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Silent Updates Do Not Equal Security

http://www.linuxloop.com

A recent report shows that users of Google Chrome are more likely to be up to date with all the updates than users of any other browser. The reason for this is that Google pushes out silent updates and installs them without even telling the user, even when Chrome is not running. The report concludes that this is a very safe and secure way of updating users.

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Created by ItalianPenguin 16 years 37 weeks ago
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Sabayon 4.1 - A Linux monster (cute one)

http://www.dedoimedo.com

Sabayon was probably the first Linux that offered 3D gadgets in the live session out of the box, no special configurations on behalf of the user required. It is also probably the first Linux that demanded more than 10GB of hard disk space.

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Created by datalmation 16 years 37 weeks ago
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Get to know Linux: Window Maker

http://www.ghacks.net

Continuing with our introduction to old-school Linux window managers, I would like to bring to you Window Maker. The Window Maker window manager was designed to look and feel like the old NeXT GUI.

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Created by sdastidar 16 years 37 weeks ago
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8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup

http://www.linuxhaxor.net

Conky is a highly customizable desktop monitor for X Window System. Think of it as KDE4 desktop widgets on crack.

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Created by spambot 16 years 37 weeks ago
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7 E17 Distributions

http://repasik.com

KDE4 is not the only desktop environment which provides a sleek eye candy experience. E17 still remains to be one of the only Desktop Environments/Window Manager, which provides a speedy and visually pleasing experience.

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Created by werewolf 16 years 37 weeks ago
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Ubuntu Tip: How to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

If you want to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW in Ubuntu use the one of the following options...

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Created by gitikaru 16 years 37 weeks ago
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OpenOffice.org 3.1 is born

http://www.openoffice.org

The latest and greatest 3.1 release of OpenOffice.org is available. OpenOffice.org 3.1 was officially released to the world at 09:00 UTC today.

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Created by electrocomputer 16 years 38 weeks ago
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The Ubuntu 9.04 Intel Graphics Fiasco

http://www.workswithu.com

Because I was traveling, I didn't get around to upgrading my desktop to Ubuntu 9.04 until yesterday.  After what seemed like the fastest Ubuntu installation and quickest boot ever on my system, I was excited to log into Gnome and see what the stable release of Jaunty has to offer.  Instead, I was met with a lot of frustration and loss of faith in Ubuntu's commitment to stability, due to egregiou

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Created by clandestine 16 years 38 weeks ago
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A weekend with Ubuntu 9.04 and Kubuntu 9.04

http://www.wolfmanzbytes.com

With the release of Ubuntu 9.04 I figured it was time for me to download the ISO and see what this new version of Ubuntu brings to the table. While I was at it I also decided to get the Kubuntu.

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Created by sunny 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Hedgewars - The Worms redesigned

http://polishlinux.org

There is a Unix Worms-like game, called Hedgewars, developed by a Russian programmer Andrey Korotaev. It might be hard to believe, but hedges have been there since 2004, so don’t waste any time and proceed with the review. It’s free and open source project, GPL v.2 based, and more importantly - it’s available for Linux, Windows, and MacOS supporting both - 32, and 64 bit architecture.

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Created by partytime 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Ubuntu: Two Ways to Keep A Clean Desktop Without Affecting Your Efficiency

http://maketecheasier.com

I love placing all the shortcut icons and files on my Desktop. On the other hand, I also have a passion for clean desktop. Apparently, having a lot of desktop shortcuts and a clean beautiful desktop together is not quite possible. I need a solution.

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Created by a known eMouse 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Adeona: Open Source Lojack For Laptops

http://www.linuxplanet.com

Adeona has been widely touted (194K hits at google) as the Open Source solution to protecting your laptop or netbook.

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Created by iamspam 16 years 38 weeks ago
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T-Mobile serves up some Android cupcake

http://www.itwire.com

Google Android 1.5 is nearly here, but what can G1 users expect to get when T-Mobile starts rolling out the over-the-air upgrades next week?

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Created by popstarviolet 16 years 38 weeks ago
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KDE 4.2.3 Released

http://kde.org

The KDE Community today announced the immediate availability of "Cuagmire", (a.k.a KDE 4.2.3), another bugfix and maintenance update for the latest generation 4.2.

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Created by alienhub 16 years 38 weeks ago
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starting perl GUI programming

http://www.handlewithlinux.com

I need to extend my programming knowledge, I know as a system administrator, I should automate everything I need to do more than twice and therefore I need more programming skills. I've been thinking of learning shell programming, as it is the most ubiquitous in Linux systems. I already know some shell programming and for most of the simple tasks I can easily write a small shell script.

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Created by j00p34 16 years 38 weeks ago
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