According to DesktopLinux.com's just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in the past year, and Ubuntu remains their Linux distribution of choice.
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A guide to better understanding the KDE 3.5 Konsole
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One of the greatest tools of any Linux or BSD system is the console. There are numerous different shells that go with it as well as graphical interfaces to allow you to make use of it. In this overview we will be covering just one of those applications, namely the KDE "Konsole" graphical console interface application.
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Why XSserver 1.4 won't make it into Ubuntu Gutsy
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If everything goes well, Ubuntu 7.10, Gutsy Gibbon, the next community version of the popular Linux distribution, will appear in October. It will not, however, include the latest and greatest X window server and utilities: Xserver 1.4 and X.Org 7.3.
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How to make a GTK theme that uses multiple theme engines
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Since the publication of my Pidgin review a few months ago, I've received a steady stream of e-mails and instant messages with requests for my GTK theme. To my great surprise, readers actually seem to think that I have good taste.
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Debian Lenny & initng
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"...Debian Lenny might be called the 'testing' version but I find it stable enough to be used every day as your main OS. The rough edges make it an excellent distribution for the real geek, the computer user that finds that other distributions are either to polished (Ubuntu, SuSe) or too rough (Gentoo, Slackware)..."
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Operator 0.8 is available
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"Operator leverages microformats and other semantic data that are already available on many web pages to provide new ways to interact with web services."
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New OpenSUSE education apps available
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While there has been some controversy over whether LTSP support would be added to SUSE’s so-called EduCD, to be distributed with their fourth quarter version 10.3 release, a wide variety of software slated for inclusion in their education-centered set of add-ons is now available for download and testing.
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Linux 2.6.22.4 stable released
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We (the -stable team) are announcing the release of the 2.6.22.4 kernel. It contains one security fix and all users of the 2.6.22 series are encouraged to upgrade to it.
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Fine-tune RSS feeds with ListGarden
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While you can code an RSS feed by hand, you'd be better off using a dedicated tool like ListGarden. It can help you to not only create and manage RSS feeds, but also to do more advanced tasks like publish the feeds on a remote server, back up the feeds, generate an HTML page, and much more.
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User-friendly Ark Linux 2007.1 sails out
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The Ark Linux team have announced the release of Ark Linux 2007.1, the latest version of its multi-purpose desktop operating system.
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Wikia search project
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"New Scientist of 12th June 2007 (Yes, I know, it obviously takes me a while to process information) described the Wikia search project as the project of a “rebellious group of software engineers” determined to topple Google..."
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FullerScreen 2.2
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"I am glad to release today v 2.2 of FullerScreen. Available directly from Disruptive Innovations or through the add-ons manager if you got a previous version from us. Please stay tuned if you got it from addons.mozilla.org..."
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Get Wireless working in Ubuntu 7.04
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Non-working wireless internet is a common problem which can be easily resolved. All you need is
1 ) Ubuntu 7.04 installed ( how obvious )
2 ) Internet access - can be on another computer if not the one on which you have Ubuntu.
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Ubuntu Bootloader Manager 0.2
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After all the great comments and suggestions from the last update and talking with Matthew Paul Thomas, my student Tomé Vardasca, has been redesigning the UI to be more new-user (and old-user for that matter) friendly as well as adding new functionality. You can get the latest code using bzr on Launchpad. You can also file bugs
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How to install Tor with Vidalia GUI on Ubuntu
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Do you want completely anonymous internet access? For Free? Tor is the open source leader to anonymous connections on the internet, you can anonymize your internet presence from AIM/ICQ/MSN/ Jabber/IRC/WWW/FTP and you can even issue a torify command at the command prompt to anonymize your wget/ssh/lynx/ftp/perl or whatever
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