Avant Window Navigator (AWN) is an application launcher and dock which would redefine your Linux experience. The good part is it’s highly customizable and hence will fit perfectly well with your Ubuntu theme. Let’s see how to install and customize AWN.
Read more »The Linux screensaver xscreensaver
Most of us go away from our computers. When we do we don’t much care to come back to see our screen just the way we left it. We have been trained that a screensaver should take the place of our work or our play on our monitors. I have been asked numerous times “How do I have screensaver X on my Linux desktop?”
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Doing the Samba in Public
The open source Samba project is often overshadowed by its more glamorous siblings. That's a pity, because it has played a crucial role in the increasing uptake of free software in companies by providing a bridge between Microsoft systems and GNU/Linux ones...
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How to Run 32-bit Apps in 64-bit Linux
Most Linux distributions have 64-bit versions for x86_64 processors, such as the AMD Athlon II or the Intel Xeon. Since these distributions maintain their own package repositories, they usually provide binary packages for all of their supported applications. If you are completely content with your out-of-box Linux installation, you may never need to run a 32-bit program.
Read more »Got Extras?
We have all read many tutorials and articles about what programs to add to Ubuntu after installation. However I have yet to see an article or tutorial talk about installing the extras that beef up the default programs that come with Ubuntu.
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Kubuntu Netbook Release Coming
There is a small mention in the Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 3 Technical Overview that says "Kubuntu includes its first Netbook release".
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First Moblin v2 netbook due this fall
The first netbook pre-installed with Moblin v2 operating system technology may reach market in October. A report suggests that Asus will offer Moblin v2 technology preinstalled on its "Seashell" netbook.
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KDE release adds 2,000 features
The KDE Community released the 4.3 version of its popular Linux/UNIX desktop environment, representing more than 63,000 code changes by 700 contributors, 10,000 bug-fixes, and 2,000 new features. KDE 4.3 adds numerous improvements to the Plasma Desktop Shell and Application Development Framework, among many other enhancements.
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OpenSolaris 2009.06
I like to try out different Operating Systems from time to time, experimenting, finding out how people find mays to solve the same common problem: “How can I make this computer do what I want the way I want it?”.
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The KDE 4 Series: Pro and Con
The KDE desktop has been the center of changes and controversy for the last eighteen months. However, with last week's release of version 4.3, the majority of users finally seem to accept -- if not necessarily love -- the changes.
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Firefox addon aims to save you money
An extension to browser Firefox will suggest cheaper prices for products you browse on the internet.
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Everything you wanted to know about Linux games
This article will teach you several simple, common methods of obtaining games for Linux, all legal. In other words, let's say you have one or another Linux distribution installed on your machine.
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Consider Linux for Secure Online Banking
Do you make online financial transactions from a Windows computer? If so, you may want to re-visit that decision.
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Avant Window Navigator: OS X-like dock on Linux desktop
Now if you've used a recent release of GNOME you can probably see how the GNOME team have tried, in some ways, to bring a bit of OS X to the Linux desktop. Now there is a dock application called Avant Window Navigator, that finishes the process.
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openSUSE will sacrifice 10.3 release on Halloween
The openSUSE project, which creates the Linux development distro that ultimately ends up being Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise in desktop, server, and other variants, is mothballing an old development release. The project icing just as it has taken another step toward meeting its goal of delivering a new release this fall.
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