Although Picasa is now available on GNU/Linux, it is still proprietary and, as such, unethical. One year ago, I wrote a simple Bash script that handles a very rapid download of entire PicasaWeb albums/galleries. During the last weeks, Google changed twice the format of the related Web pages and my script could not fetch any picture.
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Firefox extension blocks dangerous Web attack
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A popular security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the Web today.
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Network Performance Fine Tuning in openSUSE & SUSE
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openSUSE and SUSE Linux sets default values for some of the network related Kernel parameters. With Kernel 2.6 (default in recent releases of openSUSE & SuSE Linux), there are some fine tuning you can do to improve Network performance and get that extra out of your system.
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Five outliners for Linux
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The first essays of the school year are coming due, and with the essays comes the need to outline and plan. GNU/Linux users are fortunate to have a number of outlining applications from which to choose.
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Marble: 'Googe Earth Lite' Comes Free With KDE 4
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EVERYONE seems to love using Google Earth. It is such a thrill to use, allowing you to zoom across oceans and continents at the click of a mouse button, or to look at your own home from the heavens (and, let's be honest here, your neighbour's/worst enemy's, too).
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rsnapshot - Local/Remote Filesystem backups utility in openSUSE
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rsnapshot is a filesystem backup utility based on rsync. Using rsnapshot, it is possible to take snapshots of your filesystems at different points in time. Using hard links, rsnapshot creates the illusion of multiple full backups, while only taking up the space of one full backup plus differences. When coupled with ssh, it is possible to take snapshots of remote filesystems as well.
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Installation and Configuration - Jinzora Streaming Media Server on OpenSuse
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Standard media players like iTunes, MusicMatch and Windows Media Player only allow you to manage your music and videos on a single computer.
Jinzora allows you to manage and access your media from any internet connected computer anywhere you are and provides a much richer set of tools to manage your collections.
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Pidgin, formerly known as Gaim, is a popular Instant Messaging (IM) client for Linux. It works with 16 different IM services, including AIM, Yahoo, MSN, and Google, and can handle simultaneous connections to as many of them as you like.
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Complete List of Compiz Keyboard Shortcuts
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Here are the shortcuts.
Desktop Effects1 Keyboard Shortcuts
Rotate Cube Mousewheel on Desktop
Switcher2 Alt + Tab
Shift Switcher3 Super + Tab (2 modes: flip and cover)
Ring Switcher Super + Tab - overrides Shift Switcher
Expo Super + E (toggle)Arrow
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XULRunner 1.9.0.3
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"The newest official XULRunner has been released. XULRunner 1.9.0.3 matches the Firefox 3.0.3 release..."
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FoxMail 6.5 on Linux and BSD
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Foxmail is a compact, yet very powerful email program with many useful features and a pleasant interface. Foxmail supports POP3 accounts as well as Hotmail accounts and offers support for HTML email, mailbox encryption, multiple accounts and more. Foxmail also comes with a WYSIWIG tool to compose nice looking HTML emails from templates or scratch.
Read more »Simplify system security with the Uncomplicated Firewall
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The Uncomplicated Firewall (UFW) is a new tool from Ubuntu whose goal is to make configuration of the built-in Linux packet filter less complicated and more secure for novice users.
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The 14 best Linux distros
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Given the number of Linux distros out there, how did we pick just 14?
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Linux for Older PCs : From Ubuntu to Vector Linux
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This week, I tried Vector Linux, a slackware based distro, known to be fast and stable, ideal for older machines like mine and yet never compromising on the features. Read on, to see if it delivered what it promised.
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Keep tabs on your finances with HomeBank
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'Where does all my money go?' If you want to know the exact answer to that question, you need HomeBank, a personal finance manager that can help you keep track of your income and expenses with consummate ease.
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