One of the things I like about Linux is the command line. I have used nautilus, konqueror, and thunar to manage files in Linux and these file managers are great for what they do. But there are times when one simply wants to find a file when working on the command line without having to open a GUI application.
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Review: SUSE Studio
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EVER wondered what it would be like to create your own Linux distribution? I certainly have, but a lack of programming skill and technical cowardice have prevented me from doing little more than dreaming about the day Red Devil Linux boots up on my PC.. until now.
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The beauty, the function: Ubuntu netbook launcher on Mandriva
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Yesterday German users from MandrivaUser.de began working on the netbook-launcher – the desktop which made the beauty of the Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
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Gnome 2.28.0 beta1
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The Gnome team has released a Beta version of the Gnome Desktop Environment, version 2.28.0 beta1.
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Enhanced Command-Not-Found Hook in Ubuntu 9.10
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One of the less prominent Ubuntu features that has received an overhaul for Karmic is the command-not-found handle, which helps users find the program they're looking for when they type an unrecognized command in the terminal. Following is a brief outline of improvements made to this tiny utility, and why they matter.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.3 (LAMP)
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LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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ATI Catalyst 9.8 Released, How To Upgrade Your ATI Drivers in Linux
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With ATI Catalyst 9.8, ATI finally has support for newer kernels. The Linux 2.6.29 kernel was released in March, but it has taken until today for AMD to release any support for this kernel. However, at the same time, they have also released support for the Linux 2.6.30 kernel, which arrived back in June.
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VDrift, TORCS and SuperTuxKart are 3 free, open source car racing games which run on Windows, Linux and MacOSX. Read on for more info...
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Not too soon: Moonlight 2 finally reaches beta
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The team of Miguel De Icaza has released the first feature complete beta release of Moonlight 2.0.
I must say: it is about time! Silverlight 3.0 for Windows has been released last month. Although I really admire the work of Miguel and his team, Linux is still the poor child when it comes to Silverlight support.
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PCLinuxOS LXDE (PCLXDE) 2009 Review
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Fortunately, the PCLOS community has come out with a new flavor based on the LXDE desktop, so I can stop worrying about a forced KDE 4 upgrade. I opted for the LXDE install. I’d never tried it, much less heard of it, but the screenshots looked nice enough.
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Avidemux Version 2.5.1 Was Released - Fixes A Lot of Bugs
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Version 2.5.1 of Avidemux was released, a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. I've been having some problems with version 2.5.0 and as you can see from these comments, I wasn't the only one experiencing this.
Read on to see what's new and Ubuntu & Windows downloads.
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TomTom Leaches
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A month or so ago I purchased a TomTom One map/navigation device, only to discover there is no Linux client for TomTom home, and as a consequence i am unable to update the maps on the device, or indeed, any other useful information that is made available for the device.
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The Gnome-Do Weather Docklet – Totally Awesome
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Gnome-Do comes with a variety of different docklets for use with it’s ‘Docky’ interface. The Weather Docklet is even more useful than these to me, and can provide up-to a 6 day forecast right inside your dock!
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Pimp Your Ubuntu With Ubuntu Tweak!
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Ubuntu has grown to be one of the easiest distros to use which propelled it to be the most popular Linux flavor currently available. But guess what? Tweaking Ubuntu has can get a lot easier!
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4 Little-Known KDE Apps You'll Really Like
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Users of the KDE desktop know it has a dozens of handy tools and functions built right in, but the beauty of open source means you can tweak it to your heart's content by adding extra plugins to make your desktop do even more. Here are five KDE desktop applications that you might not have ever heard of, but are definitely worth checking out.
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