The Air Mozilla video webcast will return on Wednesday 11th July when Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker answers questions in a live interview
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As a Windows user there is a distinct lack of good applications for tracking your calendar, email, and tasks all in one location. Some applications do email but not calendar, where as others do calendars without email. As a business user there is a connection between the two.
Why is the only game in town Microsoft Outlook?
Read more »TinyMe - The little distro that could
TinyMe is a live cd derivative of PCLOS that offers you the best of its parent, with the small size common to "lite" distributions or "distros" as they're more commonly called. One of the first things I discovered with this distribution is that anyone who tries out TinyMe and is a fan or user of PCLOS will likely feel right at home.
Read more »Review of the Granular Distro
Granular (based on PCLinuxOS) offers a visually stunning KDE, certainly the nicest implementation of it in any distro I've yet reviewed; once everything is configured, you enter an alabaster screen that loads all the modules necessary to run the liveCD.
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Linux-based phone may be iPhone 'injurer'
With the slogan "The clean form fits your fist. The open system frees your mind," the NEO has been optimistically punted by some as a potential iPhone killer. However, it is unlikely to compete with iPhone's popularity and trendy image... More realistically, it could be seen as an iPhone injurer.
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Openbox window manager grows up
If you want an adaptable window manager that doesn't drain your resources, try Openbox. Its latest version, 3.4.2, released this month, has several visual improvements and dozens of new usable features.
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Michael Dell: Linux Coming to SMBs, Europe Soon
Dell plans on expanding the reach of its factory-installed Linux PCs to include small and midsize businesses and Europe, Michael Dell, the company's founder and CEO, said at a July 10 event in New York.
Read more »Power to the end user with ALaDin interfaces
ALaDIn interface is a new revolutionary technology to build powerful man machine interfaces, well suited for mobile phones, car navigators but also washing machines and big domestic appliances. ALaDIn can also be used to power classic Database Client server applications and to build translation tools.ALaDIn is ready to satisfy most of advanced consumer needs.
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What is your file system like?
In my previous posting "Linux VS Windows usability" I rambled on about the two operating systems and at how similar they really are. I also alluded that while the interface is similar it is what is underneath in the basic design that really makes the difference. I want to expand on that.
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Using Compiz, Beryl, And Metisse On A Mandriva 2007 Spring Desktop
This tutorial shows how you can use Compiz, Beryl, and Metisse on a Mandriva 2007 Spring (Mandriva 2007.1) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Compiz, Beryl, and Metisse, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube (although the desktop cube isn't available on Metisse).
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Torrent tools for Linux
In this article, we’ve put together a short list of torrent tools available to make your torrenting experience more interesting.
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Migrating to Linux? Use These Open Source Apps
The single biggest argument against a smooth migration to one of the popular desktop Linux distributions is the belief that key applications are not available on the Linux platform. However there are a multitude of fantastic open source alternatives that are easy to install and free to use.
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And now, for something completely different: Linux gaming
One of the major disadvantages of Linux is that it won’t let you play most Windows games. On the other hand, lots of great free Linux games have been developed over the last couple of years. Here’s a list of some entertaining Linux games I’ve come across so far.
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CentOS LiveCD 5.0
CentOS, the popular community Linux distribution based upon Red Hat Enterprise Linux, has been at version 5.0 since April of this year, but joining the CentOS 5.0 fleet today is the LiveCD. The CentOS 5.0 LiveCD is based upon CentOS 5.0 i386 and can work out to be a modest Linux workstation or recovery distribution.
Read more »Ubuntu Ultimate Edition CD 1.4 (Code Name: Gnarly Gnome)
The version 1.4 (Gnarly Gnome) of what their creators have named "Ubuntu Ultimate Edition" is now released.
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