Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced today that Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix is free to download from Thursday 23 April. Also announced were the simultaneous releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition and Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition.
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Top 10 Firefox Add-ons for Linux Users
One of Firefox’s greatest strengths is that it can be extended to provide additional functionality to the end user. We look at that top 10 Firefox add-ons that can improve your productivity on Linux.
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10 ways of resetting a lost linux root password
A good password has the problem of being difficult to remember. And sometimes you might need to get in to a system where the root password is long forgotten (or left with the system administrator before you).
Read more »Review: Backups with Back in Time
Backing up generally isn't a fun activity, but always proves to be worth it when that disaster you are not expecting happens.
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GNU Radio: the open-source software defined Radio
GNU Radio is an open source Software Defined Radio (SDR) project that was started about ten years ago by Eric Blossom, an electrical engineer.
Read more »Six Linux softphone's list
VoIP has improved a lot since its first days, today a lot of multinational business are using it as a reliable way to keep stay in touch.
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Evolution Gripes
I've used Evolution, the default email client in Ubuntu, for a couple of years to manage numerous mail accounts. In general, I think it's a great application. But as with everything in life, there's always room for improvement. Below, I consider the most chronically frustrating and poorly designed aspects of Evolution, and how they could be fixed.
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Trying KDE again
When Kubuntu switched to KDE4 as it’s main desktop, I was disheartened. KDE 4, at the time was just, well, pretty unusable for me. It kept crashing, I couldn’t do the things that I wanted to.
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A Review of Popular Window Navigators for Linux
After a long time, I said to myself, can I lose that bottom panel? I really wanted something semi-flashy that had function, giving me access to my favorite shortcuts.
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Ubuntu inside Windows: the Good, Bad and the Ugly
Running Ubuntu inside Windows has its place, but it’s far from an ideal solution. Download "Portable Ubuntu for Windows."
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My Upgrade to Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty (And some Issues)
I decided yesterday to upgrade from Ubuntu Intrepid to Jaunty (Release Candidate). Alt + F2 and typed: update-manager -d
and after the restart I only had a few minor issues:
My Amarok was upgraded from 1.4 to 2.0.2 and I had to rescan the music collection and also my custom playlists were gone. I had to drag each playlist into Amarok and then save it again. That fixed one issue. [...]
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CrunchBang Linux Micro-Review
Crunchbang linux is a distro based off of Ubuntu 8.10 it, brings to the table very powerful multimedia capabilities and a very customizable desktop courtesy of openbox window manager. Here are some Pros and Cons:
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The Eternal Battle: Gnome 2.26 and KDE 4
It seems this debate has been discussed over and over again, with no end in site. It often looks like the only people fighting are the Gnome guys, but its the same on both sides. I cannot tell you how many times I visit a forum and ask question, and somehow everyone starts fighting.
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The best Linux media players
Recently I have had a lot of people asking how to play various media files in Linux. I thought it would be smart to write about the best tools to play certain media types.
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ZaReason Readies Ubuntu 9.04 PCs, Servers
After a business trip to China, the ZaReason team is back in the US preparing to offer Ubuntu 9.04 on PCs and laptops the day Canonical's latest Linux distribution launches. But that's not all: ZaReason is preparing to expand its Ubuntu server lineup. Here are the early details, based on an email interview with ZaReason CTO Earl Malmrose.
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