It isn't unknown that Linux/UNIX systems have a powerful CLI. The heritage of these operating systems is in the CLI, and applications are still written for it. Here is a run down of some of the more popular CLI apps.
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5 Best Free/Open-Source Mind Mapping Software for Linux
An outline used to illustrate words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea is called a mind map. Here are some of the best Free and Open Source mind mapping applications that are available for Linux...
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Dim the screen at dark
Are there times of the night that you find yourself adjusting your screen brightness lower, either to help your eyes or not bother someone else? It can be annoying have to tweak brightness settings all of the time. We'll show you how to set your brightness automatically during the night.
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I want my old Amarok 1.4 back in Ubuntu - Well, Anything is possible in Linux ;-
Though i wholeheartedly admire the effort made by those behind this all new Amarok 2, i still have a lot of issues with Amarok 2.x series.
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Linux distro mints "Gloria" KDE release
The Linux Mint project has been releasing versions of its Ubuntu 9.04-based Linux Mint 7 "Gloria" distro over the last few months and has now released a final KDE version. Gloria KDE Community Edition offers various ease of use enhancements, and greatly improved installation features.
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Artha: A GUI for WordNet
Artha is a nifty little dictionary tool wraps the WordNet database into a user-friendly interface and offers a few neat features that can help you to make the most of WordNet on Linux.
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Complete Guide: Configure and Customise ioQuake3 in Linux
Following the article on configuring Urban Terror, a popular first-person shooter game based on the ioQuake3 engine, here is a guide for configuring the original ioQuake3 game, including customisation of cvars, using new maps, weapons and characters models, and more.
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10 best Multimedia Entertainment Software for Linux
Most of you are of the notion that Linux stands nowhere in entertainment when compared to Windows. Especially, people complain Linux has no cool games. On the contrary, Linux has added up a number of cool multimedia entertainment software to its support. We assembled the 10 best.
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An Early Look at Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Overview & Screenshots
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is scheduled for release in late October, and it will be the 11th release of the most popular Linux distribution. Although it is scheduled to come with GNOME 2.28, it will be the first release to introduce the first changes that will be featured in GNOME 3.
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Another Look at openSolaris
It has been about six months since I tried out openSolaris 2008.11, and since then they have released their 2009.06 version. Time for another look!
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Antix M8.2, A review, install guide and comparison to Linux Mint
I have an old pc, it's from 2005. (2.4 Ghz P4, 512MB RAM, 80GByte HDD and an 64MB nvidia graphics card. I mostly use Linux mint, on all my PC's. At school via a USB stick, and at work via mint4win. But on my home PC it was getting rather slow and hoggy. So I was looking for a distro that would run fast on my main PC, and has built in 3G functionality. Not much choices remain.
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A Single Command Install of Thunderbird 3 beta 3 on Ubuntu
Mozilla's released a few weeks ago version 3 beta 3 of it Email Client, Thunderbird. This beta release still full of bugs and should not be used on a production box or as used as your principal email client. See the list of bugs in Thunderbird 3 beta 3 before going ahead to install.
Read more »Top 10 Google Chrome Themes
Just like Firefox, Google Chrome web browser is now theme-able. That is if you have Google Chrome 3.0 Developer Preview or the most recent Chromium build installed.From the gallery, there are currently 28 (excluding the default classic theme) good-looking themes that can be easily downloaded and installed.
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Booting Puppy 4.1.2 from a USB stick — it could stand in well for Chrome OS
I've been meaning to do this for ages, and I finally installed Puppy Linux on a bootable USB drive. I went whole hog and used a 128 MB stick. Yep, that's it. I have a huge 20 MB left for storage.
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Mono advocate offers Mono-free Ubuntu remix
Debian and Ubuntu Mono packager Jo Shields has come up with a Mono-free remix of the last released version of Ubuntu, version 9.04, which he has chosen to call Chicken Little Remix.
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