My last couple of weeks has been spent focusing on getting cover art back up to scratch in Amarok 2. Cover art really adds a lot of spice and colour into the UI of the application, especially now that we are showing the artwork in the collection browser, context view and playlist.
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30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions
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We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.
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Firefox and Thunderbird phone home daily
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Several of you have emailed me to let me know of a Firefox and Thunderbird feature that you might not be aware of - both applications phone home on a daily basis.
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Fight Phishing From The Unix Or Linux Command Line
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Discussion of phishing schemes and ways to counter them effectively.
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Even Easer to Love
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The very day the EeePC 701 was available in stores in New Zealand, swept up in the internet hype, I bought one.
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Liberation Fonts Increase Interoperability For Linux Users
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"Most problems when opening Word documents under GNU/Linux are due to missing fonts. Therefore, Red Hat published a set of fonts metric-compatible with the Windows core fonts last year. However, there were some concerns regarding the licensing that prevented many other distros to ship them.
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How to convert CHM files into PDF files in Ubuntu
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If you want to convert .chm file to .pdf file you need to install chm2pdf application.This is A Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files. The package supports batch conversion, command line, PDF security options, password protection and compression modes. The program has Explorer-like interface.
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Military-grade USB key supports Linux desktops
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If only all the other hardware makers were as obliging as this one, but check out how they still manage to keep GNU/Linux as a "second-class citizen".
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Free Locknote for Windows offers fast free file encryption
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Steganos Locknote is a handy little GPL-licensed utility for Windows, built using the Crypto++ class library. It is designed to keep text files secure, so you can store your sensitive information and passwords without having to worry about the information falling into the wrong hands.
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Don't forget the text editor
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Text editors are important for many tasks, from editing configuration files, nudging cron jobs, and manipulating XML files to quickly pushing out a README. Luckily, there are a number of interesting editors available. Here's a brief introduction to nine intriguing choices. While some may be better suited to certain tasks, it's no one tool is better than another for all tasks.
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I recently searched through the mozilla thunderbird extensions website and found 4 extensions that I didn't know about that actually prove to be quite useful. I use Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 on Foresight Linux and have tested all of these extensions and verified that they work on that environment. Hopefully, they'll help someone craft a more enjoyable email experience
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7 young GNOME apps from a new generation
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With the recent discussion in blogs around the GNOME world, it can be easy to forget that there have been some great new applications for GNOME appearing recently. Many of these are written by a new breed of GNOME developer, young students with none of the weight of history sitting on their shoulders, and they are great!
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Kubuntu 8.04: Hello Old Friend
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Have you ever run into an old friend, whom you've not seen in a long time? I experienced this recently with a Kubuntu install. You see, I used to be a heavy KDE user and really loved using it. When Ubuntu become a fairly common household word, I started taking a look at it, but was turned off by Gnome initially. By the time Ubuntu 7.10 rolled out I found myself comfortable with Gnome.
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Ubuntu Linux not for ! Puppy Linux Rocks.
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So a friend gave me her old computer and says ‘ I can’t use it, it has a virus or something’. Turns out it didn’t have a virus it had a huge problem with the hardrive. The computer didn’t boot. I got a blue screen of death with error code 0×00000024. I did a quick search on the Microsoft site and quickly learned there was serious problems with the hardrive.
Read more »How to save time and traffic upgrading with apt-proxy
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June is Bandwidth Conservation Month (well, not officially, but let's say that it is), so if you have multiple machines running an APT-powered Linux distribution such as Debian or Ubuntu, you should take a look at apt-proxy, a utility that caches package downloads in a shared pool for all interested parties on your LAN.
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