Kiddix is offering a 1 week 'pay what you want' sale of their kid-friendly operating system, and going full open source. Thru 6/15, support the initiative by purchasing or donating a copy of Kiddix!
Read more »Kiddix - The Linux For Kids Launches a "Pay What You Want" Promotion
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How to access windows host shared folders from ubuntu guest in Virtualbox
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This tutorial will explain How to access windows host shared folders from ubuntu guest in Virtualbox.
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Fixing Mplayer's Terminal Abuse, esp. for KDE and Windows
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Mplayer updates the information about the amounts of frames it displayed, the played time, the remaining time, etc. every single time it displays a *frame*. This is not only completely unnecessary, it can unnecessarily hog several percent of your CPU in many terminal implementations, especially in current KDE 4 and Windows. The higher the frame rate, the more wasted CPU power.
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Fedora’s lucky 13
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The number 13 is usually associated with bad luck. Friday the 13th (both the date and the movie). Many buildings don’t have a thirteenth floor. Fedora just released it’s number 13 and one might wonder if the number was good or bad for the release.
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Mozilla girds Firefox with 'hang detector'
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The next version of Firefox will include a "hang detector" that automatically terminates plug-ins that quit talking to the outside world.
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Firefox 3.6.4 On The Verge Of Its Final Descent
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Firefox 3.6.4 is the last major release before the eventual Firefox 4.0, to be released in Nov 2010. Release candidate of Firefox 3.6.4 was available for download on the last week of May 2010, and it was expected that the final release of Firefox 3.6.4 would happen in the first week of June 2010.
Read more »Open Money- A look at Personal Financial Software for Linux
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When it comes to personal financial software choices, the Windows folks have historically had plenty of choices… with a few major ones that seemed obvious. However, the fine folks over on the Linux side of the wall have not had the same.
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Rekonq: Konqueror Killer?
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When the Maverick Meerkat, better known as Ubuntu 10.10, debuts in October, it will bring with it a new default browser for Kubuntu users in the form of rekonq. If you're a KDE user dissatisfied with Konqueror and Firefox, here's what you can look forward to next fall.
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Dell Says Ubuntu Is Safer Than Windows
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In a brief but bold statement, Dell's U.S. website suggests that Ubuntu is safer than Microsoft Windows, especially for customers looking to avoid viruses. The statement, spotted by TheVARguy.com, also suggests that Dell will begin shipping Ubuntu 10.04 of selected U.S. systems sometime in mid-2009. Here's an update.
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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: free OS that Just Works
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Today, I got caught up enough from my tour to update my ThinkPad to the latest version of Ubuntu. Lucid Lynx went in like butter. The update ran unattended, took about 1h including downloading the whole OS, updated all of my apps without a hitch, and is running smoothly.
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KDE 3 vs. KDE 4: Which Linux Desktop Is Right for You?
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Many users are still using KDE 3. For whatever the reasons, several distributions continue to cater to the preference, including aLinux, Knoppix and MEPIS, all of which offer GNU/Linux with KDE 3.0 as the desktop. This raises the question: How do the two series of KDE releases compare?
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Parallel Realities: Retro-themed Linux games
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The Parallel Realities website offers a collection of simple, mostly SDL based action games. They're all fairly lightweight and might make good boredom beaters on a less powerful machine, or failing that, a handy distraction while waiting for something to complete in the background.
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HOWTO Install Wine Offline
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Something that is difficult to do in Ubuntu (and Linux in general) is installing packages on a system without an active internet connection. This is a brief HOWTO for easily installing packages on an offline Ubuntu system. In order to do this you will need another system (preferably something with Linux) that has an active internet connection as well as a flash drive.
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How to Become a Linux Gamer
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There are several resources out there to assist you in being a Linux gamer. The WINE project is a great, free example of this as it allows you to run Windows programs (and games) on Linux. CodeWeavers CrossOver software also allows you to do the same but the difference is that theres a cost associated with this software.
Read more »Sabayon 5.3 installation guide
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One of the best features introduced in Sabayon 5.3, the latest upgrade to the Gentoo-based, multi-purpose Linux distribution is the installer.
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