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Read more »12 reasons to love KDE
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TLWIR 30: Linux++ – The GNU/Linux Desktop, Brother, and Ubuntu Increment by One
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I believe in Synergy. One positive event feeds other positive events. The share of computer users who use Linux, GNU, and other Free Software is growing because people are actually starting to put some marketing muscle behind the concepts. Canonical is one of these companies. Red Hat is another. Google is also fighting the good fight.
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Kubuntu Linux 11.10 for digital painting
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David Revoy describes his experiences with using Kubuntu Linux with KDE desktop and software for doing his professional graphic design work.
Read more »Linux 3.2 Released
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An enhanced Ext4 filesystem, an optimised TCP stack and support for thin provisioning in the Device Mapper are some of the most important new features of the freshly released Linux 3.2. The latest kernel version also brings with it a host of new and improved drivers which, among other things, address graphics hardware from Intel and NVIDIA and wireless devices from Atheros and Broadcom.
Read more »Linpus Lite 1.6 desktop edition screenshot preview
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The last edition of Linpus Lite that was reviewed on this website, was Linpus Lite 1.4, and that was in September 2010 (see Linpus Lite 1.4 review). That edition was good in some ways, bad in others, but in general, was usable, though it lacked basic security features that I expected to see in a modern Linux distribution.
Read more »Examining the usability of KDE Plasma, Gnome and Unity
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TechRadar has gathered a few users and subjected the 3 main Linux desktops to some usability testing for both experienced users and some new to the whole concept
Read more »Fedora 16 KDE review
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Fedora 16 is the latest stable edition of Fedora, a Linux distribution whose development is sponsored by Red Hat, Inc. The main edition uses the GNOME 3 desktop environment, but there are editions, called Spins, that use other desktop environments.
Read more »Does disk encryption really protect your data from unauthorized access?
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Disk encryption is one of several physical security measures that could be used to protect data on your computer from unauthorized physical access. And it is best configured during installation, not after. But once configured, how effective is it?
Read more »Why your computer needs a firewall enabled
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Why is it even necessary to convince anybody that they need a firewall enabled on their Internet-facing computer – desktop or server? You would think that the role of a firewall should be obvious to any computer user. However, some of the comments that I have come across on this subject tell me that is not necessarily true.
Read more »GTK+ 3.2 Released With HTML5 And Wayland Backends Support
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GTK+ 3.2 has been released with two eagerly expected features: experimental support for Wayland and HTML5 "Broadway" backends. The HTML5 "Broadway" backend allows rendering GTK applications in HTML5-capable browsers. That means that you can run Gedit, GIMP and other applications in a web browser (both local and remotely).
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Microsoft, Red Hat Spar Over Secure Boot-loading Tech
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Is Microsoft using a next-generation computing boot-loading technology to lock out the use of Linux and other OSEs on certain computers? While Microsoft has denied malicious intent, one Red Hat developer maintains that this may be the case.
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Announcing my second e-book "Sed One-Liners Explained"
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I just wrote my second e-book. This time it's about sed one-liners. Sed one-liners teaches you sed, the superman of Unix stream editing, through various practical examples, such as numbering lines, printing certain lines, converting text, etc. The book is 98 pages long and contains precisely 100 well explained one-liners. Have a look!
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Guide to disks and disk partitions in Linux
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This article is an attempt to provide basic information about disk naming and partition numbering conventions, in non-technical terms, to those new to Linux. I believe a basic understanding of all the aspects concerning how a disk is referenced and partitioned will put you in a better position to troubleshoot installation and disk-related problems.
Read more »It's just "The Beginning"
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With the birth of Free Software Movement started by Richard Stallman & his supporter’s, & an important decision taken by Linus Torvalds by licensing Linux kernel under GPL has revolutionized the computing world to an extent without which the computing world hadn’t taken it’s glorious form what we see today.
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