As command line junkie I work on linux console most of the time, only starting graphical X server with startx command when needed. The problem with using startx command is that it locks up the terminal by printing numerous warnings and messages while the X server starts and thus making the terminal unusable
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Unix - System VI Release Notes - More Linux and Unix Humor
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The Initials of "Political Correctness" alone make this a curious read about Unix/Linux "Improvements" ;)
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Create an E-Learning Platform with New Drupal Book
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Drupal for Education and E-Learning is a new book from Packt that enables users to enhance teaching in a classroom, and engage students with a range of learning activities using the Drupal CMS platform.
Read more »Emacs Starter Kit, created November 18, 2008
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"This should provide a saner set of defaults than you get normally with Emacs. It’s intended for beginners, but it should provide a reasonable working environment for anyone using Emacs..."
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Fedora 10 Multiple Network Connections Video
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Fedora 10 users are allowed to enable wired, wireless, mobile broadband, VPN and DSL network connections and then switch back and forth right on the Fedora desktop panel.
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Full Circle Magazine Issue 19 November 2008
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Download Full Circle Magazine Issue 19
How To : Create WiFi Acces Point.
Have you ever needed a temporary WiFi acces point (AP), or just needed something until you can go out and buy one? This how-to should let you create one in a pinch. First, make sure that Your Wi-Fi card is well supported!
How To : Using GIMP Part 8.
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more hopefully helpful, but definitely funny, fake man pages :)
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Dealing With Content Spam on Blogs and Forums
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EMail Spam is against the law, however, it still fills your inbox. However, content Spam, which is on the rise, is not technically against the law or at least has less liability for those who do it. As a result many of us are constantly cleaning forums and blogs from this kind of trash. This tutorial will help you deal with the majority of Content Spam.
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The Fedora Girlfriend Test - More Linux and Unix Humor
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An interesting take on Linux usability testing for the mainstream :)
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Book Review: How Wikipedia Works - And How You Can Be Part a of It
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"After I had already agreed to read and review How Wikipedia Works, I found myself second guessing my request, and by extension, the purpose of HWW. Do they really need a book? The site’s navigation is intuitive. You can find nearly everything you’re looking for and much more, the site does not really need a dead tree companion. Well, yes and no.
Read more »The Twelve Top Myths of Free/Open Source Software
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By now, you'd think that anyone who owns a computer knows about free and open source software (FOSS). However, once you move beyond techie circles, you'll find that, for many people, the concept is unknown. Even worse, when people have heard of it, they have alarming -- and rather discouraging -- misconceptions of what it involves.
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How to install Firefox 3.1b2 in Ubuntu (from repo)
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Go to System > Administration > Software Sources, to the Third-Party Software tab and add this repository:
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Happy Thanksgiving - Unix/Linux ASCII Art
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Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy the turkey :) Description not long enough? Really "Really" enjoy the turkey ;)
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Cabletv.sh For Linux or Unix - Final Blog Update
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The public has decided that this should be moved to a SourceForge project, and it shall be so... after today :)
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EMACS: The Extensible, Customizable Display Editor - by Richard Stallman, 1981
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"EMACS(1) is a real-time display editor which can be extended by the user while it is running. Extensibility means that the user can add new editing commands or change old ones to fit his editing needs, while he is editing. EMACS is written in a modular fashion, composed of many separate and independent functions.
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