Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate has just been released. There aren't too many visual changes since the beta version (most of the visual changes happened before the beta so see THIS post), but there are a few things worth mentioning like a new installer slideshow, the new Ubuntu font, changes to the Ubuntu Software Center, Sound Menu and default theme as well as a new default wallpaper and others.
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Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 11.3
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Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an OpenSUSE 11.3 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.
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Two Simple But Useful Chromium Extensions for Ubuntu Users
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We featured a post on 'Three Must have Firefox Add-ons for Ubuntu Users' some time back. I wanted to do a similar post for Chrome/Chromium but could not find many extensions specifically made for Ubuntu users. So I decided to share these two extensions available as of now.
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The Ubuntu Font Family Is Now Available In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat (Officially)
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The new Ubuntu font ("Ubuntu Font Family") has just been uploaded to the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat official repositories and was made default for both Ubuntu desktop and netbook as well as Kubuntu. The Ubuntu Font Family has been released as a Libre font, licensed under the Ubuntu Font Licence 1.0.
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MN Company Lets You Run Windows Apps on a Mac the Easy Way
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They say the best blogging is about story-telling. So, let me tell you one of mine how I came to write this post. First, some background: I run a Windows-free environment, and have for a long time. I put in my time with “Windoz” many years ago, and quickly left it behind.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 13
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This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 13 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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PlayOnLinux 3.8.3 has been released
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PlayOnLinux 3.8.3 has been released, it was a silent release and no changelog has been provided by the PlayOnLinux team.
When a changlog becomes available I will post it here. In the mean time here is all the news releases since 3.8.1 shipped last month.
* PlayOnLinux Installers Updated (Act II)
* Worms Reloaded now on PlayOnLinux
* PlayOnLinux Installers Updated
Very Nice Music Player for GNOME: Decibel Audio Player
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Decibel is a music player built in GTK which takes a different approach when it comes to the way features are implemented, and that is, Decibel uses only plug-ins which can be enabled or disabled on demand. This makes it either a pretty featured player, or a very simple and basic one, depending on which plug-ins you need enabled.
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Lifesaver for Maverick
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I think that enough of the planets have aligned in the shape of a failboat that I have been able to successfully upload a source package of Lifesaver to its PPA for Maverick.
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Ubuntu announces application review process
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The community manager for Ubuntu has announced that there is a new process in trial for application developers submitting their applications for inclusion in the Ubuntu's Software Center
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More Free Guides on Essential Open Source Topics
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Although the actual documentation you get with many open source applications and platforms can feel paltry compared to what you get with proprietary alternatives, many book authors have served up free, online books on open source topics. We round these up on a regular basis here at OStatic, and in this post you'll find seven online books that you can get comfortable with quickly.
Read more »How to Synchronize Dropbox and Ubuntu One Online Backup Services
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How to Synchronize Dropbox and Ubuntu One Online Backup Services: Dropbox and Ubuntu One are two of my favorite online backup services. They both provide safe, reliable, and easy-to-use cloud storage solutions.
Read more »X File Explorer (Xfe) - A lightweight file manager for X11
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X File Explorer (Xfe) is an MS-Explorer or Commander like file manager for X. It is based on the popular, but discontinued, X Win Commander, originally developed by Maxim Baranov.Xfe is developed since 2002 by Roland Baudin, a french Linux enthusiast.
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Time for some Enlightenment.
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In the interests of efficiency I eventually settled on XFCE as my desktop environment to give me a balance of eye candy and resource efficiency. It did everything quite well and I had no trouble watching videos. Until...
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Give A Speed Boost To Your Ubuntu NetBook
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Many times we face a situation when our Ubuntu Netbook becomes pretty slow. And when we check out our RAM, we find that only half of our RAM is used and the SWAP memory usage is gone upto 25% or 50% or even more. Confused??
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