Christmas is a time for rest and contemplation. To intersperse the period with some distraction on long winter evenings, a number of Linux games can prove some diversion, as this article will show.
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ATI Linux 2009 Year In Review
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Compared to past years when recapping the AMD/ATI Linux advancements over the past calendar year, 2009 was not quite as exciting, which can be viewed as both good and bad for their Catalyst Linux driver.
Read more »AssautCube - An awesome FPS game for Linux
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Based upon the Cube engine, AssaultCube is a fast paced, first-person shooter, (partially) open source, cross platform game. Formerly called ActionCube, this game can be played both online with hundreds of other players from around the world or in a single player mode.
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An analog clock for the console
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Like I mentioned a few days ago, I have an ever-lengthening list of console applications (mostly console applications, in truth) I want to try out in the next few days, once my holiday break starts. Some of the smaller ones I’ve already started tinkering with, and I have a new screensaver now, as a result.
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Opening an xlr file in Linux
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As a Linux user you will have to ocasionally pay for the Proprietary sins of others. Usually this in the form of recieving an email attachment in a proprietary format.
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Karmic Koala: What's new in Ubuntu
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The makers of Ubuntu have made it their mission to make an operating system that is as easy to use as possible - and to provide it for free. Version 9.10, also known as Karmic Koala, was recently released. Does it live up to its programmers' lofty goals?
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Open Source developers giving Linux users the “Linux” treatment
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Oh yes. I said it. Isn’t it odd how OpenOffice.org runs pretty smooth on Windows in comparison to OpenOffice.org on Linux?
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GCstar: Open Source, Cross-Platform Collection Manager (Movies, Books, Music and More)
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GCstar is a free open source application for managing your collections which works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the internet and you can store additional data, such as the location or who you've lent it to. You may also search and filter your collection by many criteria.
Read more »Vim Tip: using "paste" to avoid the staircase effect
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If you're working in Vim and paste something into the terminal, sometimes you'll get a "staircase" effect where each line is progressively spaced farther outward
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How to get VAAPI Accelerated HD Video on the MSI Wind U110 (GMA500 - Poulsbo) and Ubuntu Karmic 9.10
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I've finally managed to get it running. FullHD videos with only 30 % cpu on an Atom netbook. Here is what I had to do...
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Groklaw Suspects Microsoft May be Behind Neon’s Attack on GNU/Linux in Mainframes
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The everlasting pattern of legal attacks almost convinces Groklaw that Microsoft is driving more lawsuits against GNU/Linux
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HowTo: Resetting "most used applications" list in KDE 3.x
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I'm sure from time to time each of you likes to reset their most used applications list in KDE. Especially if it's become the goto item for most of you legacy KDE users like myself. Well, before this I'm sure you've searched high and low to find a way to reset that, and ultimately come up with nothing.
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Where is Samba going?
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Every few months the Samba developers have started releasing a status and direction report called "The Samba Team Blog".
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Lucid Lynx Alpha 1 review
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Ubuntu 10.04’s Alpha has been released. We decided to install it on one of our netbooks to see what is new in it.
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It's the eye of the beholder
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. We all look at different operating systems through our own personally tinted shade of rose coloured glasses. What we see in an operating system may not be what another person can see.
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