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Read more »Ubuntu Hardy Heron on a Mac Mini
My broadband connection was barely 24 hours old when work began on migrating to the latest version of Ubuntu. Hardy Heron, as it’s called, is very nice on the Mini. What follows is how I did it, what I used, what worked, and what didn’t.
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KDE: It’s time for a fork
OK, I’ve now tried KDE 4.1. I’d been assured that it would be better than KDE 4.0x. It is. That’s the good news. The bad news is that I still find KDE 4.1 to be inferior to KDE 3.5x.
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Linux Security: Easy as 1-2-3
"Linux is a secure OS." You've probably heard this statement from time to time, and compared to Windows you could argue that it is. But really it's kind of a meaningless statement: no system which is connected to a network or used by human beings is completely secure, and if it was it would probably be useless.
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DPL teams survey summary summary
Steve McIntyre, Debian Project Leader summarizes his survey on the Debian teams.
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Convert audio files with Audio-convert-mod
If you want to convert audio files on Linux, Audio-convert-mod is worth a try. Audio-convert-mod is a simple and easy-to-use audio file converter. It supports many formats, includes: MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, AAC/MP4/M4A, MAC/Monkey’s Audio/APE, MPC (Musepack), WV (wavpack) etc. In addition, with Audio-convert-mod, you can also batch convert audio files.
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NETGEAR Launches Open Source WGR614L Wireless-G Router
Good news for all hackers. NETGEAR launches Open Source edition of wireless-G router enabling Linux developers, geeks, hackers and enthusiasts to create Firmware for specialized applications
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11 Most Popular Video Players for Linux
A review of 11 most popular video players for Linux, including VLC, SMPlayer, Xine-UI, Kaffeine and many more.
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The 'killer' linux ....Ships AHOY!.
Everyone uses the "car" analogy. Expecting Linux to someday ZOOM ahead of the pack and leave the likes of MS and Apple in the dust on the track. This mental approach doesn't always do it for people and they get discouraged because of the mindset like that they walked in with.
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Why Ubuntu's LTS releases are inferior to Red Hat Enterprise Linux
It's time to update my view of Ubuntu with my most recent set of feelings. Well, with why I feel my most recent set of feelings, which is that Ubuntu LTS is significantly inferior to Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
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OpenFracas 0.5 Released
We are proud to announce the release of OpenFracas 0.5. The most notable changes in the 0.5 release are:
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Games : Ankh 2: Heart Of Osiris demo
Runesoft has recently published a demo of the Ankh sequel "Ankh2: Heart of Osiris" and liflg started seeding it via their bittorrent tracker. Ankh 2 is a classical adventure with sweet graphics, elaborated and funny story.
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List of FTP Clients Available in Linux
FTP is a file transfer protocol for exchanging files over any TCP/IP based network to manipulate files on another computer on that network regardless of which operating systems are involved (if the computers permit FTP access). There are many existing FTP client and server programs. FTP servers can be set up anywhere between game servers, voice servers, internet hosts, and other physical servers.
Read more »The first European Opensource Lawyers Event
An important open source event will take place in Paris on September 24th and 25th 2008 : it is called "Paris Capitale du Libre" (PCL) and it is organised by the FNILL (French national federation of the free
software industry): http://www.paris-libre.org/.
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Open source tour of Europe: Spain
...when it comes to open source adoption the country has seen more projects at the regional level than national projects. However, there have been some policy initiatives that have state-wide impact.
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