Arora is a free, cross-platform web browser built on WebKit (the engine that powers Safari and Chrome) that we've mentioned once before, but its latest release includes some interesting new features by default, including built-in support for ad blocking.
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More Linux Distros That Don’t Suck
Following Linux Distros That Don’t Suck from earlier this year here is a comprehensive list of, you guessed it, more Linux Distros that don’t suck.
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What makes Ubuntu so user friendly?
Of all the Linux distributions, the consensus is beginning to become clear that Ubuntu is, hands down, the most user friendly of the Linux distributions. Naturally there are people that claim other distributions like PCLinuxOS, and Linux Mint are even more user-friendly than Ubuntu. But what exactly makes a Linux distribution user-friendly?
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Mozilla augments Firefox's plug-in check
As it promised, Mozilla has created a page that checks for outdated plug-ins used by Firefox.
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Home, Sweet Home: Sweet Home 3D 2.1 Linux Version
3D design applications are somewhat an anomaly among Linux. Sweet Home 3D proves that good, free programs now exist in that market.
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Gmail Notifier Applets for Ubuntu
Given the popularity of Gmail, it's not surprising that a score of desktop applets have emerged for notifying users of new messages. I recently set out on a quest to find the best one. Here are the results.
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Remotely Accessing Your Linux Computer: Part 2
In this section of the tutorial, you will learn how to secure SSH and make your computer available across the internet.
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My Slackware 13 review
Well Slackware 13 was released a few weeks back and I had a chance to install it on my laptop. The install is pretty quick (as most Linux installers are these days). I’m not going to get too detailed so I’ll list what I liked and didn’t like.
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Imagination, a light weight DVD slideshow maker for Linux
Imagination is a lightweight and simple DVD slide show maker written in C language and built with the GTK+2 toolkit, there are some other GUIs which do the job, but they usually require a lot of dependencies to be installed first and often their interfaces are bloated. Imagination has been designed from the ground up to be fast, light and easy-to-use.
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Top 10 Google Chrome Artist Themes
Adding to the list of Google Chrome themes, Google recently introduced a new set of themes that are created by well-known artists, illustrators, architects, musicians, filmmakers, and fashion and interior designers from around the world resulting in a colorful combination of art and technology.
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LiveCD Now Developed by Team Unity Linux
The main tools used by developers for many LiveCD distributions (such as PCLinuxOS) was facing stagnation in 2008. Unity Linux has taken up the torch for bringing this great tool into the 21st century.
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Ubuntu 9.10 Beta: A Review
Recently, I have taken the time to take a look at the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10. I have installed it as a virtual machine on VirtualBox, using the 64 bit image to make it just a bit faster on my laptop.
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[Video] Add Bookmarks for Changing Directories in Konsole
Linux Journal's Mitch Frazier show you how to use bookmarks in Konsole, KDE's terminal emulator.
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Chess On Linux
It is widely believed that the gnuchess and xboard is all that you need to play a game of chess on a linux computer. While it’s certainly enough to get you started, it’s certainly not the last word.
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NotAwesome Firefox Add-On Hides History
Enough people loved Firefox's history and bookmark searching location bar that the name "AwesomeBar" caught on. While this tool is great for productivity, its omniscience is a serious privacy concern. Don't let your boss see that you've been looking for a new career on job search Web sites.
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