If you support multiple desktops, which one gets top billing? Kind of like Lennon and McCartney (please tell me that most of my readers are old enough to get the reference…), it doesn’t really matter very much — there’s so much awesome in each one that it’s just not possible to detract from the choices with an arbitrary decision about which one should go first.
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Screenlets work with Compiz widget layer in Ubuntu Gutsy
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Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as “the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk”. Sticknotes, clocks, rulers, … the possibilities are endless.
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Where do we go from here now that Gnome has grown up?
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My recent post about old the beginnings of Gnome and my natural tendency to look at the Roadmap for the next version of Gnome and Ubuntu when an Ubuntu release comes out have led me to a conclusion: Gnome is pretty much finished.
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Nemo Review: A New File Manager for Linux
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Keeping with a very obvious Gmail overtone, Nemo provides the end user with the ability to star, label and sort based on other file type criteria. Extremely helpful if you know when the file in question came to be and whether it’s a document or a picture. This is something that Tracker is not going to provide quite as easily.
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Good and Open Source compatible printers
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I reported about printers which work well with open source once in a while. This time, it was myself who needed a replacement for the fax machine, so I was looking for an all-in-one printer / scanner / copier / fax. And I found one which I really like.
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Ubuntu 8.04 Is Ready to Take On Windows
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Ubuntu's deep software catalog, focus on usability and active community combine with long-term support to put desktop Linux's best face forward.
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Hardy Heron? Hardly
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Another thing which is a trifle annoying is the amount of time taken to boot up and shut down. I have no idea why this is so. The first time I shut down the PC, I left the room and then came back and had a second look to see if I had actually initiated the shutdown.
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Hardy Heron Makes Linux Worth Another Look
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If you've flirted with the idea of switching your desktop operating system to Linux but never took the leap, the time is now. This week's release of Hardy Heron, an Ubuntu release that will be supported until 2011, offers a freer, more productive space for work and play than ever before.
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Mythbuntu 8.04 now available!
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After long hours and endless work the Mythbuntu team is excited about the release of Mythbuntu 8.04. This release is built on the LTS base of Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. We would like to thank everyone that contributed in getting to this second release.
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Kubuntu Hardy: Mildly disappointing
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Well, it's that time of year again. The time of year when the Ubuntu faithful crash servers everywhere trying to download the newest version of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, or derivative (all at the same time). So instead of doing my usual column, I'm listing what's new in the latest release of Kubuntu and everything that it offers.
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Project Diaspora Open Sourced and Finished. Space MMORPG
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Project Diaspora is a 2D Space Trading MMORPG for Windows and Linux. Project Diaspora is a High quality, multi-player internet based game. Graphics are good, and game mechanics solid. Create your character or characters, buy a ship, outfit it with weapons, missiles, and equipment. Buy, transport and sell cargo at over a dozen planets in different zones of play.
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Gimp 2.6 in July?
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"The release cycles of upcoming stable versions of GIMP are being shortened as the developers decided after the GIMP 2.4. release. In the last days and weeks it has come clear that the release of GIMP 2.6. is coming definately in this summer and probably already in July! ..."
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EuroOffice
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EuroOffice is the name of a free and open-source OpenOffice.org derivative and a set of accompanying free and non-free extensions. Most of the extensions also work with "vanilla" OpenOffice.org.
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Ubuntu for “Humans”
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One of the common things I see around the net is people complaining about Ubuntu’s Brown/Orange Human theme. Now I know there is going to be a “new” theme for Intrepid but I just hope as much thought goes into it that apparently went into Human.
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Other Ubuntu variants
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So Ubuntu Hardy Heron has now arrived, and you can download the new release from the Ubuntu site. The main desktop release tends to overshadow the other projects that are official variants of Ubuntu. If you’re new to the distro, new to Linux in general, or just want a refresher, here’s what is available as well as the standard desktop product.
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