Mandriva has released the final version of Mandriva Linux Spring 2009. The new version offers KDE 4.2.2 as the default desktop, delivers up to 25 percent faster boots, supports additional netbooks, and provides enhanced networking and security tools.
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GConf - GNOME Desktop on steroids
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GConf is a system of storing preferences of most of the installed applications, as well as the environment and desktop for GNOME for Linux.
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Linux 2.6.30-rc4 Kernel Brings Back Tux
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Besides reverting back to the Tux mascot, the Linux 2.6.30-rc4 kernel has a variety of fixes ranging from supported architectures to drivers.
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20 useless Firefox add-ons
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There are more than 7,000 Firefox extensions in Mozilla's official catalog, and a good portion of them can drastically improve how you browse the Web. Then there are the stinkers.
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Whatever Happened to OOXML?
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Remember Open Office XML – a name chosen to be as confusingly close to OpenOffice XML as possible – better known as OOXML? Remember how just over a year ago this and many other blogs and news outlets were full of sound and fury, as OOXML slouched its way through the ISO standardisation process?
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An open letter to Mark Shuttleworth
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Dear Mark, there's one thing we think is colossally stupid, and we're hoping you'll give some thought to changing it to something smarter. That thing is Update Manager.
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Easily Configure QEMU to Run Bootable ISO Images
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QEMU is a powerful, open-source machine emulator which allows you to run virtually any operating system inside your currently running distribution. In this brief tutorial I'll show how to run distributions for which the ISO is available, directly from within Debian or Ubuntu.
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Read Feeds from the Terminal via Newsbeuter
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I’ve been looking for a better way to read my RSS feeds. Enter Newsbeuter. It is a terminal-based RSS reader which you could easily use and tweak according to your needs.
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OpenOffice 3.1 RC2 released
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The OpenOffice developers have announced the availability of the second release candidate (RC2) of version 3.1 of their free open source office suite.
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The Illusion of Transparency at the European Parliament/Commission (on Microsoft)
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How does it feel to be left out of the public arena while Microsoft perverts it?
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Canonical optimizes Linux distribution for netbooks
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Canonical on Thursday released a Linux distribution optimized for netbooks with features to improve battery life and rapidly access programs.
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Case study: school IT Manager turns to Penguin Power
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With a small team and a massive workload, Ian Ralph leans heavily on open source technologies within his IT department to help him meet his obligations.
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Cloud computing with Linux thin clients
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See how Users and the environment benefit from Linux-based cloud computing systems
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Operating System Reaction Times
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When you're driving a car, the road in front of you changes fast and, in order to avoid a collision, you have to turn, speed up, and slow down in response to these changes. Now imagine if you couldn't change course or speed until the person sitting next to you told you. Before too long, you'd probably crash. That's exactly where Windows is right now.
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Eva's useful guide to Ubuntu 9.04
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A. Media Codecs, DVD support and more; B. Install useful software; C. Set up Firefox & Thunderbird; D. How to install fonts; E. Get more languages; F. How to force the package architecture; G. How to install Virtualbox; H. Miscellaneous; I. Hardware Specific issues
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