TheLinuxBlog.com was intended to be a blog where I could log my thoughts, findings and generally keep track of how to do stuff. Since it was started this is still the goal. Ultimately I’d like to refer to TheLinuxBlog on how to do something just as much as I refer to google for everything else.
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My first taste of XFCE…
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Well, I gave KDE a whirl, but it’s not ready for me yet, so I thought I might try out XFCE. This is partially about trying out other desktop environments, and partially trying to get away from GNOME, so there’s a little of both in this entry…
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Four Offbeat Open Source Browsers
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Although you'll occasionally come across someone who uses Opera, the world of browser users consists largely of people using Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari. However, for niche applications, fast performance, and for other reasons, many free spirits use some of the unusual open source browsers out there. Here, you'll find four of them, and what they're good at.
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How to convert PDF files to HTML or XML files in openSUSE
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Converting a PDF file into an HTML or a XML file has been made easy by a small useful utility called PDFTOHTML. PdftoHTml is a Xpdf based tool which can convert PDF files to HTML or XML format. PDFTOHTML also supports encrypted files and support for images in the PDF file by converting to PNG images files.
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4 Linux Distros Which Look Like Mac OS X
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What a week! I’ve been working on my podcast so I’m a bit behind on posting. Here’s an interesting compilation of Linux distribution which resemble Apple’s Mac OS 10.v.
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ArchLinux: My ultimate GNU/Linux distro of choice
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Finally, after testing, using and experimenting with dozens of GNU/Linux distributions during the last 4 years, I’ve found my ultimate distro of choice. It’s ArchLinux. I’ve never been so happy to be a GNU/Linux user as today.
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My story with Linux, Part 1.
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My story with Debian GNU\Linux is a true love story. At least for the time being. This post is dedicated to describe how I got “here”. “Here” is my relationship with Debian on my laptop, and this post will also describe what I can or can’t do with my Debian GNU\Linux and will be like a long going bug report, hopefully this will help someone resolve those bugs with time.
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Linutop 2.2: A desktop where smaller is better
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A shift from multi-core power-gobbling monsters toward whisper-quiet systems with single-digit power consumption is rippling through the desktop market. This trend plays right into the hands of a Paris-based company called Linutop, which offers a miniature Linux-based desktop system.
Read more »New to Linux? Make sure you bookmark these
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New users in the Linux/Unix land are often confused and overwhelmed by the marked differences between the OS they come from and Linux. It takes some time gettting used to the new environment and the new way of doing things.
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Bordeaux for FreeBSD coming soon
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Over the last couple day's I have been working on the Bordeaux for FreeBSD 7 port. We now have everything compiling and running but a lot more testing needs to be done before it's ready for a final release. Internet Explorer, Steam and Office 2003 are the only applications ive gotten around to testing thus far. The good news is everything that I have tested works fairly well on FreeBSD.
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From Firefox to Flock... and back!
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Flock is "The" Social Web Browser. Take Mozilla's Firefox, insert native del.icio.us, gmail, blogger and flickr support (to name just a few) and you'll have something close to what Flock has to offer.
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Xmonad on the FreeRunner
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"...This is the xmonad window manager, programmed in Haskell and usually running on my Desktop, now on my mobile phone! ..." --
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NimbleX 2008 is speedy but flawed
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NimbleX, a Slackware-based distribution, advertises itself as "the new wave of Linux." However, what is appealing in NimbleX -- its speed and small footprint and the resulting selection of alternative software choices -- will likely strike veteran GNU/Linux users as being very old school.
Read more »Emacs and w3m: Quick searches
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Sacha Chua: «A number of browsers allow you to define quick searches so that you can type keywords into your address bar in order to search predetermined sites. With a little bit of code, you can do this in Emacs, too. In this project, you'll learn how to set up your own keywords to work with w3m and browse-url, so you can use your keywords for browsing both inside and outside Emacs...»
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Internet Explorer on Linux with Bordeaux
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A guide showing just how easy it is to install Internet Explorer on Linux with Bordeaux.. Screenshot and a video of the install posted as well. Office 2000, 2003, 2007 Visio, Project, Steam all install just as easy as IE does in the video.
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