Translating a command line tool to a graphical interface usually means a loss of functionality. However, in the case of the newly released trowser text browser, while I wouldn't swear that the transition has retained all the functionality of the less command that it is intended to replace, I doubt that anyone short of an expert is likely to notice the difference
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Wikimedia Commons: Two million files and a bright future
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"Wikimedia Commons, the multilingual free-content media repository managed by the Wikimedia Foundation, reached the milestone of two million uploaded files on October 8, 2007, less than a year after it reached one million. This makes Wikimedia Commons the fastest growing large Wikimedia project.
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An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That.
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Many open-source projects begin with a techie who has an itch to scratch. None of the existing tools do exactly what he wants, so he builds his own solution—then makes the source code available to the world at large. Other developers, excited about the new approach (and with an itch in the same hard-to-reach spot), contribute bug fixes or add new features.
Read more »The simplest DVR is Linux, and thats no myth!
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Now that I have the ultimate television card I wanted to do something to capture the moment when the bad guy's gloating turns to gloom when the hero escapes so I had a look at a couple of DVR programs. The most well known is Mythtv and another fast rising star is Freevo. While they do the job they are not real simple to set up and have a few problems. They are getting better fast though.
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Computer Forensics: Linux Style!
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Which OS do you think is best for computer forensics? Obviously, being as we are Linux users, we'd likely recommend admins consider using a Linux-based approach for such a task. But which applications are honestly available on this platform? Not only that, are any of them open source?
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The Last Lawyer In Town
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"...Eben mentioned that there was a moral duty for the “last lawyer in town” to take someone on as a client so that person will be able to receive some legal help. This seems to normally apply in cases of unpopular clients or with people who can’t afford to hire a lawyer.
Read more »jQuery and XML
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"Uche Ogbuji returns with a new Agile Web column to explain how to use jQuery to process XML in JavaScript web applications."
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Automated Ubuntu Installation Preview
http://www.linuxindex.com –
I have recently started expanding my research based from previous tutorials on network based installations and PXE booting + network based installations to include automated Ubuntu installations. I will mention that I do not consider myself an expert at this by any means, but I wanted to give some of you a preview of what will end up being a much more mature tool.
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Setting up a Music Server using NFS
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In my palatial estate in scenic Waltham, Massachusetts, aka my apartment, I have several computers. My two favorite computers to use are my Lenovo X60 (running SLED 10 SP1) and my Apple Macbook Pro running OS X (10.4.10). I also have a whitebox machine from Intel that I use as my server running SLES 10 SP1.
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Choosing Windows vs. Linux - Which One & Why & What Lies Ahead!
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With the arrival of Windows Vista , lots of people are looking for alternatives. And Linux has emerged as the best contender. As I have used Windows XP and Linux for last 5 years, and Vista since its release. I thought why not write an article for the people who may want to know/use/switch to Linux from Windows.
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Olive Bazaar - a GTK GUI
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Well, no, not a food olive bazaar (though that would be tasty), but rather Olive, a GTK GUI for Bazaar, a version control system similar to GIT and Subversion. We’re not going to go into the differences between the systems, but rather focus on this interesting application, now merged into the Bazaar GTK project.
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mysurface’s Linux Application list
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After experiencing Linux for two years, I have compiled a list of applications that I use it daily. I would like to share my point of views on those applications and its alternatives. I hope that will served as a reference for those who have dilemma selecting them.
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Debian preferred Distro for Linux Device Developers
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9 Reasons that make Debian preferred Distro for Linux Device Developers. This post describes a comprensive list of why a Device Developer prefer Debian Linux distro to make their softwares.
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Google's Law
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"Google has become, for the majority of Americans, the index of choice for online information. Through dynamically generated results pages keyed to a near-infinite variety of search terms, Google steers our thoughts and our learning online. It tells us what words mean, what things look like, where to buy things, and who and what is most important to us.
Read more »Eclipse Goes Online
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"...Two new technologies, which has been recently introduced, suggest an online direction for Eclipse. While it's possible that none of them is adequate, this is a strong indication on the future of the platform. I don't think that the desktop version will fade away in the near future, from the same reason that desktop office applications are still with us.
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