SAM, an acronym that stands for Surface to Air missile. SAM, Linux. SAM Linux is a distribution based on PCLinuxOS, a small if rather popular distribution that caters to new users by offering a rich, exciting desktop, with everything working out of the box. That is PCLinuxOS. So what can SAM Linux do?
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Demo of Dual-head Dual-game GNU/Linux Machine
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Two modern computer games (WoW and CS) running under GNU/Linux even at the same time on multiple screens
Read more »multicd.sh - Combine several CDs into one
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multicd.sh is a shell script designed to build a multiboot CD image containing many different Linux distributions and/or utilities.
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Warmth - New proposed theme for Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)
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Ubuntu's goal to to present the user with a welcoming desktop environment. Although the current theme is a step in that direction, the bright colors and overly bright theme. Warmth aims to be a softer, more blended theme, while still remaining within the ubuntu color scheme.
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Bordeaux 2.0.0 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD Released
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The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.0 for FreeBSD and PC-BSD today. Bordeaux 2.0.0 marks major progress over older releases. With version 2.0.0 and onward we bundle our own Wine build and many tools and libraries that Wine depends upon. With this release we bundle Wine 1.1.36, Cabextract, Mozilla Gecko, Unzip, Wget and other support libraries and tools.
Read more »How to install Edubuntu Menu Editor in Ubuntu lucid/Karmic
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The Edubuntu team has been discussing the need of a tool to filter the list of applications displayed to a user depending on various criterias. We first implemented it as a set of meta-packages called application bundles and prefixed ubuntu-edu-* though we then noticed that it doesn't always apply to all countries.
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Using Templates in digiKam
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Embedding copyright info into each photo may sound like a daunting proposition, but digiKam provides a nifty template feature which lets you create copyright templates and apply them to multiple photos in one go.
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MeeGo a whole new Linux ballgame.
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By now you have probably heard of MeeGo the new OS being created by the synergy between Nokia and Intel. MeeGo is going to be a completely new Free Software Linux based OS. The most striking difference between MeeGo and Maemo, Nokia’s current Linux based OS, is that Maemo was for the most part a Debian derivative, while MeeGo will not be directly based on any existing distribution.
Read more »Celebrate Presidents Day with SimplyMEPIS 8.5 beta5
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MEPIS has announced SimplyMEPIS 8.4.97, the fifth beta of MEPIS 8.5, now available from MEPIS and public mirrors. We have kernel 2.6.32.8, KDE 4.3.4, gtk 2.18.3-1, OpenOffice 3.1.1-12, Firefox 3.5.6-2, and K3b 1.70.0-b1.
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10 Cool Firefox Add-Ons
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This is a must-read for Firefox fans! We'll review 10 cool add-ons that will make your cross-platform Mozilla web browser even better. We'll review add-ons to help fix annoyances, save time, discover advanced functionality, and stay connected.
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Five useful KDE 4.4 widgets
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With the rise of KDE 4.4 comes a new crop of desktop widgets (or Plasmoids). Earlier renditions of KDE 4.x saw the Plasmoids less than useful. The latest workings, however, have become quite useful, productive even.
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Add-On Compatibility Reporter Lets You Test and Report Firefox Extensions
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Maybe you've seen your favorite extensions fall behind when new Firefox releases roll out, but you haven't known what to do about it. A new-ish Mozilla add-on not only enables technically incompatible extensions for testing, but makes reporting actual incompatibilities easy.
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Lubuntu: Not Just for Lusers
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For a long time, the Ubuntu family has had three members - Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu (sorry Edubuntu; we're not counting you). But that may change, with a new project, Lubuntu, vying for official endorsement by Canonical. Here's a look at Lubuntu, and thoughts on what its future may hold.
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KDE 4.3.5 is starting to seriously impress
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But this morning I decided to give the latest iteration of KDE (4.3.5) a try and see what it had to offer. Could it make stable what had previously been so lacking in stability. And, more importantly, could it make me think KDE was once again a viable desktop for every day use.
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KDE SC 4.4: A Worthy (though not perfect) Upgrade
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It seems like just yesterday KDE 4.0 was released, and caused quite a bit of commotion in the free software world. It was bold, ambitious, and (for the most part) broken. he latest iteration of the K Desktop has just arrived in version 4.4, and while it’s still not perfect, it’s another step closer.
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