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TuxTraining shaping up to be a great Learning Center for Linux enthusiasts

http://tuxtraining.com

The site is still in it's infancy and doesn't have much of a community yet, but it's shaping up to be a great addition to the linux community with HowTo's geared towards beginners, desktop users, and those seeking certification. In the future, video tutorials will live side by side with text HowTo's. Enjoy

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Created by devnull 16 years 6 weeks ago
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Yes, my grandma can run Ubuntu Linux

http://blogs.cnet.com

Last week Lenovo lent me one of its X61 ThinkPad laptops so that I could give Ubuntu Linux a try. Having had a bad experience with Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop a few years ago, I had sworn off desktop Linux and determined not to return.

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Created by giantrobot 16 years 7 weeks ago
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How to Burn a CD’s/DVD’s in Ubuntu Linux

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

GnomeBaker is a Gnome CD/DVD burning application.GnomeBaker is a GTK2/Gnome CD/DVD burning application. I’ve been writing it in my spare time so progress is fairly slow. It’s more of a personal project as I wanted to have a go at developing on Linux and I figured that as I had got this far I may as well let it loose on the world. Maybe someone will like it and use it.

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Created by anna 16 years 7 weeks ago
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A Quick Look: ODF vs. OOXML

http://www.teenlinuxlounge.com

Alright, let me break things down for you: there is a battle going on. There’s no bullets, nobody dies (as far as I know of), but it’s a battle that could change office computing forever: file formats.

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Created by Mr. Psychopath 16 years 7 weeks ago
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HTML 5 Draft

http://sunali.com

"We have been using HTML 4.01 and XHTML 1.0 for a long time. And the draft of HTML 5 was published a month ago. There are several new tags that I suppose you will like. [...] audio and video for multimedia content. Both provide an API so application authors can script their own user interface ..."

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Created by can.axis 16 years 8 weeks ago
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Email eating you alive?

http://reason.blogsome.com

Watch Merlin’s free Inbox Zero video for tips on taming the beast and give me your opinion. It is not quite about FOSS but it is also aplyable to us that work with FOSS :)

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Created by humaneasy 16 years 8 weeks ago
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10 Slick Linux Desktops, and How To Make Them

http://hehe2.net

So you thought Vista’s desktop looked slick? Or the latest Leopard desktop is coolest thing after sliced bread? Well you probably haven’t been properly exposed to Linux’s customizability.

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Created by C733tus 16 years 8 weeks ago
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Solid Drives

http://hubpages.com

If you haven't heard, Linux is taking a leap forward. It's becoming available at many stores as the primary operating system on several computers. Just recently I was shopping online at best buy and saw they have a $400 laptop that comes completely suited with Linux as its ONLY operating system.

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Created by vlovindia 16 years 8 weeks ago
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Running Abyss, a small but feature rich web server

http://www.linux-tip.net

If you need to set up a compact, secure, easily configurable Web server in as short a time, then we recommend installing Abyss Web Server. The software is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and FreeBSD operating systems. Depending on your needs, you may choose one of the two available editions. The free personal edition (X1) is a fully usable web server with no limitations. The professional edition (X2) includes an immediate access at no additional cost to new minor and major versions for a small amount of money. Abyss isn't open source software, but it is an interesting product and can provide a full web server with no cost, on older hardware, and with high-performance results.

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Created by fn-eagle 16 years 8 weeks ago
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Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business

http://www.wired.com

Wired publishes a lengthy excerpt from Chris Anderson's upcoming book Free! explaining the economy of free (mostly as in beer).

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Created by MrCopilot 16 years 9 weeks ago
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Design, develop, test, and deploy applications with new book on Catalyst

http://www.packtpub.com

Catalyst is a new book from Packt which helps users to design, develop, test, and deploy applications with the open-source MVC Catalyst framework. Written by Jonathan Rockway, this book will guide users through the features of Catalyst using real-world examples and systematic code snippets.

Many web applications are implemented in a way that makes developing them painful and repetitive. Catalyst is an open-source Perl-based Model-View-Controller framework that aims to solve this problem by reorganizing the web application to design and implement it in a natural, maintainable, and testable manner, making web development fun, fast and rewarding.

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Created by shriharshb 16 years 9 weeks ago
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Flipping the Linux switch: Quick and easy photo management with F-Spot

http://www.downloadsquad.com

Photo management software for Windows makes us weep. For most people, photo management consists of loading the software (and drivers) that came from the camera manufacturer. So you've got a Nikon camera, and the photo management software is really different from your significant other's Kodak software... With GNU/Linux it's different.

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Created by docsmartz 16 years 9 weeks ago
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Linux Anti-Virus Programs Explained

http://www.techthrob.com

There has been a lot of debate recently over whether or not it's a good idea to run an anti-virus program if you're using Linux. I hope to clear up a common misunderstanding: An anti-virus program running on Linux is designed to detect Windows viruses, so that they aren't spread, unknowingly, by the Linux user. This article explains when you should run a Linux anti-virus, and what exactly they do.

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Created by nemilar 16 years 9 weeks ago
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General Linux Help

http://klhrevolution.newsvine.com

A new linux chat room created on freenode.net This channel aims to bridge the gap between beginners and advanced user's. As well it is a typical hangout & will serve as the interim channel for TinyMe.

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irc.freenode.net

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#tuxhelper

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Created by klhrevolution 16 years 9 weeks ago
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Gimp Tip.

http://oneclicklinux.blogspot.com

Many image editing programs have a library or "scrapbook" where you can store images for future use. You can then open this scrapbook (within the image editing app) and drag and drop the image into the image you're working on(usually as a new layer). You can easily create a scrapbook for Gimp and store images for future use to edit and incorporate in all your photo projects.

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Created by chimera 16 years 10 weeks ago
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