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Linux incognito part one: the Leopard

http://www.itwire.com

One commonly-stated barrier to Linux adoption is that it looks different to the regular computer environment people are used to. Yet, one of the strengths of Linux over other operating systems is that its user interface can be totally replaced to suit any occasion. Here is how to trick it out like MacOS's Leopard, and trick your friends.

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Katapult - KDE application launcher in openSUSE Linux

http://www.susegeek.com

Inspired by QuickSilver for Mac OS X, Katapult is an application launcher for KDE designed to allow faster access to applications, bookmarks, and other items. It is plugin-based, so it can launch anything that is has a plugin for. Its display is driven by plugins as well, so its appearance is completely customizable. It was inspired by Quicksilver for OS X.

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15 Linux Music Players - Download your Favorite

http://www.smashingdownloads.com

I’ve compiled a list of most used Linux based music/media/audio players. The list is not in a particular order, whatever you think is your favorite, mention it in the comments

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Created by electronichouse 17 years 13 weeks ago
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3 Classic First-Person Shooter Games for Linux

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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
A true classic and one of the most played online first-person shooter games, Wolfenstein: ET was supposed to be released as a new mod for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but the single-player part of the game was abandoned and it was released at no cost, as a standalone multiplayer game.

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Fun with Linux Commands-I

http://www.quicktweaks.com

From now onwards I will be posting 5 Linux commands weekly and mostly targeted to Linux newbies or to those who are not much comfortable with Linux commands.

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3 Best Video Players for Linux: SMPlayer, VLC and Kaffeine

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Review three of the most popular video players available for Linux, with screenshots.

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Hands on: Revive an old PC with Linux

http://www.pcw.co.uk

A few months ago we looked at running Linux on older machines and how this can make a computer that has been confined to the bottom of a cupboard for a few years useful again.

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5 Gmail Notifiers For Linux

http://helpforlinux.blogspot.com

Gmail is undoubtedly the best web-based email around. Unfortunately Google doesn't have any Gmail notifier for Linux. However thanks to the open-source world there are many alternatives out to choose from and whats better is that all of them are better than their windows counterparts and are free. Here is a list to help you chose one.

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Created by iampriteshdesai 17 years 13 weeks ago
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The netbook newbie's guide to Linux

http://www.reghardware.co.uk

Thanks to their design as appliances, you can get down to useful work straight away with any of the new breed of Linux-based netbooks. But sooner or later, a fair few folk come up against the unfamiliarity of Linux.

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Names, Games, and 150k Wardrobes

http://freegamer.blogspot.com

Bloodmasters, Thousand Parsec, Theme Park Builder 3D, and an Unnamed but lovely looking platform game are the Free Software game goodies for today - 3 nice looking games and 1 for the future.

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Opera 9.60 - Awesomeness, Great Features and a Few Annoying Crashes

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com

I must say that I think Opera is doing a great job supporting its browser on Linux. Even though it's closed-source, it's still one of the most powerful web browsers out there, and each release comes with packages for every major distribution out there.

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Created by Chris7mas 17 years 14 weeks ago
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GNOME Do - Launcher tool to search and launch applications files and more

http://www.susegeek.com

GNOME Do (Do) is an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient. “GNOME Do” not only allows you to search for items in your desktop environment (e.g. applications, contacts, bookmarks, files, music), it also allows you to specify actions to perform on search results (e.g. run, open, email, chat, play).

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The great Ubuntu experiment

http://www.menace.co.nz

Many months ago, some very non-tech savvy friends where having trouble with their computer. Being someone that does ‘IT stuff’ meant I got called to help out their failing machine.

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Created by gnerd 17 years 14 weeks ago
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Gaming Fropper hit system

http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com

This one is freshly unearthed from my archives, its a nifty macro script that helped me win a bet. Fropper is India's leading social networking site, it features a 'Hit' user rating system. The idea of this hack is to increase your hit count by visiting and hitting as many profiles as you can. Web automation Imacros plugin for firefox is used here.

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Created by arky 17 years 14 weeks ago
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How to install Picasa 3.0 beta in Ubuntu

http://www.ubuntugeek.com

Picasa is free photo software from Google. This version is Linux compatible. Picasa won't delete your pictures or put them online without your permission. This is a preview of the upcoming release of Picasa 3 for Ubuntu.

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