I switched to Mandriva Linux this past week. Having tried and tested the Live CD, and verifying that everything was fine, I decided to install it on the HD.The boot was quiet, and the installation took around 15 minutes. Haunted by the choice of environments, I chose KDE over GNOME, simply because it was listed first.
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Ubuntu and the Temple of Doom
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Honestly, why has Ubuntu become the love of the linux community? What I see is a nicely polished distro with virtually no consistent admin tools and a lot of hype.
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HOWTO Install RealPlayer on Ubuntu
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In my last post I had a mini rant regarding the BBC's use of RealPlayer and how I believe Real's media formats are not particularly well supported under Linux. In the comments which followed, James pointed out the fact that RealPlayer is supported under Linux; you just have download the executable binary file and install it yourself. In my reply to James, I stated:
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It´s Now or Never - Switch now where itś the Time
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The News hasn't been faded away yet. Fedora 9 [Sulphur] has been released. The Most awaited version of the Fedora series. It has also been even Rescheduled for the sake of itś quality. Even During this Busy Days, I haven't Forgot to Download ASAP it was Released. This is my Journey...
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Kubuntu Hardy Heron KDE 4 Remix review
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As promised, here I’m going to take a look at the new ‘KDE 4 Remix’ version of Kubuntu.
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Sorting your data with msort
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msort is a tool for sorting text files. With both a command-line and graphical interface, it allows you to pick out where your sort keys are in a file and lets you select how to order those keys in a number of ways.
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How to Install Cursor Themes
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I’ve enjoyed regularly changing up my GTK and Metacity themes, but until recently I have never switched to a new cursor set. There are many high-quality cursor themes available, and they are easy to install in GNOME.
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How to Replace Nautilus with PCMan File Manager in Ubuntu
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An extremely fast and lightweight file manager for X.PCMan File Manager is a gtk2 based file manager for the X Window System.
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firefox 3.0 Release Candidate 1 available for download
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Mozilla Firefox project (formerly Firebird, which was formerly Phoenix) is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component, written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross-platform. It includes a popup blocker, tabbed browsing, a smarter search, hassle free downloading, and improved privacy and security.
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Screencast Video of the New Run Dialog for KDE 4.1
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KRunner in 4.0.x was not meant to be a production interface. Just under the wire for the feature freeze, KDE team managed to get a new user interface that they've been working on for KDE 4.1. It provides a much nicer experience including more speed, solid stability, better usability, more configurability and fun eye candy.
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Find and fix weak OpenSSL/OpenSSH keys: Debian-based Linux vulnerability
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A recent vulnerability was found in the OpenSSL package as provided by Debian and Debian-based Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, that broke the effectiveness of the OpenSSL PRNG (Predictable Random Number Generator). This vulnerability caused OpenSSL to generate weak keys for anything relying on OpenSSL, including SSL certificates, OpenSSH keys, and OpenVPN keys.
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5 Great Alternative To Photoshop
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Adobe Photoshop is a great product. I have been using it since 2003 and I simply love its functionality and ease of use. If there is anything to complaint about, then it has to be the high cost (US$649) involved in buying the software.
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Linux Format Mega-Distro DVD
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Back in the Dark Ages of my home computer, when I was running Windows full time, I was quite the “Distro Dabbler”. I was forever downloading ISOs of various Linux distributions, burning them on a CD and trying them out by installing it on an unused partitions. Until finally, about two years ago, I bit the bullet and moved off of Windows forever (well, except for some gaming).
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Extensions for OpenOffice.org Draw
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Draw is probably the most under-estimated of the OpenOffice.org applications. Either users seem to expect it to be equivalent to the GIMP or Visio, or they fail to see its desktop publishing possibilities -- but in all cases they are disappointed. Probably, that explains why the OpenOffice.org Extensions page has only a handful of Draw extensions.
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Creating large graphs with Tulip
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Tulip a framework that allows you to create, visualize, manipulate, and export large graphs. Tulip can import graphs from the popular Graphviz package and allows you to export a graph visualization in a number of bitmap image formats as well as SVG and EPS for eventual inclusion into a PDF file.
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