Linux Mint has made its name by adding visual polish and implementing Mint-specific tools on top of its Ubuntu base. Times and changing though as we now have something new from the Linux Mint team. This latest release from Linux Mint is the first to be based on Debian Linux. Another surprise is that Linux Mint 9 “Debian” is a rolling release.
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GNU IceCat 3.6.9 released
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GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Mozilla Firefox browser. This new version includes all changes made upstream in Firefox 3.6.9. Now the privacy extension gives an alert whenever an URL which starts with "javascript:" is typed in the address bar.
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Apple's Relationship to Open Source
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Despite being one of the most tightly controlled technology companies on the market, Apple has a surprisingly complicated relationship with open source. Both of Apple’s flagship operating systems, OS X and iOS are based on Darwin, which is in turn based on FreeBSD.
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I maintain that computers are the hot rods of the 21st century, and changing up your desktop background is the first and easiest step to pimping your ride. Today I thought I’d share my favourites.
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Who Contributed The Most During X Server 1.9?
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Tiago Vignatti has now compiled some statistics surrounding the top contributors to X.Org Server 1.9 and related X components just looking at this most recent development cycle. There's also numbers for the input, video, and Mesa components too.
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GNOME 2.32 Beta 2 Has Been Released
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The second beta of the next GNOME release has arrived full of bug fixes and updates. Many of the standard packages have been updated for GNOME 2.32 Beta 2 (2.31.91) and more translation work has been done.
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Dell Studio 1747 Laptop: almost perfect
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Dell’s 17-inch Studio 1747 laptop is a beefy desktop replacement that ships with Windows 7. But how does it fare with Linux instead?
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VMware doesn't like Windows
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A friend recently asked me if I really wanted VMware, a company with a former Microsoft guy in charge, VMware, to buy Novell? His unspoken message was "Wouldn't that be horrible for Novell's Linux?"
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Navigating a Dual World: GNU/Linux and WIndows
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My household is not a pure GNU/Linux household. I do have one Windows 7 computer system due to the fact that I have some family members that prefer Windows. As a web designer, computer programmer, and a business man, I take full advantage of this situation.
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Resizing Linux partitions, Part 2: Advanced resizing
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Simple partition resizing operations, such as those described in Part 1 of this series, usually conclude successfully. Sometimes, though, you need to do something different or troubleshoot problems. This article covers some of these situations.
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How to setup Multiple simultaneous keyboards with unique layouts
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This tutorial will explain how to setup Multiple simultaneous keyboards with unique layouts
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How to suspend your gnome session when it is idle
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If you want to suspen your gnome session when it is idle at the login screen use the following procedure.
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Tutorial: Best Practices with sudo on Linux
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Ubuntu's use of sudo to simplify Linux administration is ingenious, but barely scratches the surface of what sudo can do. Follow along as Yvo Van Doorn of Likewise Software unlocks the powers of sudo.
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Red Hat Now Worth Almost 3.5 Times What Novell is Worth
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A look at Novell's decreasing relevance wrt to Red Hat and other companies that actually produce and distribute Free software, not proprietary software
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“Novell Inc (NOVL) Received an Offer in Early March and Has Yet to Announce a Deal.”
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Novell is still up for sale and the financial market expects some announcement to come sooner or later
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