If only all the other hardware makers were as obliging as this one, but check out how they still manage to keep GNU/Linux as a "second-class citizen".
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How to convert CHM files into PDF files in Ubuntu
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If you want to convert .chm file to .pdf file you need to install chm2pdf application.This is A Python script that converts CHM files into PDF files. The package supports batch conversion, command line, PDF security options, password protection and compression modes. The program has Explorer-like interface.
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Liberation Fonts Increase Interoperability For Linux Users
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"Most problems when opening Word documents under GNU/Linux are due to missing fonts. Therefore, Red Hat published a set of fonts metric-compatible with the Windows core fonts last year. However, there were some concerns regarding the licensing that prevented many other distros to ship them.
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Even Easer to Love
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The very day the EeePC 701 was available in stores in New Zealand, swept up in the internet hype, I bought one.
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Fight Phishing From The Unix Or Linux Command Line
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Discussion of phishing schemes and ways to counter them effectively.
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Firefox and Thunderbird phone home daily
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Several of you have emailed me to let me know of a Firefox and Thunderbird feature that you might not be aware of - both applications phone home on a daily basis.
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30+ Must-Have Updated Firefox 3 Extensions
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We’ve put together a list of 30+ must-have Firefox 3 extensions that we know you’ll enjoy, whether you’ve upgraded to Firefox 3 and are looking for something new to add to your browser, or have yet to make the upgrade and are looking for a reason.
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Amarok 2: Artwork is Back
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My last couple of weeks has been spent focusing on getting cover art back up to scratch in Amarok 2. Cover art really adds a lot of spice and colour into the UI of the application, especially now that we are showing the artwork in the collection browser, context view and playlist.
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Synchronize directories with Komparator and KDiff3
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If you work some of the time on your laptop and some of the time on your desktop box, making sure that your work is updated on both machines is a must. Many tools can help you accomplish this, from command-line tools such as scp and rsync to generic graphical applications like Konqueror or Krusader, to more specific tools like Unison.
Read more »Creating DVD subtitles using Linux tools
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My mother is completely deaf without her cochlear implant, so closed captions and subtitles on DVDs are standard fare in our house. However, when I make a home movie, I haven't always had a way to subtitle it for her.
Read more »Linux Got Game: Urban Terror 4.1 Review
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I had the time to play yet another exciting game on my Linux box. It’s a free first person shooter called Urban Terror. The game is a total modification of the immensely popular Quake III Arena. It introduces many elements of the tactical shooter genre --team-driven gaming in more realistic environments.
Read more »Getting Started with GNU Privacy Guard
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Keeping information safe and away from eyes that shouldn’t see it can be pretty important. Here in the UK we’ve had several instances where the government has lost personal information. Since that information wasn’t encrypted, it could be in anyone’s hands by now.
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Gdium, another Eee PC competitor
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The mini-laptop runs on the Mandriva G-Linux Linux distro & offers many applications like, Open Office, Firefox, ThunderBird, ClamAv, Spam Assassin & Gimp.
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Vagalume — A GTK+-based Last.fm client
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Vagalume is my favorite Last.fm client. Vagalume is based on GTK+. It supports GNOME and Maemo platform. If you’re look for cool Last.fm client, I recommend you try out Vagalume.
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10 IRC client for Linux
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For many like me IRC is the main chat medium to share information about things we love. Be it linux, Ubuntu, games, whatever; there are always channels with many like minded people to talk to. There are a huge number of IRC clients out there, listing them all for me would be an impossible task.
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