//g9e.net » opensource http://www.g9e.net Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:15:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DiffPDF http://www.g9e.net/2010/05/27/diffpdf/ http://www.g9e.net/2010/05/27/diffpdf/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 11:01:27 +0000 Gerrit http://www.g9e.net/?p=33 I’ve just come across DiffPDF, which is a tool helping you to compare PDF files. It provides two modes: textural comparison of the documents and comparison of the files’ appearance (for instance figures or moved items).

]]> http://www.g9e.net/2010/05/27/diffpdf/feed/ 0 Opensource-news.com http://www.g9e.net/2010/05/09/opensource-news-com/ http://www.g9e.net/2010/05/09/opensource-news-com/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 11:34:47 +0000 Gerrit http://www.g9e.net/?p=23 I just came across a new open source news site: opensource-news.com. Don’t know yet wether it’s worth to subscribe to their feed, I’ll watch it for some time and decide again.

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aims to create a vibrant Open Source ecosystem on Windows by providing the technologies needed to build a complete community-driven Package Management System, along with tools to enable developers to take advantage of features of the Windows platform.

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