NEPOMUK and Strigi do not work in the vast majority of Linux distributions. We'll see why, and how we can fix that.
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Pupeee 4.2 released
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Pupeee 4.2 is released. This Eee PC optimized Netbook distro is based on Puppy Linux. Puppy Linux (and the Puppeee distro) was written from scratch with 2 goals in mind: speed & ease of use.
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Conky-like Desktop Info Application With Html Support (gtk-desktop-info) [Ubuntu / Linux]
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gtk-desktop-info is a python tool to display various pieces of information directly on the desktop, using plugins for html rendering, with html templates and css style sheets for formatting.
Read more »Red Hat and Fedora are Poles Apart
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While Fedora is too bleeding edge, Red Hat (and Centos) is too conservative. They are poles apart and don't offer anything in between.
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Abiword is Awesome
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Abiword has just become my new favorite word processor. It’s always been nice for being so quick and low on resources, but the 2.6 release of Abiword has added two new features which have pushed it over the top for me.
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Open source VS proprietary support
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One of the biggest arguments people try to use against Open source programs is the supposed lack of support. In general I have found that support for open source programs is equal to and ofttimes better than that provided by proprietary companies.
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4 Minimal Linux Desktop Distributions
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I’ve been researching concepts of minimalism as it applies to computing and personal productivity, and I’m convinced that in many cases, a minimal setup can really help you get more done.
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Download Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" Faster
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The final and stable version of Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope" is about to be unleashed.
Read more »Howto make Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Multimedia Ready
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By default you cannot rum multimedia files in ubuntu 9,04. By using some simple steps you can enable your Ubuntu 9.04 Multimedia ready.
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Linux Free Fonts Equivalents to Popular Web Typefaces
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I have written before about my admiration for Web typography, and in that article I touched on the fact that many “Web safe” fonts can’t be applied to Linux. Linux distributions each ship with their own font libraries, but I’d like to focus on similar typefaces you can use within a font-family to help make your design bullet proof.
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ULTILEX stands for "Ultimate Linux Experience".
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ULTILEX stands for "Ultimate Linux Experience". This is a live linux CD compilation which in turn contains several live linux distributions. You can boot ULTILEX from CD/DVD and USB flash devices.
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What is O3D?
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"Google has released an open source browser plugin that provides a JavaScript API for displaying 3D graphics in web content. Google hopes that the project will promote experimentation and help advance a collaborative effort with the Khronos Group and Mozilla to create open standards for 3D on the web.
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Better sound on VirtualBox under Ubuntu
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For quite a while I have been having a recurring problem with sound on a Windows guest OS under Virtualbox. After a while it will just hang up and when I restart the Virtualbox session under Ubuntu I will get an error message saying that the host’s sound system isn’t working. Since I don’t use Virtualbox that often I forget about it and moved on.
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Proprietary Tax Makes Linux $1000 Less Expensive Than Mac, Windows
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A new study by the IMTSUF reports that, contrary to opinions by Microsoft and CNBC, Linux is actually the cheapest choice, due to the Proprietary Tax, which adds the following additional expenses on to a standard $700 Windows PC or Mac...
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Shipping Version of Presto Linux Makes Netbook Users Long for the Beta Version.
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Xandros Launches Presto, a $19 Linux Distribution that should have been just what the Netbook market needed to stave off Windows 7 Starter Edition.
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