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Terminator runs multiple GNOME terminals in the same window

http://www.linux.com

In a sense, the desktop is the best thing that ever happened to the command line. Because a virtual terminal runs in a graphical environment, it boasts all sorts of enhancements that the unadorned shell lacks -- everything from multiple tabs to easy selection of display fonts and background and foreground colors.

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Adobe Introduces Flash Player 10 Beta with Linux Support

http://www.techenclave.com

Adobe® Flash® Player 10, code-named "Astro," introduces new expressive features and visual performance improvements that allow interactive designers and developers to build the richest and most immersive Web experiences. These new capabilities also empower the community to extend Flash Player and to take creativity and interactivity to a new level.

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Fedora 9 hits the streets

http://www.networkworld.com

The Fedora Project Tuesday said Fedora 9, a free, open source Linux operating system, is ready for download.

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IPlist Protects Torrent Traffic in Linux

http://lifehacker.com

Free IP-filtering application IPlist protects your BitTorrent downloads from third-party snoopers and blockers by controlling which IP addresses can and cannot connect to your system.

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Welcome to the Linux Command Line Interface Desktop

http://tuxtraining.com

TuxTraining.com has covered numerous commandline applications but now it’s time to tie it all together. So Ctrl Alt F6 and get to that command line, because you don’t need no stinkin GUI.

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Predictive text input with Soothsayer

http://www.linux.com

Soothsayer is a predictive text input system. Many folks reading that sentence will think of the word completion offered by mobile phones. Soothsayer is different from such mobile phone systems in that it tries to use context and other statistical information to offer predictions instead of just presenting a list of words that might match the first few letters you type.

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Created by extra 1 day 4 hours ago
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Fix for OpenSSL/SSH/VPN Vulnerability in Ubuntu 7.04/7.10/8.04

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

A weakness has been discovered in the random number generator used by OpenSSL on Debian and Ubuntu systems. As a result of this weakness, certain encryption keys are much more common than they should be, such that an attacker could guess the key through a brute-force attack given minimal knowledge of the system. This particularly affects the use of encryption keys in OpenSSH, OpenVPN

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KMyMoney 0.9 released

http://lwn.net

The KMyMoney development team is pleased to announce a major step forward for what has been described as "the easiest personal money tool out there", with the first public availability of a new development release, version 0.9.

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Created by missgeek 1 day 15 hours ago
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Kumblr - a Lightweight Tumblr Client for KDE

http://fosswire.com

Tumblr is a popular mini-blogging service. Kumblr is a desktop application written in Python (and aimed at KDE users) that provides a simple, but functional interface to post text to your Tumblog.

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Some Gnome Panel Applets you may not know about!

http://www.ubuntu-unleashed.com

Here is a collection of gnome panel applets that I have found in the repositories, installed applets can be viewed and added to your gnome panel via right click on an empty panel space then click "Add to Panel"

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Created by vlovindia 1 day 17 hours ago
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Install Applications in Ubuntu without Internet

http://planetoss.com

Without an Internet connection, installing applications in Linux is a nightmare because of package dependencies. The aim of this guide is to help install applications in Ubuntu (should work with all apt based distribution with minimal modifications) when there is no internet connection is available.

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Totem Movie Player can play YouTube Videos

http://linuxdesk.wordpress.com

It’s installed by default in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 and works fabulously! Totem Movie Player now includes a plug-in for searching and playing You Tube videos without leaving the player and without Flash.

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Enable Commercial DVD Playback in Ubuntu

http://tombuntu.com

Like Adobe Flash and proprietary media formats, playback of encrypted DVDs is something that Ubuntu can’t distribute in the default desktop. Adding support for playing your commercial DVD videos in Ubuntu isn’t a difficult task.

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aTunes tries to be the best of two worlds

http://www.linux.com

Are you looking for a free and open source music player that you can use no matter which operating system you boot or switch to during the day? Meet aTunes, a small competitor to both Amarok and Apple's iTunes. Its name sounds like a hybrid of the two, and it tries to have a unique combination of the best of both user experiences.

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The 2008 Google Summer of Code: 21 Projects I'm Excited About

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com

The annual Google Summer of Code is upon us again. For the uninformed, that’s when Google pays hundreds of students and hundreds of mentors to work on free software projects, ranging from AbiSource to Zumastor. This is where great projects like the GDebiKDE installer were created. And this year looks even better than before, with 175 organizations and 1125 students.

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