Novell open source programmer Jonathan Pobst has released version 0.2 of his simple Pinta painting application for Gtk modelled after Paint.NET, adding a number of new features, including 5 new tools, 5 new adjustments and 5 new effects
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RC3 Brings SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Close to Final Release
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MEPIS has released SimplyMEPIS 8.5.00, RC3 of MEPIS 8.5. "We've updated the kernel to 2.6.32.10. The release notes from the Linux Kernel Team indicated that they have been hard at work making improvements. We have changed the Live media to use isolinux."
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OpenGL and 2011 as the year of Linux – Will it be because of the Apple/Valve romance?
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Somehow, no matter how many “will 20xx be the year of Linux” articles get published every year, the moment never seems to arrive and why is that? Linux has been packaged into great consumer desktop OS’s for at least six years, and by that I mean that even a novice could use it.
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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta 1 Released [Screenshots Tour]
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Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta 1 was released and because it features so many visual changes, I decided to make an article with most of them (fresh new screenshots of course), even though I already posted most of them.
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Windows Versus Ubuntu
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Like most people I use Microsoft Windows and Office on my computer at work, and up until recently I had a similar setup for my home computer. But I recently changed to use the Ubuntu version of Linux and OpenOffice at home and and feel that both systems perform comparably.
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GRAMPS - Free Software Project for Genealogy
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GRAMPS is a genealogy program. It helps you organize your family tree, and is capable of exchanging data with other programs using the GEDCOM standard.
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Pinta is a Solid Image Editing Alternative to GIMP
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If you're looking for a solid drawing and image editing program for Gtk, have a look at Pinta. This week's point release brings several new improvements, a batch of new tools, and a facelift to the GUI. Modeled after Paint.NET, Pinta makes a great lightweight alternative to GIMP. It works on Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows, and has enough features to get all but the heaviest of editing jobs done.
Read more »Mozilla to web enable address books with Contacts
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Contacts is Mozilla Labs project to pull together user's various address books within the web browser and make that data available to web sites the user visits
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Pinta - Paint.NET clone for linux
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Pinta is a drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. Its goal is to provide a simplified alternative to GIMP for casual users. It currently supports most basic drawing tools, unlimited layers, unlimited undo history, and a wide array of image adjustments and effects.
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When Will Steam Come to Linux?
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I hesitate to use a word as melodramatic as "evil" here, but Microsoft's near monopoly on computer gaming via its proprietary DirectX code has made it incredibly difficult for any company to consider releasing both Windows and Linux versions of its games.
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Berry Linux 1.01 Is Based on Fedora 12
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Berry Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution based on Fedora and aimed mostly at the Japanese market.
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10 Free Productivity Tools for Linux
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Common wisdom says that Linux lacks applications. Fortunately, the common wisdom is dead wrong on this, especially when it comes to productivity applications.
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Google and Linux are coming to your TV
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In what may have been Google's worst kept secret in years, Google, along with its partners, Intel, Logitech and Sony, is on its way to delivering the Web to your television. What will they be using to do this? Why, they'll be using Google's Android Linux, of course.
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Virtualization With VirtualBox 3.1.x On A Headless Mandriva 2010.0 Server
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This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with Sun VirtualBox 3.1.x on a headless Mandriva 2010.0 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not have a desktop environment.
Read more »Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx: Ubuntu's Most Innovative
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Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) is still six weeks away from release. However, on the eve of the first beta release, the daily builds and news releases suggest that Lucid will be one of the most innovative versions of Ubuntu for several years.
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