With the release of Ubuntu Hardy Heron now behind us, most eyes are turned to October when Intrepid Ibex, or Ubuntu Linux 8.10, will make its debut. While Hardy Heron was designed to be stable enough to be a long-term support release, Intrepid Ibex promises to be packed with more exciting features, something that Ubuntu fans always enjoy.
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AbiWord - an Alternative Word Processor
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OpenOffice.org is generally considered the flagship of productivity programs in the open source world, but it’s not the only choice for many standard productivity tasks you need to get done from day to day.
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The Wine Platinum Regression Hunt
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Wine is nearing its 1.0 release, and we need your help to make sure it's a good one!
Wine has been under heavy development in recent months, and some applications that used to work well no longer do. But we don't know which ones! Please help us find them, so we can fix them. Here's how:
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PlayOnLinux 2.7.2 released
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PlayOnLinux 2.7.2 is available today, Here are the new features: A new function: message_one, Improved IRC, Wine version manager fixed, The manque function, Tools menu improved, A new plugin: TransgamingCedega
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Grandmom’s guide to Ubuntu: Hardy Heron ate my mp3’s
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Well, it’s time to update the Linux. The latest update is Hardy Heron.
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Replacing Nautilus with quicker and faster PCMan File Manager in Ubuntu 8.04
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Nautilus is the default file manager used in Gnome by most of the Linux distributions, now even though nautilus is extremely user friendly and has wide array of features (including ability to extend it's feature set with scripts and extensions). All these features does make nautilus bit resource hungry especially if you are using older machine.
Read more »A full Hardy Heron Review
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Hardy Heron is a fast, exceptionally stable operating system. It is a significant step up from Windows XP and better than Vista when it comes to efficiently using resources, and frankly, ease of use.
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Installing WINE
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In our Linux gaming feature a couple of months ago we looked at Wine, the Windows compatibility layer that allows Linux users to run a number of Windows games, including recent hits like Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty 4. It’s not the easiest thing to set up – not by a long shot, in fact – but that’s why we’re here.
Read more »Hidden Linux : Other worlds
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If you've installed Ubuntu (or Kubuntu or Xubuntu or Edubuntu or Gobuntu) and are wondering what those other desktops are like, there's an easy way to find out. No, I don't mean download, burn and boot the respective CDs. I mean just add 'em to your current configuration.
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Audacity Tutorial part 1 – Recording audio tracks
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This tutorial presents the most important functions of Audacity. Part 1 is devoted to issues associated with recording of audio files. Next parts will show how to use effects, mix tracks and remove vocals from music recordings.
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Video Editing on Linux :: It can be a real joy!
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I totally rate Cinelerra as the best video editing app on Linux. The feature set is powerful, the effects are plentiful and the general usage is a dream. Yes it took me a little while to get to grips with but now I say with great confidence, Video editing on Linux isn’t a myth, it isn’t false hope, it’s here.
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Zile 2.2.59 released
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"I am happy to announce the release of Zile 2.2.59, the tiny Emacs clone. [...] Zile's web page is at http://www.gnu.org/software/zile/ ..."
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Silverlighting your web experience on Linux with Project Moonlight
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Silverlight is Microsoft's foray into building interactive Rich Internet Applications.
Microsoft has released browser plugins for Windows and OS X but it's not a surprise that Linux was left out, as usual. Here’s where Moonlight comes in for the Linux world..
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Changing The Language & Keyboard Layout On Various Distributions
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This document describes how to reconfigure the default language and the keyboard layout on various distributions so that they suit your location. I made this howto for our VMware images where the keyboard layout is always set to German and a few users have problems to configure the language and keyboard layout on these images.
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What A New OS Needs
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An interesting open-source project begun in 1996 has led to the alpha release of ReactOS, a clone of Windows XP based on the architecture of Windows Server 2003. I predict these folks can produce a stable, free OS within the next few years if they are encouraged and supported. This could prove to be a bigger threat than Linux to Microsoft 's dominance.
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