A few days ago, we published an overview of virtualization from the desktop user’s perspective. As a follow-up, we'll use this post to discuss some of the most popular virtualization tools for Ubuntu workstations and laptops.
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Flexnet License Monitoring With rrdtool
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Some of you may know the commercial Flexnet Licencing Application. It's a client-server based solution for managing the usage of socalled Flexnet-enabled applications. You can hold licenses of more than one product on one license-server.
Read more »OpenSUSE 11.3 Released: Screenshots and Features
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The last time OpenSUSE users enjoyed a stable release was in November 2009 making today’s release of OpenSUSE 11.3 a pretty big deal. This is the first release in the new eight month release schedule for OpenSUSE. Here are some screenshots of the OpenSUSE 11.3 install, KDE and GNOME desktops, and details about some of the popular new features in this release.
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Canonical introduce new "Opinion" bug status to Launchpad
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A new "Opinion" status indicator joins the "Won't Fix" and "Invalid" indicators used on Launchpad. Developers can use the new indicator to show they have moved on to other issues because there's a difference of opinion about a bug and its possible resolution
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Want Your Privacy Back? Install and Run Tor in Ubuntu
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Have you ever felt that you are being watched in whatever you do online? Websites seem to know who you are and can greet you with your name when you visit them. Google always seems to know what you are searching, even before you started the search. Getting scared? Perhaps it’s time to turn your privacy filter on.
Read more »Easy Redirection of Sudo Output
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If you're using Sudo, you've probably already discovered that the increased privileges apply only to the first command typed and don't extend to any input or output redirection.
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Winamp for Mac OS X
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Well since Nullsoft does not provide any support for other then Microsoft Windows OS it could be tricky somehow to get it running on another OS like Mac OS X or even another *nix system…but it is not impossible. The thing you need is Wine to get it running on your *nix system or if you own a Mac like me you can use your copy of Crossover as well.
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Google SketchUp in Linux with Wine
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Well, it turns out you can have Google SketchUp in Linux. It requires Wine. Overall, the installation is very simple and you will get a decent experience. It wont be a perfect one, mind you, but its a great beginning. There's hope.
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Ubuntu's "Free" Ride Into the Enterprise
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That Linux is a significant player in the enterprise comes as no surprise: Enterprise customers are a lot easier from which to generate revenue.
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Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion's free culture
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"Copyright law's grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry ... and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley.
At TEDxUSC 2010, she talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion's free culture."
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Create image for your hard drive the easy way with Redo Backup and Recovery
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Redo is an easy point-and-click GUI tool for full system backup and recovery from bare metal, it allows fast cloning of hard disk images to and from local or network-shared drives. Extremely user friendly interface boots from CD or USB.
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Re-conquer Konqueror with Rekonq
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How many browsers does an operating system really need? If you are looking from the outside in at the Linux operating system you would think it needed plenty. Rekonq will be the new default browser for Kubuntu 10.10. We will take a look.
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Nip2 spreadsheet-like graphical image manipulation tool
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Nip2 is a graphical front end to the VIPS package. VIPS is an image processing system designed with efficiency in mind.
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HandBrake: The Best Beginner DVD Ripper
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What if you wanted to adopt digital media on your own terms, using free software? Well, Handbrake is here to take care of digitizing your DVD collection.
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Finding Free Fonts for Linux
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Getting a bit tired of the font selection your distribution ships with? Want a bit more variety for presentations or publications? Tons of fonts are available under open licenses, but only if you know where to look
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