Mozilla has issued a first release candidate for version 3.1, the next major release, of its open source Thunderbird email and news client, code named "Lanikai"
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MPlayer 1.0 RC3 Finally Arrives
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MPlayer 1.0 initially entered its release candidate phase in 2006 followed by a second release candidate in October of 2007. MPlayer 1.0 RC3 is compatible with the FFmpeg 0.5.x branch and the new features it brings, support for new binary codecs, NVIDIA VDPAU acceleration, support for new architectures / platforms, and other changes.
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Application Menu (Global Menu) For Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 Is Available For Testing
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The Global Menu for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 has just been uploaded to a PPA. The new "global menu" is called "Application Menu" and it can be installed in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx already (both in GNOME and KDE). Here's how.
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LightSpark (OpenSource Flash Player) 0.4.0 Released!
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LightSpark 0.4.0 - an open source Flash player implementation - has been released.
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Hassle-free Backup with Deja Dup
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The Déjà Dup backup utility may not be the most powerful or flexible backup tool out there, but it does have its advantages.
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Maemo update for N900 release, but no offical MeeGo
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Although having recently provided a new firmware update for its flagship smartphone, the Nokia N900, Nokia says there will be no MeeGo update for the Linux based device
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wisotool 20100530 has been released
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wisotool is a handy winetricks like script for automatically installing games from .iso or .mds files copied from your own dvds or if the game is freely downloadable it will download it. Just like winetricks it is intended to make testing Wine easier but might be useful for people who simply want to install games.
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New OLPC tablet will run Linux, not Windows
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One Laptop Per Child won't use Microsoft's Windows OS on its upcoming XO-3 tablet. Instead the XO-3 will run a Linux OS, according to Ed McNierney, OLPC's CTO.
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Would Sheldon of 'The Big Bang Theory' really use Ubuntu?
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Do you really think Sheldon from "The Big Bang Theory" would pick Ubuntu as his "favorite Linux-based operating system"?
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Impressions of the latest MeeGo release
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So, I have been spending some time playing around with various netbook operating systems lately, trying to find that perfect one. I have a Dell Mini 10v netbook without bluetooth and with the stock battery. Now on to MeeGo!
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Firebird download statistics : Top Country : Brazil , Top OS: Linux
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The new download stats interface from sourceforge.net t shows what are the countries from where Firebird rdbms is most downloaded and what operating system is used to download it and the most unexpected thing is that Linux is in the Top
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Launchy vs. GNOME Do vs. Kupfer
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Today we’ll compare three of the better known launchers for Linux – Launchy, GNOME Do, and Kupfer. While they all have roughly the same function, each has a different take on how it should be done, and the configuration capabilities vary greatly from one to the next. Here, you’ll see what makes each one unique.
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Ubuntu One Pros and Cons
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Ubuntu One is the next step in personal cloud computing, which in the developers view ” simplifies your digital life” to quote the homepage of the project. It is worth reading up on all the information on the site, however I will explain in detail the features of it as well as the upsides and downsides of using it.
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Google hints at native code in Chrome Web Store
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Google has indicated it will offer native code browser applications from the Chrome web apps store that's due to launch later this year. The Chrome Web Store is designed for use with Google's Chrome browser and the company's upcoming Chrome OS, and it would appear that the store will make its debut when the OS hits netbooks in the fall.
Read more »MeeGo Netbook Performance: It's Beating Ubuntu & Co
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The last time we ran a performance comparison of different Linux distributions on netbooks was in late November, but now we have a new set of Linux distributions out there, so we have carried out a new comparison. In particular, we are looking closely at how the MeeGo distribution --
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