Decibel Audio Player is a GTK+ open-source (GPL) audio player for GNU/Linux. It is very straightforward to use thanks to a clean and user-friendly interface. It is especially targeted at Gnome and follows the Gnome HIG.
Read more »Decibel Audio Player – Simple and nice music player for the GNOME desktop
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Linux Games: Chromium B.S.U.
It’s been a long time since I offered up a nice Linux game for the Ghacks audience. So I thought, today I will introduce them to one of my favorite Linux time killers Chromium B.S.U.
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AWN vs Cairo Dock vs Docky
Mac style docks or launchers have become very popular among *nix users with the increase in popularity of Macs. And unlike Snow Leopard users there are quite a few free options for Linux.
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How to install Murrine and Aurora GTK2 Engines in Ubuntu | PPA
Murrine is a Gtk2 engine, written in C language, using cairo vectorial drawing library to draw widgets. It features a modern glassy look, and it is elegant and clean on the eyes. It is also extremely customizable
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Repartition Linux Hard Drive Using "sfdisk" Command-line Utility
This tool has four uses: list hard drive partitions, size of particular partition, check partitions on hard disk, and repartition the drive.
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Wine 1.2-rc6 Released
The Wine development release 1.2-rc6 is now available. The source is available now, Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.
Whats new in this release:
* Many translation updates.
* A lot of bug fixes.
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How To Set Up Software RAID1 On A Running System (Ubuntu 10.04)
This guide explains how to set up software RAID1 on an already running Ubuntu 10.04 system. The GRUB2 bootloader will be configured in such a way that the system will still be able to boot if one of the hard drives fails (no matter which one).
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Watermark Photos with digiKam
While there are many ways to protect your photos from unauthorized use, watermarking still remains the simplest and probably the most effective technique that can help you to identify you as the creator and make it difficult to use your works without permission.
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How to Run Windows and OS X on the Same Mac
A hybrid engine that runs on gas and electricity. A football star who plays both defense and offense. A politician who understands social justice and capitalistic expansion. These anomalies are rare, but in the world of tech, they are almost unknown entities. For anyone who owns a Mac, it might seem a bit odd to think you can run both the Mac OSX and Windows, and switch effortless between them.
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Five and a Half Reasons I Prefer Linux (as a power user)
While we all have our own reasons for liking Linux and open source, here are my top five (and a half!) reasons why, as a power user, I prefer to use Linux. You’ll notice that these reasons are quite a bit different from why I think Ubuntu makes a great operating system for Mom, which just goes to show how versatile Linux can be.
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A Linux Home Entertainment Center
I decided to cut the apron strings with my television provider over a year ago. I get all of my content off the internet now. I thought I'd share my system specs with you and tell you a little bit about how I've got it configured.
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Netrunner 2 (Codenamed “Blacklight”) is Released – Ubuntu Without Mono
A Ubuntu-based GNU/Linux distribution which excludes Mono reaches its second release
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Vitualbox 3.2.6 released and ubuntu installation instructions included
Oracle released VirtualBox 3.2.6, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 3.2 which improves stability and fixes regressions.
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Like Experimenting With Your Desktop? Try Ubuntu Sugar Remix
Sugar desktop environment was originally conceptualized to become the default desktop for OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project. Sugar desktop is designed with the goal of being used by children for learning. The original Sugar desktop environment was repackaged and remixed for Ubuntu and it was called Ubuntu Sugar Remix.
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Microsoft Office vs. OpenOffice
Typing documents, use of spreadsheets and slideshows are essential tools in the life of almost every professional. The largest of the problems found in Microsoft Office according to the vast majority of users is its price. This obligation on having to pay for an Office application suite has stimulated the development of OpenOffice.
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