After the time change, when the sun drops dead as soon as you get off work and the frost is forming by six, that's the time when you want classic DOS video games. Because there's only so many hours you can spend reading the Internet before you go all Jack Nicholson on the snowbound household.
Read more »Mandriva 2010 installation walk through
Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time. This installation will be accomplished with the help of the Live CD. Once you are up and running you will see the Install icon on the desktop. Double click that icon to begin the installation.
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Everything you need to know about Android 2.0
Android 2.0 (formerly codenamed 'Éclair') is the latest evolution of the mobile OS developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance. This version is a chunky upgrade, superceding the current Android 1.6 software (dubbed 'Donut'), which was actually considered "a minor platform release".
Read more »Cedega vs Crossover Games A Hands on Review
Which brings me to my topic at hand Cedega and Codeweavers. What are Cedega and Codeweavers? They two closed source programs both based off of the Wine Project to create what it lacks a user friendly interface. Designed to help you get your Windows games working with ease on Linux. They both have their ups and downs and today I am going to look at each program and see how they compare.
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Kubuntu 9.10: A Mixed Bag
Right on schedule, the newest iteration of the popular KDE distribution "Kubuntu" has reached version 9.10 and was unleashed into the wild last week. When I checked out the previous version (9.04) I found it to be the worst Kubuntu release since the distribution's inception.
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Mandriva Linux 2010 – Very Impressive
A couple of days ago, Mandriva released the new version of its operating system, Mandriva Linux 2010. I downloaded the One edition to give it a spin.
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Contextual Playlists in Amarok
We propose a system for displaying music libraries in a more intuitive way for the music player Amarok, through a 2D representation (two dimensions), in order to organize the songs by the similarity between them.
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5 New Chrome Extensions Worth Trying
It’s been a while since my last pick of the best Chrome extensions and to celebrate Chromium finally supporting extension “tool tips” here are 5 new “toolbar” extensions to enjoy!
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Like GetDeb? Now you can get their packages from a repo
One of the best ways to get updated software for Debian-based distros, is from GetDeb.net. They’ve recently launched an updated site for users of Ubuntu 9.04 and newer, and one of the great new benefits is that they now have a repository you can add to your sources.list.
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Plugins aren't always a good choice
I used to be an enthusiast about plugin interfaces; with time, though, I started having more and more doubts about their actual usefulness.
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Aptlinex – Web browser addon to install Ubuntu packages with a click
This addon allows installing ubuntu packages from iceweasel, firefox, galeon or konqueror just clicking on a web link. For this to work, links need to have an url beginning with apt://
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6 of the Best Free Linux Collection Managers
For many individuals collection managers are an important type of software. It is human nature to collect objects, in part because people derive pleasure from the simple ownership of objects. The things that we collect change over time, partly as a result of technological improvements, and partly because our wants and desires do not remain static.
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PCLinuxOS 2009.2 Installation Review
In the days when Ubuntu 9.10, Mandriva 2010 and openSUSE 11.2 are having their releases, installing PCLinuxOS 2009.2 seems like taking a step backwards. But how could I refuse to try what I had considered to be my favourite Linux distro?
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Banshee Gets "Digital Library" integration
If you use the Banshee Daily PPA you may have recently noticed* a new entry in the left hand menu panel: Internet Archive.
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Color Management in digiKam
First of all, what’s color management? Color management is a process that allows you to achieve consistent color representations across different devices, such as digital cameras, scanners, printers, and monitors. The key concept in color management is color space -- a model that describes the way colors can be represented as numbers.
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