Manufacturers and PC vendors would have you believe that there's only one way to speed up your machine: buy new kit. And then, in 18 months, buy new kit again. However, it's usually our software that's the real bottleneck.
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KDE 4.2 installation/upgrade on Debian/Kbuntu and OpenSuse
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January 27, 2009. The KDE Community announced the immediate availability of "The Answer", (a.k.a KDE 4.2.0), readying the Free Desktop for end users. KDE 4.2 builds on the technology introduced with KDE 4.0 in January 2008. After the release of KDE 4.1, which was aimed at casual users, the KDE Community is now confident we have a compelling offering for the majority of end users.
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Dreamlinux 3.5 Review
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Dreamlinux is excellent for laptop users who only have wireless internet and want to run a Linux Live CD. It's also a dream-come-true for Linux beginners who don't want to or can't install the drivers.
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Brilliant Brainstorms #44 - Organize your Desktops
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Brilliant Brainstorms is a (usually) weekly summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site. This week: easily tracking all the stuff on your desktop; disabling screensavers during video playback; correctly and easily detect and configure external monitors; one interface for customization options.
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Gnome vs KDE in Ubuntu - 2009
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I believe the best way to summarize the difference is a few words is hard, but I'll give it a try :
- Gnome is very user friendly , easy to use , and very intuitive
- KDE is for advance user, it's different, it's eye candy
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PCLinuxOS: Big update coming
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Once again, we do apologize for the long wait and size of this update, but many hiccups along the way conspired against us. The Rippers have been working for months on this to make it as trouble free as humanly possible. We're hoping there won't be too many problems.
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Conkeror: Emacs insprired browser
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"...When I started Conkeror, I was a bit surprised. The browser is stripped down to the very basics and you have to configure it yourself. It comes with a brief tutorial on how to do the very basic things and you can find a lot of configuration tips at the Conkeror Wiki.
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Can a BasKet Replace Google Notebook?
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I’ve always been a PIM junkie. A PIM is a Personal Information Manager, and what has interested me are systems that help you organise information, not those little calendar and contacts programs that are often called “PIMs”.
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Inkscape Tutorial - Raised Lettering Effect
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A while back I saw a search come in for "Inkscape bump-map". While a bump-map filter as such does not exist in Inkscape, there is a way to get shapes to have a raised 3D appearance. We'll use lettering for this example.
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Convert DVDs to xvid (avi) using dvd2xvid in opensuse
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Dvd2Xvid is free opensource simple easy to use utility to convert DVDs into Xvid video formats. dvd2xvid is a simple GUI for MEncoder aimed at converting DVDs to xvid formats.
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Hide Find Bar Auto-Hides Your Inactive Find Toolbar
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Firefox extension Hide Find Bar automatically hides the Find toolbar after it hasn't been used in a while, helpful for those of us that constantly forget to close it.
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Secure FTP with SSL on CentOS
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FTP communication is not secure, all communication is plain text and can be easily captured. Despite this serious weakness, few do anything to secure it. There are simple ways to correct this with VSFTPD.FTPS is also known as FTPS Secure or FTP-SSL. What FTPS does is add the Transport Layer Security (TLS) and the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) to the normal FTP on the same port 21.
Read more »Installing Ubuntu 8.10 On Your USB Flash Drive
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This guide shows how you can install Ubuntu 8.10 on a USB flash drive. Ubuntu 8.10 comes with a tool that lets you create a USB startup disk easily - this startup disk behaves like the Ubuntu 8.10 Live-CD.
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Ubuntu Netbook Remix Continues to Succeed
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Back in September, I examined the first reviews of Ubuntu Netbook Remix on the Dell Inspiron Mini. Ubuntu Netbooks Remix looked like it had a promising future, even at that early point, since every review I found was positive about the software. More recently, HP's Mini 1000 Mi has arrived and a few reviews have shown up.
Read more »YouTube Cinema Dims the Lights for Your Viewing Pleasure
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The YouTube Cinema Firefox extension lowers the lights on any playing YouTube video, removing distracting ads and comments so you can focus on the video.
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