Gaël Duval, Mandrake Linux and Ulteo founder, has announced the availability of version 2.0 of the Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (OVD). Ulteo is based on Debian and Ubuntu and allows users to run Linux and Microsoft windows applications from "any device" through a web browser.
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Major Preferences menu changes in Pidgin 2.6.4
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Recently I've been frustrated by the fact that we have a number of tickets open on Pidgin's Trac that deal with inadequacies in the preferences window. The biggest complaint is that in a number of configurations, the preferences window is too tall to fit on a screen. This has only recently become a problem with the advent of the so-called "netbook" with their nearly microscopic screens .
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Ubuntu X.org Guru Calls for Desktop Help
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Bryce Harrington is agonizing over the nontrivial task of delivering a working X server for Ubuntu. On the Ubuntu desktop mailing list he speaks of a flood of bug reports and appeals to improving the situation.
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Five things Chrome OS isn't
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Some people still seem a little confused about what Chrome OS is, and isn't, so here's my quick guide on what's really what with this forthcoming operating system.
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KOffice 2.1 released, ups Microsoft Office compatibility
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KOffice, a cross-platform open source office suite, has reached version 2.1 with the import and export of Microsoft Office on the list of big improvements.
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KOffice 2.1 Released
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The KOffice team is very happy to announce version 2.1.0 of KOffice, 6 months after the platform release 2.0.0. This release brings a number of new features as well as general improvements in the maturity of the individual applications. Importing of documents have also been given an overhaul.read more
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Use MP3 Diags in Linux to repair your MP3 collection
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Do you have a massive MP3 collection that contains files with problems? Don't you wish you had a program that could search through that collection, find problems with those files, and fix the problems?
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Upgrade PulseAudio To Version 0.9.21 In Ubuntu Karmic
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PulseAudio 0.9.21 was released yesterday and comes with even more bug fixes than version 0.9.20 which was released just two weeks ago. You can see a list of changes, HERE. Besides bug fixes, PulseAudio 0.9.21 also integrates the device-manager module.
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Firefox hopes to one-up IE with fast graphics
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Last week, Microsoft showed off some browser technology that could help Internet Explorer leapfrog the competition. But if Mozilla succeeds in its hope, Microsoft could be playing catch-up instead.
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Walk-through installation of OpenSuSE 11.2
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Another distribution to release recently is OpenSuSE 11.2. OpenSuSE serves as the base for Novell's SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop. In some ways, it's to SuSE what Fedora is to Red Hat. But unlike Fedora, OpenSuSE doesn't live on the bleeding edge.
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Review: Google Wave so far
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I got this in my Gmail inbox the other day: "Thank you for signing up to give us early feedback on Google Wave. We're happy to give you access to Google Wave and are enlisting your help to improve the product". Since I'm all about making improvements, I clicked the link to accept my invitation to Google Wave.
Read more »A review of GNOME Do
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GNOME Do is a fantastic little program that makes Linux Mint a very comfortable experience. At first glance, GNOME Do just looks like a collection of launchers that can be docked to your window, with a search function attached for completeness.
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OpenSuSE 11.2 KDE: Actually quite nice
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SuSE was at one time my distribution of choice. The main reason then was because I could buy it at a retail store and come home with several discs worth of every piece of software I needed, and I didn't need an internet connection for any of it.
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Would You Accept Google's Free Netbook?
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Last week it made good on that promise with the release of the code for what is now called Chromium OS, and the first analyses have started rolling in. They're mostly tinged with a vague air of disappointment. But might Google be aiming much, much higher – and planning to turn the personal computing sector on its head by offering computers that cost nothing?
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Using eBox As A Windows Primary Domain Controller
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eBox Platform is an open source small business server that allows you to manage all your services like firewall, DHCP, DNS, VPN, proxy, IDS, mail, file and printer sharing, VoIP, IM and much more. These functionalities are tightly integrated, automating most tasks, avoiding mistakes and saving time for system administrators.
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