In my previous article, I shared my opinions and overall vision of the state of Linux wireless today. In this latest installment, I will demonstrate exactly how one can have a simple way to implement Linux wireless connectivity without all of the headaches.
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Hidden Linux : New Compiz Effects
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I've long been a fan of Compiz desktop candy (see here and here), so when I saw version 0.7.6 had been released I rushed to install it. The release notes give details of updates, fixes and new additions, but I wanted to try out the sphere and cylinder alternatives to my usual desktop cube. Here's some comparative shots...
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Install Three Experimental Compiz Plugins
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Some Compiz Fusion effects are unsupported and are not usually easily available from software repositories. I installed three well-known, but experimental, Compiz plugins: atlantis2, freewins, and screensaver.
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OOo Basic crash course: Creating charts with Base and Calc
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While OpenOffice.org Base is good for storing and querying data, it doesn't provide any easy way to chart information. This is exactly what Calc does best, with its dedicated chart module. If you want to visualize data stored in a Base database, you can write an OOo Basic macro that pulls data from a database, inserts it into a Calc spreadsheet, and then creates a chart. Here's how.
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identi.ca creator Evan Prodromou explains why he's taking on Twitter (video)
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Bzzz.... bzzz...... bzzz...... That's not the sound of bees. It's the buzz surrounding new, open source Twitter competitor identi.ca.
Read more »List of RSS Readers Available in Ubuntu
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RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a standardized format. An RSS document (which is called a “feed”, “web feed”, or “channel”) contains either a summary of content from an associated web site or the full text.
Read more »5 Reasons to Choose Debian Linux Over Ubuntu Linux
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For those rare people who don’t know, Canonical’s Ubuntu distribution is basically Debian Sid (the unstable version) plus a few GUI apps and modifications. Debian is one of the most successful community-based distributions. Don’t get me wrong, I use both Debian and Ubuntu, and they both perform well, but here are some reasons to choose Debian over Ubuntu...
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WineHQ DIB engine status
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Huw Davies today sent a update on the status of the DIB Engine that he's working on for Wine. Wine requires a DIB engine (part of the display subsystem that, when pointed at screen memory, can serve as a flat-frame-buffer display driver) to properly handle Device Independent Bitmaps (DIB).
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Picking a Penguin
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For no good reason other than curiosity (and a bloated XP install that gets slower by the hour) the inner geek in me has been looking for a competent Linux distribution to try...Since I first started experimenting most of the distros have improved greatly, and in the last month or so I’ve gotten several different varieties to keep my interest.
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Banshee 1.2 released!
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Banshee 1.2 just released - download it now! Lots of features!
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Ultamatix may be a worthy successor to Automatix for new Ubuntu and Debian users
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Some Ubuntu fans out there may remember Automatix, a tool for Ubuntu that allowed easy access to many popular non-free applications and commonly-used audio and video codecs.
Read more »Free Disk Space from APT’s Cache
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Ubuntu doesn’t require a lot of disk space to install, but if you’ve installed in a virtual machine with a small virtual drive, or partitioned most of your disk for your /home, you may need to free up some space on a system occasionally.
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Online Word Processors Worth A Try
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If you a looking for an alternative to OpenOffice, web applications are becoming an extremely good option. Of course. Most people know about Google Docs, but there are many other alternatives. In order to help you narrow your search, below is a list of some of your options as well as a short description.
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TweetDeck on Ubuntu
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I just installed the Twitter client TweetDeck on my Ubuntu laptop (Fiesty Fawn v. 7.04). In the short time I have played with it, it seems to be working as well as my Windows-based app. The Adobe AIR framework is in alpha for Linux and so it is anyone’s guess what ultimately will happen.
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20 Most Nimble and Simple X Window Managers for Linux
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One of the best ways to speed up your Linux desktop is to utilize an ultra-lightweight window manager. To all speed-conscious techies, minimalist lovers, and to those who are still hoping to revive their ageing computer hardware, let me introduce you to the 20 most nimble and simple X window managers for Linux.
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