Compiz 0.9 is a complete re-thinking of Compiz 0.8. It’s like KDE4 was to KDE3. Totally new frameworks. Totally new buildsystem. Totally new API. It’s supposed to clear the ground from major architectural flaws that were in older versions of compiz to make development far easier and faster even for future version of compiz.
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Win7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu
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Install Ubuntu on your families machine and this theme will leave them thinking they've got Windows 7. Just make sure they don't go out and buy software for it!
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winetricks 20091022 released
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Winetricks 20091022 has been released, Another fortnight, another winetricks.
Eleven new verbs and spices, and a few bugfixes.
new verbs: glsl-disable, glsl-enable, physx, mingw, mingw-gdb, cmake, dotnet11sdk, dotnet20sdk, vc2003toolkit, vc2005sp1, vc2008sp1
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Mirage banshee plugin automatically generates playlist of acoustically similar songs
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Mirage is a Banshee plugin which can automatically add acoustically similar songs to the ones you have already added. This is a very useful plugin if you are an avid banshee user.
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Fedora 12 beta code is go
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Red Hat has announced the first and only beta of its next Linux development release, Fedora 12. Also: http://www.seoexpertconsultants.com/index.php?linux&release=Fedora%2012%...
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Firefox for iPhone and Android Phones
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John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, told technology blogger Om Malik that they will release an application for the iPhone a few weeks from now and that it will be "really exciting". No further details have been said yet so we are left guessing.It could be similar to Fennec, a mobile version of Firefox web browser that is designed for smaller devices...
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Twidge Command Line Twitter Client for Ubuntu/Linux Desktop is Cool
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Twidge is a command line Twitter desktop client for Ubuntu/Linux. Twidge supports posting updates, reading replies, adding more friends etc and its integration with the Unix shell scripting environment is just superb. Twidge is so easy to use and obviously light weight which makes it even more adorable. Lets take a peek into the Twidge features and installation.
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FlightGear- Opensource flight simulator
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The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. The project is primarily aimed at civilian flight simulation. It should be appropriate for simulating general aviation as well as civilian aircraft.
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AbiWord is a Free Word Processor
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Sometimes you need a word processing application but not an entire office suite. Today we take a look at AbiWord which is a free word processor for all three major OS platforms.
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Cedega vs Crossover Games - Hands on Review
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Most people who use Linux for desktop use are well aware of the one of the largest issues facing the platform: Lack of commercial software. Which brings me to my topic at hand - Cedega & Codeweavers. What are Cedega and Codeweavers? Designed to help you get your Windows games working with ease on Linux.
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Simple KDE Trick #2: using remote desktops with avahi, krfb and krdc (with video
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Most people nowadays have more than one computer. Often, you are using one, and would like to do something in another. In this video, I will explain how trivial it is to do that without leaving your seat in a modern Linux using KDE.
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KDE4 Demonstrates Choice Is Not A Usability Problem
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A few days ago we found a nice blog post on the usability approach taken by the KDE community for the KDE 4 series. We have contacted the author to see if he was interested in doing a guest article for the dot expanding on his blog post.
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Windows, OS X, Ubuntu: maturity or stagnation?
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Which is the best operating system — Windows 7, OS X 10.6 or Ubuntu 9.10? The question is almost pointless. Beneath their skins, the operating systems are remarkably similar.
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OpenSUSE Linux: When 1-Click Install Bites the Dust
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In OpenSUSE Linux, we have a wonderful thing called One-Click Install. This is a marvelous thing for new users. That said, what happens when it stops working or gets broken?
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Review: Linux Mint 7 KDE
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Linux Mint is one of those user friendly distributions I love to talk about. It seems to have everything a new user will need, and more. It also runs great, and keeps getting better with each new version. But is Mint 7 KDE an improvement on its predecessor, or has the ever venerable Mint KDE tripped and broke it's crown?
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