Computer users expect their systems to work well at all times, but unfortunately this isn’t always the case. If your system becomes slow, there certainly is something you can do about it. This article will help you understand what’s happening on the system, whether it’s the computer in front of you or a system you’re accessing remotely.
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Google Tech Talks - Gaming For Freedom
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Tim Ansell, founder of the Thousand Parsec project, explores the universe of Free and Open Source computer games, drawing on his personal experience as a case study for successfully building and contributing to an Open Source game project.
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Mandriva Flash 2008 Spring released
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Mandriva today announces the release of Mandriva Flash 2008 Spring, the new release of its popular bootable distribution on a USB key. This new version uses the new Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring as its base, doubles the key's capacity to 8GB, introduces a new installer which allows you to install Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring to the system's hard disk, and comes in an attractive new white color scheme.
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Switch to Evolution
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I’ve been using Mozilla Thunderbird for years now and found it the best email client available. Well, at least from the ones I knew. And Incredimail isn’t such a good competitor. ;)
But I did miss something. Some things just didn’t go really smooth and I wanted to integrate it more with GNOME.
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Violate the GPL at your own risk
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It used to be that companies could get away with stealing GPLed open-source code into their own software and no one would be the wiser. Those days are done.
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How To Install And Use gDesklets On Ubuntu 8.04
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This document describes how to install and use gDesklets on Ubuntu 8.04. Taken from the gDesklets page: "gDesklets is a system for bringing mini programs (desklets), such as weather forecasts, news tickers, system information displays, or music player controls, onto your desktop, where they are sitting there in a symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness.
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Spread Firefox | The Home of Firefox Community Marketing
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Mozilla Firefox has revealed the date for their Guinness World Record attempt for the most software downloads in 24 hours. Mark your calendars! June 17 is the big day.
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Mobile devices in GNU/Linux and GNOME
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You have a computer (a laptop or a desktop). Since it’s a machine you use often and don’t tinker with much, it probably runs Ubuntu Linux. Or, maybe, another distribution (like Mandriva 2008). If it doesn’t run GNU/Linux, I hope you’re at least using BSD. If not, stop reading right now!
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PCLinuxOS 2007 - Funny name, serious distro.
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The last time I looked at PCLinuxOS was version 0.92, which according to DistroWatch was about 3 years ago. I was asked to take a look at it again, so here I go.
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Introduction to Linux Gaming
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When you think of Linux, you probably think of open source software and security, but not gaming. Most people think if you are into gaming, Windows is your only option. A few years ago this might have been the case but not anymore.
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Brasero 0.7.1 Review - CD/DVD Burning Application for GNOME
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Currently at version 0.7.1, Brasero impresses with a simple layout and an intuitive interface. The left panel contains a file browser from which you can select the files/folders which you want on your CD, and in the right panel you can visualize what files are to be written. Of course, for ease of use, you can drag and drop files from the file browser to the right panel.
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The Power of Plasma theming - a gallery of 23 themes
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KDE is well known for the possibilities to configure it just like you want. And Plasma is no exclusion of this rule. Instead, the theming is well documented and there are already many user themes available at kde-look.org.
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Desktop Effects Power Consumption
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I recently installed the KDE4 version of Kubuntu on my laptop using the Wubi installer and was able to start using KWin's desktop effects on my laptop for the first time. I wasn't able to do so in the past because I didn't have a native install and VMware Player doesn't support hardware acceleration.
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Spawn of Ubuntu
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Looking for a new desktop? Ubuntu’s spiffy progeny includes several worth checking out, including Linux Mint, Freespire, and gOS.
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Three Awesome Experimental Firefox Extensions
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While scouring the far corners of the internet, we often run across tools that look great but come up just short of making the cut for a post.
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