As a person who uses Linux regularly, often I am asked about my opinions about other operating systems, especially those coming from large companies located in Redmond, Washington. Here's the deal. Operating systems are tools. We use them to do jobs.
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Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.0 Officially Released
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Ubuntu Tweak, an application which provides several extra tweak options for Ubuntu, has just released the new 0.5.0 version.
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Review: Ubuntu on the Latitude 2100 Netbook
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As regular readers of WorksWithU are aware, I recently purchased a Latitude 2100 netbook from Dell and am pretty happy about it. Now that I've used it for a couple weeks, it's time for a review of its performance under Ubuntu.
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Mastering a DVD using QDVDAuthor
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There are not a lot of free software options for mastering DVDs. One of the more complete solutions is QDVDAuthor, although it still has a number of rough spots. It's a front-end to a collection of command-line free software tools that do each of the individual steps involved in going from a collection of digital video files, audio files, and images to a DVD with menus.
Read more »Log boot fail/error messages in Ubuntu 9.10
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I'm sure we have all seen error or fail messages while ubuntu is starting (server or desktop version). Because Ubuntu really loads fast sometimes we don't have enough time to actually read what module fail to load or what is causing errors.
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openSUSE 11.2 Gnome edition - Fantastic
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I'm such a plonker. I've only recently realized that all these years, I've never tried openSUSE with the Gnome desktop. And having just done that, I must say I regret the omission oh so badly, because openSUSE 11.2 with Gnome is simply fabulous. Even more so than the KDE edition.
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KDE 4.4 Release Candidate 1 Available
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KDE has made the first release candidate of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4 available. The first KDE SC release (albeit not a stable one) is the first release candidate for the upcoming KDE Software Compilation 4.4.0 which will be released on February 9th.
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Possible solutions to Fix the Missing Network Manager Icon in Ubuntu 9.10
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This morning, I booted up my laptop and tried to connect to the school's wireless when I noticed that the icon for Network Manager was missing from the toolbar. I checked to see that Network Manager was running and it was, the icon had just disappeared for some reason.
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openSUSE KDE 4 Repositories Explained
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Thanks to Tejas Guruswamy for a very good write up on build service repositories for KDE.
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Pino, a Simple Twitter Client for Linux
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Even though in the world of Twitter there are a lot of fantastic, feature-full programs for the Twitter power user, that's not exactly what I, a simple Twitter user, is looking for.
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Digikam - Light table
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So, I needed an application that could load a couple of pictures, showing two pictures side-by-side for visual comparison and at the same time presenting the more important meta-data attributes such as focal length, exposure time, ISO and aperture.
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Firefox extension I'm loving: It's All Text!
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Want to use your favorite text editor to write text for online applications? Check out It's All Text!
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Android 2.1’s Best Features in Screenshots
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The new Nexus One is a sleek, awesome handset, but the most important ingredient in touchscreen smartphones is software. The screen is just a canvas that software paints on, and Android 2.1 is a work of art. Coming from the chunky G1, the thin and flat Nexus One hearkens back to my iPhone days.
Read more »Songbird Preinstalled on Philips GoGear Players
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The browser and Songbird music player developed out of the Mozilla project have come together in a cooperative framework with Philips in the 2010 models of their GoGear MP3 player series.
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