Musical inspiration may come from heaven, but once it arrives, you’d better record it or it’ll fly back to where it came from. MuseScore software lets you set down your music notation and compose (or at least create sheet music) on your computer.
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Photoshop brush support in Krita
First I thought that let’s create new brush engine that mimics the Photoshop one and then load the presets into this one. But that would be waste of time.
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How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running LVM System (Ubuntu 10.04)
This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running LVM system (Ubuntu 10.04). The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one).
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The Economics of Open Source: Why the Billion Dollar Barrier is Irrelevant
The explanation of why zero pure play open source vendors have hit the one billion dollar revenue mark has never seemed, to me, particularly complicated. The economics of open source are fundamentally differentiated from the closed source models that preceded it.
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8 Live and USB Distros For All Occasions
If you're new to the Linux or open source community, you might not have heard of live disc or USB distributions yet. They let you run a operating system on PCs without installing anything on the hard drive. It loads directly from the CD/DVD disc or USB flash drive. Here we'll review several.
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Poll: The Most Awaited Linux Project Of The Year
This week we're going to have a different kind of poll. It's a bit weird because it includes applications, a Linux distribution (Ubuntu) and a desktop environment: GNOME Shell. But I think it's a really interesting poll. To make it more interesting, we've also added uTorrent for Linux to the list even though the release date is not known yet.
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Netbook Linux -- for hairdressers? Part 1 of an ongoing series...
This isn’t a knock against all hair stylists, per se — but mine is not only a Linux n00b, but also a bit shaky on computer and Internet fundamentals. However, unlike some of my other friends she freely owns up to her ignorance and wants to learn. Thus she is the perfect subject for a netbook Linux usability test…
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“The Cloud”, Tablets, Desktop PCs and Control
Will this “Linux on the cloud” thing with Google, et al take wing and soar like an Eagle or is it just another Dodo Bird, destined for the dustbin of time? For general personal use I think it is going to be a Dodo … or at least be rare, like a California Condor.
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Installing PowerDNS (With MySQL Backend) And Poweradmin On Fedora 12
This article shows how you can install the PowerDNS nameserver (with MySQL backend) and the Poweradmin control panel for PowerDNS on a Fedora 12 system. PowerDNS is a high-performance, authoritative-only nameserver - in the setup described here it will read the DNS records from a MySQL database (similar to MyDNS), although other backends such as PostgreSQL are supported as well.
Read more »More "Paul Murphy" Anti-Linux FUD: SCO or Son of SCO Can Still Win
Were you imagining that "Paul Murphy" was going to apologize for his attacks on Groklaw or for being so wrong in his support of SCO? Or that he'd keep his promise to stop blogging if SCO lost? Or that he'd finally admit SCO has no case? Au contraire.
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2010 is the Year of Linux on the Desk
Dan Gillmor dumps Apple for GNU/Linux and form factors in general are changing over time (so discussions about "desktop" matter less)
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Microsoft Cites Success of Novell Linux Interop Deal
Microsoft touted its operating system interoperability partnership with Novell on Monday, saying that more than 500 customers have signed up since the program began more than three years ago.
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How to Hide Desktop Icons in Ubuntu
If you are new to Linux and are using Ubuntu, you may find it frustrating that there's no instant option to easily hide/show desktop icons just like in Windows. But there's no need to worry as there are several ways to minimize or eliminate your desktop clutter and hide some or even all the icons from your Ubuntu desktop.
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The Reg guide to Linux, part 1: Picking a distro
One of the common complaints about Linux is that there are too many different editions (or “distributions”) to choose from, and only a hardcore nerd can tell them apart.
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Review – Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix
Ubuntu Netbook Remix, or UNR, sports the same purple theme that the Gnome Ubuntu release has. There is only a toolbar at the top, and then the Netbook Interface.
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