Qimo is a desktop operating system designed for kids. Based on the open source Ubuntu Linux desktop, Qimo comes pre-installed with educational games for children aged 3 and up. So If you want to teach your children to use Linux from an early age, Qimo is the perfect for your kids.
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Haguichi - A graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux
Haguichi provides a graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux that integrates smoothly into your GNOME desktop. Haguichi is free and open source software licensed under GPLv2.
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Building DVD discs with Bombono
DVD authoring can be a deceptively tricky business. Though it can take some time to convert source video to the proper MPEG format, the technical requirements for the various regions are standardized, so it is at least possible to configure the conversion tools and do it right, once and for all.
Read more »Icons and the FOSS desktop
Icons have always intimidated me. Except for the mouseover help, two-thirds of the time I would have no idea what function they represent. Shrink them so that they fit on a toolbar, and the obscurity is compounded by illegibility.
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MeeGo 1.0 For Netbooks
I love Maemo. I’m not even going to try to deny it. It is, by far, my favorite mobile device OS. It is fast, flexible and highly customizable. It makes the Nokia Internet Tablets (N900, N810, etc.) a dream to use for nerds everywhere. (In fact, I have such a high opinion of Maemo, I included the ability to build applications for it in my visual development tool Illumination.)
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Will Opensolaris 2010.06 be the next release?
Opensolaris 2010.05 would be the next release after being postponed to release on March this year. Again, Opensolaris lovers around the world might be disappointed because after waiting for it until the end of May there is no official release of Opensolaris. A bad news.
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Perfect Cloud-based Photo Setup with digiKam and Piwigo
Using digiKam's Kipi plugins, you can upload your photos to a variety of popular photo services, including Flickr, Picasaweb, and SmugMug. But what if you want to host your own photo album and still be able to populate it with photos directly from within digiKam?
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Semantics is Restricting Linux Desktop Adaptation
Shortly after the Desktop was established, the obligatory popup appeared, stating that "Restricted Drivers" were available for installation. Margie asked me then: "What does that mean?"
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Creating a NAS Box with an Existing System
Standalone Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers provide file level storage to heterogeneous clients, enabling shared storage. This article presents the basics of NAS units (NFS servers) and how you can create one from an existing system.
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An Auto Company Zips Along the Fast Lane with FOSS
Started in March 2009, Carnation Auto offers car owners a wide array of services. Carnation has grown to 15 hubs across 10 cities, with more than 700 employees —all in a matter of nine months. This accelerated growth wouldn’t have been possible without open source technology.
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SeamlessRDP in Ubuntu 10.04
SeamlessRDP promises to integrate your remote Windows desktop seamlessly into you Linux environment. This article show you how to set it up, and also shows you some of its limitations.
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GCC Can Now Be Worked On In C++
The Free Software Foundation and GCC Steering Committee have now decided that it's okay and permitted to write code for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) within C++. Up to this point, C has been the preferred language for working on GCC.
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Linux: It's the Freedom You Big Dummy
Memorial Day weekends remind us all of those who sacrificed their lives for freedom and to protect a way of life that is based on freedom. While considering the brave men and women who stood up for what is right over the past 250 years, it made me realize a similar thing about Linux.
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New president at Linux Australia
Linux Australia's treasurer John Ferlito has become president of the organisation, following former president James Turnbull's resignation from the post this month.
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Nearly every supercomputer runs Linux
Announced earlier today, the 35th list of the top 500 supercomputers contains few surprises, just that Linux has almost total domination of the list.
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