Part 2 of this 2 part feature takes a look at alternative audio, video, burning and encryption applications and much more.
Read more »Open source stars for Mac OS X: Part 2
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Gwibber 2.0 Prototype Released
Gwibber is an open source microblogging framework and desktop client for GNOME developed with Python and GTK+. The Gwibber backend is a stand-alone daemon that manages updates and retrieves stream data from social networks.
Gwibber currently has support for the following services:
* Twitter
* Identi.ca/Laconi.ca
* FriendFeed
* Facebook
* Jaiku
* Digg
* Flickr
* BrightKite
* Qaiku
Living The PC-BSD Lifestyle
PC-BSD is for Gamers, PC-BSD is for Music Lovers, PC-BSD is for Movie Buffs, PC-BSD is for Everyone!
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Learn Linux, 101: The Linux command line
Getting comfortable with GNU and UNIX commands. GUIs are fine, but to unlock the real power of Linux®, there's no substitute for the command line. In this article, Ian Shields introduces you to some of the major features of the bash shell, with an emphasis on the features that are important for LPI certification.
Read more »qOrganizer: A personal organizer on Linux
qOrganizer is a utility for Linux that helps you organize your daily stuff like, schedule, reminder, notes, to-dos etc. It has some good features for students to use as well like it provides them yo keep track of their timetable absence etc.
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Vector Linux - An interesting choice
Vector Linux is a Slackware-based distribution that aims to offer the Linux user a unique, friendly experience combined with the well-known stability of the Slackware family. Keep it simple and keep it small.
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Distributions: From Fedora 12 to openSUSE
The major Linux distributors have released kernel updates to close a critical security vulnerability, a pre-release version of Fedora 12 was made available and Debian wants more structured release cycles.
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What is happening for KOffice2.1
Its been some months since we released KOffice2.0.0, the first official release for the new platform KOffice2. What then, you may ask, is 2.1 going to change for them? Well, here is what we are working on.
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Set up a Personal Microblog with Bilboblog
There are many reasons why you would want to run your own private microblog, but how do you actually do that? The easiest way is to install Bilboblog, a tiny, no-frills PHP/MySQL-based microblogging engine.
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25 Cool & Beautiful Linux Wallpapers
I'm sharing some cool and beautiful, high quality, Linux wallpapers, that I have collected from the internet. So without any delay lets check them out.
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Best Linux Desktop Blogging Clients
A lot of people ask me if there are any desktop blogging clients for Linux that can be used for offline editing -- something like Windows Live Writer. So I'm going to answer them through this post... for those of you who really want to have a desktop blogging client, here are some of the decent ones that you should try
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One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 Progress Report
One Hundred Paper Cuts Round 8 came and went last week, and good progress was made:
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Ubuntu 9.10 are we ready?
I was wondering what effect a release of Ubuntu 9.10 being released at the same time as Windows 7 and Mac “Snow leopard”. First thing we have to ask is are we ready?
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OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 Released
OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 has been released. You can find full release notes, HERE.
You can download Windows files, Linux - .DEB and .RPM and Mac OSX files for OpenOffice 3.1.1 from HERE.
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Add Screenlets to make your Linux desktop more useful
If you spend as much time on the Linux desktop as I do, having small applets available for specific tasks can make your life that much easier. If you use the KDE 4.x desktop you will be familiar with Widgets. For the GNOME users there is an application called Screenlets.
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