The more distrohopping I do, the more I realize I’ll never feel as comfortable as on arch. I don’t like being forced to use applications or settings that other people think are the best, I have my own best, and I can only do that if I build a system from the ground up.
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fun with irc clients
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So, after having a pretty productive Fedora day yesterday (I cleaned up EPEL buildroot override tags/closed tickets, caught up on all my mailing lists and such, started in on some package reviews, helped people on IRC, etc) I decided to play around with some new IRC clients today.
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Ubuntu Artwork Pool is Getting Really Busy
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Ubuntu Artwork pool in flickr is busy with contributions from everyone in and around the community. Here is a collection of 15 beautiful Wallpapers from Ubuntu Artwork Pool in Flickr.
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CloudLinux OS Set to Surface At Parallels Summit
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The VAR Guy is booked to meet software giants and disruptive upstarts at Parallels Summit 2010 in Miami. Among the anticipated meetings: A sit-down with Cloud Linux Inc. founder and CEO Igor Seletskiy. The big question: Does the hosting world really need yet another Linux distribution?
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Open-Xchange Scores Another Big Open Source SaaS Win
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Open-Xchange, an open source alternative to Microsoft Exchange, continues to gain momentum in Europe and North America. The latest example: Bull, a massive consulting firm in Paris, is offering SaaS and on-premises Open-Xchange to its end customers in Germany. Here are the details.
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How to Install gimp on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
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Gimp have been removed from the default installation in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
But you can install it by a single command :
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How to Get Mac’s QuickLook Function In Ubuntu
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In Mac, the QuickLook feature allows you to preview your files without opening them. For Linux users, particularly for those with Gnome desktop, you can also get a similar QuickLook functionality in your desktop with Gloobus-Preview. Gloobus-Preview is an extension for the Gnome desktop designed to enable a full screen preview of any kind of file.
Read more »Linux laptop takes the strain for technophobes
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A Newcastle-based company has launched a Linux-based laptop and support package designed to encourage technophobes online. Built by the Broadband Computer Company, the Alex laptop runs an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux and a set of applications that have been written in-house.
Read more »The Five Stages of Benchmark Loss
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For those that were unable to attend this event, here are the slides and recordings.
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Amazon, Microsoft sign patent deal
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Microsoft and Amazon announced on Monday that the two have entered into a patent cross-licensing deal. As part of the pact, Amazon will pay Microsoft an undisclosed amount of money, though the two sides did not disclose more details
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get new wallpaper images every day
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A couple of weeks ago I was reading somewhere (I can’t recall where now) and someone mentioned Webilder for using Webshots images on GNU/Linux systems. I looked at the software a little more closely and decided to give it a whirl.
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Linux is now Oracle's low-end offering
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Oracle Corp. has rekindled its Solaris love. Sun's Solaris operating system will underlie new high-end data center appliances running the Oracle software stack. And Oracle EnterpriseLinux now becomes the preferred OS for lower-end commodity hardware.
Read more »Customizing the Ubuntu Application Stack Before Installation
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Ubuntu is way easier to install than certain other operating systems. But it would be even greater if I could select which applications I wanted on my new system before the Ubiquity installer goes about its business - an idea that was proposed recently on Ubuntu Brainstorm. Here's why it should go through.
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How Did Microsoft Become the Underdog?
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Somewhere along the way, Microsoft lost ground and became the underdog to Google and Apple, but with issues of their own, can Microsoft find its way back?
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Element dedicated media PC for HD TV
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Element is an Ubuntu-based distribution for home theatre or media-centre personal computers featuring a ten-foot user interface and designed to be connected to a HDTV.
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