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click2try(TM) Helps Users Run Ubuntu Directly from Open Source Catalog
click2try today announced the availability of Ubuntu 8.04 in its online catalog of virtualized Open Source applications. A Community site, click2try enables users to try applications for free and use by subscription.
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First look: Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 2 brings Ext4, GRUB 2
Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, is scheduled to arrive in October. Ars takes a look at the second alpha release, which was made available for download last week.
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Amarok 2.1 Quick(-ish) Review
So I’ve just installed Amarok 2.1. Configured my collection location easy enough, downloaded the alarm script from the scripts library. I know exactly how I want Amarok 2 to look: Exactly like Amarok 1.4.
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On Fedora 11 installation
I have been, as I mentioned, following up on Fedora 11 release stuff. Sadly, there’ve been a few very negative reviews and comments, based on problems with the partitioning stage of installation. So, here’s the deal on that.
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Firefox 3.5 RC 1 Ubuntu Repository
To install the latest Firefox 3.5 (currently Release Candidate 1) or Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu, open a terminal and:
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Canonical to Look Into the Question of Mono/Microsoft Patents in Ubuntu
AFTER persistently ignoring those who warned about Mono, Canonical finally follows Fedora's (Red Hat's) footsteps and takes a closer look at the Mono licensing question. Here is a new statement...
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Bordeaux 1.8 for Linux Released
The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.8 today. Bordeaux 1.8 has had many changes on the back end. The build process has been totally rewritten, packaging has been totally rewritten, the .sh installer is terminal based now and the dependency for pygtk and pango has been removed, the .sh installer will now run on any supported platform Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac.
Read more »The Three Faces of Fedora 11, Part 1: GNOME
GNOME 2.26.1, the desktop version that comes essentially as the default with Fedora 11 is like an old friend; an old friend with a couple of extra benefits.
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Build a Java-based Enterprise CMS using New Book
Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation is a new book that guides readers to customize, use, and administer websites using the Alfresco CMS platform.
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Most of us tend towards the latest and greatest, and the fattest and baddest. We are sucked into the upgrade cycle and the relative bloat that goes with it, "Two gigabytes of RAM, and is that really enough?" The nomadic tiny Linux distributions offer a different kind of experience.
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Empathy in Ubuntu Karmic
There has been lots of support as well as backlash for replacing Pidgin with Empathy in Ubuntu. Discussion has been going acruss multiple mailing lists and forum threads. Although Empathy has improved so much since Jaunty, it isn't perfect.
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Fedora 9 approaches end-of-life
Fedora developer Jon Stanley has announced that the 10th of July, 2009 will be the end-of-life date for Fedora 9, code named Sulphur.
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Mumble Makes Notifications in Ubuntu / Gnome, More Growl-Like
Mumbles tries to bring a more Growl-like interface to Linux notifications. Currently it supports applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird, Amarok, and Twitter's API, among others.
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Karmic Koala To Offer More Diverse Wallpaper Selection
In Karmic Koala (9.10), though, Ubuntu seems to be shifting more towards the Windows 7 style... The plan is apparently to offer, in addition to the default wallpaper, a selection of more diverse alternative wallpapers, including photographs, which is a first for Ubuntu.
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