GNOME release manager Vincent Untz talks to heise open about the projects future plans for the popular desktop manager.
Read more »The path to GNOME 3.0
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Next Ubuntu named "Lucid Lynx". Mark Shuttleworth video here.
Ubuntu patron and founder, Mark Shuttleworth, has detailed plans for the distribution's April 2010 release, codenamed Lucid Lynx.
Read more »Linux Game Repository With a GUI: DJL
Djl is an open-source (GPL licensed) game manager written in Python 2.5 for the GNU/Linux Operating Systems, inspired by Valve's Steam software for Windows for which anyone can submit games.
Read more »System Rescue - My Favorite LiveCD
One of the things I love about GNU/Linux is the existence of LiveCD's. A live CD or live DVD is a CD or DVD containing a bootable computer operating system. Live CDs are unique in that they have the ability to run a complete, modern operating system on a computer lacking mutable secondary storage, such as a hard disk drive.
Read more »OpenDisc: One stop shop for Windows Open Source
OpenDisc is a high quality collection of Open Source software for Windows put together with an easy to use front end that makes installing and/or learning about these applications simple. Of course OpenDisc has a secondary purpose - to educate users about the Linux operating system.
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Puppy Linux 4.3
Puppy Linux is one of the better known distributions when it comes to Linux portability. Puppy has been around for a long time and version 4.3 was recently released.
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Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx sprays sweet perfume at freeloaders
The founder of Linux distie Ubuntu has outlined plans for the platform’s next release (10.04), which is expected to land in April 2010. Mark Shuttleworth said in a video message to attendees of the open source outfit’s UbuCon Atlanta meeting yesterday, that the next version of the distribution carries the code name Lucid Lynx.
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GNOME and KDE: In Search of the Perfect Menu
If you believe that desktop features can be intuitive, then a survey of the available menus in free and open source (FOSS) desktops should disabuse you of the notion.
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Hudzilla Coding Academy: Project Eight
Can computers learn? That's a deep question worthy of any philosopher's time, but we're not philosophers: we're coders, right? So, rather than try to prove or disprove what exactly a computer is capable of, we're going to pass away an idle hour or two producing a little game that actually does make computers learn - or at least gives the impression!
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Linux Mint 7 XFCE: Screenshots
While Ubuntu continues to be the focus of Linux hype and momentum, there is an increasing number of Ubuntu-based distributions appearing as well.
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Ubuntu 10.04: A Closer Look
Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth announced objectives for Ubuntu 10.04, a.k.a "Lucid Lynx," to attendees of the Atlanta Linux Fest (more conference coverage) last week. Here's a look at the major points highlighted by Shuttleworth, and what they mean for the future of Ubuntu.
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Games with native linux installers
It's getting quite bad out there for Linux gamers. If you're not prepared to Crossover Games or Cedega, then the days of installing games on your Linux machine are drawing to a close.
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Ubuntu Tip : Easy way to enable font smoothing in Wine
As most of you already know, wine supports font smoothing, including subpixel since wine 1.1.12. The problem is, this feature is disabled by default. There are many advices in internet on how to enable it (which includes working out with registry etc).
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Ubuntu 9.10 boot in 5 seconds startup with an SSD
Canonical has announced the availability of Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 6, the final alpha release before the transition to beta testing. Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, introduces a number of important architectural improvements and also improves boot performance, especially on computers with solid state hard drives.
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10 New Features/Changes Coming In Karmic You May Not Know About…
Below is a list of 10 features and changes in Ubuntu 9.10 that you may not already know about… Or even be expecting!
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