solutions to the city's problems is the centerpiece of Dennis French'
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Brian Baggett (All About Jazz) - Jazz - All About Jazz | Music, Clubs and Culture
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Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz) - Of George Bush's many sins, one has remained unnoted. He and his aides are so absurdly inept at most of what they do that they have diverted attention from the fact that America's collapse began well before Bush came into office and has continued under ...
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