I recently discovered a great app for sharpening up your DJ skills on linux called Mixxx. Its simple to get, there’s no messing with weird audio subsystems like Jack. If you’re on Debian/*buntu, just run
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Ubuntu 9.04 on my 8.04 laptop: Intel video issues sink upgrade
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As much as I've railed against quickie distro reviews, I find myself trying a new version of Ubuntu in live CD form and writing just such a piece. I apologize in advance for not running Ubuntu 9.04 longer, but in this evaluation, which has everything to do with the hardware I'm using, I'll explain why this is a wham-bam distro evaluation:
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Running GNU/Linux and seeing CrunchBang in your kernel list? We’ve got a fix for it.
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I usually don’t look at the Grub kernel list when I boot my Ubuntu box, but last month I noticed that all of the kernels in my list showed “crunchbang” rather than “Ubuntu 9.04″. I did some searching and found a thread on the Ubuntu Forums about the issue and dstew made a great comment that helped me track down the problem.
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How to Remove The Annoying Update manager Pop-up in Ubuntu Jaunty
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For those who are using Ubuntu Jaunty, you will notice that there is a change in the way the system notifies you to upgrade software. In the past, an icon will appear on the system tray whenever there is new update available. In Ubuntu Jaunty, instead of showing the icon, the update manager will now pop up the window as and when it detects new update.
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A Review of the Smplayer Media Player for Linux and Windows
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For me the the best free media player for Windows and Linux is mplayer. It is not only a very fast player, but it also offers a ton of advanced options.
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Fedora 11 Provides Glimpse of Future for Red Hat Enterprise Linux
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The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc.-sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, has announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free open source operating system.
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Recording music with Linux on an EEE PC
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While an Asus EEE PC is perhaps not best suited for full-on intensive music production, it does have values which make it an ideal solution for portable recording.
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Transform Kubuntu Jaunty to Windows 7 In 3 Simple Steps
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One thing that I love about Linux (and Ubuntu) is that it is fully customizable and I can configure it to the way that I want it. Previously, I have already illustrated its flexibility by showing how you can transform Ubuntu Hardy and Intrepid into Mac OS X. Today, let’s bring a step further and see how we can transform Kubuntu Jaunty to Windows 7 in 3 simple steps.
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Xubuntu 9.04 frequently asked questions
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We give a huge bunch of user support at #xubuntu. After each release, there’s a peak for the need of user support. Here’s some of the most asked questions after the Xubuntu 9.04 release.
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The Reactive Desktop
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This blog started at the last Akademy in Mechelen as some thoughts on the location aware desktop, what apps would benefit, and how we should be looking to use GeoClue to achieve this rather than rolling our own.
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Open Suse 11.1 Review
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Open Suse is one of the few Linux distributions which seems to evolve by leaps and bounds with every new release. Although numbered as an incremental upgrade from version 11.0, Open Suse 11.1 contains enough improvements and new features.
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Gnome-Colors: Elegant, consistent and colourful GNOME desktop themes
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I have never been a big fan of the default Brown/Orange GNOME themes that ship as standard with each new Ubuntu distribution. It turns out that there is a brilliant project called Gnome-Colours that has set itself the task of dealing with this problem.
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winetricks 20090705 released
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Another winetricks version was released today.
The only interesting change is the addition of shockwave,
and maybe the update to firefox 3.5.
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PlayOnLinux 3.6 released
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A little news to announce that PlayOnLinux 3.6 is out.
- The novelty this time is the integration of winetricks (which has been modified for PlayOnLinux) by use of the "tricks" command.
This way script writers will be able to use it easily.
I also took this opportunity to clean out the code by deleting useless files and corrected minor bugs.
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Kompozer- Easy and powerfull web builder for Linux
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KompoZer is a complete web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing. It is designed to be extremely easy to use, making it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing to know HTML or web coding.
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