I broke a promise, the promise to never ever implement the most useless Compiz effect in KWin: cube gears.
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Updates on Mandriva partitioning
Mandriva 2010 RC2 is about to be released, so here are some news about latest changes I did this week. First, the partitioning wizard was updated. There are several known issues.
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Ubuntu Linux 9.04 - Technical Details
Though it's late, we're now offering Ubuntu 9.04 on a few more Dell machines to customers in the United States. Specifically the Studio XPS 13 and the Inspiron 537 desktop.
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Create A Wallpaper Based On Your last.fm Music Profile
For Linux, You must use Wallpaperfm.py, a Python script that generates desktop wallpapers from your last.fm music profile. It runs on Linux but should run just as well on Mac and Windows.
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Simple gui backup tool backerupper
In my last article I covered the backup GUI Flyback (”Quick and easy backups with Flyback“.) There are far better GUI tools for easy desktop backup. One of those tools is Backerupper.
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Ripping Audio CDs in Linux
GNU/Linux offers several tools for ripping, some specific to the GNOME or KDE desktops, and others more general.
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nuBuilder Released as Open Source
Australian Software Firm Releases the “nuBuilder Package” a Web-Based Alternative to Microsoft Access® - under the Open Source GPL3 License.
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Desktop Environments
The GNU Network Object Model Environment (GNOME) and the K Desktop Environment (KDE) have long been the Linux/UNIX options for fully graphical environments. Long ago, it seemed that these two were truly all we needed. Aside from KDE and GNOME we have:
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Hulu Labs Cooks Up Linux Support For Hulu Desktop, New Publisher Tools
Hulu is launching two new additions to Labs: Publisher Tools and a Linux version of Hulu Desktop.
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Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2 is available now for tests
Mandriva Linux 2010 RC2, last development version, is now available on public mirrors. This RC2 version is all focused on bug fixing but also includes some goodies.
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Secrect Maryo Chronicles from Libregamewiki, The Free Gaming Encyclopedia
Secret Maryo Chronicles (SMC) is a 2D platform game with a style designed to be similar to classic side-scrolling games. It uses the platform independent library SDL and, since version 0.98, the OpenGL accelerated Graphics Renderer.[1] The game is developed in C++ and is licensed under the GPLv3.[2] As of 2009-09-17, the latest version of SMC is 1.9 released on August 17th, 2009.
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Install all new Amarok 2.2 in Ubuntu in 3 simple steps
Amarok 2.2 codenamed sunjammer is released. This all new release comes with a lot of improvements and bug fixes. Take a look at the new feature list and easy to do installation steps for Amarok 2.2 in Ubuntu.
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Nice Brown and Black Splash,Login Screens for Karmic
Today i have just updated my ubuntu karmic beta desktop and i saw these lovely screens....
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Installer Slideshow in Ubuntu 9.10 Helps New Users
Starting with Karmic, Ubuntu now has its own slideshow for users to view while waiting for the installation to finish. Besides representing one more thing Ubuntu has in common with Windows XP, the slides have some real value to new users. Below, we take a look.
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Five Super Simple Photo Fixes with The GIMP
While the GIMP offers a plethora of advanced and powerful photo editing tools, it also sports a few easy-to-use features that can help you to instantly improve your photos with a minimum of effort.
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