With all the hubbub about Snow Leopard and Windows 7, there's another operating system out there you may not have noticed that's getting a significant update: Ubuntu Linux. Ubuntu backer Canonical plans to release its "Karmic Koala" version on Thursday, and both the desktop and server versions of the open-source operating system take significant steps toward cloud computing.
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Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.2: KDE 4.3 Experience
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The KDE 4 experience in openSUSE has been enhanced daily, and while the desktop environment itself has matured significantly since the last release, there has been a constant focus to provide an outstanding delivery of it in openSUSE 11.2.
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Leeenux Linux Released
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Leeenux Linux is an operating system for netbooks, mainly for ASUS Eee PC with 7" screen, but works on all netbooks that have Intel graphics.
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Review: GNOME SlackBuild 2.26.3 for Slackware 13.0
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There are three well-known GNOME distributions for Slackware: Dropline GNOME, GWARE and GSB (GNOME SlackBuild). Despite the similarity in name to SlackBuilds.org, GSB does not simply provide build scripts - it includes a complete set of Slackware binary packages for GNOME.
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FireFTP – Firefox Add-on
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FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.Along with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SFTP, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, drag & drop, file h
Read more »Complete and Utter (Linux Desktop) Apps
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The first time I saw Linux was in the back of a computer shop while a tech was fixing my computer. An enthusiast had brought his machine in, and was boasting about how much more complete its applications were than anything on Windows.
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Chakra Alpha 3 – Review
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Ive never been a fan of KDE. Maybe its because for me it reminds me too much of Vista and a part of my PC experiences I would rather forget, however I cannot stay with Gnome forever and since many new distro’s don’t come with XFCE it was only time before I gave KDE a run for its money.
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Three For O
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The O is for October, harvest time here in NW Ohio USA. A beat-slicer, a book review, and a milestone release compose this trio of reviews for the Fall season in Linux audio fashion.
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Foxit Reader – A free PDF document viewer
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Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer for the Linux platform, with a new streamlined interface, user-customized toolbar, incredibly small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich features. This empowers PDF document users with Zoom function, Navigation function, Bookmarks, Thumbnails, Text Selection Tool, Snapshot, and Full Screen capabilities.
Read more »Ubuntu 9.10: New Feature Roundup
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With Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) set to debut this week, here's a run down of all the new features and changes covered by WorksWithU in the last several months.
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First look: inside Mozilla's Raindrop messaging platform
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Mozilla Labs has released a new open source messaging platform prototype called Raindrop. The project offers a powerful Web-based interface for interacting with messaging systems like Skype and e-mail—but installation is not for the faint of heart.
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49 Hot New Open Source Applications
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What's new in the open source world? We've put together a list of software that was first released (or first made open source) in the last couple of years. While many of these apps are still early in the development process, they're all usable, and in fact, have all acquired fairly substantial user bases in a short time.
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Review: PC-BSD 7.1.1
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PC-BSD is a distribution that tries to both bring Freebsd to the masses, as well as the desktop. Along the way it's had some highs and it's had some lows. But overall it's life has been one of ever increasing favors. So how does the newest version of PC-BSD stack up? Let's see.
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D2X-XL: Unique 6 Degrees Of Freedom Game (Descent 2 Mod)
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D2X-XL is an OpenGL mod for the classic 3D game Descent 2. D2X-XL is based on D2X 0.2.6, has all bugs from D2X 0.2.6 fixed and has restored all features from the original D2_3dfx (official Voodoo graphics version). D2X-XL is free and runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OSX.
Descent is a 3D first-person shooter video game which has a strong following due to its unique 6DOF gameplay.
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Enchance Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala repositories with Midibuntu
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Medibuntu contain all software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, like opera ,google earth, wincodecs and more, by adding Medibuntu repositories you will stop wasting time by looking for the right package adding repository for every package, verification keys ...
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