This latest gOS release contains a lot of package updates, bug fixes & configuration enhancements. gOS makes heavy used of Google’s web-based applications, like Gmail & Google Finance.
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Gwget:Download Manager For Gnome
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What Ubuntu really lacks, is a good download manager. I wanted one and no, Firefox extension 'Downloadthemall' wouldn't work for me. So I decided to look around for a decent download manager.
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7 Great Free/Open-source Platform Games for Linux
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If you are exhausted from playing your favorite FPS games like Urban Terror or Alien Arena, how about you relax a little and play some good old "platform games" on your Linux box. I have here a list of some great free and open source platform games that you may enjoy.
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Ubuntu 8.10 upmc for the Asus EeePC? Don't bother, just install the full distro
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I discovered recently the truth of the old saying that necessity is the mother of invention. Yes, I finally did it. I bricked my beloved EeePc. I had just installed the Smart package manager and a subsequent reboot saw me stuck in, well, an eternal boot loop. Impulsive mixing of repositories always ends in tears - but not being able to boot? Argh!
Read more »BleachBit - Cleans unnecessary files to free disk space and maintain privacy
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BleachBit deletes unnecessary files to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk. Rid your system of old clutter including cache, temporary files, cookies, and broken shortcuts. Designed for Linux systems, it wipes clean Bash, Beagle, Epiphany, Firefox, Flash, Java, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Opera, RealPlayer, rpmbuild, VIM, XChat, and more.
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The Linux Applications Alternative Series: Bittorrent
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Its a common misconception that Linux doesn’t have applications for day to day computing, nothing can be further from the truth. In fact I would wager that there is an alternative for any app/function out there.
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Fedora 10 Impressions
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I decided to switch my desktop back to Linux now that I know I can play Counter-Strike in VirtualBox thanks to the OpenGL 3D acceleration availible in VirtualBox 2.1.0. I *was* going to go back to the ‘ol reliable Ubuntu, but I decided since I have Nvidia graphics now, that I would try out Fedora 10 since the drivers are availible in RPMFusion’s repo.
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Tux Racer on the iPhone
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Warning : english translation at the bottom of this article.
This video shows a demonstration of the famous open source games Tux Racer, running with the iPhone.
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Multimedia support in OpenSuse 11.1 (MP3, MPEG-4, DiVX, etc.)
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How to get the complete Multimedia support in OpenSuse 11.1 (MP3, MPEG-4, DiVX, etc.)
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The Dark Art of Sound on Linux
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I've been trying to get a USB headset to work gracefully with a variety of applications on Linux for quite some time. Recently I had a bit more time to investigate why this is so difficult, and to learn a few things about ALSA. Inspired by Mr. Sterling, I feel compelled to share the results of this ... experimentation.
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The understated usefulness of SSH, part 2.
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Last time, I covered some different ways of using SSH for remote access on a LAN or over the Internet, using RSA keys for secure authentication, and how to use GNU Screen to keep a process running after disconnecting your SSH session.
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Open Source Tax Solver - TaxSolve.c
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OpenTaxSolver (OTS) is a free program for calculating Tax Form entries and tax-owed or refund-due, such as Federal or State personal income taxes. Updating of TaxSolver has begun for the 2008 tax-year. We are awaiting release of the 2008 forms.
Read more »The New Ubuntu Brainstorm
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The new and much improved version of Ubuntu Brainstorm, Ubuntu's site for receiving ideas from users and allowing other users to vote on those ideas, was launched today.
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Google Creates Open-Source App Engine Project for Exporting Blog Content
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Google unveils the open-source Blog Converters project for federating the exchange of data between blogging platforms, including Blogger, MoveableType, WordPress and LiveJournal. Blog Converters is just one facet of a fundamental shift from siloed Web sites, which lock users in to their services, to a more boundless Web, where users can liberally migrate their data from one Web site to the next.
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