PCLXDE 2009.3 is a minimal self-booting/installable Linux Live CD that features the LXDE desktop environment along with a small suite of lightweight applications designed for use on low end computer systems.
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Pidgin vs Empathy
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Maybe it’s been more than a month since I started using Empathy on a regular basis. It’s a fairly reliable messenger client for Yahoo, MSN and Google. I still have problems with using it though. Maybe it’s because I’ve been used to Pidgin that much. So yeah, here it goes:
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Canonical-IBM: Virtual Ubuntu Desktops vs. Windows 7
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As Microsoft gears up to launch Windows 7, Canonical and IBM have a message for channel partners and CIOs (chief information officers): Virtualized Ubuntu desktops, running on centralized Linux servers, provide lower TCO (total cost of ownership) and lower acquisition costs vs. traditional Windows desktops. Here's the scoop.
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GNOME 2.27.5 Released, Marks Feature Freeze
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Vincent Untz has announced the release of GNOME 2.27.5. This unstable release of GNOME in the road to GNOME 2.28.0 also marks the entering of the feature freeze for this bi-annual update to GNOME.
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Go Back to School With Linux: Part Two
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The openSUSE Education Project is an effort to support schools using Linux and to provide an openSUSE-based Live DVD that can be used to set up a quick educational environment without installing any software.
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Of Spiders and Scrapers: Decomposing Web Pages 101
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Not all sites proffer slick RESTful interfaces and XML feeds. In those cases, collecting data requires some good, old-fashioned scraping. This week, let's look at some of the tools and techniques required to scrape a site.
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Arch Linux 2009.02
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Arch Linux is a distro developed without assitance from any of the major distributions, and is targeted at experienced users of Linux.
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Review of the System76 Starling Netbook
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I wanted a netbook for traveling. I plan to use it primarily for checking e-mail, browsing the Internet, writing documents, listening to music and watching movies. I may also at some point use it as an e-book reader and podcast player.
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Laptop encryption — the ideal and the real
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I was listening to the Ubuntu UK podcast yesterday, and they were talking about how to do encryption, either full or partial, to protect the data on your computer from being stolen and used against you should the machine itself be lost or stolen.
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Run your Linux LiveCD in Windows with one click
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Like any new Linux user I had problems burning/installing Linux from Windows. I had to learn how to fix problems the hard way but that didn't stop me from trying again. Here I'd like to share a tool I use to run any Linux liveCD (ISO) inside Windows without any experience at all!
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Play Classic Super Nintendo (SNES) Games on Ubuntu Linux
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Perhaps most of our readers are old enough to have experienced playing some of the popular video games of the 80's and the early 90's on Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
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Virtualbox 3.0.2 bridged network bug workaround
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VirtualBox 3.0.2 has a nice and easy bridge network configuration GUI. But it does not work.
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#!*A5%amp;j9 - How to Encrypt Your File System
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Protecting your data has become more important than ever. Let’s look at some options for encrypting Linux file systems.
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How to: Buy a Wireless Router
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A diminishing few of us can still remember a time when you had to talk on a phone whose handset was tethered to the phone itself with a six foot cord.
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Howto Make Link to Filesystem on desktop or panel
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This tutorial will explain Howto Make Link to Filesystem on desktop or panel from command line and using GUI
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