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11 Interesting Short Films about Google Chrome

http://www.junauza.com

Google just released several short films to promote their very own Chrome web browser. A few talented artists and illustrators were invited to create these videos to simply show the importance of a web browser and at the same time introduce Chrome to a much a wider audience.The videos are really fun to watch so I would like to share some of them here...

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Created by webspider 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Ubuntu Backup Software

http://www.tuxguides.com

Backing up files can be useful in case you suffer hard drive issues, but it can also be helpful in case of “messing up” a file, and needing a backup of it. There are many different backup options available for ubuntu.

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Created by Schlongman 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Mandriva 2009 Spring Kicks Vista7 back to /dev/null

http://izanbardprince.wordpress.com

With my latest foray into Windows 7 build 7100 (official Release Candidate from MS Technet) I was experiencing largely the same errors/issues/bad performance as I had on the unofficial 7057 and 7077 wherein everyone replied “Hold your horses”

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Created by FFlover 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Fedora 10 put to the test

http://www.whatpc.co.uk

In the early days of Linux, distributions varied widely in what they offered and who they were aimed at, but today the list of what they have in common tends to be much longer than how they differ.

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Created by samharry 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Mandriva's latest touted for fast boots

http://www.desktoplinux.com

Mandriva has released the final version of Mandriva Linux Spring 2009. The new version offers KDE 4.2.2 as the default desktop, delivers up to 25 percent faster boots, supports additional netbooks, and provides enhanced networking and security tools.

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Created by gagan 16 years 38 weeks ago
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GConf - GNOME Desktop on steroids

http://polishlinux.org

GConf is a system of storing preferences of most of the installed applications, as well as the environment and desktop for GNOME for Linux.

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Created by ploppsicle 16 years 38 weeks ago
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20 useless Firefox add-ons

http://news.cnet.com

There are more than 7,000 Firefox extensions in Mozilla's official catalog, and a good portion of them can drastically improve how you browse the Web. Then there are the stinkers.

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Created by fossfreak 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Easily Configure QEMU to Run Bootable ISO Images

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com

QEMU is a powerful, open-source machine emulator which allows you to run virtually any operating system inside your currently running distribution. In this brief tutorial I'll show how to run distributions for which the ISO is available, directly from within Debian or Ubuntu.

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Created by Chris7mas 16 years 38 weeks ago
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OpenOffice 3.1 RC2 released

http://www.h-online.com

The OpenOffice developers have announced the availability of the second release candidate (RC2) of version 3.1 of their free open source office suite.

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Created by GTAGod 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Canonical optimizes Linux distribution for netbooks

http://www.linuxworld.com

Canonical on Thursday released a Linux distribution optimized for netbooks with features to improve battery life and rapidly access programs.

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Created by giantrobot 16 years 38 weeks ago
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Operating System Reaction Times

http://www.linuxloop.com

When you're driving a car, the road in front of you changes fast and, in order to avoid a collision, you have to turn, speed up, and slow down in response to these changes. Now imagine if you couldn't change course or speed until the person sitting next to you told you. Before too long, you'd probably crash. That's exactly where Windows is right now.

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Created by gurpsmad 16 years 39 weeks ago
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Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04

http://www.johannes-eva.net

A. Media Codecs, DVD support and more; B. Install useful software; C. Set up Firefox & Thunderbird; D. How to install fonts; E. Get more languages; F. How to force the package architecture; G. How to install Virtualbox; H. Miscellaneous; I. Hardware Specific issues

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04 hands-on

http://www.tuxradar.com

The arrival of Jaunty Jackalope means that UNR has finally seen an official release, so there are lots of questions that need answering: how is it different from normal Ubuntu? How well does it work on average netbooks? And, most importantly, is it any good?

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Created by emacsfanatic 16 years 39 weeks ago
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State of the GNU/Linux Desktop 2009 Part 1/4: Multimedia

http://codingexperiments.com

Areas of important development in the overall Free Desktop ecosystem can be broken down into several main areas: multimedia, hardware support, infrastructural enhancements, and usability work, and I intend to cover each of these broad categories in the next couple of days.

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Created by oldfart 16 years 39 weeks ago
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My two cents on improving GNOME

http://manishtech.wordpress.com

I have been a GNOME user since I have jumped into Linux bandwagon. Even though trying out KDE and XFCE, I always had to fall back to GNOME even though people are said never to be happy with it.

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