The Ubuntu development community announced today the availability of Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2, a new prerelease of the next major version of the Ubuntu Linux distribution. This alpha is the first Ubuntu release to completely omit HAL, a Linux hardware abstraction layer that is being deprecated in favor of DeviceKit.
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The difference between Linux and windows settings
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Linux and windows have very different ways of storing their installed program settings. Before windows 95 came along they used to be very similar.
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Ubuntu 9.10 at 120Mhz, 80Mb
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After tinkering with the Thinkpad 560e for a while and learning some of the eccentricities of it, I swapped the 64Mb memory stick. With a total of 80Mb to work with, the playing field changes instantaneously.
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How to Run Enlightenment (E17) On Ubuntu Karmic
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Every once in a while we here at MakeTechEasier like to take a look at where things stand with the notoriously still-in-development Enlightenment window manager. I say “notorious” because version 0.17 (hereafter called E17) has been in development almost 10 years, long enough to invite a fair share of Duke Nukem Forever analogies.
Read more »Canonical To Bring Closed Source Apps Like iTunes And Photoshop To Ubuntu?!?!
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A recent official post on the Ubuntu Forums asks users to complete a survey with the applications they would like to see in upcoming version of Ubuntu...
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Install Latest Banshee 1.5.2 with iTunes Importer functionality in Ubuntu
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Banshee is a popular music management tool for Linux. The default version of Banshee in Ubuntu Karmic is Banshee 1.5.1. Banshee has already reached version Banshee 1.5.2. This is what you need to do to get the latest version of banshee in Ubuntu.
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Running World of Warcraft in Ubuntu Linux
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Over my Christmas break I decided to try out the latest version of Wine with my most frequently used Windows application which is called World of Warcraft or WoW. Just so that its clear that I am not antisocial this didnt take away much time spending with friends and family as it actually took me less than an hour to do the whole thing.
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Wine Is a Long Shot at Solving the Windows Apps on Linux Problem
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The open-source Wine project is less a solution and more a workaround when it comes to the issue of running Windows applications on Linux.
Read more »xdg-open — opens a file or URL in the user’s preferred application
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xdg-open opens a file or URL in the user's preferred application. If a URL is provided the URL will be opened in the user's preferred web browser. If a file is provided the file will be opened in the preferred application for files of that type. xdg-open supports file, ftp, http and https URLs.
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Install Guest additions and run fullscreen mode on VirtualBox Guest OS | Linux
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By installing GuestAdditions in the Guest OS, you will be able to run the fullscreen Mode on virtualbox Guest OS (for example ubuntu)
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Jolicloud Pre-Beta Release
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Jolicloud is a respin of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (UNR), with the addition of significant new functionality through a slick and shiny menu system which incorporates a point-and-click method for system updates and the adding/deleting new software.
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7 Alternatives for Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Office is one of the most popular application suits which no doubt facilitates the users to the full extent. But due to its high price or due to any compatibility issue with the operating system, it is always desirable to have some alternatives. Lets have a summarized look on the available alternatives.
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Wine Is a Long Shot at Solving the Windows-Apps-on-Linux Problem
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The open-source Wine project is less a solution and more a workaround when it comes to the issue of running Windows applications on Linux.
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Canonical releases Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Alpha 2
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The Ubuntu developers have announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, code named "Lucid Lynx". The latest development milestone is the second of three planned alpha releases, which will be followed by two beta releases and then a release candidate.
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Google Chrome OS beta review
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Google recently set loose a working version of its new Chrome operating system, due for public release in late 2010. Much is promised from Google, who feels sure that it has the right marketing strategy for its web-based OS. We take a look to find out what it offers…
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