Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Kubuntu and so on are getting lots of attention but it seems everybody is forgetting about Xubuntu so I decided to make a screenshot tour of Xubuntu. I never used XFCE so my notes are from the point of view of someone used to Gnome (so I'll underline the difference between XFCE and Gnome too - or Ubuntu and Xubuntu if you want).
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What is this Linux thingy and why should I care?
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Linux is a great open source OS. It is running on many servers, desktops, laptops, netbooks, cellphones and many other gadgets. Check out Linux and see for yourself the amazing OS it is.
Read more »Novell Wants to Bring Microsoft, Moonlight, and Mono to Linux Phones (Android)
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Microsoft's patent-encumbered "gifts" to GNU/Linux are being pushed into devices with Novell's help
Read more »Is Microsoft About to Declare Patent War on Linux?
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Microsoft's comments on happenings outside its immediate product portfolio are rare, and all the more valuable when they do appear.
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New Howto: Sysadmin tool of the week: sysstat
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The tool chain of a sys admin should always be comprised of effective tools. Today we are introducing the package sysstat.
Sysstat is a collection of command line tools dedicated to providing the system administrator with a quick overview of the performance of the system. They work as front-ends to the Kernel...
Cool: smallest Linux desktop PC, smaller than an apple (fruit)
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Measuring at just 2 x 2 x 2.2 inches this is the smallest Desktop PC. And it's running Linux, one more point for Linux coolness.
Read more »Microsoft licensing Linux? What?
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Proprietary giant is licensing open source to its partners. What is going on?
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Benchmarks: Mandriva 2010.1, PCLinuxOS 2010, Ubuntu 10.04, openSUSE 11.3
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This early development comparison of Ubuntu 10.04, Mandriva 2010.1, PCLinuxOS 2010, and openSUSE 11.3 produced some of the most interesting results as of late in terms of comparing different Linux desktop distributions.
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The history of Linux: Get your popcorn
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So, it’s not your typical date-night movie, and maybe I’m the last person to know this documentary exists, but I was happy to find the film (1hour, 25 minutes), Revolution OS on Google Video.
Read more »Shotwell 0.5 (Gnome Photo Manager) Has Been Released
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Just 3 days ago we were telling you that Shotwell (a photo manager for the GNOME desktop) 0.5 will be released soon and now Shotwell 0.5 is available for Ubuntu users in it's official PPA.
Read more »Epidemic 3.1 installation guide
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Epidemic is a desktop-oriented, KDE, Debian-based (GNU/Linux) distribution developed in Brazil. This article provides a detailed, step by step guide on how to partition a disk and install Epidemic 3.1, the latest stable release.
Read more »Qt 4.7 debuts QML for declarative UI development
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The Qt developers have announced a technical preview for QT 4.7, the cross platform C++ framework for GUI applications. According to the developers, the pre-release is not suitable for production use, but will give a good idea of how they plan to enhance the framework. According to the developers, the final release of Qt 4.7 will be around the middle of the year.
Read more »Window Maker Desktop: Lightweight Linux Minimalism
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Window Maker is a fast, lightweight window manager based as closely as possible on the look and feel of the NeXTStep interface. (You may be familiar with NeXTStep an ancestor of Mac OSX, although the look and feel has changed a fair bit between the two.)
Read more »U-boot for ARM on QEMU
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Instructions to compile and run the U-Boot bootloader inside a QEMU emulation of an ARM platform.
Read more »Kernel Log: Stable kernels analysed, Linux without firmware, new graphics drivers
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The development of Linux 2.6.34 has started and is causing heated discussions on the LKML. LWN.net has analysed Linux 2.6.32.9 for security fixes and found almost twenty of them. Linux-Libre removes proprietary files from the kernel, and new graphics drivers for Radeon cards offer numerous improvements
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