People confused and frustrated by computers can now turn to a laptop called Alex built just for them. Based on Linux, the laptop comes with simplified e-mail, web browsing, image editing and office software.
Read more »Create Your Own Avatar for Free on Linux
Create Your Own Avatar for Free on Linux: Do you want to create your own avatar? I'm not talking about the Avatar movie but the graphical representation of yourself inside the computer world that you can use as a profile image on Facebook, Twitter, and various social networking sites?
Read more »TestDrive - Test Drive an Ubuntu ISO in a Virtual Machine
TestDrive is a project that makes it very easy to download and run the latest daily Ubuntu development snapshot in a virtual machine. Actually, it can be configured to download and run any URL-access ISO in a virtual machine.
Read more »Easy folder sharing in KDE 4.4
Once more unto the KDE topic my friends, once more. This time, however, we take a look at a very useful feature that allows you to easily share out folders with a few clicks. These folders will be shared with the help of Samba and not a single line of a configuration file will have to be edited by the user
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Ubuntu live CDs now boot 33% faster!
How to convince a Mac OS X or Windows user to try GNU/Linux? Installing the desired distribution in a Virtual Machine? Read them all those FAQs about partitioning your hard drive for a dual-boot system? No, no - there's an easier way:
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How to Open/Extract UIF Files in Ubuntu Linux
How to Open/Extract UIF Files in Ubuntu Linux: If you have downloaded a UIF (.uif) file and is wondering what it is or don't know how to open it when using Ubuntu Linux or any other distro, then read on.
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Amarok 2.3 Beta 1
Amarok 2.3 Beta 1 is released. This audio-player can play various audio-file formats & audio-streams. This version features a new main toolbar with completely redesigned look and new features.
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Jolicloud: The Operating System Download for Netbook You’ve Been Looking For
I’ve finally found my ideal netbook operating system. It’s called Jolicloud. Let me explain.
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OpenOffice back in Ubuntu
A decision to remove OpenOffice.org from the next Ubuntu Netbook Remix release has been retracted
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Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04 To Get A 2D EFL Based Launcher
In an attempt to get Ubuntu working on any ARM based device (as long as there is hardware available), Ubuntu Netbook Edition (UNE) 10.04 will ship with a new 2D launcher which is a direct clone of the UI found in the Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix, although this one is based on EFL (Enlightenment Foundation Libraries) meaning that its fast on non-accelerated platforms.
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Wine 1.1.39 Released
The Wine development release 1.1.39 is now available.
What's new in this release:
* Support for registry symbolic links.
* Many MSI fixes.
* Build process improvements.
* MSXML cleanups and fixes.
* A number of MSHTML improvements.
* Various bug fixes.
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LXDE - the cure for what ails our older PCs
It’s been a while since Ubuntu could be called a leaner alternative to Windows. However, one of the nicer features of Linux (at least for the end user) is the ability to choose the windowing environment with which we interact with the underlying OS.
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openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 Has Linux Kernel 2.6.33 and KDE SC 4.4
The openSUSE development team, through Henne Vogelsang, announced last evening (February 17th) the immediate availability for testing of the openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 2 operating system.
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Comparing Browsers on Linux
Recently I decided to make a screencast comparing some of the more popular browsers that are currently available for Linux: Firefox, Epiphany, Konqueror, Opera, and Google-Chrome. Included is the screencast posted with the new HTML 5 video tag, a video download option, and for those that prefer reading, a short synopsis of the scenario.
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Chrome OS vs Ubuntu Netbook Remix
Although Chrome OS is based on Ubuntu, Google has no intention right now of targeting the mass market. Instead, Chrome OS will be certified to run on specific hardware, which at the very least will need either an x86 or ARM CPU and a solid-state drive (SSD) for storage. Most SSDs are faster than hard drives, which enables Google to squeeze the boot time as low as possible.
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