Linux is out there. In the case of some highly specialized distributions, Linux is WAY out there. Thankfully there are a number of solid disto’s that make installing and using Linux as your every-day OS fairly painless.
Read more »A practical experience: Fedora vs Ubuntu
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32 Ultra-Mobile PCs That Run Linux
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Back in March, I tried to find as many Linux-based UMPCs as I could. At the time, I found 18, which was expanded to 20 with the help of commenters. After many more Linux-based UMPC releases, I decided to see how many more I could find. The first 20 on the list below are from the previous list.
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Wikia Search Evolution 0.0.63
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Wikia Search Evolution is free software licensed under the MPL. It runs under GNUzilla IceCat too ;) --
* See http://re.search.swlabs.org/help/toolbar.html
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KDE 4.0 Style Theme for Firefox 3.0
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Konqueror as a web browser still unfortunately lags quite a way behind Firefox in terms of compatibility. For that reason, many KDE users stick with Firefox, despite the poorer integration between the desktop environment and the browser. I have just come across a theme for Firefox 3.0 designed to make Firefox fit in better on a KDE 4.0 desktop
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Replace the System Beep with a Compiz Effect
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Annoyed by the system beep from the speaker inside your computer's case? You've probably noticed it when pressing backspace on the terminal prompt, or when Firefox's find function can't locate your query. Using Compiz, it's possible to turn off the beep and replace it with a cool visual effect.
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Intrepid Ibex Mockup Part 2
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This is a mockup for the new Ubuntu release Intrepid Ibex. If you like the designs please please email the Ubuntu design team to try to get a move on with moving Ubuntu into the 21st century. If you don't like some of the things on the design, please comment, i feel moving these kind of designs needs be a real community effort.
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Day Planner and Calizo: Simple calendaring tools
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If advanced calendar applications like Evolution and Sunbird are overkill for your needs, try Day Planner, a simple yet efficient calendaring utility. If you want to view your calendar as a timeline, check out Calizo instead.
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Install GNOME/XFCE/KDE3 Desktop environment from KDE4 or vice versa
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If you have installed openSUSE with the default selections of choosing one of the available (say KDE4) then only the selected Desktop environment is installed. However, should you later choose to install and use another desktop Environment say (GNOME) then this can easily be installed and as always just a few clicks away.
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Install epiphany GNOME browser in openSUSE (KDE/GNOME)
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Epiphany is the free opensource web browser for the GNOME desktop. Its goal is to be simple and easy to use. Epiphany ties together many GNOME components in order to let you focus on the Web content, instead of the browser application.
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zock! - The Free Betting Office
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Finally, a free software for organizing betting games that rocks! It's name is zock!
It is a betting office targeted at cliques of friends or co-workers which would like to organize a betting game for a sport event.
Altough it is only version 0.5.1, it is already quit sophisticated and allows a lot of parameters in a betting game installation.
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Emacs and Gnus: zomg, new chapter out the door!
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Sacha Chua (Reading Mail with Gnus): "...Yes, you can read mail in Emacs. In fact, there are more than five mail clients to choose from, ranging from simple message readers to complex mail clients that integrate with many other modules. In this chapter, you'll learn how to set up and use Gnus, a feature-rich mail client that comes with Emacs 22.
Read more »Mandriva Spring 2008: The new “definitive” Linux?
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Jack Wallen of TechRepublic tried Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring, and he liked what he saw: "This is, without a doubt, the finest release of any Linux distribution I have ever experienced in my 10+ years of using Linux."
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Viewing contents of online archives with ArchView extension
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ArchView is a Firefox extension that allows you to open archive (ZIP and RAR) and ISO CD-ROM image files on the Web over HTTP or FTP without downloading them first. That means that if you only want a few files from an ISO image, you no longer have to download the entire archive in order to get just those files.
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What’s the best way to encrypt Ubuntu Linux.
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After hearing what Homeland (sounds way to much like the fatherland if you ask me) security said ” We can seize laptops for an indefinite period”, read more here. I began thinking that encrypting my computers was something that i seriously need to do
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Going wild with KDE 4.1 themes.
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Now KDE 4.1 is out, I've played around a bit with different themes. I've installed the KDE artwork package, and a couple of themes via GetHotNewStuff. KDE's coloring system has seen quite a lot of love, as has Plasma's theming engine. The results are quite impressive, as you can see in the screenshots.
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