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Clutter: a beginner's tutorial
There are lots of cool things in Moblin, but Clutter is our #1 most favourite thing of all. Why? If its OpenGL-accelerated, object-oriented, GTK-integrated API isn't enough to convince you, then perhaps its powerful animation framework, easy texture manipulation, and lightning-fast object picking system might.
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The Perfect Desktop - OpenSUSE 11.2 (GNOME)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 11.2 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Lernid - A desktop application to participate in an online learning event
Lernid is a little program to make connecting to Ubuntu learning events simple. Lernid is still very much in development, and still needs lots of work before it is ready for our next event.
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Track Your Missing Notebook with Pombo
To recover a lost or stolen notebook, you need all the help you can get -- and this is where Pombo can come in rather handy.
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A close look at the Android OS
Android OS is about to make the migration from mobile phone to netbook PC (most likely thanks to Asus). If you’ve not seen an Android-based phone, you most likely are not aware just what the possibilities are
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. The best Ubuntu ever. Period.
Having tried the Alpha 5 in September and finding it stable and fast in my laptop, I was very eager to try the official release. The verdict in 2 words is: It rocks!! And yes, the brown-orange theme has finally gone away!!
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Multi-architecture, theory versus practise
You probably remember the whole thing about FatELF and my assertion that FatELF does nothing to solve what the users supporting it want to see solved: multiple architecture support by vendors. I’d like to explain somewhat further what the problem is in my opinion.
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Cross Platform Screencasting with Screenr
"The best part about Screenr is that it is an absolutely no-configuration-required service and doesn’t even require one to register to use it – Just click on the Record button on the homepage and sit back and relax.
"Before Screenr can start recording, though, it requires you to select the portion of the screen that it’ll record.
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Chrome OS Sparks Vendor Enthusiasm, Innovation
The fervor over Google's new web-oriented operating system is surprising, even for ardent Linux supporters. After all, it's only been a couple of weeks since Chrome OS was open sourced and after personally test-driving it on a virtual machine, I can tell you that while very interesting, this is still a very young system.
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Development kit targets Android STBs
Viosoft Corp. is shipping an Android development kit for MIPS-based digital multimedia designs, with a special focus on IP set-top boxes (STBs). The Android Adoption Kit combines Sigma Designs' SMP8654-based Vantage 8654 Development Platform with a version of Viosoft's Arriba IDE/Debugger optimized for Android on MIPS, says the company.
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IDC Sees Server Business Helped by Intel, AMD
Market research firm IDC has released its own quarterly server figures, and came to roughly the same conclusion as its counterpart Gartner did last week: The server market is still down but stabilizing, and the worst appears to be over.
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Android goes for the iPhone weak spot: porn apps
Yes there are 100,000 or so apps for the iPhone, but thanks to Apple policy if it's porn you are after there's not an app for that. The construction of an Adult App Store for Android devices, however, could soon swing this particular market segment towards the iPhone competitor.
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What's a SUSE?
Say what you will about Microsoft's products, one thing it does very well is the naming of parts. By adopting an almost childlike literalism, Microsoft makes it trivially easy to work out what its applications do. Free software, alas, takes a rather different approach.
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Sun's VirtualBox Revs, Perhaps for the Last Time
For years it seems Sun Microsystems seems to be one of those companies ahead of the curve yet missing the boat. This week's release of VirtualBox 3.1 is no exception to that
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