CrunchBang Linux 9.04 is an Open-Box distro based on Ubuntu with Gnome packages. CrunchBang promises performance and ultimate customization options. Version 9.04.01 was released a couple weeks ago, and we decided to give it a test drive.
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Active Media Products Introduces Penguin Bootable Linux USB Drive
Active Media Products (AMP), manufacturer of SSDs and WWF series USB drives, today announced immediate availability of a bootable Linux USB (BLU) drive that is compatible with Windows® 7 and benefits WWF. These new penguin BLU drives are preloaded with the full installation of Ubuntu Linux 9.0.4.
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VLC 1.0.1 is out!
VideoLAN is pleased to announce the release of the second version of the Goldeneye branch of VLC: 1.0.1!
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OpenGoo: An Open Source Answer To Google Apps
What's not to like about Google Apps? It has a ton of features, it's incredibly easy to collaborate with other people, and it's free. Well, how about the fact that your data is only as accessible as Google decides to make it?
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Review: New Linux Mint a Desktop Lightweight at Best
Linux was making good strides in the desktop PC market before Windows 7 came out with the free-for-one-year Try Before You Buy RC1. So, can Linux hold on to the market share it easily took from Windows?
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GNOME, KDE, and Xfce: Which Desktop is Right for You?
How do you choose which GNU/Linux desktop to use? No easy answer exists, because the choice is so full of difficulties.
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How to have a lightweight, beautiful, functional terminal
I've done a lot over the past few months to make my time spent on the command line a bit more enjoyable and easier to use. Hopefully you'll find these steps useful as well
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Calibre 0.6: Zusätzliche E-Book-Formate
Developer Kovid Goyal introduced many new features in version 0.6.0 of his Calibre e-book suite. With the 0.6.1 update, he also fixed numerous bugs.
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Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 Released
The Bordeaux Technology Group announces the release of Bordeaux for OpenSolaris 1.8.2 with support for Microsoft Office 97, 2000, 2003, Visio 2003, Project 2003, Internet Explorer 6, Adobe Photoshop 6, Adobe Image Ready 3, Adobe Photoshop 7, Adobe Image Ready 7, QuickTime Player 6.5.2 and IrfanView 4.25 (Image support only at this time).
Read more »Studio DV, Open Octave, And More
Recently I profiled the latest LiVES video editing system, and in that article I mentioned that I intended to buy a camcorder for use with LiVES and other video editing software. Since then I purchased a Samsung SC-D382 midiDV recorder. Studio Dave is now on its way to becoming Studio DV.
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Organize your writing with Writer's Cafe
This piece of software is a very powerful suite of writer's tools that is available for Linux, Mac, and Windows and has a HUGE feature set perfect for making your writing task much easier. In this article we will be discussing the Linux version of the software.
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10 of the Best Free Linux Chess Apps
For each application we have compiled its own portal page, a full description with an in-depth analysis of its features, screenshots, together with links to relevant resources and reviews. Start playing one of the greatest games ever devised. Have fun, play chess!
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Mutt on the Android G1
I prefer to access my email via Mutt and SSH (I know, a little old-school ...): I can do this via ConnectBot, but I wanted something a bit more direct. Happily, Lauren Weinstein has written an adapted version of ConnectBot to simplify this.
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Watching Multiple Files With Multitail
Multitail improves on the well-known and useful program tail, adding colors and multiple-file monitoring. Juliet Kemp offers some great tips on using this excellent file-monitoring utility.
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Ubuntu 9.10 Preview: GRUB 2
Ubuntu 9.10 will use GRUB 2 as its default bootloader, replacing GRUB legacy. In this post, we take a look at some of the new features offered by this change.
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