Not long ago I was working with some .po files and needed a nice and simple diff program to merge 2 files. First I tried the multi-purposed text editor vim.
Using vim as a diff and merge tool:
with Andrej’s article I found some nice tips & tricks and the Vim manual for diff tasks. Some useful [...]

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I’ve just read in HowToForge a nice article about Piwik, an open source web analytics tool.
You can download Piwik and install it on your own server to gather analytics data that could replace your usage of Google Analytics. In my personal opinion, it is always nice to have two services running to make sure you’re [...]

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I’m an follower of GTD. Probably not the best one, but at least I try to keep myself as organized as I can in the stream of neverending to-dos.
Which is why one of the first applications I searched for to install on my Android device was a good task manager to sync with RememberTheMilk. I [...]

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Last.fm’s decision to start charging for web streaming of their radio service outside the US, UK and Germany made reasonable financial sense for them didn’t make me too happy.
As a consequence of the news (it seems), a new open source project was started called libre.fm. Right now the project is in closed alpha and will [...]

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Google Maps could very well be the most highly used online map service, why would anything else be better? GMaps’ data is proprietary, you can use it but with some restrictions and software developers can not use its full potential for their own benefit.
OpenStreetMap is a world map done entirely from user’s submitted data. Similar [...]

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If you’re working on a localization project and would like to have the translation work done online, Pootle is currently the best option I found. Having an online translation platform is a great option for collaborative work since your team of translators can work from different parts of the world simultaneously.
Pootle has a nice user [...]

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In the past, to run online surveys I used GoogleDocs and SurveyMonkey. One was a paid service and the other too minimalistic. LimeSurvey though is a very nice open source platform to run complex online surveys however you choose.
The list of features is quite incredible, the best ones I found were the export / import [...]

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The open source based microblogging platform identi.ca has recently added some cool new features:

hip new design giving the platform a fresher look;
cloud tags for individual micro-bloggers;
and the best of all, groups! You can create groups, join existing ones and write posts inside groups writing “!” in front of the group name.

Adding groups functionality is a nice feature, [...]

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For those (like me) who are interested on using rsync but are command line inexperienced, finding a GUI is a lifesaver.
Grsync can make sure you use rsync without the terminal. The developers list several features such as:

you can easily run the most common rsync tasks, more complex tasks can still be done but with command [...]

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I got a new phone and was terrified about the manual work that would be needed to sync all of my contact details. But then I thought, we’re in 2008 so there must be an open source way of doing this!!
Funambol MobileWe did the trick perfectly! Funambol allows syncing over the air emails, contacts, calendar, [...]

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