Like Adobe Flash and proprietary media formats, playback of encrypted DVDs is something that Ubuntu can’t distribute in the default desktop. Adding support for playing your commercial DVD videos in Ubuntu isn’t a difficult task.
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aTunes tries to be the best of two worlds
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Are you looking for a free and open source music player that you can use no matter which operating system you boot or switch to during the day? Meet aTunes, a small competitor to both Amarok and Apple's iTunes. Its name sounds like a hybrid of the two, and it tries to have a unique combination of the best of both user experiences.
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The 2008 Google Summer of Code: 21 Projects I'm Excited About
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The annual Google Summer of Code is upon us again. For the uninformed, that’s when Google pays hundreds of students and hundreds of mentors to work on free software projects, ranging from AbiSource to Zumastor. This is where great projects like the GDebiKDE installer were created. And this year looks even better than before, with 175 organizations and 1125 students.
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Top 7 Wireless Apps for Linux
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Assuming you have managed to find a wireless card that is working well with your Linux distribution, or perhaps you just settled for a hack-n’-hope solution with NDISWrapper, you need to settle on an application that you can use to connect to your wireless network.
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Stop GNOME from Asking to Import Photos from Your iPhone or iPod Touch
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GNOME will detect an iPhone or iPod Touch as a camera, and ask you if you want to import pictures every time it’s plugged in.
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Using ultra-mobile Linux with a Nokia Internet Tablet (video)
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I'm on the go all the time, and sometimes that makes it hard to stay connected. I could carry my laptop with me everywhere, but that can be a pain, especially when I am on my bike. To meet the demands of my daily life I have constructed a lightweight, ultra-portable, Linux-based computing solution.
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Linux Mint 5.0 is coming
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OK. Rather than complain about Ubuntu (and it’s limited out of the box experience), I am genuinely waiting for Linux Mint 5.0 (Elyssa). And so... After many sleepless nights and a lot of work I am delighted to announce that the first release candidate for Linux Mint 5 Elyssa was released and that it is now available for download.
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BasKet Organizes Your Multimedia Notes and Tasks
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Free multimedia note organizer BasKet takes a page from Microsoft's OneNote, along with a good portion of Getting Things Done-style organization, to offer an all-in-one spot to drop your thoughts and next actions.
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What A New OS Needs
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An interesting open-source project begun in 1996 has led to the alpha release of ReactOS, a clone of Windows XP based on the architecture of Windows Server 2003. I predict these folks can produce a stable, free OS within the next few years if they are encouraged and supported. This could prove to be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft 's dominance.
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Changing The Language & Keyboard Layout On Various Distributions
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This document describes how to reconfigure the default language and the keyboard layout on various distributions so that they suit your location. I made this howto for our VMware images where the keyboard layout is always set to German and a few users have problems to configure the language and keyboard layout on these images.
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Silverlighting your web experience on Linux with Project Moonlight
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Silverlight is Microsoft's foray into building interactive Rich Internet Applications.
Microsoft has released browser plugins for Windows and OS X but it's not a surprise that Linux was left out, as usual. Here’s where Moonlight comes in for the Linux world..
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Zile 2.2.59 released
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"I am happy to announce the release of Zile 2.2.59, the tiny Emacs clone. [...] Zile's web page is at http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/ ..."
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Video Editing on Linux :: It can be a real joy!
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I totally rate Cinelerra as the best video editing app on Linux. The feature set is powerful, the effects are plentiful and the general usage is a dream. Yes it took me a little while to get to grips with but now I say with great confidence, Video editing on Linux isn’t a myth, it isn’t false hope, it’s here.
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Audacity Tutorial part 1 – Recording audio tracks
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This tutorial presents the most important functions of Audacity. Part 1 is devoted to issues associated with recording of audio files. Next parts will show how to use effects, mix tracks and remove vocals from music recordings.
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Hidden Linux : Other worlds
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If you've installed Ubuntu (or Kubuntu or Xubuntu or Edubuntu or Gobuntu) and are wondering what those other desktops are like, there's an easy way to find out. No, I don't mean download, burn and boot the respective CDs. I mean just add 'em to your current configuration.
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