Extreme Coder is still hard at work putting together a version of Mandriva for older machines. He enlisted the help of Albi to create an IceWM theme that mimicks the default Mandriva setup, and the results are fabulous.
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Nokia N810: unboxing and first impressions
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My shiny new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet was delivered yesterday. After fondling it for most of the day, I'm relatively impressed. The N810 is a bit smaller than the N800, which makes it more comfortable to use and easier to tote around in a pocket.
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The Essential Blender: Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender
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The chapter on installing Blender was somewhat descriptive. It told me where the archive files were stored on the CD, but no actual installation instructions. I looked in vain for further hints and tips but none were to be found. As an old Debian hand now running Ubuntu on the desktop, I opened a terminal and a quick
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Skype's beta videophone for Linux looks pretty good
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Skype recently released Skype 2.0 beta for Linux, which includes the ability to make video calls, a feature the Windows and Mac versions have had for some time. I tried the beta on two systems running Ubuntu 7.10 -- my desktop PC with a USB webcam and a MacBook Pro with its onboard iSight webcam -- with mixed results.
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 is a winner
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Last night I downloaded the latest beta release from Mozilla, Firefox 3 Beta 1, meaning to just have a look-see so that I could pen a few impressions. Since then, I haven't bothered to load up Firefox 2 because, even though it's a pre-production test version, Firebox 3 Beta 1 is a mighty fine browser.
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Single user's how-to Subversion
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How to setup and use Subversion for project version control for a single user. Quick and inclusive guide from O'Reilly.
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Inter-project collaboration: Amarok with Ampache integration
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This week something cool happened. Ok, something cool happens every week in Amarok land, but this week was something special. We teamed up with Karl Vollmer, lead developer of the very cool Ampache music server to create an Ampache service for Amarok2.
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Play Pac-man (and more!) on your PC
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If you have a fondness for old arcade games and want to play them again, try the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME), a free emulator that lets you recreate the look and feel of old arcade game systems in software. While it's written for Windows, you can run this open source application under Linux.
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jQuery Reference Guide: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Popular JavaScript Library
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In this book, the creators of the popular jQuery learning resource, learningquery.com, share their knowledge, experience, and enthusiasm to bring you a comprehensive reference to the popular JavaScript library.
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"This week Mozilla released the first beta of Firefox 3. Originally scheduled for mid July, the delay responds to the very long list of features this new version brings. Eight alphas and an estimated 14 months under development are both firsts for a Firefox upgrade but again are necessary for the amount of improvements and new features Firefox 3 will bring..."
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Amazon launches Linux-based eBook reader
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Amazon's "Kindle" electronic book reader runs an operating system based on Linux 2.6.10, according to reports. The device boasts a claimed 30 hours of battery life, thanks in part to a power-saving E-ink EPD (electro-phlorescent, or "electronic paper" display) and "fpow" power-saving infrastructure, early reports suggest
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Go creative with Gogh
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Gogh is an extremely lightweight drawing program designed for pressure-sensitive devices. Despite its simplicity, it packs in a lot of features and a lot of fun.
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Catching up with the times: openSUSE 10.3
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Instead of sampling one of York's many 3 fine clubs tonight, I stayed in and finally got around to installing openSUSE 10.3. "Impressive" sums the experience up.
All in all the installation and setup was a lovely experience (bar nearly deleting the backup partition of a certain brother), but there were a handful of things that have particularly stood out:
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Dealing with .rpmnew and .rpmsave files
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Nobody ever thinks to mention .rpmnew and .rpmsave extensions to new users of Fedora or Red Hat derivatives. Instead, most users suddenly discover that these files are accumulating on their hard drives, or notice a fleeting message on the screen about them during a version upgrade.
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GIMP 2.4.2 Released
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"Three weeks later enough bug-fixes have piled up to warrant another bug-fix release in the stable GIMP 2.4 series..."
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