"I finally started using It's All Text!— this is something I should done long ago. (It's All Text! is a Firefox extension that lets you invoke an external editor to edit the contents of any textarea element, like this blog post I'm writing right now in Blogger.) ..." --
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Modify xorg.conf for better performance
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Most distributions configure your graphics card and display automatically, but xorg.conf is still well worth fiddling with. It's a text file that contains all the configurations details.
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KDE 4.3 Beta 1 - looking pretty
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PolicyKit integration is the most notable back-end change: this framework lets application developers request privileges from the OS without needing the all-or-nothing 'su'. On the user-visible side, 4.3 Beta 1 sports a new tree view option for System Settings, a fading desktop switcher, and new window animations.
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Block Advertisements in ANY Browser via /etc/hosts
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I have been getting more and more tired of Firefox lately. Tired of the bloat. The unreliability. The gecko engine. I’ve been tinkering with alternate browsers such as Midori (which is *great*, assuming you can get >=0.1.6), Arora and Chromium. I think WebKit is the browser engine of the future, and with these browsers it is nearly a reality.
Read more »Ubuntu SSH: How To Enable Secure Shell in Ubuntu
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SSH (Secure SHell) is possibly the best way to remotely access a Unix system - it's very secure thanks to automatic encryption of all the traffic, and it's also quite universal because you can do all sorts of things: access remote command line shell, forward graphics session output, establish network tunnels and set up port redirections.
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Ubuntu 9.04 Cleanup With Computer Janitor
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The idea behind Computer Janitor is that it will help you clean up those files that you no longer need, thus saving space on your computer. Now, before you begin…note that this program has the potential of doing damage if used incorrectly so be sure your critical data is backed up.
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How To Be More Efficient With Firefox Keywords
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A feature of Firefox that often gets overlooked is the keyword system. Firefox can be set up to accept keywords to do things like open a favorite page or search a particular website. Today we’ll try out some of the things you can do with keywords.
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Mandriva's answer to Ubuntu One : Click'n' Backup
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Ever since the launch of Ubuntu One there has been a lot of speculation about it.. Unlike other Ubuntu/Canonical offering Ubuntu One didn't received good response from audience..There are many reasons for it..
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System 76: Making pre-installed Linux hardware a reality
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Recently I came upon a company called System 76 promising to bring pre-installed Linux hardware to the masses. At first I was a bit skeptical as I’ve seen this promise time and time again. So I requested review hardware thinking it would be nothing more than vapor ware. Surprisingly, however, the hardware arrived.
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Trying Out Moblin
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The other night, I became curious about Moblin because of the different user interface it has. It was said to be made specifically for Intel-powered netbooks. Even if its just in Beta, I really had to get its img and try it out myself.
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TED (Torrent Episode Downloader): Download Your Favourite TV Series Episodes via RSS & Torrents
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TED Torrent Episode Downloader is a program that allows you to download the latest episodes of your favorite TV series thanks to a perfect combination of RSS and BitTorrent technology.
Read more »Fedora 11 “Leonidas” is Almost Ready to Kick Ass!
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A few more days from now, the latest and hopefully the greatest version of one of the most popular Linux distribution will be released. For those of you who loved Fedora 10, then the reasons are plenty for you to like version 11 (codename Leonidas) more.To get everyone excited, let's take a look at some of the many great features that the upcoming Fedora 11 will incorporate
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Ubuntu on the Dell mini 10
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I’m a bit disappointed in the Dell’s build quality. I find the Mini 10 a bit plastic-y too. Apart from that, the Mini 10 has some really nice features.
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9 of the Best Free Linux Educational Games
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Educational games are games designed to teach people, typically children, about a certain subject or help them learn a skill as they play. Sometimes this type of software is known as games edutainment because they combine education and entertainment.
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Ubuntu 64-bit More Competitive Against Mac OS X
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Last week we published Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Mac OS X 10.5.6 benchmarks where we compared the performance of these two popular operating systems on a Mac Mini. With the OS X kernel currently being 32-bit but with support for 64-bit applications, we had used the 32-bit version of Ubuntu 9.04.
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