In this article, Natan Yellin writes about GNOME Zeitgeist, a new user interface for documents and user information in the GNOME desktop currently planned for GNOME 3.0.
Read more »An Introduction to GNOME Zeitgeist
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Install XFCE4 Screenshooter 1.6.0 in Ubuntu Jaunty (From a .deb File)
We already presented the best screenshot application for Linux (for me at least): XFCE4 Screenshooter 1.6.0 (the article also explains how to make it the default screenshot tool in Ubuntu). But At the time I wrote the post, there was no .deb package available for Ubuntu so you had to compile it. Now there is such a package, so there is no need to compile it
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Should you upgrade your Linux distribution?
So you’re working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you’re jonesing over the new release of your distribution. How do you know if you should upgrade? Is it worth it? What would stop you from making the upgrade?
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Changing the World, One Penguin at a Time
Does the idea of "advocacy" make you nervous? It does sound a bit scary, doesn't it, like those annoying door-to-door religious people. But it's not that way. If you're interested in helping people learn to speak Linux, here are a few easy, non-scary tips.
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GoldenDict: A Dictionary Nugget
While StarDict touts itself as "the best dictionary program for Linux and Windows," it has a serious challenger to the title called GoldenDict.
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Canonical’s Private Ubuntu Cloud Strategy: Rewards and Risks
Canonical has launched an Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud effort to help customers build and support cloud infrastructures that live behind corporate firewalls. The announcement, leveraging Ubuntu Server Edition, caught The VAR Guy's attention for two key reasons...
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ReactOS 0.3.9 Review and Screenshot Tour
10 years is a long time and although they failed to deliver version 1.0 in this time, by working closely with the WINE project, they managed to put together a working development version. So let’s see what version 0.3.9 has in store for us, shall we?
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The Open Source Public Relations Engine
Has Open Source lost its mojo? Has it become so common place that there are no real innovations to talk about? Or is it simply the summer lull?
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Government of Portugal Ignores Procurement Rules and Gives Taxpayers’ Money to Microsoft
Another classic case of illegitimate use of money without public tender
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Qt for beginners
I made some tutorials how to use the Qt Creator and how to begin with Qt. Also a example how to convert binary numbers into decimal and back.
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How To Find A Good Electrician
Of all the DIY trades that exist, it is easy to believe that electrics is one of the most dangerous, if only for high voltages and possible explosions in the case of such mishaps as incorrect wiring.
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Do-licious
GNOME Do is a popular application that started off as inspired by gnome-launchbox and the “open version” of Quicksilver. However, over the last year the project has branched out in its own innovative ways.
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Gramps: Free genealogy application
Free application to create, edit and store your family tree.
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5 Top of the Line Twitter Desktop Clients for Linux
If you've been using Twitter through its website, I recommend that you use a desktop client instead to further enhance your twitting experience. Since Twitter has become immensely popular, there are tons and tons of available desktop applications that support this great micro-blogging service.
Read more »Easy Installation of Codecs, Flash Plugin, Graphics Drivers etc in Ubuntu
There is an easy way to solve the problem though. The solution is a software called EasyUbuntu witch adds almost all necessary extensions to the Ubuntu. Install EasyUbuntu after a fresh Ubuntu installation and usual codecs, graphics drivers, Flash-plugin, Java etc will be installed in an easy way.
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