Move over Hodgman and that hipster kid who briefly dated Drew Barrymore, because there's a new advertising campaign in town that hopes to take Linux into the mainstream. With commercials.
Read more »"I'm Linux" Video Contest Will Probably Be a Forking Mess
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Pidgin 2.5.3 (Finally!)
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Well, we finally kicked Pidgin 2.5.3 out of the nest, two days late. It's spreading its wings and flying.
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An Easy Way to Introduce Inkscape Drawing Program to Youth and Adults
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Inkscape is a fun, free and very powerful vector drawing program that runs on all major computer platforms: Linux, Macintosh and Windows. This program can give you endless hours of enjoyment, even if you're not an artist. And if you develop mastery of using Inkscape, someone wants to pay you money to create graphics for them.
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Software as a Subversive Activity, Part 6: Linux Isn't Just Good Ideology -- It's Better Computing
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There's no way around it: the longer you run a Windows installation, the slower and less responsive it gets. On my year-old dual-boot laptop, I wait longer and longer for Windows to boot, and longer and longer for programs to do what I ask.
Read more »Review: The Logitech MX Air on Linux
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For some time I have wondered how well the Logitech MX Air mouse really works. It claims to let you control your computer simply by holding your mouse in the air, pointing it at your computer, and waving it around. Recently, I have gotten the chance to check it out.
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Linux Mint 6 "Felicia" Review
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TechieMoe reviews a lot of distributions and he's consistently reviewed Mint since the release of version 3.1. He is the first to review Linux Mint 6 Felicia and gives it a rating of 3 out of 4.
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How To Backup Your Ubuntu System With Remastersys
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After countless hours of configuring, tweaking, installing new applications onto your Ubuntu system, the last thing that you want to do is to reformat and start everything all over again. Remastersys is here to save you all this trouble.
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10 Firefox Extensions For Better Tab Management
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The tab is easily one of the most used feature in Firefox. It gives you the convenience of browsing different sites in one single window and save you the trouble of too many windows cluttering your desktop. If you are like me, who like to open many tabs at the same time, here are 10 useful extensions that you can use to better manage your tabs.
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A Penguin Deathmatch? Fedora 10 vs. Ubuntu 8.10
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After several weeks of trying I finally had to give in to my sweaty and now pruney hands. I could not get the heat out of my Ubuntu install on my T60p laptop. I tried everything…CPU monitors, tuning down the speed, blowing out the vents, BIOS changes, and all that. Last night I grabbed the Fedora 10 installer, burned an ISO and re-booted.
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How to Install KDE 4.2 beta in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
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KDE now provides an easy to use contemporary desktop environment available for UNIX and compatible systems. Together with a free implementation of UNIX such as GNU/Linux, UNIX/KDE constitutes a completely free and open computing platform available to anyone free of charge.
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Three Great Distributions for Christmas: sidux, AntiX M8.0 and SimplyMEPIS 8.0
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The Debian project has packaged and produced some really great software and the latest project, code named "Lenny" has resulted in a couple of really outstanding derivatives, AntiX and its parent SimplyMEPIS. In addition, the Debian project "Sid", has led to the creation of an awesome cutting edge system called sidux.
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Wink - Tutorial and Presentation creation software
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Today, we'll learn how to create impressive, captivating animated screencast-like presentations that will help you deliver your ideas in a unique, highly professional manner.
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New From Round Solutions: Pocket Size Linux PC With GPS And GPRS
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Electronics manufacturer Round Solutions presents the AarLogic C10/3, a breadboard which contains a complete Linux PC on a surface of just 104mm x 63mm. A Quad-band GPRS module and SiRF3 GPS module are also on board, as well as interfaces for USB, RS232 and Ethernet components. An SD-card reader enables the trouble-free expansion of the 4 Mb of RAM which comes as standard.
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The 10 Coolest Open Source Products Of 2008
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Open Source Software is about more than just the Linux operating system, and 2008 brought advances in the form of OpenOffice.org, IBM Lotus Symphony, Firefox and Android. But Linux is still the heart of the FOSS movement, and this year brought key developments in the operating system as well. Here's a look at the coolest open source products to come across the transom in 2008.
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N810-ish, Linux-based MID pops up overseas, brings hope to at least one reviewer
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You know, we were hoping for a Nokia knock-off to poke fun at this morning, but what we got instead was a comprehensive five page review of a vaguely N810-ish, Linux-based handheld called the MID-2008.
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