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Read more »Install The Fonty Python Font Manager
With the Fonty Python font manager, you can organize your fonts into groups (called “pogs”), and install and uninstall these groups when you need them. When a pog is not installed, you won’t have the fonts it contains filling up your menus.
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Linux Got Game: War§ow 0.42
Another tip from Free and Open Source gamer extraordinaire SlippJigg encouraged me to try out another action-packed First-person shooter (FPS) game called Warsow last weekend. So what exactly is this game and what makes it interesting?
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On Linux Hardware Compatibility
I love how anti-linux advocates and windows fanbois always pick on Linux for hardware compatibility or rather lack of thereof. Just about every rant about Linux I have seen so far includes a gripe about it not supporting new or exotic hardware out of the box. Funny thing is that, neither does Windows.
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Geek: How to use offlineimap and the dovecot mail server to read your Gmail in Emacs efficiently
As usual, Sacha teaches us some useful tricks; you can really do anything you like with emacs...
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Howto: Install a brand new Dock with expandable menu's for Ubuntu Hardy Heron & Compiz!
Want a really hot OSX like dock that blows simdock and awn out of the water? Well Cairo Dock comes fully loaded with a ton of fun features to play with, including its own widgets, themes, and auto update function!
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Howto: Install the latest Wine in Ubuntu Hardy Heron
Here is a quick way to add the winehq repository so you dont need to wait for the ubuntu community to add the latest wine.
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How To Make Windows look like Ubuntu
Not sure why you'd want to do this but... If you want to make your windows XP,Vista Machines look like ubuntu you need to follow this procedure
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If Linux is the destination of the computing highway, the EeePC is not the onramp
I feel like Liang's statement is a personal attack...Linux adoption won't increase at a greater rate than before unless something else comes along. Asus' actions have shown that we can't pin our hopes of widespread Linux adoption on the EeePC. If Linux is the destination of the computing highway, the EeePC is no longer the onramp.
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Why is Linux Faster than Windows?
Last March I posted “Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?“.spacer_gif Why is Linux Faster than Windows? The comments provided by readers was very informative and I learned quite a bit from it.spacer_gif Why is Linux Faster than Windows?
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5 Linux distributions that rival OS X for looks
Mac OS X has a reputation as the most visually pleasing operating system around today. Fans often decry other operating systems as looking pathetic by comparison. Well, I beg to differ.
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PCLinuxOS - Big Daddy of all Desktop Linux
We had PCLinuxOS 2007 final sometime in May 2007. It’s almost a year but the good thing is that the release may be anytime soon!
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Coming along strong: first look at openSUSE 11 beta 2
We like to keep a close eye on Linux desktop distribution alphas and betas so we can give you the goods and show you what is coming long before the official release. When the openSUSE community announced the availability of openSUSE 11 beta 2 this weekend, we knew that we had to give it a spin.
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Mozilla: Firefox plugin shipped with malicious code
Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months.
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Valve's Source Engine Coming To Linux/Mac OSX
There have been rumors since last year that Valve may be serious about porting Source games to Linux after Valve Software began seeking a senior software engineer with the responsibility of porting Windows-based games to the Linux platform. Valve Software has yet to officially announce Linux clients for any of its software,
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