Microsoft's operating systems have exploded in size during the past 20 years or so as their functionality increased to include thousands of features that weren't considered necessary in DOS. How come Linux (or UNIX for that matter) doesn't suffer from feature creep in the same way? Or does it?
Read more »Linux's Thickening Waist Line
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OpenOffice Renaissance prototyping phase drawing to close
The Renaissance Project team, part of the User Experience Project (UX) at OpenOffice.org, have announced that the Renaissance prototyping phase that began on the 12nd of June, will end on the 24th of July. The goal of the prototyping is to build "a flexible framework for mid-fidelity prototyping to test promising UI designs with real users".
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PortableApps.com Platform 2.0 beta 1 Adds Automatic App Launch, Themes and Richer Right-Click Menu
The full-featured PortableApps.com Suite that runs from a USB pen drive on any Windows system is now at version 2.0 Beta 1.
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A Hands on and Review of Ubuntu One
Canonical (the company behind Ubuntu) has recently released a beta version of their online file syncing service – UbuntuOne for public testing. In this tutorial, we are going to take a quick look at its functionality and how you can install UbuntuOne in your Ubuntu machine.
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ODBC Databases Jet Access success with Wine 1.1.26
Access 2000 can work with Wine, but this howto doesn't require Microsoft Access. How to set up Wine to enable Windows programs that read and write to Jet (Access) databases using ODBC. You then can write interactive programs in C which use a full-featured SQL database which comes bundled with Windows. So no need to purchase Microsoft Access.
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Ubuntu App Store: Open for Business?
An emerging app store could help Ubuntu and Debian push deeper into the consumer and corporate markets, where Linux novices and curious VARs are seeking simple ways to track down, install and evaluate applications. But here’s the twist: The emerging app store, which offers Ubuntu Linux and Debian applications, wasn’t built by Canonical. Here’s the scoop...
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SliTaz 2.0: Simple, Speedy, and Secure
It has been more than a year since my last look at SliTaz (Simple Light Incredible Temporary Autonomous Zone) GNU/Linux so I kind of miss it already. That's why I decided to grab its second distribution release.
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Customize your replies with Claws Mail Templates
I would argue that Claws Mail is one of the most flexible email clients available. To illustrate that I want to introduce you to a feature that I find a "must use" for my email needs. That feature? Templates."
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Fix Fonts in Firefox 3.5 and Ubuntu
In Ubuntu, some people have experienced some issue with the subpixel smoothing of fonts for Firefox 3.5. To fix this font issue in Firefox 3.5 there are 2 possible solutions:
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Exploring Advanced Math with Maxima
When I took Calculus in college, my Professor would give us substantial partial credit for test problems that we got wrong for minor arithmetic errors, and rightfully so, too. Sometimes even simple-sounding problems resulted in a full page, or more, of calculations. Simply changing a -1 to a +1 early on in a problem could be completely devastating.
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Comparing the transport simulation games | OpenTTD vs Simutrans
Transport Simulations are a genre that has not translated to the high gloss, high production 3d game market now seen on PC and console games. However, they retain a huge following and command a niche.
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Mozilla awards best new Tab ideas
In their recent Mozilla Labs "Design Challenge Summer 09" competition, Mozilla posed the question – "How can we create, navigate and manage multiple web sites within the same browser instance?". Out of the 128 submitted concepts, four "Best in Class" honors were chosen and a "People's Choice" award was bestowed.
Read more »Common Keyring: KDE and GNOME Combine Password Management Efforts
KDE and GNOME developers drafted a secret storage API designed to be a common interface for desktop applications that need to store passwords and other confidential data.
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Howto install amarok 1.4 in Ubuntu Jaunty
Some users are not happy with amarok 2 and they want to install amarok 1.4. This tutorial will help them to install amarok1.4 version.
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First Look: Firefox 3.7’s New Design
It hasn’t even been a month since Firefox 3.5 was released to the masses, but Mozilla is already hard at work on Firefox 3.7.
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