"Brian Brazil has announced the final release of gNewSense 2.0 "DeltaH", a 100% "libre" distribution based on the recently released Ubuntu 8.04: ..."
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Get DeltaH, gNewSense 2.0
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"BOSTON, MA, USA — May 1, 2008 — The gNewSense project today announced the release of DeltaH, the second version of their all free-software GNU/Linux distribution..."
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9 features I wish Ubuntu had: or why I still prefer PCLinux
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I’ve been using Ubuntu 8.04 for about four days now and I must admit that that I still prefer PCLinuxOS 2007 as my favourite entry-level Linux distribution. However, I’ve compiled a list of 9 features I wish Ubuntu had, which may help me change my mind. (why 9? I couldn’t think of more at the time of writing, but more ideas will come to me)
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New SymphonyOne distro plays a different tune
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After several years of development, SymphonyOS this month released SymphonyOne 2008.1, the first stable version of its distribution. When SymphonyOS first emerged three years ago, it offered a Linux desktop experience unlike any ever seen before by structuring the computer desktop to function more like a real-life desk instead of just another system folder.
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Improved Video with Hardy Heron
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Ubuntu is the world's most popular desktop GNU/Linux distro. But, you have to admit, their productHardy Heron quality can sometimes be hit-and-miss.
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How-to Install Cairo-Dock
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Cairo-Dock is a system dock similar to Awn and the dock in Mac OS X. It’s not as fancy as Awn, but Cairo-Dock is very configurable and supports some slick graphical effects.
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Plans for Compiz in Ubuntu 8.10
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It’s that time again. Time to plan for a new release of Ubuntu, I mean. There are some rather large things in this list and so I doubt all of them will be implemented in time but it is always better to dream big and get as much done as possible. Otherwise we’ll have everything done in a month and be left with nothing else to do (except fix bugs, of course).
Read more »YouTube tools for the Linux desktop
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You can see YouTube videos everywhere nowadays: on blogs, Google search results, even some news sites. From time to time, you can even manage to find something interesting. This article will show you some Linux tools you can use to save and convert YouTube videos.
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Howto: Install VirtualBox in Ubuntu Hardy Heron with USB Support in 5 easy Steps!
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When I last checked Virtualbox did not update their repositories for Hardy Heron, its not a problem, their is a hardy package without a repository...So lets install the brand new virtualbox package for Hardy Heron...
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7 Ways to Copy Successfully in Firefox
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Sure, you can highlight with your mouse, right-click and copy - but why do that when there are so many awesome add-ons for Firefox that will help you get it done better and faster? If your looking for an extension to help power up your browser’s copying of links, information and more I have seven of them that should help you get the job done.
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Linux vs. Windows Metrics -- Nothing Is Quite What It Seems To Be
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10 days ago the Linux Loop blog had a post titled “Linux Eee PC Far Faster Than Windows Version”. I’m sure many Linux users nodded and had assumed as much. The author compared the times of three tasks: boot up, loading Firefox, and shutting down. That’s hardly a comprehensive set of tests. Some people commented to dismiss these metrics as “meaningless”.
Read more »Repagination Pulls Multi-Page Articles into One
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Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): If you're sick of clicking through to subsequent pages of online articles, Firefox extension Repagination adds an option to your context menu to pull all of the pages onto one.
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Ubuntu 8.10 'Intrepid Ibex' Release Schedule
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Ubuntu is a Linux distribution for your desktop or server, with a fast and easy install, regular releases, a tight selection of excellent packages installed by default, every other package you can imagine available from the network and professional technical support from Canonical Ltd and hundreds of other companies around the world.
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Flashblock 1.5.5
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"Flashblock is an extension for the Mozilla, Firefox, and Netscape browsers that takes a pessimistic approach to dealing with Macromedia Flash content on a webpage and blocks ALL Flash content from loading..." ** http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ ** https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433
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How Software is Built - Interview with Wade Olson from KDE
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Background of KDE and comparison to GNOME, ensuring usability in an open source project, managing interoperability among components, impact of commercial acquisition of open source projects, cross-platform support in KDE and reaction to KDE 4 public release.
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