FlashGet is a leading download manager and has the highest amount of users on the internet. It uses MHT(Multi-server Hyper-threading Transportation) technique, supports various protocols and has excellent document management features. FlashGet is a freeware without any adware or spyware.
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KDE Desktop Activities Explained
Although the theory behind the idea was simple, the execution made the idea overly complex.The concept of Activities isn’t the easiest to understand until you actually start working with it. But once you get the hang of it, you will certainly appreciate what it brings to the desktop.
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50 really useful Android tips and tricks
Android is a great little mobile operating system for the modern smartphone, but it can feel a little bewildering and complex to the newcomer.
Read more »Torrent Search - Torrent searching application for the Gnome desktop environment
Torrent Search is a torrent searching application for the Gnome desktop environment. It looks for torrent files on different websites, and allows the user to filter the results, making it very easy to find the torrent you want.
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Jean Staten Healy: IBM's Worldwide Linux Strategy
In October of 2000, IBM CEO Louis Gerstner announced that the company would investing $1 billion in Linux development. This announcement came off the heels of two substantial developments in the industry. Google, unknown at the time, appeared with Linux servers in 1998, and Dell announced they would begin pre-installing Linux on select servers in 1999.
Read more »Last day to take advantage of the 50% off Bordeaux Sale
Tomorrow will be the last day of our huge 50% off sale of Bordeaux for Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, PCBSD and OpenSolaris. Bordeaux for Linux and BSD has been marked down to only $10.00 and Bordeaux for Mac and OpenSolaris will cost you only $12.50 during this sale.
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When GNOME Met KDE: Q and A With GNOME Foundation Director Stormy Peters
Last year, the GNOME Foundation began hosting summits for developers alongside another desktop environment community: KDE. "In our meeting with the KDE conference, we're trying to cooperate in our common goal of providing a free desktop," said Stormy Peters, executive director of the GNOME Foundation.
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Gluster Brings Open Source to Unstructured Data
Gluster is an open source startup that most people in storage have never heard of. Yet its value proposition could spell trouble for the big boys and potentially send the prices of proprietary hardware crashing down.
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Modify Images in Linux - Mogrify
The Mogrify program is a member of the ImageMagick suite of tool, use the mogrify program to re-size an image, blur, crop, despeckle, dither, draw on, flip, join, re-sample, and much more.
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LinuxCon Analysts: Linux Is Winning
Linux is now in the mainstream of enterprise adoption, according to analysts presenting new research here at the LinuxCon conference.
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Extension Watch: Colorize Code in OpenOffice.org Writer Documents with COOoder
Adding a pinch of color to code fragments in a Writer document can make it easier to read. But coloring code by hand is a rather daunting proposition...
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Linux Security, Then and Now
Linux is inherently not a secure operating system. The reason it's not secure is because Linux was based on the architectural design of UNIX, and the creators of UNIX didn't care about security – it was 1969 after all.
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Why this Linux veteran runs Ubuntu
I keep hearing Ubuntu described as merely a noob’s distro lately. Well, it’s about time people either come clean or switch already. I’ll start the ball rolling. My name is Karl (Hi, Karl), and I’m a Linux veteran who runs Ubuntu.
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Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android
Oracle has filed a lawsuit against Google, charging that its Android phone software infringes Oracle patents and copyrights related to Java, Oracle said on Thursday.
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3 Great Linux Radio Apps To Discover Great New Music
Massive MP3 collections are nice, but they don’t do everything. Sometimes you want to discover new music, for example, or listen to the news. Traditionally this was the role of the radio, but if you’re a geek (and if you’re reading this blog I’m betting you are) you’re far more likely to be around computers than FM receivers.
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