Sick of Windows? Can’t afford a Mac? Some of you may have some old computers lying around that just can’t run Vista or XP anymore. Or maybe you’re just like me and want to spice things up with a kinky new operating system. Why not try Linux?
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Midnight Commander wakes from deep sleep
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The Midnight Commander file manager developers have restarted work on the, once quite popular, file manager for the Linux/Unix console. Midnight Commander was inspired by the famous Norton Commander for DOS. In recent years, there had been no development at all, but now a "Bugfix Release" 4.6.2 has been made available. The new release, as the tag suggests, contains no new features.
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Linux Mint makes Ubuntu suck less
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The most of the best and the market dominant Linux distributions have one in thing in common - they have strong commercial support behind them. This applies to Ubuntu (Canonical), Fedora (RedHat), openSUSE (Novell). Debian is an exception as it is driven by a major non-profit organization.
Read more »Best Linux Distro for Mac
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I've been using Xubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” on my Macbook Pro Penryn (Early 2008 model) for several months now.
Read more »CodeWeavers Valentine's day Sale
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Nothing says "I Love You" like no more need for Microsoft Windows! CodeWeavers is offering up to 33% off CrossOver Mac Standard, CrossOver Linux Standard, and CrossOver Games. This store-wide sale is good for the entire inventory of CodeWeavers CrossOver product line. This sale expires on February 14th 2009. this is a unique opportunity to save BIG
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Ubuntu vs Mandriva : Clash of the titans !
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I have used both of them for quite a long time and I think I can do a better and unbiased comparison... This is not a review so don't expect too much.. Just a small wrap up for people out there looking for newbie desktop... and a report to Mandriva community..
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MEPIS 8: So close you can almost taste it
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One of my favorite Linux distributions, MEPIS is almost ready with its latest release: 8.0.
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How-To: Install Ubuntu On Your PS3 For Vintage Gaming Emulation
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It's easy to forget that the PS3 is a fully-equipped PC in your living room attached to your house's best monitor. Installing Ubuntu can help you remember, and play SNES games in the process.
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NixOS: A Distro Focused on Next-Generation Package Management
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NixOS is designed as a test of Nix, a new package manager designed to overcome key problems with existing package managers. As a result, what you think of NixOS is likely to depend largely on your interest in package management.
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KDE On Windows Challenges Microsoft On Its Own Turf
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When I first heard about the project of porting KDE on windows I was very skeptical of the reason behind it but not so much of the viability of such a project since Trolltech decided to release the Qt 4 license under GPL for the windows version. KDE on windows is an audacious project aimed at porting all KDE applications on MS Windows natively. KDE also has a similar project for Mac OSX.
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Howto Reinstall all of currently installed packages in fresh Ubuntu install
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People sometimes have to do a reinstall of their Ubuntu system for various reasons (been playing/experimenting with configuration/drivers/other packages or just because something is badly broken) but remembering all the extra packages you have installed can be a chore - but here is the simple solution...
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SimilarWeb Suggests Related Web Sites
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Firefox extension SimilarWeb is a robust user-driven site suggestion and rating service. A single click from any site yields a list of related sites and data on other surfers' impressions.
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Common Wine Myths
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Wine is one of the best known, but least understood open source projects. It is a mystic application that everyone knows about, many use, but few truly understand. Reading forum posts, blog entries and tutorials about Wine show that Wine is surrounded by many myths and half truths. In this article, we will attempt to clear up some of the misconceptions about the project.
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Blood Frontier: The Latest Open-Source FPS
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Blood Frontier is based upon the Sauerbraten engine and takes advantage of the features like a 6-direction height field world model, real-time map editing, light-maps, shader-based lighting effects, integrated physics support, and a particle engine. Like Cube and Cube 2, Blood Frontier uses OpenGL and SDL, which makes it multi-platform friendly with binaries for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
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Recommending Linux With Confidence: Where We Need To Go
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It is not uncommon for people to ask me my opinion on operating systems or ask for help with computer issues. If I feel that Linux would be a better fit for the person in question, though, it is less clear what I should recommend. Ubuntu is, of course, a given for me, but how?
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