As operating systems increasingly become visual feasts, those who want to create useful interaction enhancements are having to bend over backwards thanks to closed source software in order to bring innovation to the user's environment.
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Is Android becoming a Tower of Babel?
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We use the phrase Tower of Babel a lot in the technology world, often badly. But evidence is mounting that Google's Android project is becoming just that, a failed attempt to unify.
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Kubuntu 10.04: Another Average KDE Distro
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In the past, Kubuntu was new and fresh, and had that extra bit of attention paid to it that made a real difference.
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10+ mistakes Linux newbies make
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New desktop users can make plenty of mistakes (as can anyone). But knowing which mistakes to avoid, from the start, helps prevent a LOT of frustration. I’ve handled the topic of mistakes new Linux admins make, but never those of desktop users. Here are some of the most common Linux desktop mistakes I see new users make.
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KahelOS (050110)
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KahelOS is essentially a remastered version of Arch Linux. Arch Linux has always had a reputation as being somewhat inaccessible to average desktop users, and KahelOS is an attempt to make Arch Linux more accessible to more people.
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Motorola releases Android 2.1 for UK Milestones
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Motorola has released an Android 2.1 update for its Milestone devices, adding support for Speech to Text, live wallpapers and up to nine home screens
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Video: A Peek Inside the HTC Incredible Phone
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TechRestore, an electronics repair shop, has taken apart the Incredible and then it put all back together. What's fascinating to watch in the video is how small and compact the components are and how well they pack into the circuit board.
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After Acacia Case Red Hat is Free, SUSE is Still Not Free
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In the aftermath of the Acacia case it is important to point out that SUSE is still encumbered with unjustified patent tax (Microsoft's racket)
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 10.04 [ISPConfig 3]
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This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Canonical, Ubuntu, and Software Patents
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Slax: Clean, cute and quick to customize
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I am a tinkerer. It is my nature. This is no doubt what accounts for my interest in Linux and computers. For tinkerers, one of the coolest and slickest distros out there is probably Slax.
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Novell is Still Aping Microsoft
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Novell is still promoting Microsoft software while apparently dropping Linux projects like the RadeonHD driver
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Bosch Group joins the Eclipse Foundation
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The Stuttgart based Bosch Group, a leading automotive technology and service provider, has joined the Eclipse Foundation as a Solutions Member
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GNU/Linux used to Demonstrate Security Problems in Mac OS and MS Windows
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Security guru Joanna Rutkowska says that Apple's and Microsoft's proprietary operating systems are "badly designed from a security standpoint"; her firm uses GNU/Linux to create Qubes OS
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Mozilla releases Thunderbird 3.1 Beta 2
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Mozilla has released a second beta for version 3.1 of their popular open source Thunderbird email and news client, addressing a number of bugs from the previous beta
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