Ubuntu may just be one of the most popular distributions that the Linux community has developed over the past five years. What has made this distribution so popular is not only that it’s available for free download but you can also get a free CD mailed to you. This makes it easy for those who do not or don’t know how to burn a CD image of an .iso file.
Read more »The Many Faces Of Ubuntu
Leaving a trail of breadcrumbs (using bookmarks) in OpenOffice Writer
You can insert bookmarks in a Writer document, and use the Navigator to find them. Here's how...
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Linux gaming, part three: strategy games (continued)
As many readers pointed out, there are many cool strategy games available for Linux that weren’t mentioned in the part two. These games are simply too good to be missed, so here’s take two for the strategy games.
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Dirty Dell or Deliverer Dell?
There have been many whispers and flat out rants in the blogosphere about Dell’s lack of advertising, support and passion for the Ubuntu systems that they are selling. This could actually hurt the Dell initiative.
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New WordPress 2.2.1 fixes bugs, blocks exploits
WordPress yesterday released WordPress 2.2.1, which incorporates a number of small bug fixes and tweaks, along with some security issues that make this a required upgrade.
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FreeBSD vs. Gentoo
"FreeBSD and Gentoo are both acceptable operating systems in my book, but they both have their weak and strong points. They both have excellent speeds, so you're not going to see any tedious graphs of how much faster Gentoo can convert a .gif to .png on this page."
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Ubuntu root access
One of the greatest features that Linux has to offer, is the ability to customize your version so that it works the way you like it. Being a computer science student I have many friends that run linux, and many running windows (most dual boot).
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Running Ubuntu: 5 First Impressions
I’ve finally had a chance to run my Ubuntu PC from Dell. I can see why the systems aren’t quite ready for all users. But I’ve got to tell you, folks. It’s clear to me that Ubuntu will be able to serve a large segment of the consumer population. In fact, Ubuntu is better than Windows in at least five areas. Here they are.
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Yet another Ubuntu Fan
I was almost about to give up on Ubuntu, because after I installed the Fiesty, I was not able to download the packages from Repositories due to some proxy authentication issue.
Read more »The Lesser Apps of KDE - Edutainment
One of the lesser known benefits of KDE is the wide selection of educational tools that come included with it. These tools can be used to learn new skills, polish existing ones, or teach others through a variety of new and existing methods. So let's look at each of these and see what they have to offer you.
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Upgrade to Ubuntu on the Windows Marketplace
This is a very good thing, a very bad thing or a complete and total blunder by someone. The Ubuntu desktop is listed for free download on the Windows marketplace complete with description and user reviews.
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Goodbye Edubuntu, hello SUSE
Much to my children’s chagrin, my basement Edubuntu setup is going away, only to be replaced by an alpha version of OpenSUSE 10.3. Oh yeah, they were thrilled.
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Intro to Ubuntu at Try Linux
"This post will go through the steps to making and running a live CD. I believe anyone could follow these directions! If you haven’t tried Linux before, or it has been some time, please do what this post says."
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Microsoft's audacity at its best:
Wow. Sometimes, you read things like this and you wonder if Microsoft employees inhabit the same universe. Apparently, they haven't been following the rampant, constant security holes discovered and exploited in Windows over the past decade.
Read more »KIWI - OpenSuse’s re-spin creator
The idea of creating customized versions of an existing distribution is not new, but Fedora 7 took this idea to a next level by introducing an easy-to-use GUI and a wizard-like walk through for the single steps in the form of Revisor.
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