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YouTube tools for the Linux desktop

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You can see YouTube videos everywhere nowadays: on blogs, Google search results, even some news sites. From time to time, you can even manage to find something interesting. This article will show you some Linux tools you can use to save and convert YouTube videos.

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Plans for Compiz in Ubuntu 8.10

http://www.realistanew.com

It’s that time again. Time to plan for a new release of Ubuntu, I mean. There are some rather large things in this list and so I doubt all of them will be implemented in time but it is always better to dream big and get as much done as possible. Otherwise we’ll have everything done in a month and be left with nothing else to do (except fix bugs, of course).

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How-to Install Cairo-Dock

http://tombuntu.com

Cairo-Dock is a system dock similar to Awn and the dock in Mac OS X. It’s not as fancy as Awn, but Cairo-Dock is very configurable and supports some slick graphical effects.

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Improved Video with Hardy Heron

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Ubuntu is the world's most popular desktop GNU/Linux distro. But, you have to admit, their productHardy Heron quality can sometimes be hit-and-miss.

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New SymphonyOne distro plays a different tune

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After several years of development, SymphonyOS this month released SymphonyOne 2008.1, the first stable version of its distribution. When SymphonyOS first emerged three years ago, it offered a Linux desktop experience unlike any ever seen before by structuring the computer desktop to function more like a real-life desk instead of just another system folder.

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Created by electronichouse 17 years 38 weeks ago
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9 features I wish Ubuntu had: or why I still prefer PCLinux

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I’ve been using Ubuntu 8.04 for about four days now and I must admit that that I still prefer PCLinuxOS 2007 as my favourite entry-level Linux distribution. However, I’ve compiled a list of 9 features I wish Ubuntu had, which may help me change my mind. (why 9? I couldn’t think of more at the time of writing, but more ideas will come to me)

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Get DeltaH, gNewSense 2.0

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"BOSTON, MA, USA — May 1, 2008 — The gNewSense project today announced the release of DeltaH, the second version of their all free-software GNU/Linux distribution..."

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Created by can.axis 17 years 38 weeks ago
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Distribution Release: gNewSense 2.0

http://distrowatch.com

"Brian Brazil has announced the final release of gNewSense 2.0 "DeltaH", a 100% "libre" distribution based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.04: ..."

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Free Ubuntu softwares that are good alternatives to Mac OS X’s

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Ubuntu offers a number of open source alternatives for users migrating from Mac OS X who use Apple’s iLife suite.

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Created by sharkswithlazers 17 years 38 weeks ago
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Choosing a font manager

http://www.linux.com

With libraries of thousands of fonts to handle, designers need a way to quickly locate fonts and organize them into meaningful categories -- such as by the project that requires them -- and to disable fonts when they are not in use so that they don't clog system memory.

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Install Extra GNOME Themes

http://tombuntu.com

Looking for some Ubuntu themes? The GNOME themes extras package provides two excellent themes and some popular icon themes.

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Created by switchpin 17 years 38 weeks ago
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12 of the Best Media Players for Linux

http://www.junauza.com

One of the many perks of being a Linux user is that you have plenty of excellent software to choose from. This is especially true if you are in search for an essential application like a media player because there are definitely loads of options.

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Automatically watching Web sites for changes

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If you want to be notified when and how a Web site has changed, you can turn to either netstiff or urlwatch to keep and eye on things for you. Both of these tools monitor Web sites for changes and allow you to see a diff-like output of exactly what has changed. You can also use netstiff to monitor FTP sites for changes.

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Ulteo — My digital life made simple

http://polishlinux.org

The idea of Ulteo is to be revolutionary easy to handle - the user does not have to bother about anything since the system manages all by itself. The intention was to prepare such a distribution that absolutely nobody would have problems with switching to it regardless of which OS one has been using before.

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Producing visually pleasant documents from plain text with reStructuredText and rst2a

http://www.linux.com

reStructuredText is a lightweight markup language intended to be highly readable in the source format. With it, you can produce beautiful HTML, PDF, XML, and even S5 documents from plain text files.

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