Desktop environments like KDE and GNOME offer a popular interface to computing. Unfortunately they are also often heavy on resource usage. By contrast, the Equinox Desktop Environment (EDE) is the fastest desktop environment I know of -- but its lack of standards support and a few missing features may be troubling to some users.
Read more »Lightweight Equinox Desktop Environment needs polish
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HOWTO: Stream music to your Xbox 360
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i just got X360MeditServe working in Gutsy, then i wrote a shell script to start the program on boot
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Asus EeePC, Part Four: A miscellany of Tips and Tricks
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Since the first three parts of this series came out, (One, Two and Three) the beginning of May has seen the launch of the new EeePC 900 series; it's slightly larger and heavier, with a nine-inch screen and higher resolution.
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Fedora 9 tools demystify installation and upgrades
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The Fedora project has always offered installation options. The best known of these options are the Fedora spins -- roll-your-own install images that emphasize a particular desktop or purpose, such as providing the distribution's complete repository on DVD.
Read more »Easily Convert Videos with WinFF and FFmpeg
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WinFF is a easy to use graphical interface to the command line FFmpeg video and audio tool. WinFF makes it easy to encode many videos to a wide range of formats all at once. Its FFmpeg back-end should handle just about any video you have.
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Fyre – creating artworks and animations using chaotic functions
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Graphic suites usually demands much time spent on learning, looking through menus, and reading manuals. However, there are also extremely easy applications. They offer many possibilities, but one can learn how to use them in a few simple steps.
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Comparing Linux USB flash disk distros
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The recent success of the ASUS Eee PC has shown that running Linux from flash memory is now commercially viable in the consumer market. If you don't have an Eee PC, you can still run Linux from a humble USB flash disk, which will hold not only Linux but also your data. Several Linux distributions run from flash; here's how some of them compare.
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Destroy annoying bugs part 3: FindBugs for large scale analysis
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In the previous posts, I have written about personal use of static code reviews via a GUI, in this case Eclipse. However, for large projects with hundreds of thousands of lines of code or more, with the code base being scattered amongst project teams, we have a problem. The economics of Quality Assurance demand a more mass analyzed and factory-efficient approach.
Read more »No is Ark verdict
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Ark Linux is a distribution developed primarily for new Linux users, although its developers say experienced users should find it powerful enough to use as well. I've tested it before and found the later claim a bit overstated. Would version 2008.1, released this month, be a change for the better?
Read more »Flipping the Linux switch: Switching, literally, with Ulteo Virtual Desktop
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We are a little bit disturbed. Not in a "We just watched a David Lynch movie" sort of way, but still, it is a little unnerving to think that our last post on Ulteo hinted at a world domination plot... and now it seems that goal is within their reach.
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Fedora 9 "Sulphur": Less Hype, All Business
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Things went as scheduled. Fedora 9, code-named "Sulphur" has just been released. Fedora 9 promises some significant improvements over its "Werewolf" predecessor. Though this is a major release version of this Red Hat-sponsored distribution, the excitement is less compared to the flight of the "Heron".
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CuteFlow - Document circulation and workflow system Setup in Ubuntu
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CuteFlow is a web based open source document circulation and workflow system. Users are able to define "documents" which are send step by step to every station/user in a list. It's an electronical way for doing (i.e. internal) document circulations. A document can be assembled from input fields of different types.
Read more »Watch Your Inbox with CheckGmail
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Always have a browser tab open to your Gmail account? heckGmail is an application that can monitor your Gmail account for you. It's unobtrusive, feature-rich, and easy to configure.
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Free/Open-source Statistical Software
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If you are looking for a computer program that can help you get the results of standard statistical procedures and statistical significance tests without the need for low-level numerical programming, then a statistical package is what you need.
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Dual-booting Fedora 9 and Xubuntu 8.04 on Macbook Pro
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I wrote a preview of Fedora 9 "Sulphur" during its release day and said that I'm going to post an update soon. Now that I have tried and tested F-9 on my 4th gen. Macbook Pro (Penryn), it's time for me to give you a concise summary of the Sulphur experience and how it compares to that of Hardy Heron.
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