Because I was traveling, I didn't get around to upgrading my desktop to Ubuntu 9.04 until yesterday. After what seemed like the fastest Ubuntu installation and quickest boot ever on my system, I was excited to log into Gnome and see what the stable release of Jaunty has to offer. Instead, I was met with a lot of frustration and loss of faith in Ubuntu's commitment to stability, due to egregiou
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OpenOffice.org 3.1 is born
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The latest and greatest 3.1 release of OpenOffice.org is available. OpenOffice.org 3.1 was officially released to the world at 09:00 UTC today.
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Ubuntu Tip: How to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW
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If you want to Erase CD-RW/DVD-RW in Ubuntu use the one of the following options...
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7 E17 Distributions
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KDE4 is not the only desktop environment which provides a sleek eye candy experience. E17 still remains to be one of the only Desktop Environments/Window Manager, which provides a speedy and visually pleasing experience.
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8 Beautiful Conky Desktop Monitor Setup
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Conky is a highly customizable desktop monitor for X Window System. Think of it as KDE4 desktop widgets on crack.
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Get to know Linux: Window Maker
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Continuing with our introduction to old-school Linux window managers, I would like to bring to you Window Maker. The Window Maker window manager was designed to look and feel like the old NeXT GUI.
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Sabayon 4.1 - A Linux monster (cute one)
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Sabayon was probably the first Linux that offered 3D gadgets in the live session out of the box, no special configurations on behalf of the user required. It is also probably the first Linux that demanded more than 10GB of hard disk space.
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Silent Updates Do Not Equal Security
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A recent report shows that users of Google Chrome are more likely to be up to date with all the updates than users of any other browser. The reason for this is that Google pushes out silent updates and installs them without even telling the user, even when Chrome is not running. The report concludes that this is a very safe and secure way of updating users.
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Ubuntu 9.04: Wow
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As you all know I have been using Linux for a long, long time. I have installed countless distributions: Some of them have seen long-term use, while some of them have been nothing more than a flash in the pan. Ubuntu is one of those that has come and gone for me.
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Blender 2.49 RC1 released
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The developers have announced the first release candidate for Blender version 2.49. Blender is a free, cross-platform, open source, 3D content creation suite that allows users to model, shade, animate and render 3D objects.
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First Android Netbook Nothing to Write Home About
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The Android is about to take the leap from the cell phone to the netbook, and much like the first Android-powered cell phone, the first iteration is a bit of head-shaker. Instead of a dazzling showcase, it's underpowered and small, and although it has some interesting qualities, cost is going to be a big issue as some reports have said it could be as high as $250.
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How-To: Convert APE to Ogg Vorbis or MP3 in Debian and Ubuntu
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APE is an open-source, free lossless audio format, just like FLAC or WAV. APE is also known as Monkey's Audio. To convert it to either Ogg Vorbis or MP3, you will first need to install several packages...
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Starling Netbook with Ubuntu Remix 9.04
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System76 introduces their Starling Netbook, which features Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.04. This latest Ubuntu Linux OS was just released a week ago.
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Linux Wallpaper Application Based on the Weather, Moon Phase, Time of Day
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Dynamic Wallpaper is a Linux application that displays a wallpaper in svg format on your desktop based on the weather, moon phase, time of day, etc. and it also supports themes.
For Ubuntu, you can find a .DEB package
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Ubuntu Script to Automatically Install Launchpad PPA Keys for All Your Repositories
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An user from the UbuntuForums (blackgr) has made a script that checks your current distribution version (so it works from Hardy to Jaunty and probably Karmic) and them it checks your system for all launchpad sources and will download and install the GPG keys for you.
You can download it from here.
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