Although its name sounds like that of a bacterium, Coccinella is a nice cross-platform open source Jabber client. While Jabber, and IM clients in general, are a dime a dozen, Coccinella sports a few nifty features that make it worth considering if your are in the market for a Jabber client.
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Virst-install&Virt-manager at Xen 4.0-rc8 (2.6.32.10 pvops) Dom0 on top Ubuntu Karmic Koala Server
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The final target of this post is to demonstrate how flexible is Ubuntu Karmic Koala Server environment. Build Xen 4.0-rc8 and the most recent stable pvops kernel 2.6.32.10 Loading Xen Instance followed by install Ubuntu’s Libvirt environment, providing utility virt-install for creating PV and HVM DomUs, virt-manager completely functional to manage any DomU been built via virt-install.
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Hands-on: Ubuntu One music store will rock in Lucid Lynx
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Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has announced the official launch of the Ubuntu One music store. Integrated into the Rhythmbox music player in the upcoming Ubuntu 10.04 release, the store allows users to purchase downloadable songs and albums.
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Educating the telcos on being open
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If somebody writes a book with “open” and “mobile” in the title I pretty much have to read it. Though you can buy a paper copy of Open | Mobile on Amazon you can also download a free PDF from the authors’ site — which is what I did.
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Five Things To Fix In Gnome Shell
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A few days ago, I installed the release candidate for Gnome 2.30, which provides an overview of what Gnome 3 will look like when it appears next fall. Since I've begun using Gnome 2.30, I've become more disappointed by the hour with the way it works. Here's a list of the top five flaws in Gnome 2.30 that will make me an LXDE user if they are not addressed before the Gnome 3 release.
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50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect
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It was not long ago when Microsoft Windows had a tight stranglehold on the operating system market. Linux is hovering just beneath 1% of the overall market share in operating systems. And although that might sound like a small number, Linux is far more than just a fringe OS.
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Iranian Game Developers Forced to Rely on Open Source Software
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Developing a current generation game without current generation software sounds like an impossible task - unless you're [Iranian] Fanafzar Game Studios.
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RTS Game 0 A.D. Needs You!
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Back in October, we wrote about Wildfire Games' 0 A.D., the open-source project aiming to bring professional-quality gaming to Ubuntu and other platforms. I recently had a chance to interview Erik Johansson, project leader of the 0 A.D. team. Here's what he had to say about the game, and how you can help make it a reality.
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eMount - Mount, encrypt and manage disk image files/physical disk drives
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eMount is a free system administrator tool for Linux which can mount, encrypt and manage disk image files and physical disk drives. It relies on cryptsetup which implements the LUKS disk encryption
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Wally - Wallpaper changer using multiple sources
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Wally is a Qt4 wallpaper changer using multiple sources like files, folders, FTP remote folders, Flickr, Yahoo!, Panoramio, Pikeo, Ipernity, Photobucket, Buzznet, Picasa, Smugmug, and Bing images. It is available in many languages. Supported Linux window managers are GNOME, KDE3, KDE4, XFCE4, BlackBox, FluxBox, Window Maker, and FVWM (experimental).
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Microsoft Proxy Attack on GNU/Linux Continues With TurboHercules
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Microsoft partners continue to attack GNU/Linux (on IBM mainframes) for its dominance that poses a threat to Windows Server
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How to release and renew a DHCP IP address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)
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We have already discussed how to setup DHCP server in Ubuntu .This tutorial will explain how to release and renew a DHCP IP address in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)/9.10 (Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)
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Ubuntu One Music Store Now Available For All
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Ubuntu One Music Store has been in closed beta for a long time, but today it finally entered the public beta so everyone can start using the new service which is available as a plugin for Rhythmbox, the default music player in Ubuntu Lucid (but soon, other music players will also support Ubuntu One Music Store).
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rPath joins the Linux Foundation
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The Linux Foundation, the non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting Linux, has announced that rPath, a systems management specialist, has become its newest member
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Bruce Perens Sheds Light on How Microsoft Controls the Government, Using Lobbyists
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Bruce Perens explains what he has seen Microsoft doing inside governments in order to marginalise Free software, mostly through hired guns like CompTIA and ACT
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